The Other McCain

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

Can Mitch McConnell Survive?

Sam Youngman of the Daily Beast has a feature-style article about the annual Fancy Farm barbecue in Kentucky that is the traditional kickoff of the campaign season there, focusing on the Senate race between Mitch McConnell and Alison Lundergan Grimes: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell rolled up his sleeves and walked to the podium […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 08.04.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Israel Plans Cease-Fire In Parts Of Gaza Truce does not apply to Rafah; IDF will return fire if attacked Israel begins withdrawing troops IDF says missing soldier Hadar Goldin is dead First Of Two Ebola Patients Arrives In Georgia For Treatment Ebola vaccine possible, but doubts persist Narendra Modi […]

Sex Trouble: #DearFeministMen Illustrates a Fundamental Problem

“You can never please a feminist woman. And even feminist women despise men whom they can push around.” — Charlotte Allen “That’s what’s wrong with you. You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how.” — Rhett Butler, Gone With the Wind (1939) Let’s begin by explaining something that should be obvious, […]

FMJRA 2.0: Disappointed

— compiled by Wombat-socho Rule 5 Sunday: Mind The Gap Batshit Crazy News That Mr. G Guy Regular Right Guy Ninety Miles from Tyranny A View from the Beach Proof Positive The Gaza War Continues That Mr. G Guy Batshit Crazy News Scoop.it The DaleyGator Walla Walla Tea Party Patriots Israel/Gaza Ceasefire Collapses, Along With […]

The Pro-Hamas Mob in L.A.

Two weeks ago, Professor Donald Douglas of American Power covered a Communist anti-police rally in Anaheim. Today, Donald took his camera to the streets of downtown Los Angeles, where the same crew — the Stalinist splinter sect known as A.N.S.W.E.R. — helped organize an anti-Israel march and rally that was full of vile and hateful […]

How to Become a Lesbian, Step One: Watch Cable TV While Depressed

Shane and Cherie from Showtime’s The L Word. Have you ever heard of “medical student syndrome”? It’s a type of hypochondria, “a condition frequently reported in medical students, who perceive themselves or others to be experiencing the symptoms of the diseases they are studying.” Human beings are suggestible, so that minor itch or cough or […]

Paul Alan Levy on Brett Kimberlin, Defamation and the ‘Streisand Effect’

“I have filed over a hundred lawsuits and another one will be no sweat for me. On the other hand, it will cost you a lot of time and money . . .” — Brett Kimberlin, Oct. 10, 2010 “It looks to me as if Brett Kimberlin is digging himself a deeper hole with every […]

Commies for Abortion

PHOTO: Aaron Reiss, Houston Press “Stop Patriarchy” (@StopPatriarchy) is a front group for the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP), a Maoist cult led by Bob Avakian, a septuagenarian leftover of 1960s Berkeley radicalism. (For background on these deranged freaks, read the entries “Robert Avakian” and “Revolutionary Communist Party” at Discover the Networks.) So when RCP activist […]

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