The Other McCain

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

Bloggers Cause Danica Patrick Wreck at Daytona; Bikini Photos Survive Accident

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Danica Patrick’s bikini photos were uninjured after a 12-car accident ended this weekend’s Daytona International Speedway NASCAR debut for the pinup hottie known as “The Anna Kournikova of Auto Racing.” Patrick was in 21st place when she was caught in a four-way Rule 5 blog pileup involving Lance Burri, Donald Douglas, Bob […]

Well, Now, Mr. Wurzelbacher

by Smitty (h/t Dan Riehl) That’s just a bit out of the plumbing aisle, now isn’t it? Wurzelbacher touched on several different points during his speech, and many of them were surprising. He said he doesn’t support Sarah Palin anymore. Why? Because she’s backing John McCain’s re-election effort. “John McCain is no public servant,” he […]

‘Random Tragedy’ Not So Random: Socialist Serial Killer Amy Bishop

“It’s always baffling to me when people try to politicize random tragedies — usually while they’re breaking news stories with little real information.” — James Joyner, Outside the Beltway Joyner is (a) from Alabama and (b) has a Ph.D., and I’m sorry if that caused anyone’s head to explode — “An intellectual? From Alabama?” — […]

Matt Welch: Meh

by Smitty (h/t Insty) It’s something of a tangent from Welch’s main point over at Reason, but his characterization of conservatives as unsophisticated is exactly that: Speaking only for myself, I don’t see libertarianism moving rightward, I see rightward moving libertarian. Which is to be expected, what with the whole not-having-power thing (as Kilgore points […]

A Bad Hairball Day For Sissypuss?

by Smitty This blog took on a mascot recently, and all was swell and spiffy. Now there is blowback against the POTUS from even the smallest and most loyal (presuming steady handouts) supporters: We’ll keep researching and see if we can figure out just exactly what platitudes, sleight-of-hand, and other nether sunshine is needed to […]

Obviously, the Solution to Our Nation’s Most Pressing Problems Is . . .

. . . more Ann Hathaway boobies. That seems to be the agenda at Classic Liberal, at least, and who are we to argue? Even though Anne’s breasts have ceased to be Catholic, they nevertheless continue to exercise a miraculous influence: Some contend that Anne Hathaway’s splendid rack was responsible for the record blizzard that […]

Fortune Musters J’Accuse, Re-ignites Al’s Trousers

by Smitty This week’s FMJRA salutes Real Men of Bear Pig. “Real Men of Bear Pig…” Trading up the the authority of my old job, plus sympathy from dupes over a setback in 2000, for a couple of awards and a lucrative perpetual guilt machine that blew up in your face in the last 90 […]

Instapundit Interviews Les Phillip

This was sort of a carom shot of my Alabama trip. My Monday American Spectator column included two paragraphs about Les Phillip, who is running for Congress in Alabama’s 5th District. Friday night, after the state GOP meeting in Montgomery, Ali Akbar and I hung out with Phillip — who smokes cigars — on the veranda […]

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