FactCheck.org tells us that
A liberal, labor-funded group calling itself Americans United for Change (previously Americans United to Preserve Social Security) is running a $1-million national advertising campaign that makes some dubious claims and tries to imply more than it can prove.
Talk about rebranding! They used to be in favor of preserving the status quo, but […]

If you are curious to the title of this post you will need to scroll to the bottom.
Last November, LAT’s Michael Hiltzik took our coverage of him to task:
Insider, in fact, once compiled a list of 30 days of the Golden State column, grading each one as business or not-business and concluding that most were […]

Resolved for 2006: to not let Barbara Boxer bragging about her “highest vote total in U.S. Senate history” raise my blood pressure (see here, here, and her official bio here).
It’s almost impossible not to be in the top two when you’re in the nation’s most populous state (and facing inept candidates makes it a slam […]

A 17-year old student wants to stand out and be noticed. He does this by sitting while others stand during the Pledge of Allegiance. Other students tease him–no doubt for being a grandstanding idiot–and he is lectured by his teacher for being ungrateful and unpatriotic. He is now suing the school district for damages in […]

Two weeks ago the Los Angeles Times‘ Michael Hiltzik trumpeted in his blog that the mediocre retail sales figures from Thanksgiving weekend proved that the economy was in trouble — and Hiltzik, for one, couldn’t be happier:
The ideological spinners on the state of the U.S. economy made much of the recent upward revision in third-quarter […]

Zimbabwe’s “President” (for life) Robert Mugabe called a United Nations envoy a liar for his criticism of humanitarian conditions in Zimbabwe. Given the massive food shortages caused by Mugabe’s racist policies that have decimated Zimbabwe’s once productive farming sector not to mention the fact that the UN and its donor nations are feeding six million […]

The Los Angeles Times’ Michael Hiltzik takes offense when Hugh Hewitt uses “uncivil language” — the word “lie” — to describe one of his posts:
“Now, jumping my statement up to a “lie” is a pretty extreme reaction, and would certainly get Hugh an “F” from anyone favoring civil discourse in America. It barrels right through […]

Senator Barbara Boxer (D - Marin County) has been complaining for months that in her estimation, the administration has no “plan” for Iraq. For instance, in a statement on October 25th:
…let us honor the lives of those who continue to serve by developing a credible plan for Iraq. It is time for this Administration to […]

On Thursday, the Los Angeles Times‘ Michael Hiltzik chortled over the lower-than-expected retail sales numbers on Thursday and posted in his Times blog:
The ideological spinners on the state of the U.S. economy made much of the recent upward revision in third-quarter GDP numbers and even more of retailers’ initially upbeat claims about “Black Thursday” crowds, […]

We promise — this is our last excerpt from a review of Barbara Boxer’s trashy novel A Time To Run (until another good one comes along). This time, even lefty SF Weekly can’t get behind the Senator (D-Marin County):
… any legislator can write sex scenes involving humans. What lifts Boxer’s debut is an episode in […]

In a post titled “That Bright, Shining Economy Springs A Leak,” Los Angeles Times columnist / blogger Michael Hiltzik gleefully writes that “the ideological spinners on the state of the U.S. economy” who deny “honest, objective reporting that cited the tapped-out consumer, layoff announcements, and high energy prices” have been proven wrong by the November […]

According to California Assemblyman Mark “Criminals First” Leno, disincentives won’t affect the incidence of drunk driving (Sacramento Bee):
… But Assemblyman Mark Leno, a San Francisco Democrat who chairs the Assembly Public Safety Committee, said increasing fines, boosting jail terms and permanently revoking licenses don’t address the underlying problem.
“When you take away someone’s driver’s license for […]

The Daily Kos’ “Hunter” is upset at the use of the phrase “deranged moonbats” in the opening of Jonah Goldberg’s inaugural LAT column. Hunter says this makes the LAT editorial pages more blog-like, and that’s bad:
What is the purpose of editorial content? Is it meant to educate readers? To debate issues? To provide new, original […]

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UK pervert and former rock star Gary Glitter is wanted by police in Vietnam who are investigating a possible relationship between him and a juvenile boy.
It doesn’t look so good for him. I don’t know how they treat sex offenders in Vietnam, but having seen “Brokedown Palace” I think that’s a part of the […]

The National Review’s John J. Miller has a summary of the worst parts of Barbara Boxer’s novel, “A Time To Run.” We’ve covered some before (see the end of this post) — such as “kneecaps that reminded him of golden apples,” but he’s got some other unintentionally hilarious excerpts. Overall, he writes, “saying that A […]