The Other McCain

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

Family Terrorized as Michigan Teachers Support Colleague Who Molested Boy

Former middle-school teacher Neal Erickson, 38, pleaded guilty in May to having sex with a boy beginning in 2006 — when the boy was a 14-year-old eighth-grader — until 2009. His fellow teachers in Ogemaw County, Michigan, supported Erickson, writing letters to the judge asking for a lenient sentence. Any parent would be horrified by […]

That Psycho-style Imagery In The Anti-Cuccinelli Ad Was Surely A Tribute To Anthony Perkins, Not An Attack

by Smitty Oh, those humorless Republicans. Up in arms, as usual: In his letter to the [Virginia] Board of Elections, Mr. Webster also raised questions about the propriety of the McAuliffe Campaign not being required to endorse publicly the mud slinging “attack ads” against Mr. McAuliffe’s Republican opponent being aired by the Democratic Party of […]

Mystery in #FreeKate Case: What Does Kaitlyn Hunt’s BFF Julia Gilmore Know?

An intriguing detail I reported last week on the Kaitlyn Hunt case: [Assistant state attorney Christopher] Taylor also recounted a May incident in which Hunt violated the no-contract order by communicating with the victim “through a third party, Julia Gilmore.” In May, Gilmore told a local TV station she “has been friends with Hunt for five years” and, […]

Mama: #FreeKate Is Being Treated Like a Real Criminal at Indian River County Jail!

Kaitlyn Hunt: She’s in real jail, like a real criminal. Support Honesty remarked on Twitter that Kelley Hunt Smith seems shocked that her precious little pervert “was not placed in the special Privileged Pretty White Girl Jail for Internet Superstars”: Simple question for Kelley Hunt Smith: WHY DO YOU THINK THEY CALL IT ‘JAILBAIT’? Notice […]

Space Opera

—Wombat-socho Last week we looked at classic military SF involving soldiers on the ground; this week, we’re going to do the same with space navies. Any discussion of space opera HAS to start with E.E. “Doc” Smith, who single-handedly created the genre with two epic series. The Skylark of Space is the first of four […]

#FreeKate? Local Teen Says Kaitlyn Hunt Was ‘Bully … Calling Me an Ugly Dyke’

LIVE AT FIVESIX: 08.23.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Obama’s Thick Red Line On Syria Clearly, the President doesn’t want to talk about Syria Gang Rape of Photojournalist Shocks Mumbai Case cracked, two arrested Mubarak Released From Jail Former Egyptian president released to hospital, expected to be sent home under house arrest POLITICS San Diego Council Weighs Mayoral […]

LIVE: @RSMcCain and @Ali Talk #FreeKate and #ChelseaManning

by Ali A. Akbar Stacy and I will go live in 15 minutes — 10pm ET. We’re going to be discussing Steven Hunt’s attempt to take down this blog, Bradley Manning’s “Chelsea” issues, and Bill Schmalfeldt’s return to trolling. You don’t want to miss it!   Post by Ali A. Akbar.

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