The Other McCain

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

Memo to Code Pink: Perhaps You Have Misunderstood the ‘Pussy Riot’ Concept

“. . . the last remains of social order will speedily perish, and society will be overwhelmed in savage anarchy.” Pussy Riot is an all-female Russian rock band whose members were sentenced to prison for a protest against Vladimir Putin. It is my theory that Glenn Reynolds keeps writing about their case not merely because of […]

Todd Akin And Amendment 2.5

by Smitty One of those people you really don’t want to upset, Dana Loesch, is truly hacked off at those assailing Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin: Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin appeared on a local St. Louis television show (below) and discussed his thoughts on abortion, even in the instance of rape or incest, which […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.20.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Former CCP Boss’ Wife Given Suspended Death Sentence Given fourteen years in poisoning of British businessman Assad Prays In Rare Appearance As Syrian Civil War Rages On Attendance at Eid prayers televised Mitt Romney Goes To Church With The Media Perhaps the only article on this without the “Mormons […]

Neal Rauhauser Again? Yet Another Conspiracy Theory Smear Emerges

Neal Rauhauser was a speaker at the 2010 Netroots Nation conference When last we encountered Neal Rauhauser, the “TwitterGate” instigator and Brett Kimberlin associate was e-mailing false and defamatory claims about Brandon Darby to public officials, including law enforcement agencies and members of Congress. There was a remarkable resemblance between Rauhauser’s crazytalk smear of Darby and […]

Rule 5 Sunday: A New England

— compiled by Wombat-socho For the benefit of those reading Rule 5 compilations for the first time, or who have forgotten since last time: some of the links below are most definitely Not Safe For Work and could contribute to the pollution of your precious bodily fluids. Laughing Conservative leads off this week with Lucy […]

Separated At Birth: Joe Biden / Ron Burgundy

by Smitty This blog cannot succumb to partisan bias. In the interests of even-handedness, we now present: This blog hopes that Ron Burgundy fans take no offense. via Power Line Oh, and, flog me gently with a claidheamh mòr: via Legal Insurrection

When the Truth Goes Viral

‘Occupy the Truth’ rally in Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 18, 2012 Photo by Pat Dooley (Hat-tip: Instapundit) Iowahawk’s observation — “Paul Ryan represents Obama’s most horrifying nightmare: math” — is well on its way to becoming world famous, and may yet become the final epitaph on Obama’s presidency. As I remarked Thursday: If voters can be made to […]

I Call A Bullish Hit

by Smitty Jammie Wearing Fools has a post pointing out pure silliness from the Obama campaign: “We have plenty of time for big rallies,” a campaign spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said between the rallies on Thursday. “Our focus right now is on exciting our supporters and winning over undecided voters and the smaller and medium-size events are the […]

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