The Other McCain

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

Propaganda Vacuum Unexpectedly Sucking Will Ferrell Back To SNL

by Smitty Breitbart reports that Will Ferrell will, in a move that surprises no one except Derek Smalls, trot out his George W. Bush impersonation on 12 May’s SNL installment. Maybe it won’t appear to be Yet Another Cheap Distractor, as the administration grasps at every straw to distract from #OccupyResoluteDesk‘s sucktacular performance. Maybe we’ll […]

When Brevity Breeds Ambiguity

by Smitty It’s 0220. Mrs. Other Smitty just returned from a trip, and we’re trying to get settled. Here is a message on Twitter from somebody whose initials are DM: Now, I’ve met the lady in question, and so I’m relatively less creeped out by DM, than, say, DWS. Let me be clear: RSM and […]

Metaphor Alert

by Smitty It says something about Progress, I think. Or maybe how having the clock way off on your computer, and pulling an April Fools joke 3.5 weeks late can make you the single biggest chump on the planet: Company Accidentally Fires Entire Staff Via Email

Let’s Try To Help Hah-vuhd Further Beclown Itself

by Smitty Via the Blaze, word of the new course you can take: According to the Harvard course catalog, “Understanding Obama” is taught by the president’s longtime mentor Charles Ogletree. Here’s how the course is described: This reading group will focus on the way in which race, religion, and politics have impacted the development of […]

Don’t Tell Michael Zak

by Smitty . . .but Leno had a genuinely funny tee-hee-hee on you-know-who. If the Grand Old Partisan finds out, I could be in deep Krugman.

Once Again, With Feeling

by Smitty Now that the November fog has achieved a moment of clarity: Douche and TurdGet More: SOUTHPARKmore…

Call Me a Cynic

My initial reaction to this story was “Book Deal, Movie Rights,” and I’m sure the Hollywood agents are begging her to sign: A Texas newspaper has fired staff reporter Sarah Tressler after she was exposed — by a competing paper, natch — as a stripper. Tressler, who has a bachelor’s and master’s degree, worked as […]

No Mohawks for Jefferson

Longtime commenter T.R. Sterling sends along this news item as fair warning for my redheaded son: Derrill Rockwell told police he grabbed his rifle, the .22-caliber he kept handy to kill rodents around the house, about 5 a.m. Oct. 5 and walked outside to confront it. The bird. Possibly, he told police, the same fowl […]

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