The Other McCain

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

Worst Scandal Imaginable

A Texas company gets billions in taxpayer money to train police in Afghanistan and, it appears, provides services of a very multicultural sort. I’m not even going to quote the story or describe it. It’s bad. Very, very bad. More at Memeorandum and Outside the Beltway.

Cell-Phone Pornography Blamed in Rape Attacks on Somali Refugee Women

Associated Press: The three masked gunmen burst into Asha Muse Ali’s tent at night and grabbed every item of value they could find: $85 in cash, a cell phone and a gold ring. Then the attackers embarked on a crime that carries a severe social stigma in this conservative Muslim country: They raped Ali and […]

Jill Filipovic and Amanda Marcotte to Denounce Keith Olbermann in 3, 2, 1 . . .

Defenders of Julian Assange are now “downshifting from Camille Paglia to Three Days of the Condor,” resorting to a conspiracy-theory defense of the WikiLeaker’s First Amendment right to condom-free sex with Swedish socialists: Here’s how an evidence-free, innuendo-filled personal attack on a rape accuser trespasses the mainstream political debate. On his Twitter feed, MSNBC host […]

‘I Feel As If I’m in a Surreal Swedish Movie Being Threatened by Bizarre Trolls’

No, this has nothing to do with Barrett Brown. Rather, the quote is from Mark Stephens, lawyer for Julian Assange, describing his feelings at attempting to get his client off the hook for his not-entirely-consensual hook-ups with two Swedish socialist women. The same quote would also fairly describe my surprise at finding none other than […]

Julian Assange Arrested in London

BBC: The founder of the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has been arrested by police in London. The 39-year-old Australian, who was the subject of a European arrest warrant, denies allegations he sexually assaulted two women in Sweden. . . . Scotland Yard said Mr Assange was arrested by appointment at a London police station […]

Helen Thomas: Blood on Her Hands

Yesterday I joked about Helen Thomas’s latest expedition into Jew-baiting paranoia. Yet, ridiculous as it is, what Thomas is telling the Arab world is what too many people — Arab and non-Arab alike — are all too eager to believe: That American foreign policy vis-a-vis the Middle East is controlled by a conspiracy of wealthy Jews. Thomas cannot […]

BREAKING: Rumored Secret U.S. Weapon Causes Taliban Surrender

Shocking news from Afghanistan: KABUL — Thousands of Taliban fighters have surrendered to Allied forces after rumors spread among the militants in Afghanistan that the United States was prepared to deploy a devastating new secret weapon, NATO commanders said Saturday. As frightened former members of the Afghan insurgency streamed into Allied encampments, tearfully pleading to […]

Dear Zionist Overlords . . .

. . . it looks like Helen Thomas is onto our game here: “We are owned by propagandists against the Arabs. There’s no question about that. Congress, the White House, and Hollywood, Wall Street, are owned by the Zionists. No question in my opinion. They put their money where there mouth is. . . .” […]

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