The Other McCain

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

The Filthy Rotten Party of Corruption, Treason, Fraud, Sodomy and Abortion

Charles Rangel: Why ‘corrupt Democrat’ is a redundancy In a Twitter colloquy with Susan Cloud, producer of the Mark Davis radio show, I found myself compelled to explain and defend my previous criticisms of National Review. The problem, really, is that Republicans just don’t hate Democrats the way Democrats hate Republicans. Most Republicans are born and […]

Neal Rauhauser’s Very Bad Week

Exactly why left-wing lawyer Jay Leiderman felt it necessary to denounce Neal Rauhauser, I’m not sure. Perhaps it has something to do with the apparent suspicion among members of Anonymous that Neal Rauhauser is a paid federal informant: For now we give you a phone call between Kelly Hallissey and Neal Rauhauser and two calls […]

Slow-Mo Walkback Beginning? Sheepish Silence From Anti-Steubenville Media

‘Occupy Steubenville’ protesters, Jan. 5 “Protestors descended on Steubenville, Ohio [Jan. 5] to demonstrate their opposition to the possible cover-up of the alleged rape of a 16-year-old high school student by members of the Steubenville High School football team. … “Occupy Steubenville, as the rally came to be called throughout social media, was the second […]

Steubenville ‘Rape Crew’? Non-Facts Smear the Innocent in an Ohio Town

Michael Nodianos in the now-infamous Aug. 12 video “Michael didn’t know the Jane Doe in this case. . . . He left the party around midnight on Saturday, went to McDonald’s and then to a friend’s house. She was leaving just a few moments after he arrived at the second house. He saw her leave […]

Lynching Big Red: National Media’s Journalistic Crime Against Steubenville

“Families of Big Red athletes have reported being harassed and threatened. . . . Police increased patrols around city schools after a threat of violence triggered a lockdown. “[Local parent Jackie] Sacripanti said children in the community who had nothing to do with the parties or the alleged rape ‘are being taunted and harassed, just […]

‘Little to Lose for Malicious Actors’

“Our ability to cope with deception in the Internet is poor at best. We cannot readily attribute memes to people, because in the Internet, identities are pseudonyms for influence actors we may never have met. Individuals may have multiple identities and spread memes for their own purposes ignoring any need for truth. The problem lies […]

Neal Rauhauser: FBI Informant?

New information about Neal Rauhauser’s activities has been published recently, and I’m trying to figure out where to begin. Recall that it was Rauhauser’s involvement in the legal battle between Brett Kimberlin and Aaron Walker that first interested me in that story. Rauhauser’s interest in the 2011 WeinerGate scandal brought him into conflict with SWATting target […]

‘Anonymous’ and Steubenville: Online Lynch Mob Complicates Rape Case

Call it “The Steubenville Horror”: A 16-year-old girl passed out drunk at a party with members of the high school football team in Steubenville, Ohio. She was sexually assaulted and reports quickly circulated online: By sunrise, though, some people in and around Steubenville had gotten word that the night of fun on Aug. 11 might […]

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