The Other McCain

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

Could Bill Schmalfeldt Get Any Crazier?

One hesitates to ask such a question, considering what endless insanity we’ve already seen from the deranged cyberstalker. Today, however, Bill Schmalfeldt had a meltdown (yes, another one) that led to him ranting on and on about Ali Akbar and . . . well, this: He made Ali’s face the background for his Twitter profile. […]

#Spambot Wars: Fake @Twitter Accounts With (Coincidentally) Large Breasts

Coincidences just keep piling up everywhere, like big-breasted spambots on Twitter. John Hoge writes: Have I mentioned that someone keeps trying to have around 15,000 sock accounts follow Aaron Walker, Stacy McCain, and me? All three of us are targets of a lawsuit by Brett Kimberlin and so, yeah, this is probably all just a coincidence, […]

Of Course, This Is What Republicans Need: More Advice From Their Enemies!

Headline of a Salon.com article I won’t link: Mann and Ornstein: “Brighter future for politics and policy requires a different Republican Party” The Republicans have become a party beholden to zealots — with little respect for science, facts or compromise Science! Facts! Compromise! Yes, Democrats are famously devoted to these values, and the only problem […]

‘Gosh, Stacy, There’s No Way @Twitter Could Spot All These Fake Accounts’

Honestly, I wouldn't mind having 12,000 fake spambot followers if they were programmed to re-Tweet me once in a while. — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) September 14, 2013 Excuse me for belaboring the obvious, but I’ve gotten pretty damned fed up with certain “friends” making excuses for Twitter’s inability to stop this influx of spambot […]

Far-Right Religious Extremists in Tennessee Attacking Public Education

Oh . . . wait a minute. No, I’m sorry — that’s what the headline would be if Think Progress wrote this story. Let me try again: Teacher Tells Ten-Year-Old Memphis Girl She Can’t Write About God for Assignment Memphis mother Erica Shead said she was angry after her 10-year-old daughter Erin, told her Wednesday, […]

Anna Shireman-Grabowski: Only Through Suicide Could She Ever Expiate Her Guilt

The very existence of this Middlebury College student is an act of historical oppression, exploitation and genocidal imperialism: My intention was not to cause pain but to visibilize the necessity of honoring all human life and to help a friend heal from the violence of genocide that she carries with her on a daily basis […]

Will @Mueller_Moriah2 Buy @Twitter IPO Shares? Will @MrDeondre__Huel? How About @MsBernhard__Mer?

Say hello to the fake Twitter account Evie Pacocha PhD (@Mueller_Moriah2) alias Ms. Darron Reichel (@MrDeondre__Huel) also known as Johnny Gibson DVM (@MsBernhard__Mer): During another conversation with a friend — and, as usual, by “conversation” I mean me ranting like a madman — about this continuing problem, I made the point that only lax policy […]

Crime Is a People Problem: Why @Twitter Must Prosecute Fake Account Makers

How hard is it to miss this as a Twitter avatar? As thousands upon thousands of fake accounts — all of them evidently generated by an algorithmic software program — have piled on following me on Twitter, I have tried to point out the obvious pattern: The fake-account manufacturers are using the same avatar images […]

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