The Other McCain

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Friday Open Thread

— by Wombat-socho Stacy being bedeviled by the site’s annual DNS renewal, and Smitty being somewhere betwixt der Oder und der Rhein, it’s left to me to keep Friday from being a joyless, postless day. God help you all. I got nuthin’ but this awesome banner.* Talk amongst yourselves. *(h/t Moe Lane)

LIVE AT FIVE: 09.07.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS MTV Music Awards Eclipse Lackluster Last Night Of DNC One Direction scores three awards, edging out Rihanna Earthquake Kills 24 In Southwest PRC 20,000 homes damaged in Yunnan, Guizhou provinces No HOPE For Obama Poster Artist Shepard Fairey Even the jungle wanted him deadjailed POLITICS Primaries Set Stage For […]

World’s Youngest Blogger: Doggone Right, This Blog Works!

There has been some recent wincing about over the registration of theothermccain.com. The vig was paid on time, I am informed. The Domain Name Servers (DNS) are apparently taking their own sweet time about propagating the update, so that theothermccain.com in your web browser becomes http://86.75.3.09 for your browser’s sake. I’m a teenager, now at […]

Democrat Transition Into Communist Party Continues Apace

by Smitty Let me caveat this video by saying, as when Jay Leno does “Jay Walking”, you aren’t sure how representative this sample is. That is, if you go shoot an hour of video, you’re going to take the most out-to-lunch two minutes for your YouTube summary. Let us not be too quick to generalize […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 09.06.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Bill Clinton Speech Renews Talk Of Hillary 2016 Masterful, meandering speech was Clinton at the top of his form Under Fire, Democrats Revise Plank On Jerusalem Smooth move there, Ex-Lax. Costa Rica Escapes Serious Damage From Huge Quake 7.6 quake leaves only two dead, relatively minor damage POLITICS Elizabeth […]

I’d’ve Been All: ‘Speaking of ObamaCare, Estimate Its Half-Life If Romney Wins’

by Smitty Durbin, trying to downplay the recently God-less Democrat platform: “I’m just telling you, you are harping on a trifle,” Durbin said, adding that the Democratic Party platform was “the most unread document in the history of American politics.” I’ll bet a soda that, unless Durbin is personally sponsoring legislation, he reads, roughly none […]

DNC Charlotte: Warming Up

Arriving at the Democratic National Convention, Sept. 5, 2012 CHARLOTTE, North Carolina Ali Akbar and I drove all night to get here, and the worst part of the drive was passing through the mountains on I-77 at 4 a.m. when the fog was so thick you couldn’t see 10 feet in front of the car. […]

DNC Charlotte: Obama’s Thursday Apotheosis Gets Rained Out

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina While I was waiting to pick up my media credentials this morning, the official word came that Thursday’s final night of the convention will be moved indoor due to a severe weather forecast. CNN reports: After days of bad weather, President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign and Democratic National Convention organizers have decided to […]

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