The Other McCain

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

LIVE AT FIVESEVEN: 06.11.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Obama Administration Reverts To Form On Morning After Pill Will comply with judge’s ruling giving 14-year-olds access to pill Greenwald Says More Stories To Come From Snowden Docs “There are dozens of stories generated by the documents he provided, and we intend to pursue every last one of them.” […]

Edward Snowden’s Dubious Heroism

Lindsay Mills is a dancer, acrobat and blogger: “My world has opened and closed all at once. Leaving me lost at sea without a compass. . . . But at the moment all I can feel is alone. . . . As I type this on my tear-streaked keyboard I’m reflecting on all the faces […]

Happily Never After

The one guaranteed result of legalizing gay marriage: Gay divorce, which is not exactly evidence of anything in particular, except as disproving the homo-supremacist message that we’d all be happier if not for the awful oppression of heteronormativity. In 2010, actress Jane Lynch became the “wife” (or perhaps, husband) of psychologist Lara Embry: “It’s just […]

Recusing Myself On Recent Events, Let Me Bring Up A Point About Tiananmen Square

by Smitty In the first place, the United States government is not a line of Type 59 tanks. In the second place, recent headline twerps are not Tank Man, staring down the barrel of tyranny. The question to ask is: what constitutes heroism? It strikes me that, if in a situation where the government is […]

Let’s Debate Fourth Amendment Rights, and Also Send Snowden to Leavenworth

Glenn Greenwald’s new man-crush, Edward Snowden theothermccain.com/2013/06/10/hol… I am more afraid of the federal Department of Education than I am of the #NSA. Seriously. @angelatc @justinamash — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) June 10, 2013 Following the Edward Snowden revelations, I find myself accused of statism, warmongering and worse. It seems some of my libertarian friends […]

Rule 5 Monday

— compiled by Wombat-socho Apologies for the aggravating lateness of so many posts this past week; the NSAVerizon has screwed up the internet at my current residence, so I’ve been having to spend time and money getting wifi at the local 24-hour McDonald’s. Or, during the week, the public libary. Anyway, on with the linkagery; […]

Holy Freaking Crap! How Did NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Get Security Clearance?

My son enlisted in Army under same 18X program as #Snowden. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot! viralread.com/2013/06/10/her… — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) June 10, 2013 The phrase “whistleblower” would imply the disclosure of wrongdoing and — sorry, Senator Paul — I don’t see any crime at NSA, beyond the negligence that put a high-school dropout in a […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 06.10.13

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Edward Snowden Identifies Self As Source of NSA Documents Flees to Hong Kong Santa Monica Shooter’s First Victims Were Father, Brother John Samir Zawahiri killed both men, set home on fire BJP Star Narendra Modi To Lead Party’s Campaign Chief Minister of Gujarat criticized for doing little to stop […]

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