The Other McCain

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

Dear @MeghanEMurphy …

  Burn it down. That’s the mantra that a lot of conservatives started repeating a few years ago. Many of my friends on the Right had become sick and tired of a Republican Party that didn’t seem to give a damn about the people who vote Republican — or people who would vote Republican, if […]

Californication, Continued

The latest news from the Crazy State: California has rejected terms of the federal government’s initial plans for sending National Guard troops to the border because the work is considered too closely tied to immigration, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press. Gov. Jerry Brown elicited rare and effusive praise from President Donald Trump last […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Not Your Normal Graduation Picture

— compiled by Wombat-socho Earlier this week, University of Tennessee coed Brenna Spencer set off a furor online by posing for this pic and posting it to Twitter, thus: The Tweet predictably triggered many of the usual suspects, and to her credit, Miss Spencer didn’t back up, not one millimeter. Good on her. More suitable […]

FMJRA 2.0: A Fortnight Late And A Few Hundred Farthings Short

— compiled by Wombat-socho RIP R. Lee Ermey, whose character Gunny Hartman from Full Metal Jacket gave these posts their name. The #BlackLivesMatter Angle in Lesbian Couple’s Murder-Suicide Mystery Inoperable Terran American Digest Countenance Blog A View From The Beach EBL Podcasting Tonight: Californication! EBL The Compulsory Approval Doctrine EBL SHOCK: Texas Subsidized Lesbian Couple’s […]

Crazy People Are Dangerous

How many times do I have to explain this? A nationally known gay rights attorney and green activist set himself on fire and burned to death in Prospect Park early Saturday in a bizarre ecological protest suicide. The charred remains of David Buckel, 60, were discovered shortly after sunrise when firefighters responded to a report […]

The Not-So-Secrets of Success

About five years ago — somewhere between the second Anthony Weiner scandal and the time the Kaitlyn Hunt saga made national headlines — I began to realize that our civilization was unraveling because parents were failing to give kids common-sense advice. Many young people (and not a small number of adults) were making bad decisions […]

U.S. Strikes Syria

Mess with the bull, you get the horns: President Donald Trump announced Friday night that he ordered the U.S. military to conduct precision missile strikes in conjunction with French and British allies against the Syrian government. The order marked a dramatic reversal for Trump, who, as recently as last week, had been saying that he […]

Outtakes From A Leadership Book By Some Guy Whom Troops Would Only Follow Out Of Morbid Curiosity

by Smitty And I looked at the top of Trump's head, and it snarled at me.The Tribble. I had to stop it.Nobody but me, with my innate xenobiological sense, could even detect the heinous alien menace that had possessed this otherwise quotidian buffoon. — I Came; I Saw; I Got Over Macho Grande (@smitty_one_each) April […]

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