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

The Hired Liars of Liberal Media

Posted on | May 14, 2015 | 29 Comments

Andrew Breitbart used the phrase “Democrat-Media Complex” to describe the dishonest and hypocritical frauds who consider their partisan opinions to be synonymous with Truth and Virtue.

Based on my own experience — as an ex-Democrat who has been in the news business since 1986 — I long ago concluded that most journalists don’t notice liberal bias for the same reason fish don’t notice water. It’s everywhere, all around them, and it’s all they’ve ever known. Because liberalism is the default mindset of nearly everyone in the media, it becomes a sort of self-confirming prejudice, where those who don’t buy into the liberal mythology are systematically excluded from the industry and the few dissenters are ostracized within the industry.

ABC News Anchor George Stephanopoulos
Donated $50,000 to Clinton Foundation
ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos donated $50,000 to the Clinton Foundation in recent years, records show. The contribution is publicly available information, but the host had not previously disclosed it to ABC viewers, despite taking part in on-air discussions about the Clinton Foundation and its controversial relationship with foreign donors.
Stephanopoulos, a former aide to President Bill Clinton, confirmed the donation to POLITICO’s Dylan Byers after the Free Beacon contacted ABC News for comment. The host, who acknowledged making two donations of $25,000 between 2013 and 2014, issued a statement of apology for failing to disclose his contributions. . . .
Stephanopoulos’s recent coverage of the topic has been challenged by critics who question his objectivity as a longtime Clinton aide. The host’s April 26 interview with Clinton Cash author Peter Schweizer, for example, elicited partisan reactions after Stephanopoulos repeatedly pressed the Schweizer to acknowledge the lack of a “smoking gun” among the allegations in his book. . . .
Conservative commentators, meanwhile, complained about Stephanopoulos’s “aggressively” dismissive questioning, and took issue with a former Clinton operative asking Schweizer, a former speechwriter for George W. Bush, about his “partisan interest” in writing Clinton Cash. . . .

The vile dishonesty of the Democrat-Media Complex is exceeded only by the vile hypocrisy of the Democrat-Media Complex.





 

Category: ABC, Bill Clinton, Corruption, Democrats, Election, Hillary Clinton, Media Bias

Kentucky Fugitive Charged With Sex Crimes Arrested in Identity Theft Case

Posted on | May 14, 2015 | 43 Comments

Michael Mease, 40, was wanted on felony charges including first-degree rape in Hardin County, Kentucky, where authorities say his four victims were ages 9 to 15:

Someone came to Knoxville police headquarters on Tuesday complaining that his wife’s ex-boyfriend may have stolen his identity. The ex-boyfriend was working at an area restaurant, and the man told police he’d been notified that his government assistance had been stopped because he worked at a local restaurant, according to KPD.
The man, however, didn’t work at the business.
Knoxville police learned the ex-boyfriend was wanted in Kentucky. Members of KPD’s Repeat Offender Squad kept watch on the restaurant until the suspect left at closing Tuesday.
“At approximately 11:30 p.m., the suspect was observed leaving the business,” according to KPD. “As officers approached the suspect he fled on foot. K-9 Officer Nate Skellenger utilized his (K-9) partner, Ammo, to detain the fleeing suspect. The suspect tried to fight off Ammo but was unsuccessful.”
Mease was treated at University of Tennessee Medical Center for several dog bites.
According to police, he had a valid driver’s license from North Carolina with his picture on it, but the license was in the name of man who had reported the identity theft.
Once Mease’s real name was determined, authorities linked him to the sex crimes in Kentucky.
In Knoxville, he also faces charges of identity theft, criminal impersonation, resisting arrest and being a fugitive from justice.

This case illustrates something about crime that liberals can’t seem to understand: Most crime is committed by career criminals. Habitual lawbreakers who commit serious crimes also commit petty crimes. By the time a criminal gets busted for a serious offense like murder or rape, chances are he has already gotten away with numerous other offenses, such as burglary, drug possession, petty theft and assault. The classic illustration of this was when Bill Bratton was hired to head New York City’s transit police. Bratton cracked down on fare-beaters — people who jump the turnstiles or otherwise enter the subway system without paying — and insisted that each of them be booked and fingerprinted. The results: About 1 in 7 of the arrested fare-beaters were wanted on criminal warrants, including aggravated assault, murder and rape, and many of them were found to be carrying weapons.

