The Other McCain

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Lubricating the Slippery Slope: The Intellectual Astroglide of the Elite

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger: HATER! pic.twitter.com/WBLQHSxINS | @wgstweets @blnd_n_dngrus @DBT816 — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) August 31, 2013 Few are willing to admit the truth, namely that our cultural elite have abandoned the truth — but that is putting it too mildly. Our cultural elite, of which the editors of the Washington […]

Studying the Master: @AceOfSpadesHQ Brings His Blogging A-Game, Again

Aficionados of Blog-Fu will some day recall Thursday’s AOSHQ beatdown of Slate the way boxing fans remember Clay-Liston: Slate, the Amateur Online Webzine Specializing in Hit-Trolling and Outrage-Fishing: First of a Series   Slate, the Group Blog That Troll-Baits With Provocative Stupidity: Second in a Series   Slate, The Blog That Trolls Its Own Readers, […]

Hmm. @JamesTaranto Mildly Disagrees With @AnnAlthouse? Let Me Try That.

OK, so a Puerto Rican guy kidnapped and raped girls in Cleveland and everybody reported about that case, and not once do I remember anyone arguing that Ariel Castro’s crimes, or the reporting about his crimes, had any specifically racial context. Everybody was just horrified by it, and nobody said either (a) that Puerto Rican […]

Your Semi-Official Obama vs. Syria Armageddon Predictions Thread

“Obama: Anatomy of a World Leader,” by Alex Gray (detail) Let me jump out in front of the anti-war movement before U.S. attacks Syria: "OBAMA LIED! PEOPLE DIED! NO W.M.D.! FIRE CAN'T MELT STEEL!" — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) August 27, 2013 We’re supposed to start bombing the crap out of Damascus sometime soon, because […]

FAQ You, Seriously

— Wombat-socho 1. Where did all these book posts start coming from? We’ve had them here at The Other McCain for a while, as you can see by clicking on the “Books” tag at the bottom of this post. Stacy reads a lot, I read a lot, and Smitty likewise is a big fan of […]

Is Neal Rauhauser Trying to Scheme His Way Back Into Political Consulting?

Three years ago, in August 2010, Democrat political consultant Neal Rauhauser published two articles under his “Stranded Wind” alias: Aug. 29, 2010: Organized Intimidation? Ambush Time. Aug. 31, 2010: Social Media’s Neighborhood Watch Claiming that there was a “centrally initiated effort” to harass him and other progressives on Twitter, Rauhauser described a plan for “hauling [a stalker] […]

LIVE: @RSMcCain and @Ali Talk #FreeKate and #ChelseaManning

by Ali A. Akbar Stacy and I will go live in 15 minutes — 10pm ET. We’re going to be discussing Steven Hunt’s attempt to take down this blog, Bradley Manning’s “Chelsea” issues, and Bill Schmalfeldt’s return to trolling. You don’t want to miss it!   Post by Ali A. Akbar.

Congratulations On The Little Hammer!

by Smitty Mary Katherine Ham is a mother! Time to roll out the Ray Charles:

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