The Other McCain

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

Fabulous McCain Journalism Refreshes Alabama

Posted on | January 9, 2010 | 20 Comments

by Smitty

Stacy’s still off getting his Gonzo on. I’ve been minding the shop, in my Geekzo fashion. This involved raising Stacy’s blood pressure significantly on at least one occasion, but I think that the peace offerings that await his return may prove sufficient. Also, for the Paco’s and Belvederes who aren’t in this yet, I’ll have to come back tomorrow night, as duty calls.

Kn@ppster, one of those hand-wringers, was busting our chops about whether this move is really buying us anything. See the Technical Section at the end of this post.

Also, The Indentured Servant Girl thinks herself funny. Everyone likes a little dustbroom, but no one likes a little wise dustbroom, if we’re communicating, and I think we may be. 😉

Your FMJRA, then:
1773 VIDEO: Molly Far Has Yet Another Terrifying Vision
Liber Ex Machina linked the Molly Far videos. And I discover a new blog.

VIDEO: Behind the Making of TheOtherMcCain.com
ubervu has the Twitter feed.
Political Byline scoffed.
Little Miss Attila thought us blotto.
Ruby Slippers noted that we missed the best films of the decade.
Da Tech Guy
In Mala Fide noted us in their FMJRA/Rule 5 outing.

Tabitha Hale Proclaims the Year of the Citizen
Obi’s Sister liked my Tabitha Hale link. Haven’t heard anything more about the SOU.

The Nebulous Alan Colmes
Red State thought that Alan Colmes had a Peter Jennings moment.

Band at JSU Banned at LGF:
Time for a Neo-Confederate Music Fest!
ubervu has the Twitter feed.
Da Tech Guy chipped in.
Gateway Pundit linked us, too.

Roger Scruton: ‘Our World Has Turned Its Back on Beauty . . .’
In Mala Fide liked our linkage.

Interviewed at JIP
The Lonely Conservative: “On a lighter note, Jumping in Pools interviewed the fabulously fabulous Smitty from The Other McCain who has some decent advice for bloggers.”
Obi’s Sister quote of the day!

Security Breach at Newark Airport
American Glob linked us in a brief roundup.

Join Coach McCain’s Winning Team
Trainwife1962 is a determined fan both of Stacy and of No Sheeples Here.

The Apocalypse of Culture: People Spend $1 Billion to See Sucky 3-D SciFi Movie
ubervu brings the Twitter.
Da Tech Guy nominates Stacy as one of the Four Horsemen.
American Digest where we get linked by the legendary Gerard.
CK MacLeod picks us us up at the Green Room.

Obama Discriminates Against Foreigners
ubervu brings the Tweets.
The Lonely Conservative picked it up.

Brief Technical Note
Dustbury commiserates: “I finally persuaded this ancient theme to accept up-to-the-minute widgets, whereupon I discovered that the widgets I might have actually used, I’ve already essentially duplicated in the sidebar the old-fashioned way.”

The State of California, devastated by the recent visitation, seeks federal bailout…
Just Printed My Boarding Pass; Ready for Fear and Loathing in Pasadena?
Twitter track
POWIP like the linkage: “Nor am I at all upset by Robert Stacy McCain’s attempt to associate my name with the expression “chubby chaser” in search engines.”

Yes, I Am This Crazy . . .
POWIP rogered up.

Pasadena Reconnaisance Report
uberview really enjoys Twitter.
Rhetorican confessed to Texas sympathies.

Live: The Triumph of the Tide!
The Big Ubervu Twitter Roundup
Obi’s Sister linked here and put in the Frozen Gore.
The Lonely Conservative fishes for linkage, scores.
Outside the Beltway noted Stacy’s liveblog.
That’s Right had Rule 5 and linkage.
Da Tech Guy echoes my general non-command of sports enthusiasm.

Andrew, You Are Forgiven
AmSpec had a post by Stacy linking my work. Incestuous, I know.
Instalanche!
Da Tech Guy also echoed the post.

Are Vampire Masks Racist? Also: How Bad Does David Brooks Suck?
ubervu for Twitter justice.

Obama’s ‘Amateur Hour’
Obi’s Sister noted Stacy’s post and cautions against premature celebration.

Put A Price On Buffoonery Instead
The Lonely Conservative liked the Frozen Gore clip.

‘We Were Very Lucky’
Around the Sphere had Tucker in a Snuggie.
Balloon Juice thinks we say a lot of crazy things. I hope for more Lefty feedback, as it spices these posts.

This is our new FMJRA prototype. There aren’t too many like it, given our mad stylings. Please give us more linky-love, and email corrections to Smitty

Irrespective of any other excitement, having an SQL interface to peek at the blog is more tractable than the GData API on blogger, with which I never made much progress.

XML is to bulk data management what Progressivism is to politics: dogs that seem robust from a distance but which don’t quite hunt.

