The Other McCain

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

Still Working the ‘Blame Bush’ Angle

by Smitty Interesting News Items gets the IPCC take: Snowpocalypse Hottest Blizzard on Record. Somehow, this storm is more about increasing variability in weather, not about how the AGW crowd is completely full of fertilizer. The creative, yet logically tenuous, ‘Blame Bush’ angle is missing, so we can only give this post 6 wombats out […]

You Know, If Al Gore Can Land An Oscar, Why Not BHO?

by Smitty The Blogprof unveils a dangerous YouTube talent in the brewing: Viva the Internet. Al Gore invented that, too (no, he didn’t). The Internet will be seen by historians as the sword that slew the statist dragon. Barely in time.

Condell on Wilders: Dutch Justice

by Smitty Via Pamela Geller. Remember: it’s largely the same group of fools who brought you anthropogenic global warming who are telling you to pay no mind to atrocities like the Wilders trial. How is it that the bulk of the truly crappy ideas seem to come from one end of the political spectrum? Update: […]

Don’t Pay the Ransom, I Escaped

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Please excuse my unusually long silence since yesterday’s post about the state attorney general. From Birmingham, we left en route to Montgomery for the winter meeting of the Alabama Republican Party, arriving about 6:30 p.m. Central time. Six hours of heavy-duty reporting/schmoozing ensued, and then we departed for an unknown location near […]

Human Again

by Smitty After a rough day, following some Indian food that laid me out, I’m back on the FMJRA task. “Flakes Motivate Journalist to Repair to Alabama.” We’ve got a lot of snow here, and Stacy’s convenient swing South cannot go unnoticed. In any case, please send me your FMJRA input. Back to work.

Troy King and the Scandal That Dare Not Speak Its Name: Way Down (Low) in Dixie

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Everybody who follows Alabama politics knows about the gossip and everybody has a sarcastic joke about the state attorney general, so it’s not exactly news, which may partly explain why the state’s establishment media won’t touch it with a 10-foot pole. Do a Google search and it’s hard to miss the online […]

On the Radio This Morning

AT 8:30 a.m. (Central Time), I’ll be on the Matt Murphy show on Birmingham’s WAPI 1070 AM. You can listen live online. =>MP3 here.

‘In Birmingham, They Love . . .’

. . . the next governor? Just returned from dinner with Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim James. Among the guests joining us at McCormick & Schmick’s was Judy Merritt, president of Jefferson State Community College. Dr. Merritt became Alabama’s first female president of a state college in 1979 when she was appointed by former Gov. Fob James, […]

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