The Other McCain

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

VIDEO: Zombie Six Flags

Brief explanation: Six Flags New Orleans, which closed as Hurricane Katrina approached in 2005 and has never reopened. The sign outside the park still announces that it’s “CLOSED FOR STORM.” The theme park was in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward, one of the hardest hit areas during Katrina and the flooding after the storm. Though many […]

‘Keith [Olbermann] Tended to Wear Out His Welcome at Stations and Networks’

So says Pat Sajak, who played midwife in the Rosemary’s Baby tale of Olbermann’s career by giving him his first network TV appearance in 1989:

Dream Job: Screenwriter for ‘Mad Men’

How hard could it be? (Via Vodkapundit.)

Minnesotans For Global Warming: “I’m A Denier”

by Smitty (h/t Dodge) The splendid M4GW take aim at the poor, innocent Monkees, shoot, and ventilate Al Gore and the boys: Will the fact that a majority of Americans find AGW, or whatever the term du jour may be, a study in pure bunk form a deterrent for Pelosi’s Zombie Duck 111th Congress?

My Bagpipe Teacher Would Not Approve

by Smitty (h/t Kottke) As someone who occasionally gets some time on the instrument, I can appreciate the playing here, to a degree: The fingering is articulate at ludicrous speed, and the peel-offs are way beyond my own meager skill. However, one is officially required to assume a reactionary stance about any non-traditional pieces on […]

VIDEO: Allen West Victory Speech

BOCA RATON, Fla. — Will be uploading these segments in stages, in no particular order. It was freaking awesome, is what it was. UPDATE: My plan for Election Night had been to end up at Marco Rubio’s victory bash down in Coral Gables. But I was a little late leaving Panama City in the morning and, […]

The ‘Zoid Goes All 1984

by Smitty (h/t Mind Numbed Robot) You know, these Orwellian types had really better improve their Net Neutrality skillz, and get that 1st Amendment crushed, or the people are going to glom onto the fact that they really, really suck.

GA-12: Ali Akbar Explains It All

VIDALIA, Ga. — The brilliant young New Media prodigy discusses the strategy of Ray McKinney’s grassroots campaign for Congress: Yeah, Ali owes me beers for calling him a “brilliant young New Media prodigy.” Or else he could suggest you hit the tip jar.

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