The Other McCain

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

Labor Day Is Over . . .

. . . marking the official end of “Recovery Summer”: (Hat-tip: Ed Driscoll.) Meanwhile, there’s good news and bad news: The good news is, the media have identified three endangered Democrat incumbents in Virginia. The bad news: Jim Moran isn’t one of them. Don’t be dismayed, however. Smitty keeps pounding hard for Patrick Murray, whose […]

Were His Policies A Dog, We Should Shave Its Rump And Train It To Walk Backward

by Smitty (h/t Bluegrass Pundit) Speaking of ‘back words’, listen to the President try to sound all capitalist and whatnot: It seems the rhetorical device is to throw out some fuzzy capitalistic bait, and then segue to a sympathy play about how much ‘they’ pick on him. As you read more about how utterly calculated […]

Terrorism on Four Hooves

Victim of the whitetail jihad: This was not an accident. This was a premeditated suicide attack on my 2004 KIA Optima. The Islamicists hate us for our freedom. The deer hate us for our Korean sedans. Although, of course, it was the deer that was K.I.A. (Notice the tufts of fur stuck in the grill.) […]

Glenn Wilson vs. the Mob

I know nothing about Glenn Wilson, an independent candidate in Michigan’s 1st Congressional District, but he was certainly smart to get Ladd Ehlinger Jr. to produce this memorable campaign video: Update (Smitty): Stacy, either my head ‘sploded, or Don Dino, up whose nose the viewer nearly crawls, is Evan Sayet, after whose Heritage talk two years […]

Lisa Graas Takes on the Paulistas

Lisa Graas was the founder of PalinTwibe, a Twitter feed that supports Sarah Palin, but resigned after Palin endorsed Rand Paul. (Graas supported Christian conservative candidate Bill Johnson in the Kentucky GOP Senate primary.) Her stance made Lisa a target of Ron Paul’s supporters, whose online fury is legendary. And she has now published “A Blogger’s Guide to the Paulastinian Masturbatorium,” a glimpse […]

50 Gigabucks For Infrastructure Gives Us The Vapors

by Smitty DrewM at Ace of Spades HQ goes for the Einstein reaction to yet another hit on the Cosmic Credit card for infrastructure spending. However, the notion of replicating the Lost Decade really gives us the Vapors: How has this classic track affected Administration policy? Let us deconstruct.

When Mothers-In-Law Strike

by Smitty A re-enactment of my previous arrival, in 2008. There was some street work underway, requiring my wife, D., to park some blocks off. Mother-in-law was aware of a visit at some point from D., but no mention of me in tow. I walked up to the door alone. I buzzed, and she opened […]

Rule 5 Sunday Part 2: Holiday Extra!

by Smitty Then it occurred to me that Monday is a holiday. What more appreciative thing could I do for the loyal readers than bump the remainder of the queue a day so that there would be a little something available for the content-starved not otherwise occupied. The Mind Numbed Robot: Eva Mendez sex tape, […]

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