The Other McCain

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

The Tears of Unfathomable Sadness

Andrew Sullivan emotionally implodes over the latest poll: The Pew poll is devastating, just devastating. Before the debate, Obama had a 51 – 43 lead; now, Romney has a 49 – 45 lead. That’s a simply unprecedented reversal for a candidate in October. . . . Seriously: has that kind of swing ever happened this […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Bat Out Of Hell

— compiled by Wombat-socho It’s that time again. Lock the door to the office, draw the blinds, put your feet up and enjoy the view. Disclaimer: many, some, or all of these links may lead to pictures of nekkid wimmens most unsuitable for work. The management is not responsible, period. You is been warned. The […]

Randomly: Movin’ On Up, Sign Wars,
Half-Breeds and Diamonds to Sand

“Last Wednesday night, Obama and his campaign finally ‘paid the price’ for believing in falsehoods that had no actual basis in reality.” — Susannah Fleetwood, “Thoughts on the Recent Presidential Debate, and the Real Reason Why Obama Lost to Romney” Jimmie Bise Jr. sometimes does what he calls “Clearing the Browser Tabs” at Sundries Shack […]

Obama Meltdown Beginning? Plus: Romney Campaign on ‘$5 Trillion’ Lie

#tcot OHIO: Registration data shows Obama has BIG TROUBLE in the Buckeye State pjmedia.com/blog/ohio-poll… hat-tip @beccajlower — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) October 7, 2012 Ed Driscoll’s favorite Insta-phrase “preference cascade” (describing the sudden shifting of opinion) could be the best understanding of what we might — I emphasize, might — be beginning to see in the […]

@hardball_chris ‘Pecksniff’ Matthews Goes After Welch’s Calling BS On BLS

by Smitty “It’s not funny, Jack.” Why, yes it is, Mr. Matthews. You act the peevish little schoolmarm here, attempting to beat up Jack Welch for daring to state something that is known in the Court of Public Opinion: the BLS is AFU. The last 64 revisions to initial jobless claims have been >= 0. […]

Thought Experiment For Stephanie Coontz

by Smitty A fine outpouring of feminist piffle: ONE thing standing in the way of further progress for many men is the same obstacle that held women back for so long: overinvestment in their gender identity instead of their individual personhood. Men are now experiencing a set of limits — externally enforced as well as […]

An Opportunity For Romney To Run Affirmative Action Right Up The Middle

by Smitty Via Althouse, we have Politico pointing to the 10 October SCOTUS argument on Affirmative Action: In court briefs, the Obama administration has backed the University of Texas’s right to run its affirmative action program. It’s being challenged by Abigail Fisher, a white undergraduate applicant who was denied admission. But Obama aides have a […]

‘You Didn’t Build That’? Don’t Try Telling That to Jack Gilchrist

He doesn’t have a free cellphone, and he’s not the 47 percent:

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