The success of Bratton’s efforts, which were subsequently expanded when Rudy Giuliani became mayor, have been credited as validating the so-called “Broken Windows” theory of law enforcement, but it’s really just common sense. Criminal behavior is not randomly distributed within the population. Habitual criminality arises from an anti-social disposition, among individuals with an arrogant disregard for law and a resentment of authority. The habitual criminal thinks he’s smarter than the cops. He harbors disdain for honest law-abiding citizens — decent people are just “chumps” in the eyes of an outlaw — and his crimes against others are justified in his mind by a defiant sense that he deserves whatever he desires, and that society is wrong to forbid him from getting what he wants. By the time a career criminal is caught for a serious crime, he has usually already gotten away with many other crimes, and attributes his apprehension to “bad luck.”

Instead of recognizing the wrongfulness of his crime (and the justice of the law), he sits in jail thinking about how he can be a more successful criminal when he gets back on the streets. Most of his fellow inmates have the same attitude and so, whenever he is released from custody, he continues his criminal career with the benefit of a jailhouse education, having picked up ideas from fellow criminals on how to get away with his next crime. This was the basic story of Truman Capote’s classic In Cold Blood, where two petty criminals met in jail and formed a team, subsequently committing a notorious mass murder in Kansas.

So, police in Knoxville investigating a report of identity theft discover that the suspect is wanted for heinous sex crimes in Kentucky. Does anyone believe that Michael Mease had otherwise lived an honest law-abiding life? Were the crimes with which he is now charged the only crimes he ever committed? Or is it more likely that these charges against Mease are merely the tip of a large iceberg of lifelong criminality?

While you ponder that question, consider another recent story in Tennessee: Corey Huddleston, 52, was charged with aggravated burglary and sexual battery after police say he pushed his way into a home in Dickson and began asking about the family’s 14-year-old daughter. Police say Huddleston later climbed into a bedroom window, hoping to find the girl, and instead found the girl’s father. The kicker:

He has more than 100 prior charges on his criminal history, including theft, assault, aggravated rape, and many more.

Why was this one-man crime wave free on the streets of Dickson, Tennessee, population 15,000 and 45 minutes west of Nashville?

Only certain rapes, committed against a certain kind of victim by a certain kind of rapist, get attention from feminists, who became hysterical about a fictional rape by the imaginary “Haven Monahan” but ignore real rapists whose crimes don’t fit the feminist narrative.

 

Category: Crime

Political Consultant for S.F. Democrat Mayor Likes Little Boys, Allegedly

Posted on | May 14, 2015 | 23 Comments

Enrique Pearce’s consulting firm, Left Coast Communications, was working for San Francisco Democrat Mayor Ed Lee’s re-election campaign, until he was arrested last week on child pornography charges. Peace had previously run a Super PAC supporting Mayor Lee, and had also worked for San Francisco politicians Matt Gonzalez and Jane Kim, both affiliated with the Green Party. The details of Pearce’s alleged crimes were revealed in a court hearing Wednesday:

Prosecutors say Pearce was in possession of nearly 5,000 images of child pornography, including video. Some photos depicted children and infants being sexually assaulted. In some, the children are tied up.
The district attorney argues Pearce is a threat to public safety, because in addition to the pornography, investigators say they found more than 100 images on his cell phone showing boys ages 7 to 12, who do not appear to know they’re being photographed.
One boy was on a man’s shoulders at a Giants’ celebration at City Hall. The district attorney is also concerned that police say Pearce has told another man he’d like to share a boy with a man.
The judge raised Pearce’s bail from $250,000 to $400,000. . . .
Investigators say a man they’re calling a witness got an online message from Pearce and the two started communicating about their mutual, sexual interest in boys. Pearce ultimately sent the witness pornographic pictures.
Authorities searched Pearce’s home [May 7] and arrested him.

The difference between Enrique Pearce and other San Francisco Democrats is very simple to explain: Enrique Pearce got caught.

(Hat-tip: Luke Mullen on Twitter.)

 

Category: Crime, Democrats, Gays

LIVE AT FIVESIX: 05.14.15

Posted on | May 14, 2015 | 3 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Who’s In Charge In Burundi?

