The Other McCain

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

Rule 5 Sunday: Not Long Before The End

— compiled by Wombat-socho I was off blowing stuff up in Ingress tonight after my stint in the tax mines to relieve my stress and get a little exercise, so I’m going to reverse the normal order of things and do Rule Five Sunday first this weekend. The FMJRA will probably happen tomorrow, maybe in […]

‘Serious Work’

In May 1862, Gen. Richard Taylor’s brigade of Louisiana troops was assigned to the command of Gen. Stonewall Jackson, whose taciturn nature and Calvinist theology were closely related phenomena. Taylor’s brigade made a long and rapid march to join Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley, covering 26 miles on the day they reached their camp near […]

A Brief Primer On Titles Due Her Majesty For You Peasant Scum #Hillary2016

by Smitty [View the story “A Brief Survey Of Her Majesty’s Titles” on Storify] Feel free to be helpy helper-serfs in the comments.

Crazy People Are Dangerous

In a comment on the Deb Frisch post, @GraceGabriel51 shared some of her own experience with trolls: Many years ago there was an anonymous Usenet stalker who called herself Curio Jones. She conducted an on-line harassment against those she believed were involved in the conspiracy, posting information about the individuals. Among those she targeted were […]

Crazy People Are Dangerous

Deborah E. Frisch, Ph.D., is due in court Monday: The former University of ­Oregon professor released from jail [March 30] after pleading guilty to making a false report against a Eugene police officer is again behind bars on similar charges. Deborah Ellen Frisch, 53, is facing a charge of initiating a false report and a […]

The #AreYouBlocked Test: Gamers, Lesbian Feminists, the Pope and Me

If you’re wondering what the #AreYouBlocked hashtag is about, click here to see the League of Gamers “Blocklist Checker” site. What has happened? It’s simple: Crazy people do crazy things. One thing crazy people do is to accuse others of “harassment.” Randi Harper (@Freebsdgirl) decided to make herself the Social Justice Warrior (SJW) queen by creating […]

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

by Smitty King Korbill at Valley Myzods Sky brooding: doom of the gods, King Korbill surveys the field, where destiny would soon drink. “Ten-to-one odds. Perhaps yield?” inquires Marshall Kornods, indulging in common-think. “A final trump we will wield, ere River Myzods runs pink,” the monarch he grimly nods. Enemy horde on the brink, and […]

Rude E-Mail Is Rape or Something

So, Tucker Carlson’s brother accidentally hit “reply all” on an e-mail in which he said rude things about Amy Spitalnick, a spokeswoman for New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.This became THE MOST IMPORTANT STORY IN THE WORLD for Erik Wemple of the Washington Post, who seems determined to spend the rest of his career writing […]

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