The Other McCain

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

Meanwhile, At The Library

— by Wombat-socho Two weeks until the movers come and drag off all my boxes of stuff, but I still have time to read. 🙂 This week’s book post is a little lean, because I actually did spend most of my time last week packing or catching up with friends, but there’s interesting news that […]

The War Against Human Nature: What Does ‘Unreasonable Pressure’ Mean?

The Sexual Assault Task Force at the University of Kansas has some very strange (and by “very strange” of course I mean, typical feminist) ideas about what “sexual assault” involves: Under “Recommendations for Policy and Process Improvement,” the task force recommends clarifying the definition of “incapacitation” in order to differentiate between “wrongful” and “permissible” conduct. […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 05.07.15

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Polls Open In UK Voters likely to punish Labour, Tories; SNP, UKIP expected to gain Why the election is stumping the bookies Why isn’t Cameron benefiting from the UK’s economic rebound? Tornadoes Rip Central & Western Oklahoma No reported deaths; 12 injured in trailer park Chicago Approves $5.5 Million […]

In The Mailbox, 05.06.15

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Questions About The Clinton Family Foundation Louder With Crowder: Avengers – Age Of Political Correctness First Street Journal: As Usual, Hillary Clinton Gets It Wrong Doug Powers: Looks Like Baltimore Already Received A Substantial “Urban Investment” Twitchy: “Painfully Dumb Tweet!” Chris Cuomo Gets Schooled On Hate Speech […]

Texas Teacher Heather Packwood Had Lesbian Sex With Teen Girl, Police Say

In February we reported that a female teacher had been fired from New Braunfels Christian Academy in the midst of a sex crime investigation involving accusations that she had molested a female student. Police at that time had not yet named the accused teacher. Now, however, she has been charged with multiple felonies: A former […]

LIVE AT FIVESEVEN: 05.05.15

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Grandma Calls Wannabe Terrorist “A Good Boy” Blames roommate Elton Simpson for actions ISIS claims responsibility for attack Carly Fiorina Throws Her Hat In The Ring Former HP CEO formally enters race for GOP nomination State Department Writes Off Americans In Yemen Rescue mission deemed too risky POLITICS Justice […]

Rule 5 Monday: Lt. Commander Rand, RIP

— compiled by Wombat-socho The weekend got eaten by Game of Thrones, visiting with friends, and suchlike distractions, but here we are, finally, with another week of links celebrating attractive women. This week we note the passing of Grace Lee Whitney, who played the rather toothsome Yeoman Janice Rand on the original Star Trek series*, […]

Feminists Chase ‘Avengers’ Director Off Twitter, Because … Gender Theory?

Let me explain something up front: Hollywood blockbusters are not made by conforming to people’s pet political theories. The target audience is 12-year-olds who want to see a lot of explosions and chase scenes and stuff like that. Yet the bottom-line calculations of box-office profit mean nothing to feminists: Avengers: Age of Ultron director Joss […]

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