Celebration and confusion

Former general leads coup against President Nkurunziza after latter bids for third term
President appeals for calm
Army chief says coup has failed




EU Proposes Quota System To Address Migration Crisis
UK, Hungary, Czech Republic signal opposition to proposal

AP Estimates Train In Deadly Philadelphia Crash Was Going 107 MPH
Engineer “has absolutely no recollection” of crash, says lawyer



POLITICS
Homeland Security Doesn’t Know WTF

DHS IG John Roth reveals sinister ineptitude of ICE

Can’t say how many illegals being released under Obama policies, sometimes turns illegals loose without knowing criminal history

House Votes To Ban Most Abortions After Twenty Weeks

Fifth Person Arrested In Connection With Mississippi Police Shooting

Martin O’Malley To Announce May 30

House Rejects NSA Phone Snooping, Okays Patriot Act Rewrite

FBI Chief Of Staff Tapped To Head DEA



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Slips On Economic Worries: WTI $60.27, Brent $66.63
Duke Energy Pleads Guilty To Clean Water Act Violations, Fined $102 Million
Global Gold Demand Plateaus In Q1 As Chinese Buying Falls
Walmart Challenges Amazon With Unlimited Shipping For $50/Year
Feds Open Inquiry On Student Loan Services
JC Penney’s Q1 Loss Narrows
Google “Right To Be Forgotten”, How Does It Work?
Microsoft Rolling Out Nine Kinds Of Windows 10?
AT&T To Begin Offering Hulu Later This Year
America’s Supply Of IP Addresses About To Run Out
Chinese Soldiers Banned From Wearing Smartwatches
Nintendo Bringing World Championships To E3



SPORTS
Rangers Edge Caps In OT 2-1

Rangers celebrate as Caps goalie Holtby stares at puck

New York will face Tampa Bay in the semifinals

Kluber K’s 18, One-Hits Cards As Tribe Wins 2-1

Warriors Push Grizzlies To Brink With 98-78 Blowout

Bombs Away As Astros Top Giants 4-3


Hawks Take 3-2 Lead Over Wizards, 82-81

Prince Fielder Leads Rangers To 5-2 Win Against Royals

Castroneves Survives Spectacular Crash In Practice For Indy 500

Harper, Williams Ejected; Taylor’s Grand Slam Crushes Snakes



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Leighton Meester: Never Been Dumped

From her 2009 GQ photo shoot

Currently married to Adam Brody, “Gossip Girl” star shared dating tidbit

Martha Stewart Assesses Blake Lively, Gwyneth Paltrow, And Jessica Alba’s Businesses


Melissa Rivers: Kathy Griffin “Sh*t All Over My Mother’s Legacy”


Lindsay Lohan Finally On The Job


Australia Tells Johnny Depp: Get Your Dogs Out Or We’ll Put Them Down

Taylor Swift Looked “Glowing” During Dinner With Calvin Harris

Cannes Beefs Up Security After $20 Million Cartier Jewelry Heist

Fox Announces “New Mutants” X-Men Spinoff

Female Celebrities Support Hillary At NYC Fundraiser

Pink To Body-Shamers: “I Don’t Take Well To Bullying”

Joe Namath Laughs Off Deflategate Questions

Portia De Rossi Opens Up About Early Struggles With Bulimia

X-Files: The Musical? Duchovny, Anderson Reunite And Sing



FOREIGNERS
14 Killed In Taliban Attack on Kabul Hotel
The Last Days Of North Korea’s Defense Chief
72 Dead In Philippine Factory Fire
Pakistan Holds Mass Funeral For Shiites Killed In Bus Attack
Vatican Recognizes Palestinian State In New Treaty
Flak For “Childhood Tea Seller” Modi Over Revamped Child Labor Law
Iraq Releases Video Of Airstrike Said To Have Killed Deputy ISIS Commander
Kerry To Get Tough With Chinese Over South China Sea
UKIP Consumed By Infighting After Election Setback
Ten Arrested In China For Poaching Giant Panda



