The Other McCain

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World’s Youngest Blogger Game Face

by Smitty I don’t know if I’m really keen on soccer as a kid sport. Football turned me off in 7th grade when I realized the other kids were more interested in causing lots of injuries than actually, you know, playing the game. For team sports with testosterone, it’s probably lacrosse in summer and hockey […]

First Principles Blog Series On Taxation

by Smitty First Principles was taking me to task in the comments over on the Norquist post. This is the kind of back-and-forth that can be highly educational, if one can dodge the temptation toward ad hominem. FP: When it comes to political hot points in conservative political circles in Nevada, the Grover Norquist/Americans for […]

Non-Standard Families A Sign Of Progress: Blaspheme Not Holy Progress!

by Smitty Heritage (neither a dog nor a whistle, yet likely to be accused of being a dog whistle in 3…2…) points to the intense blowback over the New Family Structures Study: The author of a new study showing some negative outcomes for young adults whose parents had same-sex relationships is under attack because his […]

A Little Campaign Ad Help For Mitt

by Smitty HotAir has the new Romney ad, and there isn’t really anything wrong with it, per se: But can’t we just tart things up a bit, amidst our financial apocalypse, with some retro Zappa that is totally apropos #OccupyResoluteDesk? Sage advice for the Obama Administration: But you should be diggin’ it While it’s happening. […]

Separated At Birth? JR/WJ Edition

by Smitty Dallas is back tonight. Peering into the future, I see a show that is mostly a retread of the classic I watched in my youth, with a heavy subtext of George W. Bush and Mitt Romney bashing. I could be wrong. The show might play an even hand, and show that capitalism is […]

Norquist And His Pesky Pledge

by Smitty [Clip below the fold, to preclude auto-play disaster.] A few notes: The Left cannot make a positive point. The caller has to insinuate that there is evil afoot when influence and money are used to constrain Leviathan. I’ll bet the beverage of your choice that the caller is some civil servant, GS-14 or […]

Nigel Farage Sugarcoats The Euro Situation UPDATE: Daniel Hannan Also Has Vague Pleasantries On Offer

by Smitty Here, watch this. See if you can figure out Farage’s real opinion of Brussels under all of the whitewash and indirection: Via American Power. UPDATE, via Zero Hedge, that other famous British MEP also seems unwilling to commit to any tangible opinion on the Euro: I just wish these Brits could somehow communicate […]

#GOPEstablishmentIn4Words For Users Craving Knick-knacks

by Smitty #GOPEstablishmentIn4Words Formidable until CNN knocks. — Chris Smith (@smitty_one_each) June 13, 2012 #GOPEstablishmentIn4Words Feckless unless continuously kicked. — Chris Smith (@smitty_one_each) June 13, 2012   #GOPEstablishmentIn4Words Frequently using Constitutional knowledge. — Chris Smith (@smitty_one_each) June 13, 2012   Update: in reply to the query about “undermining and sapping the GOP voting base” in […]

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