The Other McCain

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

Mopery, With Intent to Lurk

WE'VE BEEN SUED BY DOCTOR EVIL! pic.twitter.com/K7evM3wIBn Hat-tip: @bet0001970 | @wjjhoge @AaronWorthing @ali @Kimberlinunmask — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) September 18, 2013 Mopery (noun) — “The action of committing a minor or petty offence, such as loitering, etc.; contravention of a trivial or hypothetical law, esp. when used as an excuse to harass or arrest a […]

Can @Twitter @Safety Prevent This?

Apparently someone at Twitter paid attention and about 10,000 fake followers got scraped off my account, but there are still about 3,500 that need to be zapped. Twitter has got to do something to eliminate this problem. People kept telling me, “You should do this” or “You should do that,” and I was like, “Why […]

Victims of the Id: There But for the Grace of God Go … Hey, Maybe You, Not Me!

‘I should be telling you good girls don’t . . .’ “I took a fast right on Russell, then a left onto Maryland Parkway . . . and suddenly I was cruising in warm anonymity past the campus of the University of Las Vegas . . .  no tension on these faces; I stopped at […]

Michael Hastings Conspiracy Theories: Missing the Real Mystery of His Death

On June 19, the day Michael Hastings died, I remarked: “The conspiracy theorists have already gotten way ahead of me on this story.” That day, I wrote a 2,000-word article for ViralRead (“The Short Career and Sudden Death of Michael Hastings“), and the next day I wrote another 500 words (“Michael Hastings Was ‘Paranoid’ About […]

Armageddon, U.S.A.: Because Nobody Cares About ‘Social Issues’ Anymore

First, the headlines: Amanda Bynes — Doctors Win Bid to Keep Her in Psych Ward — TMZ Sydney Leathers Details Being At Center Of Anthony Weiner Sexting Scandal — Inside Edition Weiner Had at Least 13 Sexting Partners — 3 After He Left Congress — American Power Four More Women Accuse Filner — KPBS-TV, San […]

How Soon Will This Madness Stop? And How Much of a Damn Should I Give?

‘Civil rights’ or lynch-mob mentality? Poster at St. Louis rally Saturday (via Gateway Pundit) “It’s likely that Martin’s death . . . would never have crowded into the national consciousness had it not been for Martin’s family, its lawyers and an enterprising PR man. “A pivotal, if little-known, figure in the Martin story’s development was […]

Hollywood Script: Hipster Geek With Hot Girlfriend Fights ‘Omniscient’ Government

Edward Snowden’s ex-girlfriend: He left her for a trip to federal prison. “[Snowden] rails against ‘the dangerous truth behind the U.S. policies that seek to develop secret, irresistible powers and concentrate them in the hands of an unaccountable few.’ “He declares that ‘At this point in history, the greatest danger to our freedom and way […]

Fear and Loathing in the Lowcountry UPDATE: Trail Hiker Wins GOP Runoff

UPDATE 11:15 p.m. ET: Welcome, Instapundit readers! As you surely know by now, 1st District GOP voters chose Mark Sanford by a 57-43 margin over Curtis Bostic. A few quick reactions from my Twitter account: Not every day a political reporter gets to use “inamorata” viralread.com/2013/04/02/run… So there’s that to be happy about. #SCTweets — […]

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