The Other McCain

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

Klavan Crap Carp Kills Cars

by Smitty Klavan is an absolute absurdist genius: Get yourself some PJTV love:

Pro-Lifer: Bart Stupak Retirement Is ‘Just the Beginning of the Fallout’

Woke up this morning to the shocking news that Bart Stupak will retire from Congress — confirmation of the effectiveness of the Tea Party movement and of the pro-life movement: “Bart Stupak entered into a sham political deal that couldn’t be defended with a straight face.  He put politics over principle and now even the politics are […]

Your Morning Application Of Fertilizer To The Air Circulator

by Smitty (via Zogger on Slashdot) The Market Oracle is bereft of cheer as the inevitability of the VAT draws near: What has surprisingly received little media attention is that the US Government has been steadily reducing the maturity of its treasury portfolio to keep fiscal deficits down. Whether interest rates rise or it becomes […]

LIVE from Orleans Parish!

NEW ORLEANS — Just arrived at the rental home just off Chartres Street where I’ll be staying for the next four days. The blogger bash starts in an hour and a half and I need to take a shower and get dressed. UPDATE: Ready for the Southern Republican Leadership Conference blogger bash: Sharp-dressed man in front of the […]

Veronique de Rugy Deserves A Medal

by Smitty George Mason University’s Mercatus Center seems beset with difficulties upholding ‘the Narrative’. Veronique de Rugy, in particular, seems mired in un-fluffy questions and hard, cold facts about all of that stimulus spending. Her new update to the Stimulus Facts working paper, after engaging in proper academic dialog on the topic, the way the […]

He’s Got a Ph.D. and a Nobel Prize, But . . .

. . . Paul Krugman is still a moron about economics: Free markets are “efficient” — which, in economics-speak as opposed to plain English, means that nobody can be made better off without making someone else worse off. Voluntary exchange — the free market — is mutually beneficial. The guy at the convenience store has gasoline. I’ve […]

Carol Swain vs. the ‘Tolerance Mafia’

“When my face was smeared across the papers in my state with accusations that I was an apologist for white supremacy, I thought it was time to get involved.” — Professor Carol Swain, Vanderbilt University Law School

How About That Rep. Thaddeus McCotter?

by Smitty Thaddeus McCotter appeared on PJTV, in a welcome outburst of sanity from within the beltway. Topics proffered include: Teleprompter Fatigue–recap of his house speech, looking forward to the ‘next’ American economy. Wealth redistribution. A Government that Doesn’t Patronize–he offers biographical facts derived from growing up as the son of a Truman Democrat. Back […]

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