The Other McCain

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

Slathering S.A.L.V.E On Your Kindle

by Smitty Now it can be purchased! While neither a dessert topping nor a floor wax, S.A.L.V.E. promises to deliver a “Wut?” from uncultured audiences everywhere! Could the Secretary of State really be the President’s mother? (OediPOTUS Wrecks) Could co-bloggers sustain a Samuel Beckett riff while sending up Obama’s stimulus program? (Waiting for O-Dough) Can […]

Artur Davis Speaks To Fairfax County GOP 19Jun2012

by Smitty Artur Davis is somebody you want to know more about. The Grio, from 30 May 2012: Former Alabama congressman Artur Davis, once considered a rising star in the Democratic Party and a potential member of Obama’s cabinet, announced this week he is switching parties and becoming a Republican. Davis, who lost the Democratic […]

Bob Belvedere Hates Trees While Being The Most Beautiful Man On The Planet

by Smitty I am nearly reduced to a weeping outburst of Smalley-ism: *sniff* Thank you *sniff* In better news, the Kindle version is actually perking now. I made what was a not unreasonable, yet wrong, assertion when it jumped me from CreateSpace.com to Kindle Direct Publish: that it new I was the author. As I […]

Announcement: S.A.L.V.E.

by Smitty Shameless Acts of Literary Vandalism and Entertainment is surely the Publishing Event of June 19, 2012! Collected in one tidy package, and available just in time for West Virginia Day, you can now spare yourself the toil of navigating to 45 different URLs, and instead have a handsome, consolidated unit for your entertainment […]

Yes, Dan Riehl: Slavery. To Materialism!

by Smitty Dan Riehl brings some dainty new footwear to the discussion. However, we need to dig a little deeper here. The message may not be limited to simple 19thcentury bondage. No. As Lawrence O’Donnell (my intellectual guide) points out, we’re all socialists now: This new line of footwear clearly underscores the American enslavement to […]

Stand Your Bus On Me

by Smitty This is a great parody of the Ben E. King classic, as former intelligence associates come to grips with the sad reality that, when the chips are down, Barack is somewhere else, fundraising, and under the bus they go: via Yid With Lid

Hey, Greece: Just Remember, Austrian Economics Don’t Work

by Smitty It looks as though the Greek election is another exercise in playing soccer on a long street with a can, kicking that can down another block. The collapse of the Eurozone has become like the decline of the Warsaw Pact, only more complex and prolonged. Pro-austerity forces have won the latest election in […]

A: To Justify Fascism

by Smitty Q (emphasis mine): Although Hood believes the self may be the greatest trick our brain has ever played on us, he concludes that believing in it makes life more fulfilling. The illusion is difficult–if not impossible–to dispel. Even if we could, why deny an experience that enables empathy, storytelling and love? Insty links […]

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