The Other McCain

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

His Daughter’s Ex-Boyfriend

Or, How to Get Shot Dead in Texas: The Houston father who police say fatally shot a 17-year-old boy who was inside his daughter’s bedroom early Thursday morning will likely not be charged, an area prosecutor told MyFoxHouston.com. Although a grand jury will review the case, prosecutor Warren Diepraam said it is unlikely that the […]

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 […]

‘Snools Rule’: Mary Daly and the Radical Feminist School of Atrocious Writing

Mary Daly (October 16, 1928 – January 3, 2010) was an American radical feminist philosopher, academic, and theologian. Daly, who described herself as a “radical lesbian feminist”, taught at Boston College, a Jesuit-run institution, for 33 years. Daly retired in 1999, after violating university policy by refusing to allow male students in her advanced women’s […]

Feminists and Their Vaginas; Also, Guess Who’s Talking About ‘Forced Procreation’?

Last night I teased this at the end of a post about two “empowered” feminists and their podcast about the men they’ve had sex with. At Huffington Post, author Jenny Block wrote a column with the headline, “My Vagina Doesn’t Smell Like Shame“: So, I’m going to just put this out there loud and proud. […]

VIDEO: Harry Reid’s Koch Rant

In a Senate floor speech Thursday, the Senate Majority Leader used the word “radical” 21 times in attacking the Left’s bogeymen: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday accused Republicans of holding up crucial assistance to Ukraine in order to protect the Koch brothers. Reid tied the billionaire brothers who have bankrolled conservative causes […]

Two Sluts Do ‘Empowering’ Podcast

The headline at progressive blog Alternet: “Guys We Fucked:” The Anti Slut-Shaming Podcast That Everyone’s Talking About Everybody is talking about this? Really? It’s a podcast, for crying out loud. But never mind that. Here’s the background: Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson have had a lot of sex — and they’re not afraid to talk […]

Why Does Ezra Klein Hate Gays?

It’s a silly question, but his fellow liberals are trying to tell Klein he can’t hire who he wants at Vox.com: Hipster Homophobia: Ezra Klein’s Vox hires Falwell-loving gay-bashing “gay” — John Aravosis Ezra Klein’s Queer New Hire — American Prospect Vox’s Unbelievably Terrible New Hire — Slate Since when did having the “correct” opinion […]

Death at SXSW

Madness: Rashad Charjuan Owens, 21, the driver in a deadly downtown wreck who police suspected of driving drunk, will be charged with two counts of capital murder and 23 counts of aggravated assault with a vehicle after the car plowed through a crowded street full of people waiting for a South by Southwest concert, according […]

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