The Other McCain

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

You See, Mr. Paul, History Does Not Support Scientific Experiments

by Smitty The Australian reports that RUSSIA seized today a consignment of the radioactive isotope Sodium-22 at a Moscow airport from a passenger who was to travel on a flight to Tehran, the customs service said. “Tests showed that the Sodium-22 could only have been obtained as the result of the work of a nuclear […]

Is Congress, Unexpectedly, Robbing Us Deaf, As Well As Blind?

by Smitty Dell Hill points to Director Blue’s post about the dirty truth of the nearly 1,000 Days of Budget Silence: Doug Ross’s asserts: What Democrats and big-government Republicans aren’t telling you is this: the Obama-Pelosi-Reid “one-time Stimulus package” was built into the baseline, which means each year that the Obamacrats can avoid writing a […]

Just Because We Can Does Not Mean We Should

by Smitty Title lifted from the wonderfully titled Apophenia, which has an interesting definition. That post on Danah Boyd’s blog begins: Learning to moderate desires and balance consequences is a sign of maturity. I could eat only chocolate for all of my meals, but it doesn’t mean that I should. If I choose to do […]

Rep. Jim Moran Does The Right Thing On The National Defense Authorization Act

by Smitty The Senate’s bill to make CONUS part of the battlefield has been one of the creepier items of recent news. My Representative, of whom I am not always the biggest fan, let us say, had the following to say of this legislation, via Blue Virginia: “While the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes […]

Kedging

by Smitty Kedging in the Golden Era. The Manual of Seamanship for Boys and Seamen of the Royal Navy, 1904 (a recent fathers day gift) defines kedging as follows: “Laying the kedge anchor out in a boat and warping ahead to it”. In more practical English it meant that sailing ships in the days before […]

OMG

by Smitty Observing My Government’s Overwhelming Monetary Gouging, One Might Guess Our Main Guarantee: Obama Must Go And, for a chaser, the Ott: Update: things that would be raaaaacist if I did them:

Judges [Update: Or Legislators] That Should Be Cashiered

by Smitty Volokh: If you buy a card that allows you unlimited access to a city subway system, and you then sell swipes from your card to let others access the subway system on your card, are you guilty of theft? No, says the New York Court of Appeals in People v. Hightower (Dec. 11), […]

Responsible Elite In ‘A Face In The Crowd’

by Smitty At the suggestion of Ladd Ehlinger, I took in A Face in the Crowd, a 1957 Kazan flick that is well worth your time. ‘Lonesome’ Rhodes goes from nowhere to national stardom. Andy Griffith is powerful as an Icarian pop culture icon. The documentary on the DVD includes a couple of interesting quotes […]

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