The Other McCain

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

If You’re Deployed, And Can’t Have A Proper Parade, ‘Memorial Day’ By
Chris Cassone Is The Next Best Thing

by Smitty An immortal piece from Chris Cassone: Forced to choose between this and Claustrophobic Blues, I would say: ‘Why are you forcing me?’

Weiner’s Wiener?
UPDATE: Who Is ‘Gennette Nicole’?
UPDATE: Questions Piling Up

New York Democrat Rep. Anthony Weiner allegedly sent an alleged photo of his alleged penis to an alleged woman via Twitter. The photo shows a man in gray undershorts with a bulging erection. Weiner is claiming he was the victim of Internet hackers, and I think we should believe him. Because his penis is probably […]

Another Reminder That the Academic Elite Are Your Moral Superiors

Michael Schultz is associate vice president for development and alumni affairs at the University of Vermont, and wrote his 2009 Ph.D. thesis on a very interesting subject: “Elucidating the Role of the Presidential Spouse in Development and Alumni Relations.” The role of the university president’s spouse in alumni relations is a subject Schultz knows intimately, […]

Pacifism and Historical Ignorance

“For a therapeutically inclined generation raised on Oprah and Dr. Phil — and not on the letters of William Tecumseh Sherman and William Shirer’s Berlin Diary — problems between states, like those in our personal lives, should be argued about by equally civilized and peaceful rivals, and so solved without resorting to violence.” — Victor […]

Awesome Fireworks Videos

This show in the Hannover International Fireworks Competition in Germany was produced by the Gotteburg factory from Sweden. And here’s a compilation of finale effects:

So, Sarah Palin Is Not Running. . .
A Traditional Campaign

by Smitty I’m upgrading my Sarah Palin prediction from “not not running” to “not running a traditional campaign”. Ann Althouse looks at the scoffings of the Romney and Pawlenty campaigns, griping that Sarah is not following the conventional path, and then invokes Fred Thompson. Ah, Fred. The interesting question becomes whether the GOP will, petulantly, […]

Comedy Gold: Meghan McCain Blames Her Lousy Dating Life on Sarah Palin

America’s Most Famous Dumb Blonde: Jay Leno: Are you dating anyone? Meghan McCain: No. I’m in, like, dating Babylon. Like, I go on dates with men and, literally, like Sarah Palin will come up in like the first 20 minutes, and that doesn’t put me in the mood. Like, talking about Sarah Palin. And they […]

Media Ignores Black Woman Who Calls Palin ‘Funny, Nice and Genuinely Warm’

Angel Massey (right) and her husband Michael Massey (left) with their son, Kyle Massey. In a recent interview with a celebrity gossip Web site, Angel Massey described how, during last season’s Dancing With the Stars, her family became friends with Sarah Palin’s family: “Both of our families gelled during Dancing with the Stars. Sarah would […]

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