The Other McCain

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

The Liar-in-Chief

How bad is the failure of ObamaCare? Bad enough that MSNBC’s Morning Joe can’t ignore it, says Pete Da Tech Guy. While they cannot ignore it, however, the liberal media must find some explanation that makes this failure look less predictable than it was, and how to make President Obama’s deliberate lies look like innocent […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 10.29.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Federal Judge Strikes Down Key Elements Of Texas Abortion Law Strikes down admitting-privilege and strict drug protocol requirements US Spy Chiefs Face Congress Amid Euro Snooping Fury DIRNSA, DNI Clapper, Deputy AG Cole to testify today Obama Campaign Links Hacked Syrian Electronic Army claims credit for hijacking OFA Twitter, […]

Loose Cannons And Enthusiastically Violent AIs

— Wombat-socho Apologies for the lack of book posts lately, but frankly, I haven’t had a whole lot of time to spend between the covers of a book while playing Dad Taxi while my daughter was in town. Since I’m not going to be doing much else this week, you may wind up getting two […]

A New York Times Columnist Even Worse Than David Brooks and Paul Krugman?

As impossible as it may seem, apparently it is true: The New York Times earlier this month announced “an important expansion” of its opinion offerings, adding more than two dozen new contributors from around the world slated to write monthly columns. Among them is Egyptian best-selling author Alaa Al-Aswany, quoted frequently in the English-language media […]

‘Seize This Opportunity to Cripple the Tea Party’s Political Power for Good’

One of the things you learn is that if you ever sign up online for any liberal or Democrat operation — even as a reporter trying to get campaign information — your e-mail address will be sold and resold until eventually you’re on every liberal mailing list. Which I don’t mind, actually, because it gives […]

‘Students for Pleasure’?

Spencer Chretien describes some vignettes of campus life at the College of William & Mary, including this poster: “Like oral sex? Cuccinelli doesn’t. He actually wants to make it a felony. Vote Terry McCauliffe (sic) for Governor on Nov. 5th! Don’t let Election Day go down without you. #GetYourHeadInTheGame Paid for by Students for Pleasure” […]

Obvious Truths of the Obama Age

Professor Glenn Reynolds, who knows a thing or two about effective Internet sites, discusses the HealthCare.gov debacle: So the Obamacare website doesn’t work, and nobody knows when it’ll be fixed. Administration officials are pointing toward late November, but they’ve had more than three years to work on it. In about the same amount of time […]

CBS: ‘Hey, Benghazi Is a Real Scandal’

Here’s the headline at Legal Insurrection: 60 Minutes confirms Benghazi is a real scandal, and you’ve been lied to No surprise to anyone who has actually paid attention, of course, but the Obama administration and its media sycophants have spent months issuing excuses and manufacturing distractions — “Squirrel!” — in an effort to delay disclosure […]

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