The Other McCain

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

18 Taliban Killed by AOSHQ Jokes, Hellfire Missiles From Predator Drones

But mainly the Hellfire missiles: Two U.S. drone attacks killed 18 militants in Pakistan on Saturday, intelligence officials said, after recent NATO incursions raised tensions with an ally critical to Washington’s war effort in Afghanistan. The United States has escalated pilotless drone aircraft missile strikes against al Qaeda-linked militants in Pakistan’s northwest, with 21 attacks […]

Just a Coincidence, I’m Sure

Recent headlines: Heidi Klum Ends 10-Year Run as Victoria Secret Model Nearly One in 10 Americans Depressed, Study Reveals You may have already seen this one: Research Confirms: Stacy McCain Sucks Not exactly news, but . . .

One Bright Ray Amid the Gloom

Regular readers are by now aware that (a) my friends got invited to speak at Smart Girl Summit while I did not, and (b) the blog went kablooey today. Things have been going from bad to worse ever since that deer killed my car, and the situation now seems so impossibly hopeless that all I can […]

Noted Economist Rev. Jesse Jackson Declares Depression

by Smitty (h/t Lucianne) It’s hard to tell whether to be cheered or saddened. Rev. Jackson, at least as credible as Paul Krugman on economics, in Detroit declared depression: “The middle class is under attack,” Jackson told the Free Press on Wednesday. “Detroit, Michigan is ground zero.” Compared with unemployment and foreclosure rates nationwide, Detroit […]

OK, Jimmie Bise, Steven Crowder and Fingers Malloy Are Smart, But . . . Girls?

All the ladybloggers are excited about Smart Girl Summit, which starts today at the fabulous Hyatt Regency in Arlington, Va.: Michelle Bachmann, Liz Cheney, Tammy Bruce, Anita Moncrief, Dana Loesch . . . I mean, wow, who wouldn’t be excited by such an all-star lineup of conservative women? So I’m thinking, maybe I should write […]

Like Magic!

In politics, self-deprecating humor wins. Take the joke and turn it around. Show them that you have a sense of humor about yourself. People made fun of Ronald Reagan as a “B-movie” actor, so he’d crack jokes about that. When they said he was too old to be president, he made jokes about his age. Christine […]

Global Climate Disruption

by Smitty (h/t Nice Deb) Goofballs Can’t Decide: Gratuitous Consumer Destruction, or Gaea’s Chicken Dinner.

The New Democrat Party Logo Revealed

by Smitty We’ve long been fans of the graphical snark at No Sheeples Here. She even left us a little room to collaborate on her latest outing: Thanks, NSH! As for the Democrat Party, well, at least they’re in character. Nothing like Yet Another Attempt At Substituting Style For Substance (YAAASSFS) to give us an […]

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