The Other McCain

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

Furnishing Your Tidy Little Mind

Just wrote a long e-mail to a friend who, in reaction to last night’s 3,000-word rant about the nature of mental illness, described some of the emotional issues experienced by relatives of those usually non-emotive people with Asperger’s syndrome. Depending on the severity of the affliction, what happens in such cases is that people who […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.17.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party Retakes Power With Landslide Victory LDP wins 294 of 480 seats, coalition partner New Komeito 31 for two-thirds majority; Japan Restoration Party takes 54, DPJ 57 (down from 230) Gujarat’s BJP Boss Narendra Modi Confident Of Hat Trick Third phase of polling in Indian state […]

Rule Five Sunday: Night Flights

— compiled by Wombat-socho On time for the first time in almost a month…what next, Smell-O-Vision? (Insert usual disclaimer here) Laughing Conservative leads off with Vida Guerra, followed by Brian Noggle with the cover girls of Forbes. Animal Magnetism chips in with Rule Five Friday and Saturday Gingermageddon, and First Street Journal continues studying Rule […]

Criticism From a Friend: Can We Help Victims of Random Sarcasm Syndrome?

Dear Deranged Gunmen: If you’re contemplating murder-suicide, how about trying the “suicide” part first? #caring — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) December 16, 2012 “We still don’t know what’s wrong with Michael. Autism spectrum, ADHD, Oppositional Defiant or Intermittent Explosive Disorder have all been tossed around at various meetings with probation officers and social workers and […]

Moe Lane Shocked By Incompetent Budgeting And Lightning Strike, But Mostly Incompetent Budgeting

by Smitty Moe Lane, quoting IBD: In the states with federally run exchanges, HHS will be tasked with hiring the people to run the exchanges, ensuring that insurance plans applying to be on the exchange are compliant with ObamaCare regulations, and setting up and running the websites for the exchanges. Congress has not yet appropriated […]

Guns Don’t Kill People …

. . . people we don’t like (and who actually have nothing to do with the crime) kill people: @mgraham969 Hey Michael-congrats! People like you are responsible for the horrific massacre in CT- enjoying the 5yr old blood on your hands? — Andy H official (@drquirkey) December 14, 2012 Michael Graham actually did a very […]

‘He Was a Quiet Ewok, Kept to Himself a Lot. Kind of a Loner, I Guess You’d Say’

“Adam Lanza has been a weird kid since we were 5 years old. As horrible as this was, I can’t say I am surprised . . . Burn in hell, Adam.” — Tim Dalton, neighbor quoted in the New York Daily News Let’s face it, if I should die in headline-worthy fashion — losing control […]

Death Porn Media Victim Unexpectedly Negative About The Encounter

by Smitty Read the whole post from Mama by the Bay. A sample: But you know what I do remember? YOU were there. YOU, with your enormous video cameras. YOU, with your microphones poking into the bubble of grief that grew bigger as we waited for our parents to find us. YOU, with your horrible […]

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