The Other McCain

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

The Smell Of Voter Fraud In The Making: Recalls The Settling Pond In Kandahar

by Smitty For those who have not had the pleasure of a visit to Kandahar, it’s like some Mad Max setting, with 115° heat, dust everywhere, and an afternoon chife that hits the nose with the subtlety of a hurled cinder block. Oh, and the rocket alerts, directing you to get into the shelters that […]

Elizabeth Warren’s Iron Maiden Tribute Band Is A Huge Hit

by Sissypuss the Blog Kitty FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS Art and politics have just had another one of their strange collisions. Friday night Pseudajawea rocked Partner’s Pub, and Strolling Drone correspondent Sissypuss was there to take in the show. The entire set was filled with excitement, as the Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate flexed considerable heavy metal […]

The Afghanistan War Was A Total Success

by Smitty Insty points to HotAir on the Afghanistan Surge being mishandled. This argument operates under a misapprehension that any of Obama’s Afghanistan policy was ever serious in the first place. Obama campaigned in 2008 on the notion that the unpopular Iraq war was a distraction: Democrat Obama declared that the failed policy in Iraq […]

Sunday Morning Meditation

by Smitty For those who’ve enjoyed my bits of doggerel, I was checking to see if you can do SVG in WordPress: And the answer is ‘Sure, as long as you do not mind an Internal Server Error in lieu of what you really wanted.’ Here is the poem layed out less experimentally: Cross The […]

Neal Rauhauser’s Bizarre Suspicions, and Profiling the (Hypothetical) ‘UnSub’

‘Deeply disturbed … narcissism … sociopathic’? “Please think about your family. This story is not worth it. I can assure you that. . . . “I am trying to help you, a lot of people are very disappointed that this story has continued.” — “Alicia Pain,” June 23, 2011 “Another possible outcome would be a […]

In Which I Take Fast, Furious Cheap Shot At Jay Carney

by Smitty President Obama may have to clear a high bar in order to lock down Fast and Furious documents from the prying eyes of congressional investigators. . . An imaginary exchange at the daily White House Press Briefing. . . Carney: Now, I am not privy to the Fast & Furious documents that are […]

#ThingsDemocratsPromiseForVotes Silencing Bad, Bad Conservative Blogs

by Smitty I was at a dry, dry talking head show today. But at least there was access to the tubey-nets for Twitter hijinks: #ThingsDemocratsPromiseForVotes Four legs good, two legs bad. — Chris Smith (@smitty_one_each) June 23, 2012 #ThingsDemocratsPromiseForVotes If the Unborn can be allowed to vote for Dems, the Left will recognize them as […]

Imani Gandy, #StopRush and Neal Rauhauser: Confirmation and Credibility

FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION The Brett Kimberlin story — necessarily involving the activities of Kimberlin’s associate Neal Rauhauser — keeps moving forward every day. This brings us now to a follow-up on two recent stories: June 21: Recording: Leader of Anti-Limbaugh Effort Brags About Obama Campaign Ties June 22: E-Mails Expose MSNBC Host’s Involvement in […]

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