The Other McCain

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

FMJRA 2.0: Sold Me Down The River

— compiled by Wombat-socho Rule 5 Sunday: Roll Tide! Animal Magnetism Proof Positive A View from the Beach Batshit Crazy News Ninety Miles from Tyranny General: Military ‘Degraded’ by Obama The Pirate’s Cove Constantinople Not Istanbul A View from the Beach You Had One Job Dustbury FMJRA 2.0: Face Down In The Biltong The Pirate’s […]

A Harvard-Educated Feminist

Sarah Marian Seltzer (@sarahmseltzer) is a feminist and a fool, but I repeat myself. You never heard of her, and I hadn’t, either. Then one of her tweets — advocating “a human blockade around NRA headquarters” — came to my attention, and I wondered, “Who is this idiot?” Habitual curiosity about people with bad ideas […]

Props to @cypherdog on Twitter

by Smitty Our Ambassador issued a Strongly Worded Memo: Appearing soon on a roll of Russian toilet paper. . . https://t.co/WZUYf8ceEK — IGotOverMachoGrande (@smitty_one_each) October 2, 2015 Iowahawk started us down the path to enlightenment: [View the story “Office Of Dr. StrangeSpace” on Storify] Didn’t laugh; I’d cry.

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

by Smitty The two imperial wizards met in the sound workshop at the conjunction of the moons. Jurtran sat at the Azelbethor Grand, and Mindor (along with his impedimenta) sat among the Five Cellos of Delbin. They launched into the Great Spell of the Zephyrus Monsoon when the shadows cast by the moons through the […]

Reports: Chris Harper Mercer, 26, Identified as #UCCShooting Gunman

Citing law enforcement sources, CBS News was the first to identify the Umpqua Community College gunman as 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer. The New York Times reports that it has independently confirmed Harper as the gunman who was killed by officers responding to the massacre at the campus in Roseburg, Oregon. At least ten people were […]

In The Mailbox, 10.01.15

— compiled by Wombat-socho In case you missed Cecile Richards’ testimony the other day, a brief summary: OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: American STEM Workers Passed Over For Immigrant STEM Workers Da Tech Guy: And The Coveted Da Tech Guy Endorsement Goes To…Ted Cruz The Camp of the Saints: Meet The New Holocaust, Same As The […]

Gunman Kills 10 in Shooting Spree at Community College in Oregon

A gunman has reportedly killed 10 people and wounded at least 20 more on the campus of Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. UPDATE 3:05 p.m. ET: According to KOMO-TV in Seattle, the shooting began at Snyder Hall on the UCC campus. The number of killed and wounded is not yet certain. It has been […]

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