The Other McCain

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

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.04.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Seventeen States File Lawsuit To Halt Obama Amnesty Orders Department of Homeland Security sued by states, arguing Constitution violated and laws broken Texas leads sixteen other states in suit Scott Walker, Wisconsin AG Van Hollen Join Suit Protests Erupt After Policeman Not Indicted In Choking Death Of Eric Garner […]

Democrats Implode in Louisiana

Ali Akbar, Anita Moncrief and other activists with the Black Conservatives Fund have been making a huge difference in Louisiana during the final weeks of the campaign leading up to Saturday’s election that will end the Senate career of Democrat Mary Landrieu. However, as much credit as is certainly due to BCF, the real credit […]

Enjoying Buzzword-Free Masculinity

by Smitty I’m old enough to remember when duty, honor, and manhood went both without saying and without marketing buzzwords: Spornosexual, lumbersexual & a man walk into a bar. Bartender looks at the man, curious. Man: “I don’t know, either.” http://t.co/klv4qSeQwX — Reform Or Die (@smitty_one_each) December 3, 2014 For a lumbersexual definition, dive into […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.03.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Obama Immigration Flipflops Problematic For Jeh Johnson Comfortable with the President’s legal justifications for executive amnesty Utah’s Chaffetz pounces on Homeland Security secretary Boehner lets members vent on immigration while avoiding shutdown Top Kenyan Security Officials Sacked After Jihadi Massacre Chief of police, Interior Minister pink-slipped by President Kenyatta […]

Less-Than-Surprising Praise

To say @AlisonWillmore enjoyed the new Reese Witherspoon movie is like saying a 13-year-old boy enjoys masturbation. Reese Witherspoon Plays The Year’s Most Satisfying Female Character In “Wild” The headline was sufficiently orgasmic I actually tried to read Ms. Willmore’s gooey wetness of a review and gathered that Wild is one of those dull movies […]

You’ve Got To Like Weigel

by Smitty OK, you’re by no means required, as I’m sure the commenters will remind. Still, he’s been something of a comrade to this blog over the years. He’s akin to the more caustic Mataconis in terms of people that I frequently find full of nonsense, yet find worthwhile to read, anyway. In my experience, […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 12.02.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Holder Announces Plan To Target Racial Profiling Will unveil DOJ guidance for federal LEO on racial profiling AG’s speech interrupted by protesters Obama doesn’t want “militarized police culture” in aftermath of Ferguson Russia Drops South Stream Pipeline Plan Looking at creating gas hub on Greco-Turkish border OPEC Squeeze On […]

What #Feminism Hath Wrought

@LauraKipnis is an expert on why men deserve your contempt. Just in time for the holidays, feminism is the gift that keeps on giving, and another academic sadist tells us what’s wrong with men: Laura Kipnis begins her preface to Men: Notes from an Ongoing Investigation . . . with an interesting idea: Writing about someone marks […]

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