BLOGS & STUFF
Louder With Crowder: Rebuttal To Obama’s Poverty Summit Remarks
EBL: Fauxcahontas Is Off The Reservation
Doug Powers: Obama Contributes To Less Opportunity For Kids
Twitchy: “Does The White House Even Know How Obamacare Works?” All Signs Point To Nope!
Shark Tank: Ted Cruz Compares Obama’s Common Core Initiative To Drug Dealing
Dan Bongino: The Thinning Skin Of America (h/t Loyal Reader Brian E.)
American Power: This Is Elizabeth Warren’s Party Now
American Thinker: Bankruptcy Court Rulings Uncover Historic Government Securities Fraud
BLACKFIVE: Dirty Dozen – Obama’s Model Mosque
Conservatives4Palin: University Of Illinois Says A Room Full Of White People Is “A Microaggression”
Don Surber: Presley O’Bannon And The Shores Of Tripoli
Jammie Wearing Fools: Finally – Austria Unveils Gay And Straight Traffic Lights
Joe For America: Didn’t Know Blacks Owned Slaves In America?
JustOneMinute: Senate Democrats Bail Out Hillary On Trade
Pamela Geller: GWU Law Prof Sues Catholic University – All Your Crosses Make Muslim Students Uncomfortable
Protein Wisdom: Dem Rep Hank Johnson Threatens Violence Over Any Move to Limit Government
Shot In The Dark: What A Century Of Democrat Governance Gets You
STUMP: Chicago Bonds – Welcome To Junkville, Population – You
The Gateway Pundit: Baltimore Officials Report “Peaceful Protesters” Torched 61 Buildings, Damaged 350 Buildings, Injured 113 Officers
The Jawa Report: Islamic State Kills 43 Muslims In Pakistan For Being Wrong Kind Of Muslims
The Lonely Conservative: It Didn’t Take Long For Liberals To Use Train Derailment To Score Political Points
This Ain’t Hell: The Daily Outrage
Weasel Zippers: King Of Bahrain Skips Obama Summit For Horse Show
Megan McArdle: Pollsters Are Worse Than Ever
Mark Steyn: May Day



Category: Live at Five

Men Cannot Be Feminists

Posted on | May 13, 2015 | 127 Comments

The oxymoronic phenomenon of the “male feminist” is an endless source of amusement. If groveling self-abasement were an Olympic sport, “male feminists” would win the gold medal every four years.

Modern feminism is basically about three things:

  1. Killing babies;
  2. Hating men;
    and
  3. Lying.

A common feminist lie is to deny that they hate men. This is exactly the kind of shameless dishonesty we must expect from fanatics who assert that killing babies is women’s most basic “right.”

Hateful bloodthirsty liars are not the kind of women that normal men find attractive, yet there are always enough abnormal men in the world that some of them actually want to have sex with feminists. Inspired by twisted masochistic neuroses or other perverse impulses, these pathetic males declare themselves feminists and, while not all “male feminists” end up in the lunatic ward like Professor Hugo Schwyzer, they always meet a sorry end, groveling for the approval of sadistic women whose raison d’etre is their contempt for men.

Meghan Murphy is the proprietor of Feminist Current, “Canada’s leading feminist website.” She has a Masters degree in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, but still insists on describing herself as “a heterosexual woman who has been in a number of heterosexual relationships,” despite never having met a man she actually likes or respects enough to consider them her equal. Like every other feminist, Meghan Murphy only ever speaks of men as her moral and intellectual inferiors. No man could ever deserve her trust or admiration, and certainly she could never be expected to praise a “male feminist” like Noah Berlatsky:

Noah Berlatsky . . . perfectly exemplifies the trouble with male “allies.” He not only presumes to know more about what’s good for women than women themselves, but has taken it upon himself to dictate what the future of the feminist movement should look like, using Playboy as a platform, at that. . . .
Propping up a man whose “feminist cred” consists of attacking feminists and smearing the feminist movement is as ignorant as it is dangerous. . . .
Men like Berlatsky are big supporters of “feminism” so long as it benefits them. Playboy Feminism™ works to elevate male power and privilege and supports a notion of liberation that says: “Beautiful naked women, splayed across pages for the male gaze is what freedom for women is really about.” . . .
Playboy and the male gaze have absolutely nothing to do with female sexuality. To imply as much is to reinforce the notion that women exist only in relation to men and, therefore, that women’s sexuality depends on the male gaze.
Despite challenges such as a fundamental lack of understanding around what feminism is, Berlatsky has persisted in his quest to reinvent our century-old women’s movement, painting feminists as needing, simply, a little male leadership. . . .

FEMINISM IS NOT ABOUT MAKING MEN HAPPY.

How much more clearly can Meghan Murphy explain this to Noah Berlatsky? A basic goal of the feminist movement is to abolish male happiness. If you are a male and you are happy, you are the problem that feminism is intended to solve.

