The Other McCain

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

British Jury Acquits Lesbian, 40, Who Had Drunk Sex With Girl, 15

The legal age of consent in England is 16, and if you tell a jury you didn’t know your partner’s age, you may go scot-free: A female radio DJ who had sex with a 15-year-old girl after plying her with vodka has walked free from court because she did not know the teenager’s real age. […]

Lesbian Hockey Coach, 39, Gets Year in Jail for Molesting 15-Year-Old Girl

Lesbian sexual predator Heidi Ferber. Heidi Ferber had competed in hockey all across North America and Europe, but left the sport after suffering too many concussions. In 2010, she became assistant coach to a girls’ hockey team in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The head coach of the team was Alex Petrie, whose daughter […]

Ukraine Concedes Crimea to Russia

Putin scores an easy victory: Bowing to the reality of the Russian military occupation of Crimea a day after Russia announced it was annexing the disputed peninsula, the Ukrainian government said on Wednesday that it had drawn up plans to evacuate all of its military personnel and their families and was prepared to relocate as […]

Ukraine Ready for War in Crimea?

This could be serious: In the wake of a March 16 referendum in which Crimeans voted to join the Russian Federation, Ukrainian leaders refused to cede any part of the peninsula, calling on their troops to prepare for war. “Crimea was, is, and will be our territory,” said Defense Minister Ihor Tenyukh in a statement […]

Afghanistan Resists Modernity

Does this really surprise anyone? More than 12 years after the U.S. first invaded Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban and deprive al Qaeda of a base operations, the sexual abuse of Afghanistan children has reached an all-time high, according to the U.S. State Department. The department’s 2013 Country Report on Human Rights in Afghanistan, which was […]

Crimea Votes to Secede from Ukraine, Join Russia; U.S. Lamely Objects

How’s that “smart diplomacy” workin’ out for ya? Crimeans overwhelmingly vote for secession — Associated Press Ukraine crisis: Early results show Crimea votes to join Russia — CNN Crimeans Choose to Join Russia in Vote, Exit Poll Shows — Bloomberg Five years into his term, President Obama has succeeded in diminishing U.S. prestige and influence […]

The U.N. And $5 Are Worth A Beverage At A Coffee Shop

by Smitty Via Hot Air: Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution that declared a planned referendum on the status of Ukraine’s Crimea region “can have no validity” and urged nations and international organisations not to recognise it. “This is a sad and remarkable moment,” Samantha Power, the American ambassador to the United […]

‘I’d Had Enough of the Insanity’

Inside the madhouse of Kremlin-funded Russia Today: Staci Bivens knew something was seriously wrong when her bosses at Russia Today asked her to put together a story alleging that Germany — Europe’s economic powerhouse — was a failed state. “It was me and two managers and they had already discussed what they wanted,” Bivens, an […]

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