The Other McCain

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

At Least One Chief Executive Is Doing The Correct Thing

by Smitty So the guy who already knows he’s not going to meet his budget deadline is going to surround himself with children and infringe upon the 2nd Amendment. Mataconis figures that flinging this much humus is likely to make something stick, in particular, the executive orders. One can hope the fiasco proves a bridge […]

Eighteen Severed Human Heads Stopped En Route to Chicago ‘Research Facility’

Somewhere in Illinois, a “research facility” is being operated by zombies, cannibals or, perhaps, a mad scientist from Transylvania: The 18 human head specimens that arrived at O’Hare International Airport from Rome just before Christmas were on their way to a research facility in the Chicago suburbs — a facility that is “under investigation,” a source told the […]

Why Doesn’t President Obama Support ‘Citizens Against Senseless Violence’?

New York Times headline today: Obama Poised to Back Comprehensive Plan to Curb Gun Violence If he’s against “gun violence,” why would his attorney general call the cops on a peaceful group promoting its own “comprehensive plan”? Posing as “Citizens Against Senseless Violence,” [James] O’Keefe and company visited the homes of anti-gun journalists employed by […]

The Problem With ‘Sponsored Content’: Atlantic Unpublishes Scientology Article

How do you turn pixels into profits? This is an industry-wide issue for journalism in the digital New Media age, and the “sponsored content” approach — selling ads that look like articles — is supposed to be the wave of the future. Well . . . The Atlantic apparently sold space to the Church Creepy Ripoff […]

Transsexual Bullies Successfully Censor Feminist Writers Who Criticized Them

News from the competitive victimhood sweepstakes in Great Britain indicates that transsexuals have won the Most Oppressed Group prize, and are now able to demand complete deference. Kathy Shaidle and Donald Douglas have covered this bizarre controversy. To summarize: Suzanne Moore, a columnist for the left-wing Guardian newspaper, published a feminist essay in the New Statesman magazine that included […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 01.15.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Despite French Airstrikes, Jihadis Continue Advance In Mali Shortage of ground troops makes defense problematic Obama Weighs Executive Action On Guns Nineteen possibilities for executive orders Thousands Rally For Second Day In Islamabad “Last chance to save Pakistan”? POLITICS NY Senate Passes Package Of Tougher Gun Laws Assembly expected […]

Let’s Call It ‘The Doritos Argument’

by Smitty Apparently, this tweet brought me to the attention of some folks on Twitter: #ThingsLiberalsHate Their inability to replace Jesus Christ with something Progressive. — Smitty (D-aft) (@smitty_one_each) January 13, 2013 This triggered some fun back’n’forth: .@jxchristopher The wise keep their treasure beyond IRS range. @imtoridee @justfole — Smitty (D-aft) (@smitty_one_each) January 14, 2013 […]

Lynching Big Red: National Media’s Journalistic Crime Against Steubenville

“Families of Big Red athletes have reported being harassed and threatened. . . . Police increased patrols around city schools after a threat of violence triggered a lockdown. “[Local parent Jackie] Sacripanti said children in the community who had nothing to do with the parties or the alleged rape ‘are being taunted and harassed, just […]

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