The Other McCain

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LIVE AT FIVE: 05.14.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS IRS Officials In Washington Involved In Targeting Conservative Groups WaPo has documents showing it wasn’t just a problem in the Cincinnati office Pro-Abortion Activists Quick To Condemn Gosnell After Conviction Abortionist convicted of three counts first-degree murder, one manslaughter Syria Wants Details Before Attending Peace Conference Information minister says […]

#Gosnell Convicted: Quick Reactions

You probably have to remember the “Doonesbury” cartoon during the Watergate investigation to appreciate the headline here: GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY! viralread.com/2013/05/13/ver… GOSNELL CONVICTED ON 3 MURDER COUNTS – via @viralread #tcot #prolife — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) May 13, 2013 CNN headline: Doctor found guilty of first-degree murder in Philadelphia abortion case Memeorandum thread, and […]

The Fate of Basseley Nakoula

Whatever happened to Nakoula, whose video didn’t really inspire the ‘demonstration’ that didn’t actually happen in Benghazi? — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) May 13, 2013 @rsmccain Nakoula is in La Tuna Federal prison in West Texas bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFi… Scheduled for release on 9/26/13 — Patrick Poole (@pspoole) May 13, 2013 “Hillary’s promise of vengeance to the […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 05.13.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS As Many As 19 Injured In New Orleans Mother’s Day Parade No fatalities; two children hit Nawaz Sharif Hopes Third Time’s Lucky As Pakistan’s PM What will he do about endemic economic woes and corruption? Treasury Department, Federal Reserve To Investigate Bloomberg News Over Privacy Breach How much were […]

My Wife Is a Soldier’s Mom

Army son will be up at 4 a.m. Number 15 in his “chalk” at Airborne school — first man out of his plane in Monday’s first jump. — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) May 13, 2013 Today was Mother’s Day, and I realized I never got around to posting the photos of my Army son’s graduation […]

No, You’re Not a Feminist

Two years ago, I got in a long argument with my friend Little Miss Attila about feminism, specifically her claim that there is such a thing as “conservative feminism,” which I countered by citing the history of modern feminism from Betty Friedan to Susan Brownmiller as demonstrating that feminism always was a movement of the […]

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A Short Lesson in Liberal Media Bias: Has Alex Koppelman Forgotten Fitzmas?

Alternate Headline: It’s Not a Real Scandal, Until @alexkoppelman Decides ‘There Is Something to It.’ newyorker.com/online/blogs/n… | @jeffgurner — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) May 12, 2013 Scandals always highlight the disparity in how differently the media treat Republicans and Democrats. We are grateful to Alex Koppelman for this latest example: It’s a cliché, of course, but […]

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