Does it make men happy to look at beautiful naked women? Then feminists must condemn beautiful women and also condemn the “male gaze”that enjoys seeing beautiful women naked. No man can ever be permitted to see a woman naked, because that has “absolutely nothing to do with female sexuality,” according to Meghan Murphy. Under no condition should “female sexuality”ever make men happy.

Meghan Murphy knows this, because she “has been in a number of heterosexual relationships” and no man has ever accused Meghan Murphy of making him happy. Nor is it likely any man would admit to having tried to make her happy. Even in Canada, most men have enough self-respect that they’d never admit something as shameful as that.




 

Category: Sex Trouble

LIVE AT FIVE: 05.13.15

Posted on | May 13, 2015 | 7 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Rescue Efforts Resume In Nepal After Latest Deadly Tremor

Epicenters of the two most recent quakes

Four killed as latest quake rocks stricken country
Nepal officials warn people to leave damaged buildings


Amtrak Train Crashes In Philadelphia
Five dead, 130 injured


Biker Gunmen Kill 43 In Karachi Bus Attack
All the slain from Pakistan’s Ismaili Shiite sect



POLITICS
House Votes To Block EPA From Implementing New Water Regulation Plan

The rule would “trample on private property rights and hold back our economy,” says a memo from House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)

White House promises veto

Obama Takes Defeat On Trade Bill Personally

Navy Secretary to Propose Doubling Maternity Leave, Opening More Jobs To Women

White House Threatens Veto On Defense Bill

Harriet Tubman Wins Poll To Replace Andrew Jackson On The $20

Libertarian Party To Sue For Inclusion In 2016 Debates

Premature Election: Sanchez Retracts Senate Announcement

Moody’s Downgrades Chicago To Junk

Only One GOP Candidate Scores 100% With ACU



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Extends Gains On Weak Dollar, Expected Slump In Inventory: WTI $61.21, Brent $67.06
Verizon To Buy AOL In $4.4 Billion Mobile Video Push
French Economy Gathers Steam As Germany Slows
Fees Forcing Fliers To Ditch Airlines?
Nissan Posts 15% Operating Profit Growth On Rise In Vehicle Sales
March’s New Jobs Slip By 150K
Buzzfeed, BBC To Publish Stories Straight To Facebook
Verizon, Sprint Fined $158 Million In Cramming Probe
Samsung Announces New Push Into Internet Gadgets
NVIDIA GRID Calls Dibs On 1080p60 Game Streaming
Assassin’s Creed Hits London



SPORTS
Rockets Stay Alive Behind Harden’s Triple-Double

26 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists

Rockets win game 5, beat Clippers 124-103

Habs Lose Game 6 To Lightning

Giants Rout Astros 8-1

Bulls Rally Too Little Too Late; Cavs Win Game 5 106-101

Royals Edge Rangers 7-6 In Extras

Kyle Busch Returns To Competition This Weekend

Tigers Pull It Out In 10th, Beat Twins 2-1


Warriors Head Home After Tying Series

Tribe Falls To Cards 8-3

Rangers Face Caps In Game 7

Ronda Rousey Posed Nude To Deter Ex From Leaking Photos

Jays Rout O’s 10-2

Juggernaut Derailed: Snakes Rip Strasburg, Nats 14-6



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Lindsay Lohan Misses First Day of Community Service At Brooklyn Preschool

Returning from London to finish sentence

Lateness due to unspecified hurdles, says school


Marvel Courting Selma Filmmaker to Direct “Diverse” Superhero Movies

Unspeakable Armenian Warned To Cut Water Use During California Drought

Anne Hathaway To Star In Colossal

Paula Deen Selling Savannah Estate For $12.5 Million

Ctae Blanchett Opens Closet Door With Lesbian Romance Carol

Hamptons Fear Mark Leder’s Infamous Parties

Linda Evangelista Turns 50 In Style


Warner Brothers Putting The Fugitive Back On The Run

Bill Clinton Dubs Himself “Ricky Martin’s Warm-up Act”

Erin Andrews Explains Her DWTS Behavior

Did Tiger Cheat On Lindsey Vonn?

Empire Signs Chris Rock, Alicia Keys, And Lenny Kravitz For Season Two

Lily Allen Shares A Close-Up With Her Acne

AOL In Talks To Spin Off HuffPo For Over $1 Billion?



