The Other McCain

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

The Immortal Brilliance Of Joe Biden

by Smitty Uncle Choo-Choo Forever! BFD (Biden’s Finest Deliveries) must go no! via Ace of Spades HQ

@PaulRyanVP and Math Continue to Represent Obama’s Worst Nightmare

BEAVERBROOK, Ohio Liberals continue their Brer-Rabbit-and-the-Briar-Patch act about the selection of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running mate, endeavoring to convince Republicans that the 42-year-old Wisconsin congressman is somehow a liability to the GOP. Don’t believe it for a minute. Having seen the massive crowds at the Romney-Ryan rally in Manassas, Virginia, having seen Mitt […]

Witchy Woman: Did Christine O’Donnell Try to Hijack ‘Occupy vs. Tea Party’?

BEAVERCREEK, Ohio This is either (a) a serious trademark infringement or (b) a generous gesture of free publicity: We told you last month about Gordon Gebert’s proposed “Occupy vs. Tea Party” reality-TV show. A few days ago, I learned that Gordon got the funding to make it happen, and will begin with a debate at the […]

Rhode Island Neo-Nazis and Other Mysteries of 21st-Century Hate

BEAVERCREEK, Ohio Professor William Jacobson has spent two years wondering about the Neo-Nazi menace in Rhode Island, a threat that the Southern Poverty Law Center warns about in its annual “hate group” listing, but which it seems no one has ever actually documented: SPLC’s hate map at the time listed a total of three hate groups in Rhode Island, […]

Advertising Your Wares On The Back Of Another’s Hypocrisy

by Smitty via (Insty) I’ll give D’Souza 8 out of 10 here. He loses points for (a) not helping in the sense of a ‘random act’, and (b) announcing the act. To be clear: he’s got a movie to peddle. Having said all that, George Obama offers a nice window (or maybe a microscope’s aperture) […]

Veterans: A Mesothelioma Announcement

by Smitty My father is recovering from prostate surgery. He served as an engineer, mostly on amphibious assault ships, back before the dangers of materials like asbestos was widely known. Thus, I amy sympathetic to the need to take care of old duffers wherever you find them, and present this post as a public service […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.17.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS At Least 35 Dead As South African Police Gun Down Machete-Wielding Miners New union clashing violently with government-aligned National Union of Mineworkers Verdict, Protests Loom For Pussy Riot Put your undies on your hair like you just don’t care Ecuador’s President Claims Moral Superiority In Granting Asylum To Assange […]

Creepiest Thing You’ll Read All Month

by Smitty ACRP Wire: A new paper in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry uses extensive Freedom of Information Act findings to detail what its authors call an extremely troubling off-label medical intervention employed in the U.S. on pregnant women to intentionally engineer the development of their fetuses for sex normalization purposes. The paper is coauthored […]

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