The Other McCain

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

LIVE AT FIVE: 06.06.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS SSG Bales’ Guilty Plea Accepted Admits guilt in killing 16 Afghan civilians, avoids death penalty Obama Selects Reliable Liar As National Security Adviser Ambassador Rice to be replaced at UN by former White House adviser Samantha Power Pakistani Parliament Formally Elects Nawaz Sharif As PM Speech focused on economy […]

Why Are Lesbians So Racist?

Or maybe the question should be, why does Michelle Obama hate lesbians? A heckler who identified herself as a “lesbian looking for federal equality before I die” interrupted a speech by the First Lady at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser Tuesday: First Lady Michelle Obama threatened to leave a Democratic National Committee fundraiser Tuesday after she […]

‘Low-Information Voter,’ IYKWIMAITYD

The meltdown of the #FreeKate victimhood narrative evidently has shrunk the #FreeKate movement down to a hard core of irrational fanatics, among them Rebekah Becky Majors-Manley. News that a local gay-rights group was not supporting accused sex offender Kaitlyn Hunt inspired this Facebook rant from Majors-Manley: You noticed, I’m sure, that at some point Majors-Manley’s […]

Becky Gerritson FTW!

by Smitty “I am not here as a serf or vassal. I am not begging my lords for mercy. I’m a born free American woman, wife, mother and citizen. And I’m telling my government that you’ve forgotten your place. It’s not your responsibility to look out for my well-being, and to monitor my speech. It’s […]

Adrian Lamo Is a Hero

Anybody who is hated by Anonymous must be doing something right: Lamo previously lived in Sacramento but went into hiding for fear of reprisals for turning in the 25-year-old soldier . . . (It is an insult to honorable soldiers to call a gutless lying cowardly dirtbag like Bradley Manning a “soldier.”) . . . […]

Damn You, Josh Barro!

@jbarro Hey, I’m not exactly president of the @ewerickson Fan Club, but … “derpy”? That’s all you got, “derpy”? businessinsider.com/erick-erickson… — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) June 4, 2013 Do I want to defend Erick Erickson? No, I don’t. I used to be OK with Erick until August 2011 when he got the bright idea to […]

David Frum Worries Republican ‘Frenzy’ Over Scandals ‘Will Paralyze Congress’

David Frum’s career since leaving the White House has been a sort of roadmap to irrelevance as the Republican who always echoes (or in some cases, anticipates) liberal criticism of Republicans, until he has become the pundit equivalent of a concern troll: ”Now Republicans are working themselves into a frenzy that will paralyze Congress for […]

But … It Was Consensual!

The case of 18-year-old Kaitlyn Hunt, charged with a felony for having sex with a 14-year-old, has elicited the support of the American Civil Liberties Union, which calls this “behavior that is both fairly innocuous and extremely common.” Well, OK, if 18 and 14 is no problem, how about 13 and 19? And how about […]

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