The Other McCain

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

LIVE AT FIVE – 04.22.11

TOP NEWS John Ensign Resigns From The Senate Justice & FEC investigations cleared him, but Senate Ethics committee grinds on, hires new attorneys for another round of investigations. President Heckled In San Francisco By Leftists Musical rubes: “We paid our dues, so where’s the change?” President Directs Holder To “Root Out” (Alleged) Fraud And Manipulation […]

How To Read LGF Without Getting So Much Funk In The Browser

by Smitty I haven’t actually navigated to Little Foot Greenballs since the last time Instapundit linked Chuckles, which has been forever in Internet time. This post showed up in the Google Reader’s Recommendations section, which was worth a screencap and a post. Sorry, no link. I neither subscribe to the guy nor recommend reading him […]

Excellent Bits From Protein Wisdom And The Ace Of Spades

by Smitty Sophistry: . . .language divorced from its anchor (intent) and set to semiotic drift results, predictably, in cynical, self-serving, largely recursive narrative enclosures, with desire — a will to power — coming to stand in for meaning, creating illusory “truths” out of self-interested consensus. That is, mob rule. Or, as Ronnie James Dio […]

Hanging With Breitbart

We must all hang together or surely we shall all hang separately, so this evening I’ll be hanging out at a reception in Washington, DC, to celebrate the publication of Andrew Breitbart’s new book Righteous Indignation. Let’s hope Martin Bashir doesn’t show up to pester the guest of honor. Breitbart points out the obvious: “You’re […]

Why Rove Is a Trifle Overrated

by Smitty Karl Rove enjoys sounding like the big insider, and maybe he is, emphasis mine: The GOP needs to push back now—thoughtfully and aggressively. Yet in conversations with Senate and House Republicans, I was amazed to find they weren’t talking to each other. Though the Senate and House GOP leadership may be, congressional Republicans […]

Unborn, Businesses: Is There Anything The Nihilistic Left Will Not Abort?

by Smitty Stacy mentioned the myopia of the Left with respect to providing future voters earlier today. Down in the land of Nikki Haley, there is a similar outburst of nihilism afoot, attempting to abort Boeing’s efforts to build planes. Karl Marx famously said “From each according to his ability, to each according to his […]

At the Old Ball Game!

My son Jim, 18, hoists son Emerson, 10, atop his shoulders and son Jefferson, 12, joins in a thumbs-up Wednesday night at Camden Yards after the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Minnesota Twins 5-4. Jim got four free tickets from his boss, and the seats — Section 26, Row 17, behind the home-team dugout — were […]

Over-Caffeinated Humor Break

by Smitty Follow if you dare: I Am Seeking to Destroy My Deep-Seated Cynicism and Ironic Detachment Via a Strict Regimen of Self-Inflicted Enthusiasm!

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