The Other McCain

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

That Saucy Steyn

by Smitty . . .as much as I like the idea of Canadian military commanders randomly invading Muslim nations, I feel the gig should have gone to a Mexican general. After all, the Administration pretty much insisted this is a job Americans won’t do.

True Crime

During my two-day illness, in waking moments in between Nyquil-induced sleep, I watched re-runs of The First 48 on A&E. The “true crime” genre has been one of my favorites since childhood. Perhaps this reflects the influence of my mother, who was a big fan of TV detective dramas like Columbo and The Rockford Files. When […]

Fisking Für Gesundheit Und Geld

by Smitty “Fisking for good health and money” The SOL/Puffington Host RSS feed is a source of endless wonder. Let us experience the flow of kool-aid that is the writing of Preeti Vissa, Community Reinvestment Director, The Greenlining Institute.  Let us enjoy her current outing, Poverty Is a Pre-Existing Condition: Why the Affordable Care Act […]

He Who Hates Attractive GOP Women

No, not Sully — I mean the other creep: Excuse me for reminding you that Charles Johnson is still on the Internet. He hasn’t done anything useful in so long, you might not realize he used to be somebody important.

New Motherf–ing Tone 2.0

Because liberals hold a patent on Civility™ they are the sole arbiters of who is or is not in violation: Andrew Brietbart’s ad hominem attack on Van Jones in The Daily Caller — right down to calling him a “commie punk” and “a cop killer-supporting, racist, demagogic freak” — violates the tenets of debate and […]

Conrad Is A Knob, And We Need To Attack The Lousy Assertions Behind His Ideas

by Smitty Hot Air has a post on Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) idea of implementing a mileage tax. You can’t fault a Progressive, I suppose, for wanting to build on the resounding success that is ObamaCare. By ‘resounding’ I mean ‘utter’, and by ‘success’, I, of course, mean ‘debacle’. But it’s worse […]

You’re Supposed to Be Shocked

The Republican governor of Alaska has nominated a conservative for the panel that approves state judges. Democrats want you to scream in horror to learn that Don Haase thinks sex outside marriage should be against the law: One blog post on the Eagle Forum Alaska site praised efforts at criminalizing adultery in Michigan, and [Democrat […]

Separated At Birth, Plus A Couple Of Generations?

by Smitty I saw this, courtesy of Design Milk: This prompts a bit of thinking about Teddy and The ‘Stache:

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