The Other McCain

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

Cyber Monday: Thanks to the Reader Who Bought the $200 Lego Set From Amazon!

  Today is “Cyber Monday,” the biggest online shopping day of the year, when people who didn’t find what they wanted on Black Friday go on the Internet and order from my Amazon Associates links. This has become such a phenomenon, “60 Minutes” reported about it: If you have ever wondered what happens after you’ve […]

Ask NY Times Who Deserves More Pay: America’s Troops or Fast-Food Workers?

In an editorial Sunday, the New York York Times argued that America’s troops are being paid too much: Big-ticket weapons like aircraft carriers and the F-35 fighter jet have to be part of any conversation about cutting Pentagon spending to satisfy the mandatory budget reductions known as the sequester. But compensation for military personnel has […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.02.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Healthcare.gov “Night And Day” From October, Feds Claim O RLY? Crucial Weekend Begins With A Shutdown Goa Court Remands Tarun Tejpal To Police Custody Bail rejected for magazine founder accused of rape Four Dead As Mob Forces Thai PM To Flee Security forces fight running battles with 30,000 protesters […]

Guardian Losing $50 Million a Year?

These numbers are mind-boggling: Guardian News & Media has lost nearly £200m in the past six years as it pursues its ambition of being the “world’s leading liberal voice”. GMG already enjoys advantages over some of its commercial media rivals. Ownership by the Scott Trust means it does not have to answer to shareholders. The […]

Administration Says ObamaCare Site Is Working; CNN Finds Otherwise

Elise Viebeck at The Hill reports: The Obama administration claimed victory Sunday for making HealthCare.gov workable for the vast majority of users, a standard that will be tested as millions of people flood the site in the next three weeks. Uh, do you really think “millions of people” will “flood the site”? Or is that […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Quiet Splendor

— compiled by Wombat-socho For the benefit of those reading Rule 5 compilations for the first time, or who have forgotten since last time: some of the links below are most definitely Not Safe For Work and could contribute to the pollution of your precious bodily fluids. Please exercise discretion in the timing and placement […]

Public Education News Updates

Colorado Springs, Nov. 22: A Widefield High School teacher accused of sexual assault apparently had the habit of talking to male students about homosexual sex, grabbing their nipples and touching their crotches in a way that several students referred to as “cup checking,” according to an arrest affidavit. Lee Edward Riddle, a 29-year-old German language […]

‘Why Couldn’t It Be Scott Walker?’ Feminist Tweets After Paul Walker Killed

Paul Walker, star of the Fast and Furious action-movie series, was killed at age 40 yesterday in a car accident. Reacting to the news, Erin Gloria Ryan, news editor of the feminist site Jezebel, decided to take a cheap partisan shot at the Republican governor of Wisconsin: The disintegration of political discourse, right here. Stay […]

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