The Other McCain

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

A Poultry Attempt At Rule 5

by Smitty Pimbly sent a slightly cryptic tweet: @smitty_one_each Debbie Harry's head over the bikinied turkey is kinda surreal, Smitty. — ForgivingMichael (@WaltPimbley) June 29, 2014 But I realized instantly he was talking about my twitter profile, where a video/picture combination might trigger such an observation: It’s like an absurdist Boxing Helena sequel: “BHII: Talking […]

World’s Youngest Blogger Locates Something Many Thought Extinct

World's Youngest Blogger: "Look! Under the water! The President's credibility!" pic.twitter.com/TwezRnuexB — Quiet PreJuicer (@smitty_one_each) June 2, 2014

Testosterone-Deficient Gamma Male Whines About the ‘Friend Zone’

Chris Tognotti (@ctognotti) offers a lesson in Darwinian selection by the obverse example of How to Fail: Why Don’t Women Like Me Back? On Always Being the Guy Who’s Just a Friend Hello. My name is Christopher Tognotti, and I’m no good with women. This is a slight generalization, perhaps, but that’s how it feels. […]

“Backin’ The U.S.S.R”, As The Beatles Did Not Quite Sing

by Smitty and Chris Cassone   Oh, flew in from Hawaii beach on Air Force One Donors weren’t bad last night Desperate news the Ukraine has come undone Man, there’ll be a dreadful fight I’m backin’ the U.S.S.R. You don’t know how punky you are boy Backin’ the U.S.S.R. Scheming away so long I hardly know my face […]

Best. Wife. Ever.

Maura Fussell, 26, gives us reason to hope. Sometimes, the daily grind of the news can get you down. Politics is depressing, and cable TV won’t shut the hell up about that stupid Malaysian plane. And then, while you’re clinging desperately to your last shred of sanity, you see this headline: Society Is Doomed, Say […]

The #OccupyResoluteDesk School Of Leadership & Management

by Smitty It is slightly redundant to point and laugh at the useless tool, I know. However, we can be reasonably confident that he’ll never be held accountable for the damage he’s done here under the sun, so laughter is as good as it gets. We’re certainly paying for it. As much as I love […]

The Glorious All-American Hamburger

— compiled by Wombat-socho Inspired by Bryan Preston’s article on the Burger Wars in Austin, I thought it would be a good idea to compile a list of decent burger joints in the Washington, DC area, especially with CPAC less than a month away. I’ve rated the various burger restaurants on a scale of 1-5 […]

REVEALED: Who Was On The Boat That Called The German Coast Guard?

by Smitty The mayday is clearly a joke: But the joke is really the Obama Administration: White House adviser Phil Schiliro said on Tuesday that the oft-cited seven million Obamacare enrollment target “was never our target number.” Ah, yes. The target number for the enrollment is written on a balloon that keeps rotating as it […]

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