The Other McCain

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

LIVE AT FIVE: 06.04.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Senator Frank Lautenberg Dies, 89 Last WWII vet in Senate succumbs to viral pneumonia Does Someone At The White House Want Eric Holder Gone? Anonymous NYT source says yes Woman In Red Becomes Symbol Of Istanbul’s Female Protesters Middle-class women, students take stand against Erdogan’s Islamism POLITICS Supremes Rule […]

Special Rights for Teen Lesbians?

You know how the “Free Kate” crowd say they have no agenda beyond “fairness” and “equality”? There is reason to doubt: If you get caught banging a 14-year-old, @monwithmac has lots of tearful sympathy twitter.com/MonWithMac/sta… Only if you’re lesbian, though. — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) June 3, 2013 It’s difficult to describe my reaction to […]

Grow Up or Go Home

Hint to GOP operatives: If you don’t like your job, just quit, OK? Spare us the BuzzFeed “dramatic revelations.” buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/i… — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) June 3, 2013 Over the past couple of years, Ali Akbar has occasionally suggested doing a book called Operatives, about all the behind-the-scenes drama in politics, the existence of which […]

Comprehensive Aggregation Reform

National Immigration Forum Funded by Soros and the Left — Matthew Boyle, Breitbart.com Schumer predicts immigration bill will pass Senate by July 4, aims for 70 votes — Russell Berman, The Hill Finally, the Left Protests the Gang of 8 — Mickey Kaus, Daily Caller Immigration reform deal hangs on border security — Carrie Budoff […]

LIVE AT FIVEEIGHT: 06.02.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Erdogan Says Protests Not “Turkish Spring” Violence flares on fourth day of protests At Least 119 Dead In PRC Poultry Plant Fire “I think safety…is not the first priority in their design plan.” Wikileaker’s Court-Martial Finally Gets Underway Could face life in prison POLITICS Sen. Schumer: Immigration Bill To […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Desert Plains

— compiled by Wombat-socho I was tempted to put up a Rob Halford pic for the benefit of the ladies and other folks who like the leather look (IYKWIMAITYD) but :effort:. As usual, some of these links lead to pix which are decidedly NSFW, so exercise discretion when making with the clicky clicky. Valley of […]

PHOTO: ‘Model Citizen’ Kaitlyn Hunt Helps Sister in 2-on-1 Beach Beatdown

Five days ago, I called attention to the video in which alleged victim of homophobia Kaitlyn Hunt screams at her younger sister: “Beat her f**king ass, Emily! Beat her ass! Get that bitch!” Someone who was present for this incident captured the image above, which shows Kaitlyn — with the telltale bird tattoo on her […]

It’s the New Astrology, or Something

Chief symptom of Oldest Child Syndrome: Obsession with birth-order studies as explaining everything. huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/31/mid… Just sayin’ … — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) June 2, 2013 The belief that we have found the Rosetta Stone of human personality — the one factor that lets us analyze others as “types” — is not new, but the study […]

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