The Other McCain

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

Stimulus Pussy Thankful For Job Creation

by Smitty (h/t Knowledge is Power) By the power of Keynes and the make-work fallacy, this cat, Sissypuss, is employed. New advances / relaxations in requirements for the geo-location (this job is in a non-existent district in the 54th state), and species (the cat’s staff swears she has the personality of Barbara Boxer combined with […]

We Feel Your Pain. Really. We Do.

Bwaaahahahahaha! Earlier that morning, CBS News executives and bureau chiefs, led by senior vice president Linda Mason, told their employees that 2009 had been a disastrous year in the ad market. They had no cable operation to buoy the sinking revenues. It’s not you, was the message, it’s us. Dozens of employees — including staff […]

Tip-Jar Hitters Don’t Do Davos

Maybe next year your contributions to the Galactic Conquest Fund will be enough to send me to Switzerland to hobnob with the bigwigs, but for now, we’ll have to rely on the MSM to tell us what’s going on there with the Masters of the Universe. Associated Press: The state of the world’s economy, and keeping […]

Frankly, I’ve Begun to Worry That Carol at No Sheeples Here Has Caught BMD

First described by Professor William Jacobson, Blogger Mood Disorder can have strange and unpredictable effects. Lately, Carol’s hilarious graphics have been getting . . . well, I don’t want to say weird, but you tell me: Obama  as Tina Turner? I always thought he was more like Ike. (And I don’t mean Eisenhower.) Elephant butt? […]

Is That 44 Geckos in Your Pants, Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

You can’t make this up: A German reptile collector has been jailed for 14 weeks and must pay a 5,000 New Zealand dollar ($3,540) fine for plundering New Zealand’s wild gecko and skink populations, a judge has ruled. Hans Kurt Kubus, 58, is to be deported to Germany as soon as he is released from […]

POTUS and TOTUS in Falls Church

by Smitty (h/t Dan Riehl) “Let me be perfectly clear: when I was your age, my mommy used to put me on my little circular mat like this and have me talk like the President. Some say I have come full circle. Others say that I couldn’t do it without the shiny hardware.  But I […]

Allahpundit Demands a Recount!
2009 ‘Beta Male of the Year’ Award

I’m sure the name of the winner at Roissy in DC is merely a coincidence: Conor, the facsimile of a man who allowed a woman to walk all over him, bought a place for her and him, paid all her bills, and upon discovering her cheating responded in the only way an unrepentant beta could: […]

Guess Who’s a Neo-Confederate
Faux News Tea-Bagger Extremist?

“I look at the numbers and I am worried. I am worried about this government committing itself to so many entitlement programs and committing itself to such a level of taxation to support those entitlement programs . . .” — Chris Matthews “This just in: Chris Matthews is a racist and should be investigated by […]

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