The Other McCain

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

It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

— Wombat-socho This week’s book post is going up early since when Thursday rolls around I’m going to be busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest and won’t have time to blog. So. Apocalyptic SF goes back practically to the beginning of the genre, with novels like Olaf Stapledon’s Last and First Men […]

E-Mail From America’s Vice President

If you ever sign up for any Democrat mailing list, you will eventually be on all Democrat mailing lists, and receive e-mails like this: Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 08:14:15 -0400 To: Robert McCain <[email protected]> From: Joe Biden <[email protected]> Robert — If you’ve been watching what’s been happening here in Washington over the past couple […]

Banjo Player Caught in Child-Sex Sting

Abraham Spear: Banjo-playing pedophile When someone told me about this story, my first thought was, “Well, of course he’s a banjo player.” IYKWIMAITYD: A country musician has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to trying to have sex with a woman’s seven and nine-year-old daughters. Abraham Spear was arrested at a […]

Shutdown Monday: Blame Harry Reid

The New York Times: The Senate is expected to reject decisively a House bill that would delay the full effect of President Obama’s health care law as a condition for keeping the government running past Monday, as Senator Harry Reid, the Democratic majority leader, expressed confidence that he had public opinion on his side. Why […]

Keep Your Patriot Hand Strong, @TedCruz

by Smitty Absolutely masterful rhetorical command on display here as the Cruzado dribbles the hapless dope David Gregory like a basketball, shooting three-pointer after three-pointer: God bless Senator Cruz. And may God send a bit of sense to the codpiece media in general, and David Gregory in particular. via Weasel Zippers and Dr. Melissa

LIVE AT FIVE: 09.30.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Shutdown Showdown Hours before deadline, neither GOP nor Democrats are budging Justice Department To Sue North Carolina Over Voter Law DOJ cites alleged racial discrimination Rahul Gandhi Slams Move To Shield Convicted Politicians Slams ordinance allowing convicted lawmakers to hold office, stand for election POLITICS ObamaCare’s Scope, Rocky Intro […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Stardancer

— compiled by Wombat-socho Actually being posted on Sunday, for once! Please be advised, many of the following links are to pictures of “half pretty women half dressed to show it”, in the immortal words of Niven and Pournelle. Others are to pix of completely nekkid women. Either way, be advised that clicking on these […]

MoveOn.org Fundraiser Email Blends Stupid And Infuriating

by Smitty (emphasis original throughout) MoveOn.org Smitty Dear MoveOn member, I’m not, but this was forwarded by a recipient. Big news: Republicans just announced that they will only allow the federal government to stay open if President Obama agrees to delay implementation of Obamacare. The actual votes were bi-partisan for and against, interestingly enough. The […]

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