The Other McCain

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

What I Would Argue Is That This Shows the Federal Reserve as Antithetical to the Constitution

by Smitty Senator Sanders (D-upe) underscores that from the mouth of bozos truth occasionally escapes: “You can argue that the chairman of the Fed is more important than the president of the United States, but very few Americans understand what the Fed does,” says Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent who successfully pushed for the […]

Wisconsin: Are Liberals Aborting Themselves Into Political Oblivion?

In writing about Tricia Willoughby — the 14-year-old home-schooler who showed such poise during her speech Saturday at the Tea Party rally in Madison — James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal took note that Miss Willoughby is the daughter of Wisconsin pro-life activists. Taranto also noticed that between 1975 and 1992, there were 316,457 […]

‘Snowbilly Grifter’? And Incest Jokes?

Decent Americans recoil in shock at the latest eruption of Palin Derangment Syndrome in which Wonkette’s Jack Steuf wrote: Today is the day we come together to celebrate the snowbilly grifter’s magical journey from Texas to Alaska to deliver to the America the great gentleman scholar Trig Palin. Is Palin his true mother? Or was […]

Note To 2012 Candidates: A Harder Line With The UN Is A Good Thing

by Smitty Managing the definitions is a crucial aspect of information dominance. It comes as little surprise that, a decade on from 9/11, the Altogether Foolish United Nations (A.F.U.N.) stands there, panties wadded, unable to define terrorism: The main hurdle, then as now, is the insistence by the bloc of Islamic states that any definition […]

Mommy Weirdest

“To describe [Stanley Ann] Dunham as a white woman from Kansas turns out to be about as illuminating as describing her son as a politician who likes golf. Intentionally or not, the label obscures an extraordinary story — of a girl with a boy’s name who grew up in the years before the women’s movement, […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 04.21.11

TOP NEWS Two Western Photojournalists Die In Misrata Killed by loyalist RPG fire Oscar-nominated Hetherington dies in Misrata Obama Tells Facebook Friends GOP Budget Will Punish Poor Calls Ryan’s proposal radical LA County Supervisor Calls For O’Malleys To Return, Take Charge Of Dodgers Suggestion follows MLB seizing control of team, ousting Frank McCourt POLITICS Homeland […]

French Will Send Military Advisers to Teach Libyan Rebels How to Surrender

And once they’ve learned proper French surrender techniques, then it’s time for Lesson Two: Collaborating with the enemy!

His and/or Her Equal Rights

One of my favorite subjects is the inexorable logic of “social justice.” I have suffered many slings and arrows (hello, Little Miss Attila) for arguing that once you embrace equality as a principle, this principle must inevitably lead you places you had not originally intended to go: Lyralisa Stevens, who was born male but lives […]

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