The Other McCain

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

Imaginary ‘Rights’ You Don’t Have, You Sad and Disgusting Troll, Bill Schmalfeldt

Bill Schmalfeldt: Somewhere, a carnival is missing its sideshow freak “Schmalfeldt is forever burning bridges behind him as he careens from disaster to disaster caused by his antisocial personality. He never accepts responsibility for his failures, always externalizing blame onto his scapegoated enemies.” — Robert Stacy McCain, Feb. 20 “The State of Maryland has answered […]

Hoge’s Victory Lap

After his stunning courtroom triumph today over the atrocious troll Bill Schmalfeldt, John Hoge recounts at length exactly what kind of atrocious troll Bill Schmalfeldt is: On 14 February, I received 40 tweets in less than one hour from @BreitbartUnmask ranting about Lee Stranahan, Aaron Walker, and me. Just after midnight on 15 February, I […]

Peace Order Against Bill Schmalfeldt: A Defeat for the ‘Troll Rights’ Movement

Bill Schmalfeldt of Elk Ridge, Maryland John Hoge has the peace order granted today by Maryland Judge Thomas Stansfield, forbidding Bill Schmalfeldt from contacting Hoge. People who have followed this story know that, in June 2012, Schmalfeldt began cyberstalking Aaron Walker, whose legal conflicts with Brett Kimberlin had become a subject of widespread public attention. […]

Who’s the Liberal: Hannity or Coulter?

Sean Hannity has a bad habit of interrupting and hectoring guests he disagrees with and, in the case of the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill, Hannity has evidently decided that criticism of Marco Rubio is impermissible. This led to an interesting exchange Wednesday night: Hannity asked [Ann Coulter] what she would do about the estimated […]

What I’d Like To Hear From @DMataconis

by Smitty Over at The Liberty Papers, we have what amounts to an intriguing anti-SoCon rant: Perhaps my biggest problem with fusionism in its current incarnation, however, is the extent to which it demands that libertarians silence their criticism of their so-called conservative allies in the name of “unity.” Even if one accepts the argument […]

‘Oh, My God. They Were Everywhere’

Young stars circa 1987: Corey Haim (left) and Corey Feldman Apropos of recent controversies, Pete Da Tech Guy quotes a 2011 interview with former child actor Corey Feldman: “I can tell you that the No. 1 problem in Hollywood was and is and always will be pedophilia. That’s the biggest problem for children in this […]

Do They Still Teach Presumption Of Innocence In Law Schools, @DMataconis?

by Smitty Ol’ Doug: More importantly, though, I think it’s a mistake to say that the protections of the 5th Amendment, or to broaden the argument any of the protections granted to actual and potential criminal defendants under the 4th, 6th, and 7th Amendments as well, were primarily designed to protect the innocent. I realize […]

#FreeKate Lies Rejected by Daily Kos Staffer, and Other New Developments

Generally speaking, people who care about facts are not liberals, so I was amazed when Donald Douglas pointed this out to me. WHAT? A liberal has admitted an error? dailykos.com/story/2013/05/… @ampowerblog First time for everything, eh? @joanmccarter @dailykos — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) May 25, 2013 McCarter’s original story on Monday, May 20, began with […]

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