The Other McCain

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

Famous Gay Rights Activist Now Also Famous for Child Pornography Habits

  It’s possible to be quite specific about Larry Brinkin’s pornographic preferences, but “forcible sodomy of infant boys” is perhaps about as specific as we need to get. Oh, and also this: Larry Brinkin enjoyed interracial child pornography, and used the “n-word” when expressing his erotic enjoyment of these images and videos. You stay classy, […]

Hard To Remember The Last Time I Was Excited By A Privacy Policy

by Smitty The colonoscopy went well enough today, which you may not care about too much. After the week of intestinal issues around Thanksgiving time, it seemed prudent. Especially given that you never know where the ObamaCare wrecking ball will swing next. Typically, reading a software license or a privacy policy is right up there […]

He Liked ‘Young Nude Boys’

The quoted phrase occurred in a Justice Department description of videos that Republican congressional aide Ryan Loskarn purchased. He was also caught with “hundreds of videos depicting underage boys . . . in sexually explicit conduct.” Formerly Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander’s chief of staff, Loskarn was arrested last month on child pornography charges and, as […]

The Dahlia Lithwick Theory Fails

“Pick up the nearest book to you, turn to page 45. The first sentence explains your love life.” Does that make any sense at all? Of course not. She writes for Slate. OK, so the nearest book — atop a stack of books on my desk, to the right of my laptop — was Fred […]

‘Helpless and Hopeless Creatures’

“Nobody cares about ‘social issues’ anymore, we have been told. Democrats have become the Pervert Party . . . and Republicans are now the Party That Dare Not Disagree. Morality is no longer a matter of the divine ‘thou shalt not’ that Jehovah declared to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. Nowadays, moral authority is determined […]

She Killed Three Men for ‘Fun’

My first idea was to headline this story “Crazier Than Selena Gomez,” but even an ex-Disney starlet would probably never go as far off the rails as British serial killer Joanna Dennehy: Joanna Dennehy, 31, pleaded guilty in November to murdering three men by stabbing them in the heart and dumping their bodies in ditches […]

LIVE AT FIVESEVEN: 01.10.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Fragile Ukraine Cease-Fire Tested By Reports Of Police Brutality Unrest spreads to Lvov, Rovno, Cherkassy Majority Indifferent To Christie Bridge “Scandal” CBS poll shows 53% of Republicans and independents’ views unchanged Thailand Awaits Crunch Court Ruling On Election Can administration proceed with scheduled election despite opposition’s threat to boycott? […]

Another Brett Kimberlin Lie?

My co-defendant John Hoge has been keeping up with the federal RICO lawsuit he has dubbed Kimberlin v. Universe, et al. Hoge recently filed a motion with the court which makes note of an interesting claim by the pro se plaintiff: Twice since Brett Kimberlin filed his federal lawsuit, I’ve attended hearings in his Maryland […]

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