The Other McCain

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

The Self-Dramatizing Victimhood Narrative of Lana (Neé Larry) Wachowski

There is nothing more pathological in contemporary culture than our de rigeur celebration of the hero/martyr/victim as the ambitional ideal. If you can achieve nothing else in life, you can always claim victimhood and be applauded for it. This is why we have hate hoaxes by people like Sharmeka Moffitt, and this is why all […]

Is ‘Full-Figured’ an Insult?

As opposed to, for example, “Holy kamoley, look at the incredible size of the ginormous hooters on that redhead“? Mad Men star Christina Hendricks has slammed a reporter for being rude after she was asked whether she has inspired other women with her ‘full figure’. The 37-year-old TV star was offended when asked about her […]

In Which I Admit To An Abiding E.W. Jackson Affection, With A Side Of Mia Love

by Smitty Military background? Check. Unrepentant, exceptional American stand? Check. Unambiguously Christian worldview, without veering into Fred Phelps territory? Check, check, check! Here is some more information. A debate between Jackson and Jeremiah Wright could be interesting indeed. . . And for Mia Love, queue the ‘raaaaace traitor’ smears in 3. . .2. . . […]

In Which I Confess Confusion

by Smitty One of those bits of ‘Dude Wisdom’ is that you don’t try to figure women out. No good can come of the effort. Relax, become comfortable with the unfathomability. But still. . . the picture above seems so contradictory. The entire slut ethos would seem to be about pure, present-tense carnal release. Hedonism […]

Clockwork Angels

— by Wombat-socho Back in February, Smitty mentioned that Kevin J. Anderson would be writing a novel to accompany the new Rush* album Clockwork Angels. Well, thanks to a librarian friend, I got hold of an advance reader copy. It’s not bad. It’s an odd little book, much less Randian than I would have thought […]

Todd Akin And Amendment 2.5

by Smitty One of those people you really don’t want to upset, Dana Loesch, is truly hacked off at those assailing Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin: Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin appeared on a local St. Louis television show (below) and discussed his thoughts on abortion, even in the instance of rape or incest, which […]

Does Anybody Think @BillMaher Is Funny?

I mean, besides Bill Maher: I keep hearing Ryan as teen drove the weinermobile – it sounds like a euphemism 4 gay While gay-baiting Paul Ryan, Maher also engages in racial stereotyping of President Obama: “In many ways — especially for progressives — [Obama] is too white for them. He plays golf, he’s too cozy with […]

Creepiest Thing You’ll Read All Month

by Smitty ACRP Wire: A new paper in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry uses extensive Freedom of Information Act findings to detail what its authors call an extremely troubling off-label medical intervention employed in the U.S. on pregnant women to intentionally engineer the development of their fetuses for sex normalization purposes. The paper is coauthored […]

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