The Other McCain

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

Texas Burning

Charges of vote fraud in the Lone Star State: On Tuesday, August 24, Harris County’s tax assessor-collector, Leo Vasquez, held a press conference in which he detailed what he called systematic and organized voter registration fraud across the county. . . . What happened next is what threatens everything. In the overnight/early morning hours of Saturday, August […]

Reality TV Show Abruptly Cancelled Due to Low Ratings and Police Gunfire

But mainly police gunfire. Just woke up from a long nap here in Anchorage and this was the big news: SILVER SPRING, Md. — Police shot and killed a gunman who held three hostages for several hours Wednesday at the Discovery Communications building in Silver Spring, Md., authorities said. They said the hostages were safe. […]

On Leashing That Passion

by Smitty The lady in the picture is rumored to have been the direct object of Julian Assange’s attentions in Sweden: Worth Risking Jail? Julian, let me share with you a canned rant that I offer to all the young lads: men control their passions. Boys, not so much. Admire your Rule 5 where and […]

WikiLeaks Founder Reportedly Charged With Rape, Media Suggest U.S. ‘Smear’ UPDATE: Police Withdraw Charges?

Swedish tabloid Expressen reports that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been charged with raping two women in Stockholm. No details of the alleged crime are available, but a very rough Google translation of the Expressen report indicates that the two women who made the accusations are in their 20s. Australian-born Assange is 39. WikiLeaks made headlines last month by releasing […]

How to Get Linked, Lesson One

Write a headline as good as this: Paris teens charged in bare-breasted robberies If you don’t get linked with a headline like that, you are obviously sending tips to the wrong blogger. Beyond the headline, it helps if there’s actually an interesting story: French police believe they’ve gotten to the bottom of a series of robberies in […]

California: Land of Witch Doctors

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. — “Natural” medicine is big on the Left Coast, and what’s more natural than sexual assault? Gardena police arrested a self-described witch doctor on Wednesday on suspicion of groping at least two women or girls. Rigoberto Padilla Carranza, 53, was arrested at his Gardena business — Productos Naturales Rigo at 2210 Marine […]

SHOCKING: W. Va. Man Impregnates 11-Year-Old Girl to Whom He’s Not Related

The state that made Robert Byrd the longest-serving senator in U.S. history is back in the news: A St. Albans man accused of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl and impregnating her was in court for a preliminary hearing Friday. Investigators say the alleged incident happened back in May at Michael Lacy’s apartment. The 11-year-old victim was […]

Death by Political Correctness?

“Everyone must come to grips with and make sense of their own failures. Excuse-making, blame-shifting, scapegoating — ‘It wasn’t my fault!’ — prevents us from learning the lessons of our failures. . . . Persistently attempting to externalize blame for our own failures is a recipe for moral disaster.” — Robert Stacy McCain, “Lindsay Lohan […]

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