The Other McCain

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

Advertising Your Wares On The Back Of Another’s Hypocrisy

by Smitty via (Insty) I’ll give D’Souza 8 out of 10 here. He loses points for (a) not helping in the sense of a ‘random act’, and (b) announcing the act. To be clear: he’s got a movie to peddle. Having said all that, George Obama offers a nice window (or maybe a microscope’s aperture) […]

Veterans: A Mesothelioma Announcement

by Smitty My father is recovering from prostate surgery. He served as an engineer, mostly on amphibious assault ships, back before the dangers of materials like asbestos was widely known. Thus, I amy sympathetic to the need to take care of old duffers wherever you find them, and present this post as a public service […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.17.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS At Least 35 Dead As South African Police Gun Down Machete-Wielding Miners New union clashing violently with government-aligned National Union of Mineworkers Verdict, Protests Loom For Pussy Riot Put your undies on your hair like you just don’t care Ecuador’s President Claims Moral Superiority In Granting Asylum To Assange […]

Creepiest Thing You’ll Read All Month

by Smitty ACRP Wire: A new paper in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry uses extensive Freedom of Information Act findings to detail what its authors call an extremely troubling off-label medical intervention employed in the U.S. on pregnant women to intentionally engineer the development of their fetuses for sex normalization purposes. The paper is coauthored […]

Tapper Makes Carney Eat BHO’s Remarks About Romney’s Dog

by Smitty Props to Jake Tapper for playing the Seamus card on über-tool Jay Carney:This is a Mark-1, Mod-0 interaction with a Progressive munch: Progressive makes some high-minded claim, Progressive confronted with the reality that facts belie the high-minded claim, Progressive does one of: posit some artificial distinction whine about context changes the subject play […]

Dave Mustaine: Want A More Outrageous Accusation Than Harry Reid’s?

by Smitty There is some legitimate concern about the White House’s actions in Operation Fast & Furious, which resulted in the death of Brian Terry. In trying to connect the dots between the Obama Administration and the recent spate of gun violence, though, Dave Mustaine is over-achieving. A good-sized chunk of Americans think that this […]

Paul Ryan: ‘I Like My Skyline Five Ways’

Paul Ryan speaks at his alma mater, Miami (Ohio) University, Aug. 15, 2012 DAYTON, Ohio Paul Ryan “made news” yesterday, as they say, by declaring that he and Mitt Romney are ready to debate Medicare with Obama: “We want this debate, we need this debate, and we will win this debate.” That line is quoted […]

I’ll Bet Hinderaker His Beverage Of Choice That Biden Is Out

by Smitty Power Line: Is there any chance that President Obama will dump Biden from the ticket, as some are urging? I don’t think so. The Obama campaign, more than anything else, is feverishly trying to preserve the illusion that everything is going fine. Replacing Biden would be seen as an act of desperation and–even […]

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