The Other McCain

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

‘My Inherent Feminine Wisdom’: Witchcraft and Academic Feminism

“When I was a little girl, I instinctively knew that I was a Witch, without at the time identifying with this special word or know all that it entailed. … Like all children I was closely connected to the magical side of my nature. Later, as an adolescent, I began to realize that this intuitive, […]

Learning Not to Argue

One of the important lessons in life — and it took me a long time to learn it — is to avoid arguments. That is to say, when you find yourself in a situation where someone is determined to dispute about facts, as opposed to mere opinion, just leave it alone and walk away. You […]

FMJRA 2.0: Function Creep

— compiled by Wombat-socho How Bill Schmalfeldt (@Leonidas_BU) Implicated Himself in Online Fraud Thinking Man’s Zombie The Lonely Conservative Billy Sez The Artisan Craft Blog Regular Right Guy Proof Positive Batshit Crazy News Late Night With Rule 5 Sunday: Tax Loopholes Edition Animal Magnetism Regular Right Guy Ninety Miles from Tyranny Proof Positive A View […]

Now That the Election Is Over …

Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005 — Washington Post Ryan ‘sickened’ by Trump, joint appearance scrapped — Politico Trump on Hot Mic: ‘When You’re a Star … You Can Do Anything’ to Women — NBC News Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock of Virginia urges Trump to drop out of race — Washington […]

In The Mailbox: 10.07.16

— compiled by Wombat-socho No linkagery yesterday since Feedly was down. This is the day on which we celebrate victory against the Turks at the Battle of Lepanto. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: #FreeDilbert – Scott Adams Shadowbanned On Twitter For Supporting Trump; $TWTR Nosedives – Coincidence? Twitchy: October Surprise? WikiLeaks Drops The First Batch Of […]

Which Is Worse: AIDS or ‘Stigma’?

  Remember the herpes-infected feminists who used the #ShoutYourStatus hashtag to encourage pride in having sexually transmitted diseases? That came to mind when I encountered a chart of AIDS-related terms — promoted by the University of California-San Francisco — comparing “stigmatizing” language (left) versus “empowering” language (right):   You see we must avoid “blame-centric language” […]

The Error of Comparing Group Averages

One of the basic tricks of Lying With Statistics is to use certain characteristics — age, race, sex, etc. — to define a group, and then report some data about the group as an average. CNN does this: Working class white men saw their income drop 9% between 1996 and 2014, according to a new […]

If You Want Books, You Got ‘Em

— by Wombat-socho I was more than a little appalled to realize I hadn’t done any book posts since July, when I wrote about Don Surber’s Trump The Press, Jean Larteguy’s The Praetorians, and even some SF. So in this post I’m going to play catch-up and briefly talk about the new stuff I managed […]

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