The Other McCain

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

April Is Sexy Polka-Dot Bikini Month

Because of my gratitude for all the readers who hit the tip jar during our March End-of-the-Month Bonus Fundraiser, I’ve decided you deserve something special. But this is only for the 0.014% of readers who hit the tip jar, and the other 99.986% can’t look.

The 10′ Fairy Sculpture At The Mark Center: A Jim Moran Symbol?

by Smitty (via Memorandum) It all began as a sadly typical Military-Industrial Complex boondoggle back in the salad days of September ’08 (emphasis mine).

California Babylon: Teen Girls Lie About Sleepover, Caught Pole-Dancing in Bar

Welcome to the 21st century, where parents have more reasons than ever to worry about their kids: MODESTO — A Modesto bar could face fines and loss of its liquor license after police say they found underage pole dancers and drinkers along with other illegal activity at the establishment. Acting on complaints, police and officers […]

Keynesianism and the Economics of Envy

We today find two Keynesian economists excoriating the Republican Party as an engine of organized greed, responsible for the suffering of the downtrodden at the expense of the evil rich. Paul Krugman accuses the GOP of embracing the policy prescriptions of Herbert Hoover’s Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Mellon. And while Krugman notes that the […]

Writer’s Block. Of Granite.

by Smitty Related: Unrelated: Not unrelated to unrelated above: USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah: “We estimate, and I believe these are very conservative estimates, that H.R. 1 would lead to 70,000 kids dying,” USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah testified before the House Appropriations State and Foreign Ops subcommittee. All in all, April Fool’s promises to be an […]

Dan Collins, Beauty Pageant Truther

by Smitty Piece of Work in Progress, noted hotbed of all things conspiracy-related, is pointing to allegations that Dalia Fernandez may have showed the judges the money, in addition to the swimsuit, to secure victory. Other contestants were devastated at the notion that something as grubby and sinful as money may have disturbed the platonic […]

New Ideas For Funding The Government

by Smitty Apparently there is nothing the Dutch hate like not prosecuting Geert Wilders, notes Volokh. But does this prompt ideas for fixing the fiscal mess left by George W. Bush? Taxation on freedom of expression. Not only could we cut down on spam email by taxing that, we could tax blog posts, and streamline […]

Obama’s Foreign Policy: America Could Lose a War That We’re Not Even Fighting

Ace of Spades describes the situation that St. Hopey has maneuvered us into with the Libyan rebels: Now, if Obama has in fact arrived far too late and backed a losing cause, he’s going to have to face a serious dilemma. 1. “Americanize” the war and win what the indigenous forces cannot. 2. Allow the rebels […]

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