The Other McCain

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

LATE AT EIGHT — 11.26.10

Apologies to readers for the non-appearance of “Live at Five,” as Wombat found himself spending the holidays at the home of relatives in Luray, Va., who don’t have WiFi. Also, Wombat is suffering from a cold, if you want to send him get-well wishes. I’ll be aggregating headlines here in the meantime. — RSM TOP NEWS South […]

Sarah Palin Schools Gawker

Ruby Slipppers has the details: Days after Sarah Palin and her publisher Harper Collins scored a major win  over the mean team at Gawker, we learn a settlement has been reached.   Alas, there won’t be a TSA screening  for Gawker at the hands of Sarah Palin any time soon.  While some may be disappointed the attorneys […]

Your Daily Charlie Sheen Update

Sorry, “obligatory” wouldn’t fit in the headline. When last we left Charlie, he was suing his porn-star date in a filing that called her an “opportunistic scam artist.” Oh, but that wasn’t what Charlie was saying in the text messages he sent her the day after their rendezvous: In one text, Charlie says, “All I need […]

Flashback: Charlie Sheen Called Ex-Wife Denise Richards ‘F***ing N****r’

One of the strangest things about porn star Capri Anderson’s account of Charlie Sheen’s hotel-room meltdown was her assertion that Sheen “started yelling racial slurs.” Anderson (a/k/a Christina Walsh) is Irish-American, so what “slurs” was Sheen shouting? Mick? Evidently, however, Sheen has a habit of shouting the n-word at women when he’s angry, as was the case […]

Sarah Palin’s New Show Less Popular Than ‘Spongebob Squarepants’?

Yes, believe it or not Spongebob is the cable ratings king: [F]or the week of Nov. 8 the top rated non-sports show was Dancing with the Stars with nearly 20 million viewers. Yet the top rated non-sports cable show was Nick@Nite’s Spongebob Squarepants with just a bit over six million viewers. Cable simply doesn’t come […]

Charlie Sheen Countersues Porn Star for ‘Shakedown,’ Calls Her ‘Scam Artist’

Hey, can I spot the hot stories or what? Charlie Sheen filed a lawsuit Monday for extortion and two other counts against the porn star who claims he tried to choke her during a bizarre meltdown in a New York hotel last month. In the lawsuit . . . Sheen alleges that Christina Walsh, aka […]

Shrieking Outrage in 3, 2, 1 . . .

“The women’s movement used to be about honoring for women the same God-given rights that our country honored for men. It used to be about dignity and hope. It used to be about respecting women by respecting their choices — whether it is to be a nuclear engineer or a stay-at-home mom — not denigrating […]

VIDEO: Whoopi Goldberg Mocks Victim of Charlie Sheen Rampage on ‘View’

In-freaking-credible! It’s not really surprising that Whoopi defends Charlie Sheen for abusing women — she sided with Charlie against his ex-wife Denise Richards —  but is Whoopi not even the least bit curious about the accusation that Sheen “started yelling racial slurs” at Capri Anderson? Whoopi seems to believe that, in any conflict between a woman and a wealthy, […]

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