The Other McCain

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

Noonan Unexpectedly Conscious

by Smitty For reasons of time and fair use, I’ll confine myself to mocking the first three paragraphs of Peggy’s latest: Noonan Smitty What happened in Wisconsin signals a shift in political mood and assumption. Public employee unions were beaten back and defeated in a state with a long progressive tradition. The unions and their […]

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Celebrating Smitty’s return from Afghanistan, September 2011 FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION Remember when an alleged “singer,” performing under the name Champagne Dream, recorded an unspeakably wretched version of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama”? Alas, the video has been removed from the Internet, so that readers can no longer experience the weird combination of insane laughter and […]

@AceOfSpadesHQ BREAKS SILENCE: #BrettKimberlin’s Escalating Threat

“Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata iactabit audacia? . . . Patere tua consilia non sentis, constrictam iam horum omnium scientia teneri coniurationem tuam non vides? O tempora, o mores! Senatus haec intellegit. Consul videt; hic tamen vivit.” — Marcus Tullius […]

NATIONAL DAY OF BLOGGER SILENCE UPDATE: Remember Seth Allen

FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION On the morning of Thursday, May 17, I was planning to go to Camp David, 15 miles from my Maryland home, to cover the G8 Summit. I had never even heard of Brett Kimberlin. Then Aaron Walker published his 28,000-word post, “How Brett Kimberlin Tried to Frame Me for a Crime” […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 06.08.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Feinstein Vows To Crack Down On Intel Leaks Congressional investigation could embarrass Obama at the height of his re-election campaign Putin’s Hard Line On Protests Put To The Tests Toughened penalties may have only fueled opponents’ anger, resolve As Iran Tensions Fester, UAE Completes New Pipeline Negates Iranian ability […]

Hammurabi Rides Reborn

by Smitty Hammurabi Rides Reborn Hammurabi rides reborn, (So-and-so’s a right blackguard!) Though I’m not privy to facts, In each personal regard. The sudden onslaught of scorn, Moves me to poetic wax. As though by mere spoken word, I could halt the lame attacks, That email and tweet adorn. Historical knives in backs, Are unstabbed […]

Separated At Birth? Frances Fox Piven / Susan Sarandon Edition

by Smitty It bothered me for a while that Piven reminded me of someone. . .

CNN Gets Scooped on Its Own Story
UPDATE: ACLJ Joins the Fight!

FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION Very busy today, awaiting developments on The Kimberlin Files. However, Da Tech Guy cleverly points out that CNN allowed Arlette Saenz of ABC to beat them on reporting this story, even though the reported SWATting of CNN on-air personality Erick Erickson was a central element of the story. For that matter, […]

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