The Other McCain

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

Nickel-and-Dime Ukraine Scandal: Foreigners Bought Bloggers Cheap

It’s MalaysiaGate all over again: Several conservative bloggers repeated talking points given to them by a proxy group for the Ukrainian government — and at least one writer was paid by a representative of the Ukrainian group, according to documents and emails obtained by BuzzFeed. The Ukrainian campaign began in the run-up to high-stakes Ukrainian […]

Klitschko Might Take On Putin And Win

by Smitty Who is Vitali Klitschko? As a result of his having lived in Germany and having a sports medicine related doctorate, it turns out Mrs. Other Smitty has actually had a conversation with the fellow. Talk about a small world. Given that Vladimir Putin has a black belt, I’d nominate Klitschko to go a […]

Freedom Wins in Ukraine?

Luxury estate of #Ukraine's president to be handed to the state, parliament rules http://t.co/2ouqHRkjSI & pic.twitter.com/fEjMa0sQxq — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) February 23, 2014 For now, at least, the boot-heel has been lifted: KIEV, Ukraine — Abandoned by his own guards and reviled across the Ukrainian capital but still determined to recover his shredded authority, […]

Ukraine Unravels

Unimaginable scenes from #Kyiv. 22 new images from deadliest day yet in #Ukraine. http://t.co/PlV2Je10X4 @mashable pic.twitter.com/otidj4xE0a — Jim Roberts (@nycjim) February 20, 2014 The news out of Kiev is troubling: At least 50 protesters reported killed, and the protesters say the number of dead is actually more than 100. The conflict is essentially one between […]

Olympic Pussy Riot

Tabloid Headline of the Day: "Whip-wielding Russian Cossacks attack Pussy Riot" http://t.co/ECiVSL4HMi #Olympics #Sochi #Russia — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) February 19, 2014 Some days, the news is like an acid hallucination or a scene from a science fiction dystopia, and you feel as if you’re a Jeopardy contestant in an alternative-universe: “I’ll take ‘Headlines […]

Venezuela: ‘The Government Is Taking Us into the Slaughterhouse’

In Hugo Chavez, the peasants at least had a demagogic “hero” they believed in. Chavez’s successor lacks that dictatorial charisma, and people are starting to notice that socialism sucks: Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, the target of a police manhunt for allegedly inciting violence that left three dead at anti-government protests, said Sunday that he […]

Australia Worries About Racial Tension After Six Men Gang-Rape Girl, 14

The failures of multiculturalism are a global problem: Community leaders have warned of possible reprisal attacks by Blacktown’s Pacific Islander community targeting young African-Australian men in the wake of the gang-rape attack on a 14-year-old Islander girl. . . . Blacktown Uniting Church Reverend Liva Tukutama said it was vital he and other Pacific Islander […]

Islam’s Terrorist African Caliphate

Will America stand idle while this happens? Islamist militants stormed a village in remote northeast Nigeria on Monday, torching houses and spraying them with bullets in an attack that killed 18 people, witnesses said. The latest Boko Haram assault, on Sunday night, came hours before Nigeria’s four top military chiefs handed over to fresh commanders […]

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