The Other McCain

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

Obama: Let Them Eat Hybrids!

Jim Lakely of the Heartland Institute points out that Obama appears to mock the questioner with 10 kids who asked about high gas prices: The president talks oil prices as if he actually knew something about either oil or economics. What Obama neglects to mention is that his administration’s own policies are a key factor in the […]

FMJRA 2.0: I Am What I Am

REPORT: Deal Struck, Averts Shutdown (Insert ’30 Pieces of Silver’ Joke Here) Uncoverage Instapundit Political Junkie Mom Da Tech Guy That Mr. Guy Bizzy Blog The (Perhaps Slightly Less) Lonely Conservative AmSpecBlog Cubachi Marfdrat Nice Deb Noone Of Any Import The (Perhaps Slightly Less) Lonely Conservative Caffeinated Thoughts Political Headlines Little Miss Attila Gone, Wisconsin! […]

Is Steven Crowder Taking Estrogen?

by Smitty I suppose he doesn’t owe anyone an explanation for this sort of behavior: I’m generally in the ‘fan’ column where Crowder is concerned. Furthermore, I shouldn’t get too judgmental before understanding the context. And I’ve taken any number of affectionate swipes at Stacy McCain here in the blog. Keeps the place lively. Yet […]

Failure Is The New Success

by Smitty Just a Conservative Girl brings this ad: Update: linked by DaveC.

Half A Century In Space

by Smitty (via Digg) Mashable has a nifty graphic showing major space vehicles over the last 50 years. It was 50 years ago when people first flew in space. Here’s an infographic that shows you the spacecraft humans have flown to reach that great void over the past half-century. With just two flights of the […]

Icelanders, For Some Reason, Not Interested In Getting Bent Over

by Smitty Icelandic banks like Icesave were wrecked in the 2008 economic fracas. The Dutch and the Brits had dropped $5 billion into Icesave, which also died. So the British and Dutch governments bailed out their citizens, and then tried to get the government of Iceland to cut a deal with the governments to repay […]

Bad to Worse for Libyan Rebels

Just look at a map. As recently as Thursday, the rebels were trying to re-take Brega. Today, they’re fighting to hold onto Ajdabiya: Ajdabiyah had been the launch point for insurgents during a week-long fight for the oil port of Brega further west and its fall would be a serious loss. Updating this morning at the […]

Glimmer Of Understanding From Ezra

by Smitty Even the eyes of the most deadened zombie can occasionally hint at understanding. There is good reason to think that Boehner will be a much more formidable opponent for Obama than Gingrich was for Clinton. So why were Reid and Obama so eager to celebrate Boehner’s compromise with his conservative members? The Democrats […]

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