The Other McCain

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

Eve of the Showdown in Searchlight

LAS VEGAS — Just got back from Searchlight, where I reconnoitered the town and the rally site, about two miles north of Harry Reid’s hometown. A quick video report: One reason I wanted to make the trip Friday was to scope out the route. When Ali arrives at 7 a.m. Saturday, we’ll have to drive […]

Reason #7,126 Why Alyssa Milano
Should Be Following Me on Twitter

Just in case you were wondering: LAS VEGAS – Now Tweeting completely naked in Room 249 at the Orleans Hotel. About to get in the shower. Checkout time in 1 hr, 17 minutes. All I need is just one re-Tweet, Alyssa. Now it’s nearly checkout time, which means I’m fully dressed — including the fedora […]

Does Fabius Maximus Consider The Constitution A Delusion?

by Smitty Fabius Maximus quotes an email I sent regarding his post “About the political significance of the conservatives’ health care propaganda“. Now Fabius is playing a equivalency card, pointing out historical warnings about major legislation. Fabius, have you seen the national debt? Have you seen that the Congress is willing to tamper with Article […]

Just Booked My Flight: Vegas, Baby!

“Free Enterprise. The American Dream. Horatio Alger gone mad on drugs in Las Vegas. . . . Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only real cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas. … […]

CODE RED! D.C. Rally NOON TODAY

Americans will gather in Washington, D.C., today to speak out in opposition to the $2.5 trillion government takeover of health care. WHEN: Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 12:00 Noon ET WHERE: West Lawn of the Capitol SPEAKERS: Rep. Michelle Bachmann, Rep. Tom Price, Rep. Joe Wilson, actor John Voight, Dr. Milton Wolf, Colin Hanna of […]

Subtle Point About North Dakota

by Smitty (via Let Freedom Ring) Politics Daily points out that Senator Conrad is trying to save the power of the only State Bank in the US to loan education money to the residents of that State from a bureaucratic steamroller careening, in a hidden sort of way, in his state’s general direction on page […]

CBO Performs Voodoo Math and Other Undead Zombie Health Care Updates; UPDATE: ‘Does the CBO’s Shady Accounting Trick Make My Butt Look Big?’ UPDATE II: Ramming Speed! ‘Slaughter Solution’ Passes 222-203

UPDATE 3:56 p.m. ET: Michelle Malkin has the details on the procedural vote whereby the House Democrats approved the so-called “Slaughter Solution” to allow them to pass the Senate version without actually voting on it. This is a Constitution-be-damned-just-ram-it-through move, and Michelle links this fretful remark from AOSHQ: “I am getting really worried, because if 222 Democrats […]

Don’t Worry: Your Lost Traditions Are Nearly As Good On YouTube

by Smitty I love the smell of buzzkill on a Monday. It smells like . . . nanny-statery. This year’s cheese-rolling was due to take place on May 31. But Richard Jefferies, of the event’s organising committee, said: ‘We have had to cancel on the advice of the police and local authorities. ‘Last year 15,000 […]

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