The Other McCain

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

BREAKING: Gunman Opens Fire During School Board Meeting in Florida; UPDATE: Inspired by ‘V for Vendetta’? UPDATE: Gunman ID’d as Clay Duke, Claimed ‘Wealthy . . . Enslave 95% of the Population’; Shot Himself, Police Say

Total weirdness: PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — A gunman opened fire during a Florida Panhandle school board meeting Tuesday, police said. . . . WMBB television reporter Nadeen Yanes told her station that the man came up to the podium at the Bay District School Board meeting and said he had a motion. He then […]

International Hero of World Peace Julian Assange Free to Rape Again? Not Yet

The Swedes seem determined to deprive the LeakyWicker of further opportunities for semi-consensual condomless sex with socialist women: The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, is to remain in jail after the Swedish authorities decided to challenge a decision by a British court to grant him bail on allegations of rape in Stockholm. A judge in London […]

When Bunnies Go Bad: 1968 Playmate of the Year Faces Prison for Shooting

She was known as Angela Dorian, but her real name was Victoria Vetri and she was what you’d call a starlet. Beginning at age 19, she appeared in a number of small roles on TV series — Cheyenne, Wagon Train, McHale’s Navy, Bonanza, Perry Mason, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. — prior to becoming the 1967 […]

Brittany Smith Found Alive, Police Say Jeffrey Scott Easley ‘Very Good Suspect’ in Death of 12-Year Old Girl’s Mother

Let’s begin at the beginning: She was 41. He was 32. They flirted over the Internet. He sent online kisses and declared her “hot.” She thanked him for his patience with her. Jeff Easley moved into Tina Smith’s house . . . a few months ago, a neighbor said. Their love story dissolved [Dec. 6] […]

Incestophobia?

Sometimes it’s strange how one thing leads to another. Last night, while blogging about the arrest of Columbia University Professor David Epstein, I noted that several people seemed to have a hard time understanding why incest is illegal: Readers might suppose that arguments involving phrases like “thou shalt not” and words like “abomination” are sternly […]

Palin-Hating Columbia Professor, Huffington Post Blogger, Busted for Incest

Let’s begin with a flashback, shall we? In July 2009, when Sarah Palin resigned as governor of Alaska, Columbia University professor David Epstein wrote at his Huffington Post blog: Palin has done what weak, self-centered people do when the going gets tough — they quit and blame someone else. Got that? Sarah Palin is “weak” […]

Reader E-Mail: ‘I Live in Reality’

Image from the Art Renewal Center Regular readers will remember that earlier this week I found myself tangled up in flame-wars and attacked in the comments after I criticized a feminist’s attempt to use the Julian Assange case as a “teachable moment” to lecture about the protocols of condom use in the context of “no […]

Cell-Phone Pornography Blamed in Rape Attacks on Somali Refugee Women

Associated Press: The three masked gunmen burst into Asha Muse Ali’s tent at night and grabbed every item of value they could find: $85 in cash, a cell phone and a gold ring. Then the attackers embarked on a crime that carries a severe social stigma in this conservative Muslim country: They raped Ali and […]

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