The Other McCain

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

Rule 5 Monday

— compiled by Wombat-socho This weekend…meh. I got some stuff done and saw “Interstellar”, which was pretty awesome, but the rest of the weekend I could have done without. Anyway, the Steelers are playing the Titans tonight, so before the usual disclaimer, we have this. As usual, we are compelled to note that many of […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 11.17.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS US Officials Confirm Murder Of Islamic State Hostage Obama called the former Army ranger’s death “an act of pure evil” Kassig remembered for dedication to refugees Islamic State beheads American aid worker Narendra Modi Fever Grips Sydney Over 16,000 Indians expected to pack Allphones Arena to greet India’s PM; […]

‘I Suffer From Oppression’

So says @JaclynArcher in a column for Eastern Washington University’s student newspaper, The Easterner: What is oppression? According to the Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology “Social oppression is a concept that describes a relationship between groups or categories . . . of people in which a dominant group benefits from the systematic abuse, exploitation, and injustice […]

New Word: “Grubado”

by Smitty Instapundit was noting that ‘gruber‘ is now a verb. Surely, though, the pile of hooey that is ObamaCare has room for a little more coinage as the ooze flows about, engulfing Progressive dreams in fetid sludge. Grubado: noun. A portmanteau of ‘Gruber’ and ‘bravado’, this is that special panache with which a sociopath […]

FMJRA 2.0: Day Late & A Dollar Short (Interstellar Remix)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Rule 5 Sunday: Flowtation Blackmailers Don’t Shoot Average Bubba Batshit Crazy News Animal Magnetism That Mr. G Guy Regular Right Guy Proof Positive Ninety Miles from Tyranny A View from the Beach A Lesbian Theory of the Penis Battleswarm Blog That Mr. G Guy Cragin Media Batshit Crazy News A View […]

‘Got Issues? Lube! Lube! Lube!’

Chicago schools are having what is called a “controversy,” a word that means parents found out what their children are learning: Parents at a Near West Side school say they are “shocked” and “horrified” after viewing a new sex education curriculum intended for fifth-graders, saying the way the information is presented is over the top […]

L.A. Schools Argue Girl, 14, Legally Consented to Sex With Teacher, 28

Love and lawyers and “education” in the 21st century: Los Angeles Unified School District lawyers fighting a civil lawsuit argued in court that a 14-year-old middle school student was mature enough to consent to having sex with her 28-year-old teacher, and that she bore some responsibility for what happened. The district’s attorneys also introduced the […]

Hard-Boiled And Hard Core

— by Wombat-socho This week was spent reading a lot of naval history – Morison’s The Two-Ocean War, of course, because it’s enormous, and James Hornfischer’s The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, an excellent recounting of the Battle of Samar, in which half a dozen escort carriers with their puny screen of destroyers […]

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