The Other McCain

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

Welcome Our New Robot Overlords

As if Instapundit’s weird enthusiasm for “robosexuality” weren’t disturbing enough, now there’s this prediction from two MIT geeks:  Technological progress is going to leave behind some people, perhaps even a lot of people, as it races ahead. . . . [T]here’s never been a better time to be a worker with special skills or the […]

Russia: 15 Killed in Suicide Bombing

A female bomber at a train station: More than a dozen people were killed Sunday when a blast ripped through a railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd in what authorities say was an attack carried out by a suicide female bomber. If confirmed, the presumed attack will prove to have been the […]

Keep The Resistance Alive

by Smitty Instapundit points to Fox’s article: “Popularity of ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ plates in Virginia suggests Tea Party still strong“: “It is a symbol of frustration … a symbol of disgust with the government,” David Dwyer, a former Hampton Roads Tea Party chairman, told the newspaper. The sales figures for the “Don’t Tread on […]

FMJRA 2.0: 2013 Finale

— compiled by Wombat-socho Special Snowflake Syndrome Dustbury The Pirate’s Cove Batshit Crazy News The DaleyGator Political Hat Dead Citizens Rights Society Regular Right Guy Rick’s Rants So, Justine Finally Landed … Batshit Crazy News Dyspepsia Generation Preppers Universe Nice Deb Outside In A View From The Beach Rick’s Rants Rule 5 Sunday: Transfer Station […]

Are You Ready for BBW Barbie?

They should call her “Belinda,” because all girls named “Belinda” are fat. There — that’s the only joke I have for this story: A controversy is brewing over a request to remake Barbie in way contrary to the iconic image so many girls knew growing up. Plus-Size-Modeling.com is suggesting Mattel create a plus-size Barbie. While […]

Another Fake Hate Crime? Arrest Discredits Tennessee Anti-Gay Case

Paris, Tennessee, is a town of 10,000 people about two hours west of Nashville, but it made national headlines last month: Joe Williams, Tennessee Health Food Store Owner, Beaten In Alleged Anti-Gay Hate Crime Williams said three men beat him unconscious and wrote a “three-letter homophobic slur” on his forehead in the Nov. 20 attack: The […]

If He’s Lost Lawrence O’Donnell …

. . . Edward Snowden’s status as progressive hero is over: MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell skewered Edward Snowden’s Christmas address on Thursday, saying the National Security Agency leaker’s claims are “wildly overblown.” “Every time he speaks, every time, he will say things that are absurdly, wildly overblown,” O’Donnell said. “He says that the government is, […]

Four U.S. Troops Released in Libya

The post-“Arab Spring” anarchy continues: Four American military personnel assigned to the United States Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, were detained Friday and then released after being held for hours by the country’s Interior Ministry, American officials said. The four were believed to have been reviewing potential evacuation routes for diplomats when they were detained, according […]

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