The Other McCain

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

FMJRA 2.0: Social Meltdown

— compiled by Wombat-socho A million thanks to Smitty for picking up the slack last week while I was being scourged by the Swedish Death Flu I acquired in Minnesota while visiting my son and 4,998 other anime fans… SANTORUM DROPS OUT The Camp Of The Saints Republican Redefined The (Perhaps Slightly Less) Lonely Conservative […]

Another Starlet in ‘Downward Spiral’

The former star of All That and The Amanda Show is alleged to be the latest victim of Britney/Lindsay Syndrome: Amanda Bynes isn’t letting her recent DUI arrest slow her down. The former Nickelodeon star hit both the Chateau Marmont and the hip nightclub Greystone Manor Thursday night, despite pleadings from some around her to […]

Bee Gee Stayin’ Alive — Barely

Singer Robin Gibb is reportedly in a coma after being hospitalized for pneumonia while being treated for colon cancer: The 62-year-old singer’s family have been keeping vigil at his bedside at a hospital in Chelsea, west London. They are understood to include his wife Dwina, brother Barry, 65, daughter Melissa, 37, and sons Spencer, 39, […]

What Happens in Cartagena …

. . . doesn’t stay in Cartagena: Most of the Secret Service agents embroiled in a prostitution scandal brought women back to their Colombia hotel rooms before President Obama arrived in town for an international summit, Rep. Pete King said Saturday. King said the raunchy rendezvous involved 11 agents and went sour when an agent […]

Can Anyone Help Parse Dick Cheney’s Opinion Of Barack Obama?

by Smitty It’s really hard to grasp Cheney’s position on the fellow, under all the spin and whitewash: “He has been an unmitigated disaster to the country,” Cheney said of President Barack Obama. via Liz Cheney Update: thank you, Instapundit! Update II:

Santelli To Liesman: You Can’t Drink Yourself To Sobriety

by Smitty The title is a summary of Santelli’s point here: Santelli points out that there is no way to keep Zimbabwe Ben from quaffing away at his bottle of Jethro’s 120 Proof Market Fixer-Upper And Hinge Lubricant. Liesman asks, metaphorically, what else Zimbabwe Ben should drink, and Santelli repeats that the market is going […]

He’s Not the Jack of Spades

Ace of Spades gets uncomfortable when I praise him too enthusiastically, or maybe he’s just doing that aw-shucks-’tweren’t-nuthin’ humble thing. Being a natural-born extrovert myself, I have no problem with praise, of which I think I get far too little, mainly because people don’t enjoy praising such an obvious egomaniacal showoff. A deficit of praise, […]

The Brilliance Of DC’s Metro Cannot Be Grasped By Reason

by Smitty Jobs, man: jobs. As the video states, DC’s Metro is a magnet for escalator mechanics. The Metro is working hard, trying to maximize the number of people taking home a paycheck, and these unreasonable Reasoners are. . .throwing a wrench in the gears. The other interesting point about Metro is one that you […]

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