The Other McCain

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

Lesbian Teacher Pleads Guilty to Criminal Sexual Conduct With Teenage Girl

WZZM-TV, Grand Rapids, Michigan: A former Grant High School science teacher has pleaded guilty to having inappropriate sexual contact with a female student with whom she exchanged about 14,000 text messages during a four-week period last fall. Erin Katharine MacDonald, 26, pleaded guilty to two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct with the female student. […]

#MichFest: Trannies Win, Lesbians Lose

Lesbians mourned Wednesday when it was announced they had lost what was, to them, an important tradition: The 40th Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, to be held this August, will be the last, its founder announced today. The storied women-only event, first held in 1976, has been the subject of controversy in recent years because of […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 04.23.15

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Saudis Launch New Airstrikes As US Concerns Grow About Yemen War Bombing intended to stop Houthis from taking Aden Iranian warships arrive off Yemen coast State Department leaves Americans stranded in Yemen, so CAIR steps in Stacy’s Crazy Cousin John Rips Rand Paul “Worst Republican candidate running for President” […]

With The Master Of The Hounds:
The Hugo Nominees

— by Wombat-socho It’s been highly amusing reading Brad Torgersen’s blog lately, what with the recent public meltdown of Sasquan GoH David Gerrold, Arthur Chu “helping” NPR with a hamfisted report on the goings-on, and other hilarity. Looming in the background, of course, is the steady increase in supporting memberships resulting from #GamerGate taking notice […]

LIVE AT FIVE: 04.22.15

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Saudi Coalition Ends Yemen Air Strikes US urges talks Anti-Houthi militia say they’ll continue the fight Navy warships deployed to Yemen could block Iranian weapons After Protesting Land Bill, Rahul Gandhi Takes Up Net Neutrality Congress VP coming on hard Jurors See Defiant Bomber In Photo Federal prosecutors call […]

Mansplaining and Femsplaining

An indirect mode of discourse is sometimes best when dealing with highly intelligent people. Don’t tell smart people what to think. Drop a few hints. Arouse their curiosity and leave them some work to do. You don’t have to connect all the dots. Just show them the dots. Smart people can figure out the pattern. […]

In The Mailbox, 04.21.15

— compiled by Wombat-socho Oops. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: 420 Clinton Lies Bastion of Liberty: Cage, Convert, Or Kill (h/t Loyal Reader Brian E.) Michelle Malkin: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Poverty Voyeurism Twitchy: Oberlin Feminists Freak Out Over Christina H. Sommers Speech, Accuse Her Of Supporting Rapists Shark Tank: Fiorina Says Woman-On-Woman Dynamic “Game Changer” Against Hillary […]

‘People Who Are Joined in Collective Hate’

Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) has a smart take on Ron Jonson’s book about social-media shaming: If I have one complaint about the book, it’s that he doesn’t dive deep enough into what shaming is good for and why we like it so much. . . . Shame is, after all, a force for good as well […]

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