The Other McCain

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

‘Outing’ Ellen Page: The Politicization of Sex and the Sexualization of Politics

One of the unfortunate consequences of living in a sex-obsessed culture is that sex pervades and dominates everything, so that no subject can be discussed outside a sexual context. And this explains why I’m writing about Ellen Page, a 24-year-old actress whose name I’d never heard before I received an e-mail this morning. Miss Page […]

Day Of Rage. (Machine To Rage Against Not Included. Also, Violence)

by Smitty (via Iowahawkblog) Yeah, “day of non-violent rage”: yeah. Misfit Politics rocks. With them and Zo and Crowder, the Downfall parodies, &c one wonders: is there a conservative humor renaissance afoot?

Arguably The Most Precision Bus Toss Since Bismarck

by Smitty I read Showalter’s tome The Wars of German Unification for a War College class: Taken together, three wars served to unify Germany and fundamentally altered the balance of power in 19th-century Europe: the Schleswig-Holstein conflict of 1864; the “Six Weeks’ War” of 1866; and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. They marked the establishment […]

Obama Explains That When He Says ‘Creating Jobs’ He Means ‘Raising Taxes’

That’s the upshot of the presidential speech this morning, during which Obama promised to veto any deficit-reduction legislation that does not include tax increase on the rich: “I will not support any plan that puts all the burden for closing our deficit on ordinary Americans,” he said. “And I will veto any bill that changes […]

Tucker Carlson, Who Wouldn’t Reply to Greta’s E-Mail, Gives a Quote to Politico

The passive-aggressive response: “One of the most famous athletes in the world attacks one of the of most famous political figures in the world. That struck us as news. We din’t [sic] endorse what Tyson said, we in fact condemned it. I can’t imagine how any fair reader of our story could conclude that we […]

Breitbart: ‘Fire the First Shot. Bring It On. Because I Know Who’s on Our Side.’

Da Tech Guy covered Andrew Breitbart’s appearance in Lexington, Massachusetts: While we can’t hear the lady’s question — evidently it had something to do with violence perpetrated by SEIU goons — Breitbart’s answer has gotten a lot of attention from his enemies: “I’m under attack all the time. You see it on Twitter . . […]

Talk Like A Pirate Day, Twitter, And The NYT: ‘Tis A Merry Convergence

LIVE AT FIVE – 09.19.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Major Quake Strikes Himalayas, At Least 39 Dead Landslides and flooding from heavy rains hampers aid efforts in Nepal, Sikkim, India and Tibet Obama Proposes $1.5 Trillion In New Taxes Includes $250 billion in Medicare cuts, but no changes to Social Security BBC Poll Supports Palestinian Statehood Surprise, surprise, […]

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