FOREIGNERS
Personal Diplomacy Marks Modi’s China Visit
Norks Execute Defense Minister For Falling Asleep At Event Attended By Kim Jong Un
Inspectors In Syria Find Traces Of Banned Military Chemicals
No Refuge For Bangladeshi, Rohingya Muslim Boat People
MH370 Search Finds Uncharted Shipwreck In Indian Ocean
Turkey, Saudis Shock West By Supporting Anti-Assad Jihadis
Amnesty International Pushes ROK To Free Conscientious Objectors
Focus Is On ISIS, Libya As NATO Foreign Ministers Meet
Obama’s Summit With Gulf Leaders To Focus On “Aggressive” Iran, Saudi FM Says
Cameron To Fast-Track Terror Laws



BLOGS & STUFF
EBL: So How Are Things Going In Baltimore?
Louder With Crowder: Muslim-American Publisher Claims Pamela Geller “Worse Than ISIS”
Michelle Malkin: SFC Christopher Speer Is Dead, And Omar Khadr Is Free
Twitchy: Is Pamela Geller Really The Issue? Atheist Bangladeshi Blogger Hacked To Death
Shark Tank: More Crazy From Alan Grayson
American Power: Where The British Left Went Horribly Wrong
American Thinker: Michelle Obama Should Have Read The Founder Of Tuskegee University Before She Went There
BLACKFIVE: “Dear Mom, I’m Okay…”
Conservatives4Palin: Obama Blasts FOX, Blames Network For Class Warfare
Don Surber: Poor Little Michelle, Boo Hoo Hoo
Jammie Wearing Fools: Some Upset By Aussie PM Calling ISIS A Death Cult
Joe For America: Diane Feinstein Makes Obama’s Hit List
JustOneMinute: Hillary’s Rope-A-Dope
Pamela Geller: ISIS Savagely Mutilates Women Who Breastfeed In Public
Protein Wisdom: My 25th Brief Conversation With The Ghost Of John Merrick
Shot In The Dark: The Racism Of The Gun Grabbers, Part MMMXLVIII
STUMP: Obamacare Tax Watch – The Pain Won’t Stop
The Gateway Pundit: Obama Lectures Christians – Churches Should Focus More On Poverty And Less On Abortion, Marriage
The Jawa Report: 100% Proof Allah Digs Muhammad Cartoons!
The Lonely Conservative: Massachusetts Obamacare Exchange Under Federal Investigation
This Ain’t Hell: Whitehall PA Vets Angry With Mayor Ed Hozza
Weasel Zippers: Soros Donates $159 Million To Bill DeBlasio’s Newly Launched “Progressive Agenda”
Megan McArdle: In Politics, it’s Good To Be A Little Bad
Mark Steyn: “Stay Quiet And You’ll Be Okay”


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Category: Live at Five

UVA Dean Files $7.5 Million Lawsuit Against Rolling Stone Over Rape Hoax

Posted on | May 12, 2015 | 51 Comments

Making the liars pay for fake journalism:

A University of Virginia associate dean of students filed a multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine Tuesday, alleging that it portrayed her as callous and indifferent to allegations of sexual assault on campus and made her the university’s “chief villain” in a now-debunked article about a fraternity gang rape.
Nicole Eramo is seeking more than $7.5 million in damages from Rolling Stone; its parent company, Wenner Media; and Sabrina Rubin Erdely, the investigative journalist who wrote the explosive account of sexual assault on the campus in Charlottesville. The magazine retracted the article after news organizations and the Columbia University journalism school found serious flaws in it.

The entire complaint is online. Via Memeorandum, with more blog commentary from Reason Magazine, Legal In·surrection, Ed Driscoll, Moe Lane, and The PJ Tatler.

 

Category: Crime, Education, Media Bias

On Da Campaign Trail

Posted on | May 12, 2015 | 3 Comments

After my extensive campaign travels during the 2010 and 2012 election cycles, I’ve been more of a stay-at-home blogger the past couple of years. However, our old friend Pete Da Tech Guy has been on the scene in New Hampshire where he recently caught a campaign stop by Dr. Ben Carson at Mike Rogers’s house in Hollis:

In this small informal setting Dr. Ben Carson answered more spontaneous questions on issues from the public than Hillary Clinton has in her entire campaign.
Think about it.

Go see the whole thing with videos and please be sure to Hit Da Freaking Tip Jar. Pete is doing valuable work up there.

 

Category: Da Tech Guy, Election, New Hampshire
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