The Other McCain

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

Great News: Treacherous Bastard Cornyn Unanimously Re-Elected as NRSC Chair

Warned you about this yesterday, and now look at how it’s being played: While Cornyn’s performance as NRSC chair has been praised in Republican circles since the election, it wasn’t without speed bumps. Where are these “Republican circles”? What kind of fools are in these “circles,” and what the hell did Cornyn do to merit […]

Europe: ‘Crisis? What Crisis?’

Following up on yesterday’s post about the economic crisis in Europe, let’s mention that Italy is also in trouble. Berlusconi’s government is falling apart and the guy who wants to replace him, Gianfranco Fini, is described as “a younger, charismatic right-wing leader” and a “former neo-Fascist.” That’s reassuring, huh? Also reassuring is when Irish government officials feel […]

FMJRA Dénouement: Forsythia, Marigolds, Jasmine, Roses to All

by Smitty Thank you for the outpouring of well-wishing concerning the deployment. My mother called, and broke down at the sight of the volume and character of the well-wishings from the dextrosphere. If my departure was not the most-linked post in the blog’s history, it was easily Top 5: Cogadh No Sìth Common Sense Political […]

What Causes Islamophobia

Stuff like this: Make no mistake: The reason that 3-year-old Mandy Simon had to be searched by TSA is Islam — and the politically-correct insistence that, in Ed Morrissey’s phrase, “everyone must suffer equally” in airport security. UPDATE: Jeffrey Goldberg informs us that Nov. 24 is “National Opt-Out Day,” and urges people to (a) refuse […]

Cogadh No Sìth

by Smitty Stacy has greased the skids here, but there will be a hiatus in regular blogging activity for the Smitty portion of this blog duo at the close of this post. I hold orders to activate in mid-November and report to Kabul, Afghanistan in time for Christmas. Bandwidth, and latitude for skylarking online will […]

‘A Deliberate . . . Systemic Campaign to Kill Obama’s Presidency in Its Crib’

Hey, did anybody else ever notice that Andrew Sullivan has a tendency to engage in hyperbole? What Sully portrays as a malign plot, I think most people call . . . politics. Or in Jennifer Rubin’s elegantly simple formula, “There is no getting around it. The opposition party must oppose.” For an Obamaphile like Sullivan, the explanation […]

Bleg: Shakespeare On Kindle

by Smitty Since the election is over, and the toothpaste is out of the frying pan and into the metaphorical blender concerning my non-approach to vacationing, I need some help. I’ve purchased a Kindle 3G to support the deployment to A-stan, and I want to load it to the gills with Good Stuff. In particular, […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 11.05.10

TOP NEWS Deep Impact Probe Captures Amazing Comet Images Probe results could reveal more about early days of the solar  system 13 More Dead As Indonesian Volcano Erupts Again 57 injured as well 68 Dead In Cuban Air Crash Plane belonged to subsidiary of Cuban national airline POLITICS Murray Rides King County To Victory Over […]

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