The Other McCain

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

LIVE AT FIVE: 01.04.16

— compiled by Wombat-socho Our new theme song TOP NEWS MILITIA TAKES OVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE HQ IN OREGON Out-of-state militia occupying Malheur NWR HQ in response to jailing of local ranchers Background posted at The Conservative Treehouse Iranian Mob Sacks Saudi Embassy Attack follows Saudi’s execution of Shiite imam Quake Hits India’s Northeast Nine […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Happy New Year!

— compiled by Wombat-socho All things considered, I had a pretty good 2015 and am working on making 2016 even better. Hope the same is true for you Loyal Readers! This week I’m being somewhat traditional and sticking to pin-ups for the appetizer – and that having been said, let me put in an unsolicited […]

Bad Advice From Bad Women

Charlotte Shane (@CharoShane) is a slut who writes about sex. There are a lot of these around lately. I blame Sex and the City, or maybe let’s go back further and blame Helen Gurley Brown. At any rate, the ambition of every young female English major nowadays is (a) to have sex with dozens of […]

Chicago: Murder City, U.S.A.

If violent death is your idea of fun, Chicago is a fun place: The Chicago Police Department announced Friday that murders and shootings rose significantly in 2015 . . . The year-end crime statistics showed there were 468 murders in Chicago in 2015 compared with 416 the year before, a 12.5% increase, as well as 2,900 […]

FMJRA 2.0: Wolf Like Me

— compiled by Wombat-socho Rule 5 Sunday: The Week Between Animal Magnetism Ninety Miles from Tyranny A View from the Beach Proof Positive Batshit Crazy News Doxed Lives Matter The United Voice of America Bizzy Blog FMJRA 2.0: Walking In The Shadow of The Big Man The Pirate’s Cove A View from the Beach Batshit […]

What’s Wrong With ‘Equality’?

“Believe me, sir, those who attempt to level never equalise. In all societies, consisting of various descriptions of citizens, some description must be uppermost. The levellers therefore only change and pervert the natural order of things; they load the edifice of society, by setting up in the air what the solidity of the structure requires […]

Did I Forget to Mention #RollTide?

Alabama’s Tim Williams sacks Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook. Thursday afternoon, my son Jefferson and I were watching #1 Clemson beat #4 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl, and we began to discuss the upcoming Cotton Bowl game between #2 Alabama and #3 Michigan State. My father graduated at Tuscaloosa in the Class of 1951, and […]

Real Feminists Support Bernie Sanders

  One of the things I notice while searching feminist Tumblr accounts is the high level of support for Bernie Sanders. This wouldn’t seem to make sense — shouldn’t feminists support Hillary Clinton? But feminism is a left-wing movement and Sanders is an unapologetic socialist, plus Hillary Clinton has a history of defending “rape culture”: […]

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