The Other McCain

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

Insanity as an Ideology

Ace of Spades comments: Remember what I was saying in the comments on Friday, about the psychological shock of the coming repudiation, and how it would become a Concern (capital intended) as some people simply went crazy? He speaks of the increasingly deranged James Fallows, but it could equally apply to any number of liberals. […]

Good News: Paraguay Demonstrates More Sack Than The U.S. Congress. Bad News: Franco Back In Power

by Smitty Paraguay’s Congress removed President Fernando Lugo from office after a lightning-quick impeachment trial on Friday that he said was tantamount to a coup but pledged to accept. Lugo, a silver-haired former Roman Catholic bishop who quit the Church to run for president on a social reform program, was found guilty of mishandling armed […]

BREAKING: Motion Filed Seeking Federal Injunction on Behalf of Blogger

FROM AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION The following press release was just posted: Walker v. Kimberlin Complaint and Motion for Emergency Preliminary Injunction FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2012 – The Law Office of Bruce Godfrey, in professional cooperation with Dan Backer, Esquire, of leading Washington, DC, campaign finance and political compliance law firm DB Capitol Strategies […]

Obligatory Seriousness About Commenting

— by Wombat-socho Moe Lane has already done me the enormous favor of outlining what my policy is on trolls, so this will be a mercifully short post. I just want to spotlight a few things that I am finding particularly banworthy in recent days, for the benefit of those Loyal Readers who want to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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