The Other McCain

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

Pray for Ten Thousand Angels

Bill Schmalfeldt of Elk Ridge, Maryland, a.k.a. “Liberal Grouch” Well, how’s your Thanksgiving weekend going, huh? Yesterday, Bill Schmalfeldt harassed me all day long on Twitter, at one point sending me 20 messages in less than an hour. Schmalfeldt was inordinately proud of merging his former site (which he used to smear Aaron Walker, Lee […]

The Left’s Race Baiting Is Bewildering If You Argue Rationally

by Smitty A taste of Jonah Goldberg in the New York Post Racial slander is like duct tape: There’s no limit to what you can do with it. But can you imagine how much worse it will get if Republicans actually do reach out to black community (as they should)? One of the points of […]

FMJRA: FDR’s Mercantile Jaundice Returns, America

by Smitty Party like it’s 1935! This week’s FMJRA celebrates the Even Greater American Depression (EGAD), and the benighted central planning that brings it. The bad news is that the Wombat is on the road, and can’t support the FMJRA. The good news is that I’ve had some time off to rest and recharge, and […]

Discount Death

You stay classy, death merchants: A Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in southern Florida is offering a black Friday discount — including $10 off a visit to the abortion center today. Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast offered the special, saying, “Visit our West Palm Beach or Kendall Health Center for special after […]

‘Tidy’ and Other Rauhauser Signatures

Neal Rauhauser was a speaker at the 2010 Netroots Nation conference Everybody has writing habits, and people tend to develop a recognizable style. For example, some people have trouble distinguishing “it’s” (contraction of it is) from “its” (possessive of it) or “you’re”/”your,” and repeated errors of that kind become a sort of fingerprint by which […]

‘Democracy’ in Egypt

Headline from the New York Times: President Morsi in Egypt Seizes New Powers So, Obama supported the “democratic” uprising that toppled the U.S.-friendly dictator Mubarak and brought to power Morsi, who now assumes dictatorial powers, and we are led to ask, “What was the point of ‘Arab Spring,’ anyway?” If all that has been accomplished […]

Carefully Worded Thanks

by Smitty It is Robert Jensen’s good fortune to be blatantly, thoroughly, categorically wrong, lest somebody go all self-fulfilling prophecy on him, and drag the stinking carcass of his bogus ideas in the direction of reality: Forget all that turkey, stuffing and pumpkin pie, today should be a day of fasting and atonement for American […]

Sow Crap Policy, Reap Policy Crap

by Smitty If you think having the ship list to port is a bad idea, I have news for you about the efficacy of mustering the crew on the port midships quarterdeck to form a union and fight the list: On Tuesday, CCAC employees were notified that Obamacare defines full-time employees as those working 30 […]

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