The Other McCain

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

Liberal Feature; Conservative Bug

by Smitty Asymmetries seem to abound these days: Already Walker has been dogged by alleged improprieties regarding campaign finance laws during the recall campaign and a lack of transparency as county executive “This is a guy who has literally been in elective office his entire adult life,” said a strategist for one rival campaign. “He […]

Server, Serve Her: Clinton Crumbling

EmailGate is reminding Americans of the scandalous Clintonian habit of deception and corruption. Ed Morrissey scoffs: Hillary Clinton violated the Federal Records Act for four years, hid all of her e-mails as Secretary of State for nearly six years, and only began giving some of those communications to State a couple of months ago. Now that the […]

Sympathy For The Prodigal Chief Justice

by Smitty That leaves Chief Justice John Roberts, who was uncharacteristically quiet. If I had to guess, Roberts is less than pleased to find this political hot potato back in the lap of a court he devoutly wants the public to see as nonpartisan. Further, having been identified, and assailed by conservatives, as the late-deciding […]

The Flap Over EmailGate Makes No Sense

by Smitty Look, serfs: Emailgate is a continuation of the high ethical standards Her Majesty brings to everything. So, shut up & kneel, peasants! — IGotOverMachoGrande (@smitty_one_each) March 5, 2015 Her Majesty wasn’t any more cavalier in offering a Bronx cheer to the spirit and letter of the law concerning official business than she has […]

Bad Christianity, Worse Atheism

“Especially important is the warning to avoid conversations with the demon. . . . He is a liar. The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us. But he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. The attack is psychological, Damien, and powerful. So don’t listen to him. Remember that […]

Welfare for Terrorists

He repaid British taxpayers by becoming an ISIS killer: Jihadi John and his asylum-seeking family have milked the British benefits system for 20 years, the Mail can reveal today. Housing the Islamic State executioner and his relatives in affluent parts of London has cost taxpayers up to £400,000. One landlord said Mohammed Emwazi’s family were ‘parasites’ […]

Police Charge Ohio Democrat With Faking His Own Kidnapping

Some media are calling Adam Hoover a “gay rights activist,” which is really just a clever way of saying “Ohio Democrat”: A suburban Cincinnati gay rights activist was charged with a misdemeanor early Tuesday after police say he falsely claimed online that he was kidnapped and thrown in the trunk of his car, NBC affiliate […]

Not Making This Up

Child killer Polly Chowdhury (left) and her lesbian lover Kiki Muddar (right) A crime story that has everything: A Muslim lesbian was today found guilty of torturing her eight-year-old daughter to death with the help of her vampire-obsessed lover. Polly Chowdhury, 35, became convinced Ayesha Ali was ‘possessed’ and that she needed to be ‘punished’ […]

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