The Other McCain

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

Call It Like You Hear It

by Smitty The opening phrase of the clip “It doesn’t give them comfort and solace for me to tell them. . .,” arguably, means he is disclaiming the assertion that he saved the world from a depression. Of course, he would enjoy it if you took the clip as a whole to mean he’s the […]

Flip Side Of The Coin

by Smitty So, NPR’s use of ‘Juan Begone’ has ended in a $2 million dollar contract for Mr. Williams. Well, that’s capitalism for ya. What I’m wondering, putting Soros’ $1 megabuck grant to Media Matters, the recent canning of Rick Sanchez don’t point to internal financial turmoil within the various Lefty outlets, and the non-success […]

A Hate Hoax in Arizona?

Let’s wait for law enforcement to investigate this incident, but I’ll bet dollars to donuts that no Republican is responsible: The FBI is investigating a toxic substance found inside a package that was sent to the office of Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, a spokesman for the congressman said. Staffers checking mail in the congressman’s Tucson, Arizona, […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 10.22.10

TOP NEWS Boehner Suggests GOP May Strike Funding For NPR In Wake Of Juan Williams’ Firing Williams canned for honest remarks on fear of Muslims during O’Reilly show Obama Targets Female Voters In Seattle With Talk Of Jobs, Cupcakes That’ll do a lot for the Mancession, I’m sure Convicted Canadian Colonel’s Depravity Grabs World’s Attention […]

Gov. Pete DuPont Steps Up To The Plate

by Smitty A late night dose of righteousness from The Libertarian Republican. Gov. Pete DuPont in the WSJ, emphasis mine: So last week I attended two O’Donnell-Coons debates and saw a campaign that could determine which party will be in the Senate majority. Mr. Coons has been elected three times to New Castle County office; […]

Klavan Explains Our Political Situation. A Byzantine Möbius Strip Drawn By Escher, If You Will

by Smitty Of course, Klavan was really re-iterating material explored by Dan Riehl back in his relatively slender pop days:

Jim Moran Knees All Service Members In The Groin. A Hidden Message, Though?

by Smitty RetireJimMoran.com notes the obvious cheap shot at the military in this two-week old clip: What [Republicans] do is that they find candidates – usually stealth candidates – that haven’t been in office, haven’t served or performed any kind of public service. My opponent is typical. The obvious slam here is the attack on […]

VIDEO: Do the Barney Shuffle!

It’s the dance sensation that’s sweeping the nation! The New York Times did a feature on Ladd Ehlinger Jr. (“a periwinkle gray T-shirt the color of his eyes”? Dude, I told you that chick was hot for you) recognition that is way overdue, as it’s been nearly a year since I declared: “Clearly, this man is destined […]

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