The Other McCain

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

How Long Can the ‘Dollar Bubble’ Last?

If you think this is the solution, you are the problem “Sooner or later, you run out of other people’s money. Something that can’t go on forever, won’t. Debt that can’t be repaid, won’t be. Promises that can’t be kept, won’t be.” — Professor Glenn Reynolds Everybody who knows anything about economics — that is […]

Fear and Loathing at the #NRISummit: Can We Survive the Sarcasm Deficit?

Perhaps National Review‘s famed cartoonist Roman Genn can do a savage caricature of the donnybrook brawl I’ve been trying to incite for this weekend’s National Review Institute “Future of Conservatism” Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Was it a smart career move to kick Jonah Goldberg in the knee? No, of course […]

The Roe v. Wade Inversion

by Smitty The idea of ‘reproductive rights’ is as bad an inversion as ‘Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’. What, exactly, is ‘reproductive’ about murder? This is probably the most un-intentionally diabolical 1:40 worth of video ever cut: The body language here is that the sexual means is its own end. All that matters is […]

This Blog Votes We Accept @DarleenClick’s Apology

by Smitty I want to apologize (again) for the sheer mendouchious twatwafflery of my state for inflicting Dianne Feinstein on the country. #tcot #tgdn — darleenclick (@darleenclick) January 25, 2013 Darleen blogs at Protein Wisdom, by the way.

New Federal Charges Filed Against Anonymous Spokesman Barrett Brown

September 2012: Barrett Brown threatens an FBI agent in video For the third time in four months, a federal grand jury in Texas has returned indictments against Barrett Brown, the former spokesman for the hacking group Anonymous. Brown was arrested in September after a video rant in which he threatened to “destroy” an FBI agent. […]

Gregory Kane Opines That Colin Powell Could Be A Latent Democrat

by Smitty I still recall with fondness then-JCS Chairman General Powell around 20 years ago speaking to us in a college setting. At the time, his sheer command presence had me thinking that he could well be our first black POTUS. And now he’s reduce to taking pot shots at women who are not (at […]

Living Inside Your Head, Rent-Free

Item One: The left-wing blogger who yesterday complained that it was a “tactic” to quote Hillary is back today with a rant about how the Koch brothers are paying young blondes to write columns at National Review. Or something. I’m not sure if Celia Bigelow and Aubrey Blankenship know that they’re marionettes on strings manipulated by the […]

Death by Criticism

Bernard Loiseau was one of the world’s most famous French chefs: Ten years ago, Loiseau was France’s most feted chef. The charismatic cook’s beaming face smiled from billboards, TV shows and recipe books. His restaurant, Le Relais Bernard Loiseau in Saulieu, Burgundy was a favourite with the late president François Mitterrand. Robert de Niro would […]

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