The Other McCain

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

Rule 5 Sunday: Les Chants Magnetiques

— compiled by Wombat-socho For the benefit of those reading Rule 5 compilations for the first time, or who have forgotten since last time: some of the links below are most definitely Not Safe For Work and could contribute to the pollution of your precious bodily fluids – or worse. Reader discretion as to where […]

‘It’s Not About Politics, It’s About News’

That, in seven simple words, is what Ali Akbar has been thinking about for the past month. He and I have had several long conversations about what an effective, innovative New Media operation would look like and, by the end of this month, he plans to start rolling it out at Viral Read. Not much […]

OBAMA’S THIRD TERM? Democrat Proposes Repeal of 22nd Amendment

When I saw the news from Barbara Espinosa on Twitter this morning, I thought it was some kind of crazy joke: @rsmccain BREAKING NEWS HJ RES 15 TO REMOVE TERM LIMITS FOR PRESIDENTTHE FIRST STEP IN PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR A THIRD TERM — Barbara Espinosa (@1Barbara1) January 6, 2013 Crazy as it is, however, it’s not […]

Anatomy Of A Great Tweet

by Smitty Look at this thing of beauty: When people Tweet “I never imagined I’d agree with Smith…” they diminish themselves rather than Smith. — Daniel Hannan (@DanHannanMEP) January 6, 2013

Damn It, Jim, I’m a Blogger!

OK, so Pete Da Tech Guy wrote a post about loyalty, citing the persistence of my gratitude toward Alyssa Milano for an RT in September 2010.  Pete recalled that he had his own celebrity Twitter moment, a Tweet from William Shatner. (Eat your heart out, Jonah Goldberg!) At the end of his post, Pete mentioned […]

Hey, GOP: The IRS Is A Substantial Reform Target

by Smitty Let’s face it: the IRS tax code is still a nightmare. It is too complex, too costly and too unfair. There is something fundamentally wrong when roughly 60 percent of hardworking taxpayers have to hire a professional just to do their taxes. You shouldn’t need an army of lawyers and accountants to understand […]

‘Learning French,’ IYKWIMAITYD

Valérie Allain as Mireille Belleau in French in Action (1987) “Many have criticized the depiction of Mireille as gratuitously sexist. The camera often lingers on the actress’s chest and bare legs. ‘You’re seeing the videotape through a male gaze,’ said one female teaching assistant who asked not to be identified.” — New York Times, March […]

World’s Youngest Blogger:
Yeah, I Own Shakespeare

How mean, green bovine?

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