The Other McCain

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

Excellent, @RosieGray! Questions Surround Pro-Assad ‘News’ Site

Rosie Gray of BuzzFeed has a fascinating story today about the Minnesota-based site that published a story in late August claiming Syrian rebels had used chemical weapons supplied by the Saudis. You may not remember that weird Aug. 29 item from Minnesota-based MintPressNews.com — I saw the headline, but dismissed it as obvious propaganda — […]

The Plight of @AdamWeinstein: History, Economics, Narcissism, and Generation Y

Prosperity is never permanent. Economic cycles of boom and bust are normal. Even in successful societies with sound policy, the economy goes up and down from time to time. Despite this knowledge — that the good times will be offset by hard times — when the economy turns down, doomsayers invariably declare that this is […]

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 […]

#NavyYardShooting Patience, Please: Don’t Let Media Reports Confuse You

Hint: Breaking news is always confusing. By 5 p.m., we will know facts. Be cautious about initial media reports. #NavyYardShooting — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) September 16, 2013 We’ve seen this pattern over and over, from 9/11 to the Boston Marathon bombings: New breaks, cable TV and online sources fill up with “confirmed” reports and […]

Q.E.D.: @MaxBoot Is a Lying Swindler

Every honest man despises.@MaxBoot, who is a lying swindler. http://t.co/KTdYtdvAY0 Quod erat demonstrandum. @AmPowerBlog — Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) August 24, 2013 Daniel J. Flynn is a gentleman and a scholar and a fellow contributor at The American Spectator, which sure as hell has never paid either of us $2 a word — !!!! — […]

Dog and Man at Yale: Hugo Schwyzer Is Merely a Symptom, Not the Disease

Did you know some Yale University students have had sex with animals? Three percent of Yale students in a “sensitivity training” workshop reported they had engaged in bestiality, so it’s taken us about 60 years to go from God and Man at Yale to Dog and Man at Yale. This was one of the weird […]

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 […]

Congratulations to @AlecMacGillis, Hacktastic Douchebag of the Day

“Alec MacGillis, staff writer of the Washington Post, needs to leave journalism immediately to find a profession in which he is half-competent.” — Brad DeLong, March 27, 2008 Alec MacGillis is a douchebag who has lately been busy carrying “phony scandals” water for the Obama administration. As was once said of Sidney Blumenthal, if MacGillis […]

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