Technical section:
Watch me hire some clone bots to do the boring part of gathering the FMJRA, so that I can focus on content. And, no, this isn’t a “finished product”. These things always get weirder with time.

SELECT     B.ID
         , 0                     AS grouper
         , CONCAT( ''
                 , B.post_title
                 , '' )      AS our_URL
         , ''                    AS their_URL
         , curdate( )            AS comment_date
FROM       wp_posts              B
     WHERE B.comment_count > 0
       AND B.post_date
   BETWEEN DATE_SUB( curdate( ) , INTERVAL 1 WEEK )
       AND curdate( )
UNION ALL
SELECT     B.ID
         , 1
         , A.comment_type
         , CONCAT( 'a' )
                 , A.comment_date
FROM       wp_comments           A
INNER JOIN wp_posts              B ON A.comment_post_id = B.ID
     WHERE A.comment_type <> ''
       AND B.post_date
   BETWEEN DATE_SUB( curdate( ) , INTERVAL 1 WEEK )
       AND curdate( )
ORDER BY   1, 2, 5
Category: Uncategorized

Comments

20 Responses to “Fabulous McCain Journalism Refreshes Alabama”

  1. Obi's Sister
    January 9th, 2010 @ 3:43 pm

    Sorry, a little dense this Frozen-In Saturday. What’s SOU?

  2. Obi's Sister
    January 9th, 2010 @ 3:43 pm

    Sorry, a little dense this Frozen-In Saturday. What’s SOU?

  3. Obi's Sister
    January 9th, 2010 @ 10:43 am

    Sorry, a little dense this Frozen-In Saturday. What’s SOU?

  4. Dandapani
    January 9th, 2010 @ 4:38 pm

    XML is just an organized bucket-o-data, not for human consumption. Strictly machine to machine communications. LOL.

  5. Dandapani
    January 9th, 2010 @ 4:38 pm

    XML is just an organized bucket-o-data, not for human consumption. Strictly machine to machine communications. LOL.

  6. Dandapani
    January 9th, 2010 @ 11:38 am

    XML is just an organized bucket-o-data, not for human consumption. Strictly machine to machine communications. LOL.

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    January 9th, 2010 @ 11:48 am

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    January 9th, 2010 @ 11:53 am

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  9. Lonely Conservative
    January 9th, 2010 @ 4:54 pm

    Thanks for all the linky-love, Smitty. You rock!

  10. Lonely Conservative
    January 9th, 2010 @ 11:54 am

    Thanks for all the linky-love, Smitty. You rock!

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  12. Harry Reid
    January 9th, 2010 @ 8:12 pm

    Obviously the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama — a ‘light-skinned’ African American ‘with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.

    See that does not make me racist. That makes me progressive. Still I will apologize just in case.

  13. Harry Reid
    January 9th, 2010 @ 3:12 pm

    Obviously the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama — a ‘light-skinned’ African American ‘with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.

    See that does not make me racist. That makes me progressive. Still I will apologize just in case.

  14. Obi's Sister
    January 9th, 2010 @ 9:17 pm

    “XML is to bulk data management what Progressivism is to politics: dogs that seem robust from a distance but which don’t quite hunt.”

    Oh Smitty, I feel your pain. My latest project involves XML and frankly, I’d rather have a root canal with no Novocaine every day.

  15. Obi's Sister
    January 9th, 2010 @ 4:17 pm

    “XML is to bulk data management what Progressivism is to politics: dogs that seem robust from a distance but which don’t quite hunt.”

    Oh Smitty, I feel your pain. My latest project involves XML and frankly, I’d rather have a root canal with no Novocaine every day.

  16. Barack Obama
    January 9th, 2010 @ 4:39 pm

    I accepted Harry’s apology without question because I’ve known him for years, I’ve seen the passionate leadership he’s shown on issues of social justice and I know what’s in his heart. As far as I am concerned, the book is closed.

    Did you see what I did there?

  17. Barack Obama
    January 9th, 2010 @ 9:39 pm

    I accepted Harry’s apology without question because I’ve known him for years, I’ve seen the passionate leadership he’s shown on issues of social justice and I know what’s in his heart. As far as I am concerned, the book is closed.

    Did you see what I did there?

  18. Ferdinand Bardamu
    January 9th, 2010 @ 11:12 pm

    Appreciate the links, though I have a couple of corrections:

    1) My weekly Linkage is Good for You posts aren’t the same as your FMJRA roundups – my posts are just links I read throughout the week that happen to be interesting.

    2) “Their”? In Mala Fide is a one-man operation, the one man being me.

    Still, thanks.

  19. Ferdinand Bardamu
    January 9th, 2010 @ 6:12 pm

    Appreciate the links, though I have a couple of corrections:

    1) My weekly Linkage is Good for You posts aren’t the same as your FMJRA roundups – my posts are just links I read throughout the week that happen to be interesting.

    2) “Their”? In Mala Fide is a one-man operation, the one man being me.

    Still, thanks.

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