The Other McCain

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

Maybe Stacy McCain’s Sports Career Still Has Potential

by Smitty Moore, a 61 year-old Vietnam veteran, will kick this fall for Faulkner University, a small Christian school in Montgomery, Ala., 43 years after his initial college career was cut short by Vietnam. When he takes the field against Ave Maria on Sept. 10, Moore will be the oldest player ever to take the […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 09.05.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Tropical Storm Lee Drenches Gulf May cause flooding as storm moves inland to the Appalachians Tribal Leaders To Give Loyalist Bastion To Rebels? Warfala tribe may surrender Bani Walid to avoid intra-tribal fighting Typhoon’s Rain Kills 20, Strands Thousands In Japan Worst storm since 2004 POLITICS Romney Speaks At […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Cinnamon Girl

— compiled by Wombat-socho Buckle your wrist braces and make sure you have a suitably-sized beverage in front of you, because we’ve got a mess of links to go through this Labor Day weekend… Left over from last week, Postaldog gets us off to a good start by taking Rule 5 right to the edge […]

MITT-MANIA in New Hampshire!

CONCORD, N.H. Mitt Romney headlined tonight’s Tea Party Express rally and here are just a couple of photos: I’ll have much, much more in a few moments. UPDATE: More photos: Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer is interviewed by Da Tech Guy. Dave Weigel interviews some local Tea Party activists who showed up to protest against Romney.  […]

Greetings from New Hampshire

“In the course of this apparently endless campaign, I have set up the National Affairs Desk in some of the worst hotels, motels and other foul commercial lodging establishments in the western world. Politicians, journalists, and traveling salesmen seem to gravitate to these places – for reasons I’d rather not think about, right now – […]

Palin’s Pressure on Perry

Writing about yesterday’s Sarah Palin rally in Iowa, I mentioned the theory that “Palin may enter the 2012 field because of her dissatisfaction with Perry’s campaign.” I resisted the temptation to examine the theory at length, because I wanted to discuss something I’d seen earlier — Dan Riehl’s discussion of the Palin-Perry issue: For her […]

FMJRA 2.0: Running Up That Hill

— compiled by Wombat-socho MY VIDEO of Michele Bachmann’s Christian Testimony Used in SMEAR JOB Thus Spake Russ The American Catholic Instapundit Right Wing News Hot Air Da Tech Guy Christian Media Cross Haemet That Mr. G Guy The Camp Of The Saints All-American Blogger Pirates Cove Maggie’s Notebook Moose And Squirrel Belmont Club a12iggymom’s […]

Remember: The Left Banks On At Least Two Things

by Smitty Those two things being: The public has no recollection of history before the previous news cycle, and The public has no patience. I, for one, see a great deal of wisdom in Sarah’s non-approach to toying with the notion of a Presidential campaign. She’s basically doing a Second Mover play. What is striking, […]

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