The Other McCain

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

Ayn Rand On The Liberal And Liberal-Lite Parties In The U.S.

by Smitty The Tea Partiers are the moderates; everyone to the Left is suicidal. NPR quotes Ayn Rand: “Both [GOP and Democrats] today are for socialism, in effect — for controls. And there is no party, there are no voices, to offer an actual pro-capitalist, laissez-faire, economic freedom and individualism,” she said. “That is what […]

An Opera Based Upon WikiLeaks?

by Smitty Opera is one of those forms of expression that I do not mind admitting is art, yet avoid to the fullest extent possible. Via Slashdot, one of the biggest cretins of recent vintage will be going to the opera house, emphasis mine: “Betrayal, lust, secrecy, power: there’s no shortage of dramatic intrigue in […]

On Cue, Some #Occupy People Came By

by Smitty I’ve been in Philadelphia since Wednesday, while Mrs. Other Smitty attends a conference. My main job, other than blogging, has been to watch The World’s Youngest Blogger. We’re across the street from City Hall in Philly: That statue of William Penn atop the building had its peace disturbed this afternoon by what may […]

#BlogCon11 Braced For The Charge Of The Intellectual Lightweight Brigade UPDATE: DaTechGuy Reports #OccupyDenver Is Weak Tea, No Party

by Smitty Pete Da Tech Guy just called. He reports that #OccupyDenver marches every Saturday around noon, when their number swells to as many as 1-to-3,000. The hotel hosting #BlogCon11 has said that any #BlogCon11 attendees who leave the hotel will not be allowed to re-enter during any march past the hotel that could potentially […]

Denver Post Quotes @DaTechGuyBlog About @OccupyDenver at #BlogCon11

The authoritative source: More than a dozen protesters who say they are part of Occupy Denver disrupted a conservative blogger conference in downtown Denver this afternoon and one man was led away in handcuffs, witnesses say. Information about the man who was arrested for trespassing was unavailable but witnesses at the Blogcon 2011 conference say […]

#OccupyFail at #BlogCon11: What Fun!

For the second consecutive year, Tabitha Hale didn’t think I was important enough to be invited to participate on a panel at BlogCon. Or maybe Tabitha just hates my guts. Either way, she subsequently offered me a “scholarship” to attend BlogCon, a consolation prize I was too proud to accept. Pity is no substitute for respect, and if […]

Small Arms May Stop Spread Of Tuberculosis At #OccupyObamaVilles

by Smitty Ladd Ehlinger seems surprised that anarchy, poor sanitation, and the onset of winter can lead to outbreaks of diseases like tuberculosis. I disagree with those who said the Occupy movement was doomed at the first sign of winter. This is because I have never seen it as a grass-roots movement, but one cooked […]

Nicely Worded Lawyer-ese That Really Hacks Me Off

by Smitty Over at Volokh: The modern Supreme Court is reluctant to directly overrule precedents, especially well-entrenched precedents, but is not at all reluctant to distinguish precedents, even when the distinctions in question are quite strained. Why on earth are the 9th and 10th Amendments, the Bill of Rights, permitted to be overruled, then? This whole […]

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