The Other McCain

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

‘It Is Not Journalism. It’s Crime.’

Barrett Brown promotes atheism on Fox News, January 2009 Until this afternoon, I had never heard of Catherine Fitzpatrick, but in September she put up an excellent and lengthy article debunking the Barrett Brown victim myth. Fitzpatrick first encountered Barrett circa 2005 in the online virtual world Second Life, where he was part of a […]

Confirmed: Crazy People Are Dangerous

He was once described as “happy-go-lucky,” but then his father lost an election and his parents divorced and Gus Deeds went nuts: “Eventually it got to the point where everyone… you couldn’t ignore it. It was obvious he was going through a difficult time,” Tony Walters, who has been friends with Gus since they were […]

‘Community Liaison,’ IYKWIMAITYD

Officer Chris Wilson was the Phoenix Police Department’s “community liaison to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community” until August 2012, when he was arrested and charged with having sex with two teenage boys: Officer Christopher J. Wilson, 43 . . . faces 10 felony counts of sexual assault with a 14-year-old and a 17-year-old, […]

Sarcasm Therapy: A Hope for Cure?

It’s astounding. Time is fleeting. Madness takes its toll . . . — “The Time Warp,” The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Mental illness is a serious problem, but taking your problems too seriously? That will drive you nuts — says the guy who’s being sued for $1 million by a convicted bomber. Amid the […]

Gus Deeds: What Went Wrong?

Following up on today’s tragedy in Virginia — state Sen. Creigh Deeds was severely stabbed by his 24-year-old son, who evidently shot himself to death — I’m trying to find what led to the fatal conflict. The good news, insofar as anything in this kind of situation can be “good news,” is that Sen. Deeds’ […]

UPDATE: Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds Was ‘Stabbed Numerous Times’ by His Son, Who Died of Self-Inflicted Gunshot UPDATE: Son Had ‘Emergency’ Psychiatric Evaluation Monday

UPDATE 1:50 p.m. ET: Austin “Gus” Deeds underwent a psychiatric evaluation less than 24 hours before stabbing his father, Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds, and then committing suicide Tuesday, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports: Gus Deeds had been released Monday following a mental health evaluation performed under an emergency custody order. . . A source told […]

The Douchebag Manifesto

Portrait of the hacker as a young douchebag. “The hypocrisy of ‘law and order’ and the injustices caused by capitalism cannot be cured by institutional reform but through civil disobedience and direct action.” — Jeremy Hammond, Nov. 15, 2013 “I gotta be me, as the douchebag credo goes.” — Ace of Spades, Nov. 20, 2012 […]

Remember the Pro-Pedophile Movement That Liberals Pretend Doesn’t Exist?

Considering how often we’re told that there is no such movement, the ongoing effort to legalize sex with kids sure keeps busy: The [British] prime minister has rejected a call from a leading expert on public health to lower the age of consent to 15. Faculty of Public Health president Prof John Ashton said society […]

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