David Frum on moment of silence for Newtown: ‘Less silence, more action’

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http://twitter.com/#!/davidfrum/status/411871022975942657 Never let the anniversary of a tragedy go to waste. A moment of silence for victims of the Newtown shooting? Pfft. David Frum would rather have less silence, more gun-grabbin’ action. Of course, as we’ve seen more than once, there is no Frum. There is only ghoul. Talking Points Memo editor Josh Marshall also politicized […]

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NYT reporter says Andrea Peyser is ‘outraged that someone is getting laid’

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http://twitter.com/#!/tobyharnden/status/415544927180062720 Outspoken New York Post columnist Andrea Peyser wrote a sharply-worded column critical of Democrat operative Lis Smith, who is reportedly dating disgraced former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer: If Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has a lick of sense in his 6-foot-5 frame, he’ll cast out of his incoming administration Lis Smith — the randy Democratic operative who’s […]

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Talking Points Memo uncovers bridge between social conservatives and ISIS

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http://twitter.com/#!/Aaron_RS/status/511676444661911552 To be fair, the original Associated Press story is informative and quite sad: The extremist-held Iraqi city of Mosul is set to usher in a new school year. But unlike years past, there will be no art or music. Classes about history, literature and Christianity have been “permanently annulled.” … The new Mosul curriculum, […]

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Dean Cain unconvinced by Carol Costello: ‘No apology can hide her smugness’

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http://twitter.com/#!/Witchy0268/status/525835498565025792 As Twitchy reported, conservatives were rightly disgusted with CNN’s Carol Costello when in an on-air segment she introduced audio suggesting that Bristol Palin was assaulted by a man at a brawl in Anchorage, Alaska last month as “quite possibly the best minute and half of audio we’ve come across in a long long time.” And […]

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Josh Marshall: At least 10 million now have coverage because of Obamacare

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http://twitter.com/#!/joshtpm/status/418900694666866688 Ten million now have coverage because of Obamacare? The last we’d heard from the Department of Health and Human Services, only 2.1 million had signed up for plans through HealthCare.gov and state insurance exchanges — and the administration still isn’t saying how many of those have actually paid for coverage and how many have […]

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