The Other McCain

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

‘Progress’ As Cultural Bulldozer

by Smitty Anthony Daniels, aka Theodore Dalyrmple, speaking at Hillsdale of the lower class in England, emphasis mine: Certainly the notions of dependence and independence have changed. I remember a population that was terrified of falling into dependence on the state, because such dependence, apart from being unpleasant in itself, signified personal failure and humiliation. […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 06.25.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Baghdad Claims Successes In Anti-ISIS Fight Officials say fighting continues at Baiji, border crossings retaken Putin Asks Duma To Revoke Ukraine Military Force Authorization A good will gesture to Kiev? Japan’s Abe Fires His “Third Arrow” PM promises to slash corporate taxes, reduce shelters POLITICS Cochran Squeaks Past McDaniel […]

Internet ‘Porn Diva,’ 19, Arrested for Bisexual Video Orgy With Girls 12, 13, 14

The police affidavit in this case is astonishing: Bianca Byndloss, 19, and her co-defendants Christian Hernandez, 19, and Brian Yanes, 18, engaged in a May 25 orgy with three girls ages 12, 13 and 14. All are charged with multiple felonies and it looks like an open-and-shut case because all three suspects and also the […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 06.24.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Kerry Promises “Intense and Sustained Support” For Iraq Doomed. Egyptian Court Sentences Al Jazeera Journalists All three get between 7-10 years for aiding terrorists via propaganda; Western press appalled FLOTUS: I’m Not Going Into Politics After Leaving The White House Minorities, women hardest hit POLITICS FBI Sting Busts 281 […]

Sexual Assault at UT-Austin

#YesAllWomen (in Texas): “Campus police questioned two University of Texas football players as part of a sexual assault investigation,” involving an incident that allegedly “happened early Saturday morning in the San Jacinto Residence Hall.” Then there is this sentence: According to the university’s most recent security report, victims reported nine on-campus sexual assaults in 2012. […]

One Hundred Years Ago

Anniversaries often slip my attention. A.O. Scott has a long essay in the New York Times about World War I, which began in August 1914, so that we are now living in the 100th anniversary of the last summer of peace before that bloody atrocity. Scott points to a startling fact: On July 1, 1916, […]

Our Decadent Elite: Rich Liberals and the Progressive Politics of Daddy’s Money

“Turbulent, discontented men of quality, in proportion as they are puffed up with personal pride and arrogance, generally despise their own order. One of the first symptoms they discover of a selfish and mischievous ambition, is a profligate disregard of a dignity which they partake with others. To be attached to the subdivision, to love […]

Rule 5 Monday

— compiled by Wombat-socho It was one of those weekends when I just didn’t seem to have any kind of energy, and that’s why I’m running so late with the weekly dose of shapely young women -or not; EBL has odd notions about what constitutes Rule 5 material. In any case, readers should be aware […]

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