The Other McCain

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

#OWS ‘Day of Action’: Many Hippies Arrested; Unfortunately, None Shot

Women at Occupy Wall Street protest display sign reading, ‘F**k the System, NYPD, Bloomberg’ “They’re the kind of commie scum who give commie scum a bad name . . . Therefore if I were the commander of the NYPD riot squad, my orders would be to open fire and shoot to kill. We’d make Kent […]

#OWS Protester Discovers Free Speech Doesn’t Cover Firebombing Macy’s

Man identified by police as Nkrumah Tinsley, 29 Not the sharpest tool in the shed: A protester was arrested in Zuccotti Park Wednesday after he threatened to fire bomb the city — and his rant went viral on YouTube, police said. Nkrumah Tinsley, 29, was busted after cops saw a video of him claiming he […]

Maybe The Cleanup Crew Can Work On Julian Pecquet’s Head After Zuccotti Park

by Smitty What a nauseating bucket of drool at The Hill: Pecquet Smitty Democrats on Capitol Hill are worried that the Supreme Court will rule against President Obama’s healthcare reform law. The SCOTUS will rule in favor of the Constitution and liberty. Liberty, Mike Foxtrot: do you speak it? Over the last couple weeks, congressional […]

NYPD Clears Out Occupiers

About damned time: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Tuesday defended his decision to clear the park in Lower Manhattan that was the birthplace of the Occupy Wall Street Movement, saying “health and safety conditions became intolerable” in the park where the protesters had camped out for nearly two months. . . . “New York City […]

Ayn Rand On The Liberal And Liberal-Lite Parties In The U.S.

by Smitty The Tea Partiers are the moderates; everyone to the Left is suicidal. NPR quotes Ayn Rand: “Both [GOP and Democrats] today are for socialism, in effect — for controls. And there is no party, there are no voices, to offer an actual pro-capitalist, laissez-faire, economic freedom and individualism,” she said. “That is what […]

An Opera Based Upon WikiLeaks?

by Smitty Opera is one of those forms of expression that I do not mind admitting is art, yet avoid to the fullest extent possible. Via Slashdot, one of the biggest cretins of recent vintage will be going to the opera house, emphasis mine: “Betrayal, lust, secrecy, power: there’s no shortage of dramatic intrigue in […]

On Cue, Some #Occupy People Came By

by Smitty I’ve been in Philadelphia since Wednesday, while Mrs. Other Smitty attends a conference. My main job, other than blogging, has been to watch The World’s Youngest Blogger. We’re across the street from City Hall in Philly: That statue of William Penn atop the building had its peace disturbed this afternoon by what may […]

#BlogCon11 Braced For The Charge Of The Intellectual Lightweight Brigade UPDATE: DaTechGuy Reports #OccupyDenver Is Weak Tea, No Party

by Smitty Pete Da Tech Guy just called. He reports that #OccupyDenver marches every Saturday around noon, when their number swells to as many as 1-to-3,000. The hotel hosting #BlogCon11 has said that any #BlogCon11 attendees who leave the hotel will not be allowed to re-enter during any march past the hotel that could potentially […]

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