The Other McCain

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

Rule 5 Sunday

by Smitty Rule 5 Sunday is upon us, and may it bring a mellow mood to a mad world. The Pirate’s Cove had a great Memorial Day pinup. No Sheeples Here mourned Rue McClanahan. Dr. WyBlog has the prescription: “Aside from copious amounts of brain bleach, the only known antidote to the image of Helen […]

The Holy Church of St. Pancake
The International Solidarity Movement and the Rachel Corrie Death Cult

Back in 2003, when Charles Johnson was still able to maintain some semblance of sanity, a commenter at Little Green Footballs — no doubt long since banished — responded to the death of Rachel Corrie by dubbing her “St. Pancake.” A jest both crude and arguably cruel, yet in two words, that LGF commenter captured a reality that has endured, […]

Four Megahits of Joy Reliably Anticipated

by Smitty This weeks FMJRA notes that we will cross the four million hit mark either this weekend, or soon into next week. Woo hoo. It is also a blantant suck-up to Little Miss Attila, from whom we reliably anticipate further outbursts of greatness Real Soon Now. Will Folks Tacky Willy, as opposed to The […]

Three Minutes Of Righteous Motivation

by Smitty Lewis in Douglas County offers a solo on the last verse of the Star Spangled Banner. O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war’s desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav’n rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a […]

Elena Kagan: The Lost Years

That’s not the title of the classic film discussed here, but we understand the screenplay was based on her early career: David Mamet’s “Lost Masterpieces of Pornography” w/ Kristen Bell, Ed O’Neill & Ricky Jay from David Mamet Just wait until the Senate Judiciary Committee sees this . . .

Popular Children’s Book Condemned in Belgium for — Wait for It — Raaaaacism!

A new lesson in the bizarre nature of Europe’s “human rights” laws: Belgium’s courts are investigating whether Tintin’s 1931 Congolese adventures, when the country was a Belgian colony, portrays black Africans in a racist way . . . Bienvenu Mbutu Mondondo, a Brussels-based Congolese man, has spent the last three years pursuing Tintin’s copyright holders […]

Intellectuals: Smarter Than God?

Robert Knight takes a hard look at the elite punditocracy’s slow slide into moral relativism: On ABC’s This Week on May 30, [George] Will agreed with colleague Matthew Dowd that apart from a few glitches, homosexuality will soon be a non-issue in the military. . . . Will: “For people of Matt’s son’s generation, being gay […]

14-Year-Old Anamika Veeramani Wins National Spelling Bee; Sen. Jake Knotts Could Not Be Reached for Comment

Will Folks, on the other hand . . oh, no, let’s don’t go there: No theatrical flourishes for Anamika Veeramani. She kept her hands behind her back and rattled off the letters of every word she was given — until she was crowned the spelling bee champion. The 14-year-old girl from North Royalton, Ohio, won […]

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