The Other McCain

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

Math Is Hard

  Part One: The Seattle Minimum Wage Study, a study supported and funded in part by the Seattle city government, is out with a new NBER paper evaluating Seattle’s minimum wage increase to $13 an hour and it finds significant disemployment effects that on net reduce the incomes of minimum wage workers. It is the […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Monica Bellucci

— compiled by Wombat-socho It was pointed out to me last week that Morena Baccarin had not been in the Matrix movies, and that the actress I was thinking of was Monica Bellucci. I stand corrected. This is the gal from The Matrix Reloaded. Here she is adorned with a bit of fur, the better […]

President Trump ‘Should Be in Jail,’ Says Progressive Journalist Now Under Arrest

  Look at the date on that tweet from @DrPizza, which is the Twitter handle of Ars Technica reporter Peter Bright. April 19 — that’s the date when Bright said our President “should be in jail.”   April 19 is an interesting date in the life of Peter Bright, because a day earlier, he’d made […]

FMJRA 2.0: Mr. Mastodon Farm

— compiled by Wombat-socho Back to normal this week, for certain values of normal. Rule 5 Sunday: Morena Baccarin Animal Magnetism Ninety Miles From Tyranny Proof Positive EBL A View From The Beach FMJRA 2.0: Systems Of Romance EBL A View From The Beach Two Trannies Arrested in Child Pornography Case Involving 7-Year-Old Dark Brightness […]

In The Mailbox: 06.07.19

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM Ninety Miles From Tyranny: The 90 Miles Mystery Box Episode #642 EBL: Wavery B. Woodson Jr., RIP Twitchy: Tech Reporter Peter Bright Arrested For Soliciting Sex With Children Louder With Crowder: Shoutout To Everyone Who Supported Free Speech During The #VoxAdpocalypse According To Hoyt: Just Deserts Vox Populi: […]

WOW! Ohio Jury Delivers $11 Million Verdict Against Oberlin College

In November 2016, Jonathan Aladin, a black student at Oberlin College, was caught shoplifting at Gibson’s Bakery near the campus of the elite private school, and two other black Oberlin students, Endia Lawrence and Cecelia Whettstone, were charged with attacking one of the bakery owners who tried to apprehend the thief. Activists with the #BlackLivesMatter […]

Google Lawsuit Proceeds

  A California judge ruled Friday that a lawsuit accusing Google of employment discrimination against conservatives, males and white people can proceed to the discovery phase. Clara County Superior Court Judge Brian Walsh rejected Google’s motion to dismiss in the class-action lawsuit. James Damore, who was fired by the Internet giant in 2017, was the […]

Violence Against Women Update

  In November 2016, the Atlanta suburb of Covington was shocked by the murder of a 19-year-old girl: No one is able to explain any of it — 19-year-old Alyssa Wright was strangled Tuesday, and investigators say it was her boyfriend, Elijah Ramoutar, 19, who killed her, at the home of his parents. But what […]

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