The Other McCain

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

‘You’re My Favorite Victim’

Even the NYPD police union won’t be able to save this guy: A married detective assigned to investigate the rape of a 24-year-old woman has been booted from the Manhattan Special Victims Division after flying to Seattle, drinking with her all night — and then allegedly trying to tear her clothes off in a hotel […]

Rapists Rape and Rape Again

Serial rapist DeShawn Starks Here’s the headline: 100 serial rapists identified after rape kits from Detroit Crime Lab are finally processed In 2009, more than 10,000 untested rape kits (i.e., vaginal swabs from victims, containing the DNA of rapists) were found abandoned in a Detroit Police storage facility. Some cases dated back to the 1980s: […]

In The Mailbox, 01.16.15

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM Proof Positive: Same Words, Different Tune Doug Powers: Bill De Blasio Ddiscovers Environmentally-Friendly Use For Plastic Twitchy: “I Have Not Seen American Sniper,” Writes New Republic’s Reviewer Of American Sniper Monster Hunter Nation: Arguing With Moral Relativists On Twitter According To Hoyt: In The World Of The Red […]

Feminism’s Big Lie

“Radical Feminism is, and has always been a political movement focused on liberating girls and women, those who are born into the sex caste female, from the unnatural, yet universal roles patriarchy has assigned.” — Radicalmamaw.tumblr.com, July 26, 2014 “Women who are sane, normal and happy do not become feminists, because such women do not […]

Call for Tax Questions
and Wednesday Afternoon Open Thread

— by Wombat-socho I have the day off from the tax mines, mostly so I could go see the doctors at the VA about the holes in my legs (they’re better, thanks) and since I’ve been spending a lot of time lately reading about taxes and practicing with the new software the Lords of the […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 01.15.15

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Rebels Launch Ukraine Offensive After Bus Shelling Massive rocket fire from rebel positions continues Ukraine seeks “terrorist organization” status for rebel groups NATO urges Russia to stop supporting rebels US offers $2 billion in financial support to Ukraine Pope Leaves Sri Lanka After Preaching Reconciliation Also becomes only the […]

‘Jettison Society’s Toxic Values and Embrace the Beautiful You’

See, that’s the way to fix your problem: Realize that there is nothing wrong with you. You are perfect, a Special Snowflake, a Rainbow Unicorn who is nothing but pure 100% perfection. Whatever you think might be wrong with you is perfectly OK. The only problem is that society — that is to say, everybody […]

Feminist Rhetorical Method

Today, I spent several hours offline working on the “Sex Trouble” project and, when intermittently checking Twitter, encountered the sort of feminist who thinks that being a feminist makes her automatically smarter than anyone who disagrees with feminism. This self-congratulatory pose of feminist superiority gets annoying, especially considering I’ve spent all day plowing through the […]

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