The Other McCain

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

Friday Open Thread

— by Wombat-socho Stacy being bedeviled by the site’s annual DNS renewal, and Smitty being somewhere betwixt der Oder und der Rhein, it’s left to me to keep Friday from being a joyless, postless day. God help you all. I got nuthin’ but this awesome banner.* Talk amongst yourselves. *(h/t Moe Lane)

I’d’ve Been All: ‘Speaking of ObamaCare, Estimate Its Half-Life If Romney Wins’

by Smitty Durbin, trying to downplay the recently God-less Democrat platform: “I’m just telling you, you are harping on a trifle,” Durbin said, adding that the Democratic Party platform was “the most unread document in the history of American politics.” I’ll bet a soda that, unless Durbin is personally sponsoring legislation, he reads, roughly none […]

Sociopaths and Democrats

But I repeat myself. A sudden change of plans requires me to leave soon for Charlotte to cover the Democratic National Convention. After the car trouble that turned my trip home from Tampa into a three-day ordeal, I had hoped to spend a few days at home before going back out on the campaign trail, […]

Blogging 101: Headline Juxtaposition

Food-Stamp Use Climbs To Record, Reviving Campaign Issue — Bloomberg News Mrs. Obama’s 2nd-Term Agenda: ‘Impact Nature of Food in Grocery Stores’ — CNS News Africa’s Elephants Are Being Slaughtered in Poaching Frenzy — New York Times Is there any actual relationship between these headlines? I don’t claim that such a relationship exists, but your […]

#EmptyChairDay : Angry?

by Smitty The European Desk is surfing the jet lag at 0300 and catching up on the RSS feed. I’ll see if I can find some piece of European furniture and some free WiFi to support Empty Chair Day. In case of furniture failure, how about some Alice in Chains? “Saw my reflection and cried […]

Just Doing My Job, Jerry

My friend Jerry Wilson at Goldfish and Clowns seems to have taken personally my failure to respond to his writings, and that’s OK. Neglectfulness is a problem with me and when I’m on the road, the problem is compounded. In case you didn’t notice, I spent the past week in Tampa at the Republican National Convention […]

Sticky Political References

by Smitty Bill Quick points to the maple syrup story in the great white north, and figures that the 15k barrels suddenly ‘missing’ from a Canadian warehouse were never filled in the first place. In the age of politics in everything, let me be the first to point out what an excellent metaphor we have […]

Breitbart in February: ‘You Want a Unity Speech? I’ll Give You a Unity Speech.’

FLORENCE, South Carolina Back in February at CPAC, Andrew Breitbart gave a speech in which he called for unifying conservatives to defeat the Left: Anyone that’s willing to stand next to me to fight the progressive left, I will be in that bunker, and if you’re not in that bunker ’cause you’re not satisfied with […]

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