The Other McCain

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

The Blogger’s noinU Guild (BUG) Is Catching

by Smitty The idea began as a W.O.R.M. casting, and was picked up at Blazing Cat Fur. Even the great big Little Miss Attila took notice. In private correspondence with the Mac Daddy, I noted the following points: BUG formally bills itself as a disorganization. Blog linkage is a form of anti-dues. Pay up, sukkuhz. […]

Ohio Unions, Ohio Thugs, Ohio Police

From the Columbus Dispatch: The volatility surrounding the collective-bargaining debate spilled into the night Wednesday when police were called to a German Village restaurant after a group verbally accosted a gathering of Senate Republicans. After the vote on Senate Bill 5, seven Republican senators, including President Tom Niehaus, R-New Richmond, grabbed dinner at the Easy […]

The Global Orgasmatron for Kids

Here’s a story that prompted Duane Lester to allude to Huxley’s Brave New World. It may seem like satirical science fiction — as if, like Woody Allen in Sleeper, we had awakened to discover it is 2173 — but it is an all-too-real fact: “Experts” have determined that what’s wrong with our education system is that […]

BREAKING: Charlie Sheen To Be Northwestern U’s First Heidi Fleiss Chair Of Applied Public Debauchery Studies

by Smitty I’m connecting a couple of (i)d(i)ots here in a less-than-totally-factual sort of way. A curriculum basis for this ‘exciting’ new field can be found here. The ultimate comfort, of course, is that these clowns will eventually have the opportunity to explain themselves to the Almighty.

LIVE AT FIVE – 03.04.11

TOP NEWS Obama Lifts Ban On Mexican Truckers Nothing else gained from summit; Mexico still torqued about Wikileaks revelations Judge Orders Protesters Out of Wisconsin State Capitol Overnight occupations over and done thanks to ruling Westboro “Baptist Church” to Challenge State Anti-Picketing Laws Maryland plans to continue enforcing law regardless of Phelps clan’s intentions POLITICS […]

My Favorite Kardashian

  Forget about Kim and Kourtney. It’s definitely Khloe, thanks to this Tweet she sent Thursday: I’m sure My Favorite Kardashian™ will want to check out Herman Cain’s article, “In Defense of American Exceptionalism,” from the March issue of The American Spectator. And then she’ll want to join the grassroots online army at Citizens for […]

Frank LaRose Denounces ‘Mean-Spirited Personal Attacks and Senseless Threats’

A lawyer representing the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police had seemingly threatened state Sen. Frank LaRose for voting in favor of S.B. 5, a bill to limit the power of government employee unions. Without directly mentioning Ohio FOP lawyer Mike Piotrowski’s “cops hold grudges” remark, LaRose condemned such threats in a statement (PDF) today explaining […]

Obama: ‘Take Back America’ Is Racist for Tea Party, But Not for Progressives

This was mentioned Tuesday, but now the U.S. News & World Report article is available online: But Obama, in his most candid moments, acknowledged that race was still a problem. In May 2010, he told guests at a private White House dinner that race was probably a key component in the rising opposition to his […]

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