The Other McCain

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

Yeah, I’m A Total Jerk

Sometimes — and this happens far too often — I offend people accidentally. Carelessness, thoughtlessness, recklessness. I’m a jerk. When I wrote earlier about the Hot Air buyout, I didn’t mention my friend Bryan Preston, who was the original video producer for the site and left in 2008. The omission was because I figured Bryan’s departure was a sore spot best left unmentioned. […]

Weirdest Story of the Day

From Big Government: Clintonistas are plotting a “push/pull” strategy. They plan to identify 7-8 national figures active in the tea party movement and engage in deep opposition research on them. If possible, they will identify one or two they can perhaps ‘turn’, either with money or threats, to create a mole in the movement. The […]

Da Tech Guy: CPAC Cannoli Smuggler

Da Tech Guy has probably cleared security at Reagan National Airport in D.C. by now, so it can now be revealed that he’s brought two dozen cannoli with him for CPAC. Also, he’s brought spare fedoras. Smitty is picking up Da Tech Guy at the airport. We expect to see them both later tonight in the lobby […]

Call it ‘The McCain Plan’

The New York Times reports: Dozens of public high schools in eight states will introduce a program next year allowing 10th graders who pass a battery of tests to get a diploma two years early and immediately enroll in community college. My daughter was home-schooled through 9th grade, entered a Christian academy as a 14-year-old […]

Good News! Allahpundit Now Employed by ‘Christian and Family-Themed’ Media Conglomerate!

This certainly should be interesting: Mediaite has learned that leading center-right web site Hot Air has been acquired by Salem Communications for an undisclosed sum. . . . Salem Communication defines itself as a leading U.S. radio broadcaster, Internet content provider, and magazine and book publisher targeting audiences interested in Christian and family-themed content and […]

The Protocols of the Elders of CTHULHU XII. Re-engineering ‘Freedom’

by Smitty (INTRODUCTION) The third glance pulled it all together: a coffin, ringed by a dozen chairs, each its own horror story. The door opened inward, but I could not see who was in the hallway. There was a man’s voice, but his mind sounded badly broken. “…glaciers…data…bastards…lost…hockey stick…” were some of the rantings. The […]

The Protocols of the Elders of CTHULHU XI. Global Constitution

by Smitty (INTRODUCTION) The second glance revealed that it was not actually rectangular, but a hexagon, with vertices one third of the way along the surface, away from the wall screen marking the head. Also, it lacked legs, being full from top to floor. The madness of the situation, of 11 live, 2 dead, 1 […]

Newt Gingrich on CPAC

At Human Events: Tomorrow, for the 37th time, conservatives will gather in Washington to discuss, debate, and forge new solutions at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC. . . . In 1975, then-Governor Ronald Reagan inspired a dispirited conservative movement to revolution at CPAC. In a message that resonates to this day, President Reagan […]

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