The Other McCain

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

‘Gender Integration’ = FAIL

This is both hysterically funny and pathetically sad: The Army colonel who wrote an internal email suggesting public affairs officers use photos of “average-looking women” when they need to illustrate stories about female soldiers has stepped down as the leader of an Army study on gender integration. Army spokesman George Wright confirmed on Saturday that […]

Weird NY Times Column: Not Supporting ObamaCare Is Slavery or Something

This is just downright bizarre: [T]he South is once again committed to taking a backward path. By refusing to expand health care for the working poor through Medicaid, which is paid for by the federal government under Obamacare, most of the old Confederacy is committed to keeping millions of its own fellow citizens in poverty […]

Just Call Me ‘Grandpa McCain’

My first grandchild — 8 pounds, 3 ounces — James William McCain Jr. Congratulations, Jim and Danielle! — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) November 23, 2013 The Victory Through Breeding™ program — our long-term plan for McCain world dominance through superior procreative capacity — took an important step forward this morning with the birth of our […]

Report: Muslim Warlords Out of Control in African Country, ‘Genocide’ Feared

This situation made headlines last December. then disappeared from the front pages. Now it’s gone from bad to much, much worse: France said on Thursday that Central African Republic was “on the verge of genocide” and it expected the United Nations to give Paris and the African Union permission to intervene. Central African Republic, a […]

The Hate-Troll Sockpuppet

After a while, you learn to discern the pattern: Not operated by a named person. Not associated with any organization. Lots of hashtags and/or slogans in the profile to signal ideological solidarity. Lack of organic content. Associates with other known trolls. There are other traits — dots in the pattern — but the point is […]

Confirmed: Crazy People Are Dangerous

He was once described as “happy-go-lucky,” but then his father lost an election and his parents divorced and Gus Deeds went nuts: “Eventually it got to the point where everyone… you couldn’t ignore it. It was obvious he was going through a difficult time,” Tony Walters, who has been friends with Gus since they were […]

Conor Friedersdorf’s Grassy Knoll

Conor Friedersdorf is the Lee Harvey Oswald of journalism — an alienated young man consumed by irrational hatred of his own country. Fortunately, the Secret Service need not worry about Friedersdorf purchasing a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle just now. The focus of his manic obsession is not the current president, but his predecessor. Bush Derangement Syndrome — […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 11.22.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Critics Say Iran Deal Will Allow Spread Of Nukes Former IAEA head Olli Heinonen: “If you can’t enforce this kind of simple thing, what’s the meaning of the Security Council?” Senate Democrats Vote To Curb Filibusters An admission of defeat At Least 26 Dead In Latvian Supermarket Collapse Death […]

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