The Other McCain

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

Strained Althouse Logic: Bipartisan Appeal Equals Presidential Disqualifier?

by Smitty Kind of a head-scratcher here (emphasis original). . . .Sarah Palin’s rise to power in Alaska and her excellent achievements and immense popularity as governor. The problem is that all of this happened in the context of boldly and bravely challenging the corrupt Republican establishment. This made her very popular with Democrats in […]

Terrorists for Tax Increases

This morning I got a Twitter message from a friend who works at the DC offices of Americans for Tax Reform, informing me that they had been evacuated after a bomb threat. Alex Pappas at The Daily Caller reports: Staffers at Americans for Tax Reform, the anti-tax group run by conservative activist Grover Norquist, evacuated their building […]

Bogus ‘Facts’? Twisted Logic? Raw Hate? Of Course: It’s Democratic Underground!

Next time somebody tries to tell you that the Right is a collection of crazy wingnuts, tell ’em to check out the DUmmies: Compared to the poltroons at DU, the Huffington Post* is a regular collection of rocket scientists. Even the assemblage of cretins at the Daily Kos has been heard to advise the DU, […]

The Economic Kabuki Is A Bigger Problem Than The Political

by Smitty Via the ever-upbeat Monty at Ace of Spades, this Hernando de Soto article is worth your time. He outlines six specific developments that have destroyed the clarity and reliability of information in the global economy, and then concludes: If we can agree that the recession wasn’t about bubbles but about the organization of […]

HuffPo Blogger Talks About Liberty Like It’s A Bad Thing

by Smitty This Fred Goldring rant is a valuable summary of the disease afflicting the Progressive mind: Dear Tea/Republican Party: Be Careful What You Wish For — And I Want My Country Back! Shorter Goldring: You need government. Specifically, you need federal bureaucracies. If I say that mine is the majority opinion, that makes me […]

BLACK MONDAY? Obama’s Debt-Ceiling Crisis Strategy Could Sink Wall Street

Let’s be clear: President Obama has orchestrated this unnecessary drama for the specific political purpose of causing a crisis that he — with the willing assistance of the liberal media — hopes to blame on Republicans. Yet while Obama, the Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) are scripting a kabuki dance, economic reality […]

LIVE AT FIVE – 07.25.11

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS As Debt Deadline Looms, Both Parties Prepare Separate Solutions Boehner & Reid craft separate plans to raise debt limit, President threatens veto, Coburn calls threatened veto “ridiculous”. Analysts Say Little Danger Of Market Panic Inside The Mind Of The Oslo Murderer Bruce Bawer examines the motivations of Anders Behring […]

VIDEO: Jim and Bob, Possum-Killers

We live up in the woods near South Mountain, east of Hagerstown, Maryland, and my wife has a rooster and some hens in the backyard which provide us with eggs. So I was working here in my basement office at home, a little after midnight, when my 18-year-old son Bob comes running in the door […]

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