The Other McCain

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

Obamanomics: Good News and Bad News

You’ll probably want the bad news first: The unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent in July, a number in which the New York Times desperately seeks to find good news for Obama, which would actually be bad news for everybody else, because if the New York Times deceives people into thinking Obama’s policies aren’t a […]

Keep Your Site Patched And Your Pimp Hand Strong

by Smitty American Glob, like The Lonely Conservative and so many others, is in a rough patch due to site hackers. The heart goes out to Aliester at AG. Blogging has enough challenges with the technology alone without some Nazgûl wrecking your day with a hack. Do visit the link above and offer some encouragement […]

Kayla Harrison: ‘This Is My Day. This Is My Purpose. I’m Not Afraid to Win.’

The title quote is the pre-match mantra of the 22-year-old who won a gold medal in judo yesterday, and who in an interview last month told a reporter: “I do believe things happen for a reason.” There are times in life when survival is victory. You make up your mind every day just to keep going, and […]

Tom DeWeese Of American Policy Center At Fauquier County Tea Party Protest

by Smitty Yesterday this blog was privileged to attend and document a protest in favor of liberty, private property, and the general American imperative to resist the Bloomberg-ification (if you will) of our lives. Tom DeWeese of APC offers a high-level overview of the situation, touching on some of the creepier Agenda 21 aspects of […]

Feminists Celebrate Chi-Com Swimmer, Exaggerate Olympic Record

Feminists can ruin anything, even a 16-year-old’s gold medal. When China’s Ye Shiwen set a record time in the 400-meter individual medley, headline writers created the false impression that she swam faster than the men’s champion, Ryan Lochte. Selwyn Duke at The American Thinker explains the misperception: The  confusion stems from the fact that Ye […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.03.12 (CENTRAL TIME)

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Romney Slams Reid: Put Up Or Shut Up Says Reid’s accusations “totally and completely wrong”. Opposition Reports Massacre In Hama Also, Kofi Annan resigns Kim Jong Un Meets PRC Visitors In First Diplomatic Act Seeking help in wake of devastating floods? POLITICS Gay Rights Activists Plan “Kiss-In” At Chick-Fil-a […]

Tea Party Protest In Support Of Virginia Farmer Over Fauquier County Zoning

by Smitty First they came for the farmers. . . as was demonstrated at the Warren Green Building in Warrenton, Virginia. Previous reporting here. It was a pleasant summer day in what looked to be a quaint rural Virginia town. Not the kind of place you’d expect to be ground zero in the current national […]

SWAT an L.A. County Deputy D.A.? That’s Not News. SWAT a Teen Starlet …?

Has the Los Angeles Times ever written about the SWATting of Patrick “Patterico” Frey? Never mind: Miley Cyrus is victim of a “prank”! On Wednesday night, Cyrus was the target of “swatting” — a prank in which an anonymous caller reports a heinous crime to authorities so a SWAT team will swarm an innocent person’s […]

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