The Other McCain

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

‘Joey, Do You Like Movies About Gladiators?’

Peter Graves is dead at age 83 and it’s odd that, despite his signature role as James Phelps, leader of the “Mission: Impossible” team, all I can think of is his later comic role as Capt. Oveur in “Airplane.” Same thing with Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges and Leslie Nielsen, I guess. They made careers on […]

Tea Party Express III: Fear and Loathing — and Ann Coulter! — in Las Vegas

BUMPED & UPDATED! SUNDAY MARCH 28: We were linked by Her Blondeness yesterday. Unfortunately, security at the Vegas event was so tight that I didn’t get to say “Hello” to her, although I did get to wave at her personal bodyguard, Floyd — shortly before two Las Vegas police officers pulled me aside and frisked […]

Howell Raines on Journalism Standards

Kind of like Michael Moore offering weight-loss advice.

ObamaCare Swindle Makes DC Beltway Look Like a Kiddie-Car Ride

When it comes to cussing people straight to Hell, the experience of driving I-495 would tempt a saint, but it can’t hold a candle to the spontaneous-Tourette’s factor of Lynne Woolsey’s latest proposal: As House Democrats press for final passage of a health care bill, a legislative scenario has emerged whereby the House wouldn’t have to […]

Another ‘Anti-Government Right Wing Extremist of the Ron Paulian Persuasion’

No, not Pentagon shooter Patrick Bedell — as described by Charles Johnson — I’m talking about that other 9/11 Truther: Two days before his official trip to Afghanistan, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a “big lie” intended to pave the way for the invasion of a war-torn nation, […]

OMG: Michael Moore as COS?

Really, this is PuffHo, not ScrappleFace.

Morris Dees Linked to Right-Wing Libertarian Extremist

Namely the notorious crazy-hater Glenn Reynolds: Back in 1995 I was on MacNeil/Lehrer with Morris Dees . . . MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour: Hotbed of Hate!

When It Comes to ‘Crazy’ and Politics, Glenn Greenwald Is an Expert

That was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the notorious sock-puppet master’s headline: Who are the actual ‘crazy’ people in American politics? Greenwald knows crazy like Eskimos know snow. (Via Memeorandum.)

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