The Other McCain

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

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot the Tea Party?

by Smitty Conspicuously absent in Daniel McCarthy’s analysis is any Tea Party mention: Trump also realized, as Perot should have recognized a quarter-century earlier, that third-party politics was a waste of time, when the same resources could be used to take over the GOP from within. Republican voters, if not Republican elites, still wanted the […]

Why Hilllary’s 2016 Overconfidence Bothered Me

by Smitty I grasp that political leaders tend to be mediocre people who do the networking thing well. It’s hard to build those ‘people skills’ while also honing, say, guitar chops. However, the media is going to tell you that an otherwise pedestrian figure whom they fancy is somehow brilliant. Yet whatever brilliance they display, […]

Ask And Ye Shall Receive

by Smitty @Carpedonktum Here is something that I would do if I had time/skill: Snip Trump speeches down to single words, and then have Trump do a version of "Peace Sells" by Megadeth. — Medieval Knievel Gets Over Macho Grande FTW (@smitty_one_each) May 31, 2018 And here it is: The original:

Democrats May Be Better Off Leaving Their Faith Unstated

by Smitty “We Americans have always been a religious people, a member of my staff tells me.”–Kristen Wiig as Nancy Pelosi, 11Nov2006 (at 1:57) Chris Coons has a fascinating piece up at The Atlantic: First, it hides away the deep, passionate, and formative faith backgrounds of so many Democrats who are seeking or serving in […]

Has The Mythical T-Bone Been Found?

by Smitty At first the Easter Bunny was just a garden-variety capeless hero: Junk ain't funny,Getting beat by a bunny,When out for a night on the town.The only thing worse,Than the viral vid curse,Is when the thrashing is done by a clown. https://t.co/1eN1MQVEcX — No Getting Over Macho Grande Or BREXIT For Theresa (@smitty_one_each) April […]

“Conservatives and Fundamentalists are Noticing Progressive Christians.”

by Smitty Today in folly: Buttigieg is a symbol for a rising Christian left The mail on this was answered early: Mat 7:21-23 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say […]

Joan of Argghh! on Equality

by Smitty Joan posts a fine little poem about poetry over at her blog. It seems related to a new (to me) social media site called Minds.com, which uses crypto to pay people for social media posts. I guess that might be a good thing. Does anybody know what Twitter’s “Promote Mode” thingy does? I’m […]

Got It Covered Like Jimmy’s Hat

by Smitty Ménage à twerp. https://t.co/oPtZeTZoae — No Getting Over Macho Grande Or BREXIT For Theresa (@smitty_one_each) April 2, 2019

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