The Other McCain

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

Fear and Fedora in Las Vegas
When In Doubt, Put It All on Red

You may remember this video of Steve Foley and Eric Odom from my March expedition to Las Vegas: Foley and Odom were playing the slots at the Orleans Hotel & Casino on West Tropicana. The Orleans is way off the Strip, far from the overpriced glitter that attracts rich tourists, celebrities and other high rollers. If […]

Not Agreeing With Power Line Here

by Smitty In discussing Captain Merrill’s defense of Elena Kagan in the WaPo (which I’ll studiously take at face value), Paul at Power Line laments: it’s unfortunate that we’ve reached the point where the military feels constrained to have a legal adviser serving in a Marine infantry batallion. I hope that the actions of this […]

On the Falsehood of ‘The Vital Center’

Having previously referenced Arthur M. Schlessinger Jr.’s 1949 book The Vital Center as the source of a pernicious falsehood in American political thought, it seems necessary to explain more fully what I mean by this. And this explanation is made easier by the discovery that extensive excepts of The Vital Center are available in online form. (This here “Internet” […]

Here’s This Wild Idea To Improve
Upon YouCut

by Smitty This blog would like to send a very heartfelt message to Rachel Maddow, but will require a bit of support to do it. Seeing what a smashing success Rep. Cantor has been with YouCut, and the admittedly swift propaganda play on Rand Paul, we’d like to take that idea just one consonant further. […]

Arkansas Cops Kill Two Cop-Killers

After two West Memphis cops were killed, the perps were gunned down: Two police officers were fatally shot and another two were wounded Thursday in two separate shootings allegedly by the same suspects in West Memphis, Arkansas, police said. The two suspects, who were using an assault weapon, were themselves fatally shot, said Inspector Bert […]

The Hallucinogenic Effects of Centrism: ‘WTF Is David Brooks Smoking?’

That’s Dan Riehl’s reaction to the latest eruption of elitist idiocy from the “conservative” New York Times columnist: Let’s imagine a character named Ben. A couple of decades ago, Ben went to high school. It wasn’t easy. His parents were splitting up. His friends would cut class to smoke weed. His sister got pregnant. But Ben […]

Celebrity News Update: Lindsay Lohan’s Large Breasts Make Bail, Skip Jail

Sorry, guys, that “Lindsay Goes to Prison” cable-TV series is still just part of your sick imagination: Lindsay Lohan got a tongue-lashing Thursday from an L.A. County judge after the actress failed to appear in court for a hearing, instead remaining in France at the Cannes Film Festival. While dozens of reporters and camera crews converged […]

Eric Dondero Sums It Up Nicely

“Taxation is theft. Government is coercion, when you get right down to it. What right does the government have to put a gun to my head and steal from me to support some moocher who wants to sit on their damn couch all day long, munch on Cheetos and watch Oprah Winfrey?” — Eric Dondero, […]

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