The Other McCain

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

Looking Forward To Coming Home

by Smitty Ten years on, who could have foreseen passing the anniversary of 9/11 in Afghanistan? But that’s another post, where I’ll share what I think is the best thing written on that topic. Fortune willing, in another week I’ll start the trek home, arriving by the end of the month. It’s no exaggeration to […]

Herman Cain Records Moving 9/11 Tribute, Alex Pareene Calls It ‘Tasteless’

First, watch Herman Cain’s video: Alex Pareene of Salon calls it “incredibly tasteless” and a “monstrosity.” Hey, Alex, since you’re offering your expertise in what’s “tasteless,” I got three words for you: Ping-pong balls. We must never, never, never, never forget that, eh? UPDATE: Welcome, Instapundit readers!

Anatomy Of A Twitter Slam

by Smitty Oh, the horror of aging:

AFL-CIO’s Trumka Uses 9/11 Anniversary to Bash Talk Radio, ‘Extremists,’ Wealthy

Big Labor’s No. 1 honcho posts a message, “Sept. 11, 2011: A Day to Commit to Activism“: There is no time in my memory of a more proud example of what we can accomplish when we work together. Solidarity, the cornerstone of the union movement, flowed through all of us and carried us through. But […]

SCOAMF Scandal: Investigation of Obama’s Solyndra Cronies Continues

Big trouble with Obama’s “green energy” scam buddies: Federal agents have expanded their examination of the now-bankrupt California solar power company Solyndra, searching the homes of the company’s CEO and two of its executives, examining computer files and documents, iWatch News and ABC News have learned. Agents visited the homes of CEO Brian Harrison and […]

Tough Talk, But Who Will Campaign On Eliminating The TSA?

by Smitty Libertarian Republican echoes The Hill quoting Ron Paul from the GOP debate on TSA thuggery: Texas Congressman Ron Paul let it rip on TSA abuses of airline passengers (via TheHill): “If the perpetrators were a gang of criminals, their headquarters would be raided by SWAT teams and armed federal agents,” he continued. “Unfortunately in […]

VIDEO: Ladd Ehlinger Strikes NY-9 With Surfing Rabbi and Dancing Weiners

GO RED 9/13! UPDATE: A new Sienna College poll shows Turner leading by 6 points, with a 38-point advantage among independents. Ace of Spades points out that Weprin’s vote for gay marriage might be hurting him among Orthodox Jews in the district. UPDATE II: The latest poll — the second in the past week to […]

Pro-Pedophile Group Piggybacks on ‘World Suicide Prevention Day’

“[T]herapeutic morality encourages a permanent suspension of the moral sense. There is a close connection, in turn, between the erosion of moral responsibility and the waning capacity for self-help . . . between the elimination of culpability and the elimination of competence.” — Christopher Lasch, The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of […]

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