The Other McCain

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

Rep. Allen West Ecstatic About Iraq Withdrawal–Oh, Wait: He Says It Sucks

by Smitty He is categorically against pretty much everything BHO has done, except for greenlighting the snuffing of Osama. Pure, red, foreign policy meat. Oh, and Rep. West isn’t a fan of #OccupyWallStreet, either. Can’t we all just get along, Rep. West? Oh no Rep. West is not a 9-9-9 supporter. He wants reform, but […]

‘Two Nationally Known GOP Insiders’

Thus does Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post describe Nelson Warfield and Curt Anderson, who have been brought aboard Team Perry in a campaign overhaul. Another money quote: Perry’s original staff seemed not to appreciate that running for president was a fundamentally different task than running for reelection in a deep red state. No duh. […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 10.25.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS NTC: Gaddafi Buried In Secret Desert Grave Latest reports indicate the corpse was buried at dawn Obama Mingles With Celebrities As He Steps Up Fundraising Tapping star donors and pressing the flesh with the stars Rescue Workers Work Against Time To Find Quake Survivors Thousands still missing under rubble […]

The Other Smoker Chosen For Cain Ad: Small Animal Near Stacy Hardest Hit

by Smitty Great ad, but the smoking at the end makes little sense, except to floutaunt the rules. And if you’re going to do that, why not play the Ladd Ehlinger card? via HotAir. Update: Sissy ‘Lanche! Update II: Linked at The Camp of the Saints and Herman Cain PAC. Update III: My genius recognized […]

The Non-Barking Dog Of Federalism

by Smitty Why I can’t help but admire large swaths of Ron Paul’s ideas: Ron Paul told host David Gregory that he would abolish federal student loans. . . All of those students must claim a state for residency. Why. The. [Ahem]. are states not taking care of their own citizens? Well, clearly the federal government […]

Computer Scientist John McCarthy, RIP

by Smitty Via Tech Crunch: The creator of Lisp and arguably the father of modern artificial intelligence, John McCarthy, died today. He studied mathematics with the famous John Nash at Princeton and, notably, held the first “computer-chess” match between scientists in the US and the USSR. He transmitted the moves by telegraph. McCarthy believed AI […]

Christine O’Donnell Has A Good Attitude

by Smitty Dondero reports: “We should learn a lesson from what happened in my race last year. I was consistently beating my democratic opponent in the pre-primary head to head match up and then the Republican Establishment launched their shameless attack and changed all that,” said O’Donnell. “As the saying goes, a lie runs around […]

Cueball-a-Cueball

by Smitty I hoisted the three-month-old World’s Youngest Blogger on my shoulders for a pose the other night. What an awesome thing is fatherhood. Niklas is already precocious, though I am committed not to being one of those Dead Poet Society dads with the kid’s whole life scripted for him. This business of taking care […]

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