The Other McCain

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

LIVE AT SIX: 04.05.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS School Faces New Questions In Colorado Massacre Did campus cops drop ball after his shrink said he posed threat? Fukushima Reactor’s Cooling Plant Fails EVERYBODY PANIC (no, don’t, really) Hillary Signs Book Deal With Simon & Schuster Memoir on SecState tenure to reap at least $500K advance POLITICS Senator […]

Late Night Administrivia

— by Wombat-socho The death march to April 15 has begun, which means that instead of the previous 46 hour a week schedule I was working, I will be working 54 hours a week until the end of the tax season. Feel free to quote Han Solo on the subject of rewards to me. This […]

Unenforced Laws, Preventable Crimes: California Still Circling the Drain

Law-abiding taxpaying citizens are fleeing California, an increasingly ungovernable bankrupt disaster, but hey, they’ve got a good-looking attorney general and Paul Krugman thinks the state is making a “comeback,” so why worry? Well, among other things, they can’t afford to keep criminals in prison: He was released from custody in July 2012 because of a new law that […]

‘Undocumented Workers’: Dating Underaged Girls Americans Won’t Date

Say hello to Jose Zarata, 25, described by a sheriff’s deputy in Maricopa County, Arizona, as “a non-U.S. citizen who has been living in the country without proper authorization.” Turns out there were other things Jose wanted to do “without proper authorization,” such as dating the 13-year-old daughter of Maria Saucedo. She said “no,” so Jose […]

Amanda Marcotte: So Dangerously Crazy, Even Conor Friedersdorf Fears Her Now

Amanda Marcotte: So humorless, it’s hilarious No public controversy involving sex is complete until feminist scold Amanda Marcotte makes a fool of herself, and she’s continually striving for ever-lower nadirs of stupidity. So, a high-school boy in Los Angeles recorded a YouTube video asking famous model/actress Kate Upton to be his prom date. Upton at first […]

Lady Gaga-Gate Continues

Yesterday, I noted the RNC’s emphatic denial that they knew anything about this. Well, that denial was apparently wrong: Following up on reports that Lady Gaga was offered — and turned down — $1 million to perform at last year’s Republican National Convention, Jeff Quinton has obtained documents and e-mails showing that an RNC official was privy […]

LIVE AT FIVESIX: 04.04.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Connecticut Lawmakers Pass Sweeping Gun Control Measure Governor ready to sign bill Civilian Employee Shot Dead At Fort Knox Authorities say it wasn’t a random act Norks Warn Military Cleared To Launch Nuke Attack Against U.S. ROK Defense Minister says missile moved to east coast doesn’t have the range […]

My Thing, Your Thing, Our Thing UPDATE: Apparently, It’s #WAR

Dana Loesch has a piece at Red State about the controversy that ensued when Ben Howe wrote a piece at BuzzFeed criticizing a video from Tea Party Patriots. I never saw the video and didn’t read Howe’s BuzzFeed piece, although friends made me aware that there was some kind of kerfuffle about it. What. Ever. Part of the […]

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