The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Benghazi and Other ‘Concocted’ Scandals

U.S. consulate, Benghazi, Libya, Sept. 11, 2012 “Fraud flows from the top down, not the mid-level up. Mid-level officials in the White House and the State Department do not call the shots — they carry out orders.” — Andrew McCarthy Well, that’s just “common sense,” but what does common sense count for nowadays? In an […]

He Gets His Wings Tonight!

The back of this T-shirt asks, ‘What do you do?’ So the final jump of Airborne school was supposed to happen Thursday night and graduation was supposed to be noon Friday. But the C-130 was grounded by mechanical problems, so my Army son didn’t get to make his fifth jump until about 5 p.m. Friday, […]

Our Lawless President: Obama’s IRS Thuggery Certainly Was No Coincidence

Dan Collins calls attention to Obama’s dog-whistle tactics, as described by Kimberly Strassel in the Wall Street Journal: The way to limit Romney money was to intimidate donors from giving. Donate, and the president would at best tie you to Big Oil or Wall Street, at worst put your name in bold, and flag you […]

Obama #IRS Scandal Amnesia

Shorter Steven Miller: “I can’t recall. I’ll have to refer to my earlier evasive non-answers and get back to you on that.” #IRS — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) May 17, 2013 VIDEO: ‘I Don’t Remember’ Who Targeted Conservatives, Ex-IRS Boss Testifies in Scandal Hearing It would be a gross understatement to say that ex-IRS acting […]

Jahar, the Teen Idol Terrorist

Irrationality comes in many varieties, including tribal loyalty, religious fanaticism and anti-social alienation: Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left a note claiming responsibility for the April 13 attack, reports CBS News senior correspondent John Miller. Sources tell Miller that Tsarnaev wrote the note in the boat he was hiding in as police pursued him, and […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 05.17.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Second IRS Official Resigns As Obama Appoints New Commissioner Head of tax-exempt and government entities division Joseph Grant goes under the bus Obama Claims Ignorance Of IRS Targeting Probe President denies knowing about TIGTA report Pelosi Claims GOP Attacks On Obama Based On Fear “And because he’s strong and […]

‘Hate-F*ck’ Hoaxer Meg Lanker-Simons Has Criminal Record for Gun Incident

When last we checked in on Think Progress award-winning blogger Meg Lanker-Simons, the progressive feminist was charged with making a fake Facebook threat to “hate-f*ck” herself. Now it turns out that “Meg Lanker-Simons” is the alias of a dangerously crazy criminal formerly known as Meghan Michelena, who in 2006 pleaded guilty to aggravated assault after getting […]

Dubious Categories of Fame

Ace of Spades has at times discussed the bizarre delusion of becoming “blog-famous,” as if someone with a blog could get a double mastectomy and thereby enjoy fame equivalent to being Angelina Jolie who is (you may have noticed) a Hollywood movie star. Hollywood movie stars are famous, by definition. A blogger who became a […]

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