The Other McCain

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‘Gentleman’ Jim Moran: “Naaah, VA-8 Residents Don’t Need A Vote”

by Smitty Via Patrick Murray, we have this tidbit about ‘Gentleman’ Jim, always looking out for Virginianshimself: Jim Moran said Northern Virginia was more reflective of the D.C. metro area than the rest of the state. “We’d all be better off if they took the Virginia and Maryland suburbs and made them part of the […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 01.09.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Giffords Draws Cheers At Tucson Vigil Leads mourners in Pledge at beginning of memorial Rivals Turn Up Heat On Romney Home field advantage enough to keep Mitt first in New Hampshire? Other candidates focusing their attacks on former Massachusetts governor Malayan Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim Acquitted Of Sodomy Charges […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Oshiete Koi wa Happiness?

— compiled by Wombat-socho This week the first blogger out of the inbox is The Rio Norte Line, who has a low opinion of Michael Bay but not Bay’s “friend” Lauren Stoner. Next up, the POH Diaries with Demi Moore, and Randy’s Roundtable with Mayra Suarez and Lindsay Ellingson. Laughing Conservative checks in with Aimee […]

‘I Knew Him, Horatio’

HOLLIS, N.H. Hamlet’s line about the late Yorick came to mind when I heard that former Washington Times editorial page editor Tony Blankley had died at age 63. He was, among many other things, a splendid peacock in his wardrobe, giving no heed to those in Washington who suppose that influential men should limit their […]

Yet Another Attempt At Postmodern Materialistic Reductionism

by Smitty That the scientific method is a great tool isn’t much in doubt. Where we run into challenge is when someone assumes the current scope of that tool’s descriptive power can encompass reality. Jerry Coyne offers yet another purely materialistic, neurological argument for Free Will being something more of a Chemically Constrained Will, concluding, […]

Romney Displaying A Barackian Level Of Contempt For The American People

by Smitty “Pious Baloney”, indeed. Newt speaks truth to wax figure:Really, Mitt: if there’s one thing that the American people appreciate, it is candor. Barack did a fantastic job of feigning it it ’08. The respect for American authenticity allowed John McCain to drop his war record on a bus for a tour of America […]

You Say ‘Ignoring’, I Say ‘Fomenting’

by Smitty This was the reply of the evening: Part of the awakening that must continue in the U.S. is the realization that anti-Christian bigotry is exceeded only by anti-Semitic bigotry (my opinion). You can find a distinction, in that anti-Christian bigotry denigrates a religion, whereas anti-Semitic bigotry is more ethnic in nature. Whatever. My point is […]

Bitter Fruits of a Bitter Seed: Envy, Feminism, Maureen and Meghan

HOLLIS, N.H. Time constraints have improved my ability to ignore Maureen Dowd. Many months now often elapse between my ever bothering to notice anything she’s written. Today, however, Pete Da Tech Guy called my attention to Ms. Dowd’s unseemly assault on Rick Santorum’s family. And then Pete sat down and wrote a rather stunning contrast […]

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