The Other McCain

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

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 […]

Shorter Jeremy Hammond: ‘Blame Bush!’

First, from the Justice Department Web site: Jeremy Hammond Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Hacking Into The Stratfor Website And Other Company, Federal, State, And Local Government Websites Defendant and Others Disclosed Sensitive Information About Thousands of Innocent Individuals Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced […]

A Maryland Criminal Arrest Warrant Was Issued Today for Bill Schmalfeldt

From District Court of Carroll County, John Hoge reports. It’s all fun and games until somebody goes to jail. UPDATE: What I wrote Sunday: After John Hoge asked the Court to enforce its peace order against deranged cyberstalker Bill Schmalfeldt, the latter decided he had not yet shown sufficient contempt of court, as Hoge explains: He began tweeting […]

Barrett Brown Does Some Excellent Writing From Jail, Where He Belongs

Barrett Brown in meltdown mode, Sept. 12, 2012 “Thinking himself a sort of one-man Woodward and Bernstein who would heroically expose the Hidden Secrets of the Surveillance State, Brown instead exposed himself as a blundering amateur who got himself in so far over his head that he couldn’t handle the catastrophic result.” — Robert Stacy […]

Maryland: The Crazy State

Thursday, I asked that you go hit Jeff Quinton’s tip jar after he was the target of a crazy act of retaliation by disgruntled Maryland Republicans. Jeff has a wife and baby at home and, believe it or not, things got even crazier Friday — and I mean, criminally crazy.  

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