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‘This Feminist Community That I’d Like to Consider Myself a Part Of’

Posted on | June 10, 2014 | 65 Comments

The pathetic phrase quoted in the headline was spoken by Daniel Kopin in an interview with Cathy Young. Kopin, 21, is a Brown University student who was suspended after a school disciplinary proceeding in which he was found responsible for “sexual misconduct” with his ex-girlfriend and fellow Brown student Lena Sclove.

It’s an interesting story: Kopin and Sclove are both progressives, and had been friends for a while before they began a three-week sexual relationship that, according to Kopin’s account, ended when he decided they should go back to being just friends. But then there was one night — Aug. 2, 2013 — when “they began flirting at a party, engaged in physical displays of affection, and left the party to go to Kopin’s apartment with the intention of having sex.” What happened during that encounter is a classic “he said/she said” situation.

Here’s the problem: Because he is a nice guy, and because the alleged “sexual misconduct” was treated as a matter of school discipline — rather than investigated as a crime — Kopin did not exercise his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent. Instead, Kopin made the mistake of trying to tell his side of the story after Sclove sent him an accusatory e-mail on Aug. 8: “Dan, you raped me.”

Dude: Lawyer up and say nothing.

It’s unfortunate that nice young men should have to hear such advice, but this is what the current campus climate requires.

Nice young men are not street smart, and Kopin — a “mild-mannered young man with a self-effacing smile and a preppy manner” — was evidently so stunned by Sclove’s accusation that he didn’t think about his Fifth Amendment rights. The misguided effort of the accused date rapist to tell his side of the story is part of the whole cultural problem that has developed on campuses where what should be a matter of criminal law, in which the prosecution has the burden of proof, is instead handled by university officials in extra-judicial proceedings where the accused is required to “prove” his innocence.

Did I mention that Lena Sclove is crazy?

In her Aug. 8 e-mail which accused Kopin of raping her on Aug. 2, Sclove wrote: “I have seen my therapist twice, and she is 100 percent sure that this was rape.” Excuse me for pointing this out, but the phrase “my therapist” would seem to indicate that Sclove was under treatment for some kind of mental illness before the incident in question. If so, Sclove’s psychiatric history is relevant.

Dude: Don’t hook up with crazy women.

This is more advice nice young men need to hear, unfortunately. They’re not street smart, these mild-mannered preppy boys.

The Law of Large Numbers dictates that if you screw around enough, eventually you’ll encounter The Psycho Bitch From Hell.

Oh, she seems attractive enough. You don’t notice she’s crazy on that beer-soaked night when you’ve got no other prospects in sight. Or maybe you do realize she’s crazy, but you just don’t care.

What’s the worst that can happen, right? All you care about is, she’s down for some action, so you never really consider the potential consequences of hooking up with a psychiatric basket case.

Based on my own extensive research, conducted between 1977 and 1988, at least 6% of women are The Psycho Bitch From Hell. She is incapable of distinguishing between casual sex and a “relationship,” so that attempting to break up with her — or even not being interested in a follow-up to a one-night stand — inevitably turns into the kind of insane drama that inspired Fatal Attraction. When I see TV documentaries about women dealing with dangerous stalkers, I feel a profound empathy, because I know the basic problem: You meet someone who is crazy, but either you don’t recognize the warning signs or else you ignore the warning signs and next thing you know, you’re trapped in a situation of complete craziness from which there is no easy way out.

Have you ever gotten a phone call informing you that a girl you dated briefly is now holding a butcher knife to her throat, threatening suicide if you don’t come over to her house immediately?

Yeah. And I was only 17 years old at the time.

Some people can’t cope with rejection, and young people need to beware of this danger. A careful reading of Cathy Young’s account of the situation between Dan Kopin and Lena Sclove reveals numerous clues that Sclove was trouble waiting to happen long before Aug. 2, 2013. If Kopin didn’t recognize those clues, that’s his fault. He should have avoided a sexual relationship with Sclove, who apparently had a pre-existing emotional problem that has not been adequately explained.

What happened on Aug. 2, 2013? I don’t know.

Sclove says one thing, and Kopin says another thing. The key point is, accusations of sexual assault should always be a matter of criminal law in which the burden of proof is on the prosecution, and where the defendant is accorded all his rights under the Constitution, including his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent.

Instead, Brown University has allowed this to turn into a situation where a United States Senator — New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand — went on MSNBC and claimed that Scloven was “brutally raped” and “nearly choked to death” by Dan Kopin.

Obviously, I’m willing to believe that progressive pro-feminist men attending elite universities (Brown’s annual tuition is $46,408) are all brutal rapists who get their kinky thrills by choking women, but maybe Dan Kopin is an exception to the rule.

If any guy ever finds himself accused under similar circumstances, here’s some street-smart advice: Deny everything.

Never accidentally incriminate yourself by trying to tell your side of the story. If anyone asks for your response to a false accusation, your answer should be four simple words: “That bitch is crazy.”

 

Category: Crime, Education, Feminism, Sex

LIVE AT FIVE: 06.10.14

Posted on | June 10, 2014 | 11 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Taliban Takes Credit For Karachi Airport Attack

Smoke rises from Jinnah International Airport in Karachi

Seven more bodies found in airport cold storage unit

Qatar World Cup Sponsors Warn FIFA Of Damage From Corruption
Visa, Adidas and Sony demand bribery allegations be taken seriously

President Al-Sisi Reappoints Prime Minister To Fix Economy
A signal of stability and continuity



POLITICS
Audit Shows Over 57,000 Vets Still Waiting For First Appointment

The VA Medical Center in St. Cloud, MN. Waiting times for the two centers in Minnesota considerably lower than in other states.

Another 64,000 got no appointments after enrolling; acting IG wants criminal charges brought


Mexican Officials Say Tamooressi Could Avoid Jail By Pleading PTSD


Congress Told Hagel Made Final Call On Bergdahl Swap

Liberal Group Accused Of Meddling In Colorado Primary With Pro-Tancredo Ads

Poll: Voters Regret Obamacare, Say Country Is Worse Off With It

Fauxcahontas Leaves Taxpayers On The Hook For More Student Loan Subsidies

Officials Fault Lax Administration Enforcement Of Immigration Laws For “Calamity” In Border States



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Brent Tops $110 On Demand Hopes: NYMEX $104.72, Brent $110.15
Asia Stocks Hit Three-Year High
Wall Street Hits Record Highs
Apple Splits Its Stock, But What Does That Mean For You?
Family Dollar Thwarts Icahn With Poison Pill
GoDaddy Files For IPO
“HALO: The Master Chief Collection” To Include HALO 5 Beta
PlayStation TV Coming To US, Canada For $99
LittleBigPlanet Arriving In November 2014
“Grand Theft Auto V” Coming To Playstation4
Alienware Refits Its Steam Machine With Windows, Will Launch It As Living Room Gamer PC



SPORTS
Kings Blank Rangers, Take 3-0 Lead

Jeff Carter and Dwight King celebrate after scoring in the first period

Will Rangers become the fifth team to come back from 0-3 to take the Cup?

Tribe’s Chisenhall Collects Three Homers, 9 RBI In 17-7 Crushing Of Rangers

Sterling Reverses Course, Will Pursue $1B Lawsuit Against NBA – Also, No Sale

Rays’ Skid Continues As Mariners Win 3-0


Derek Fisher To Coach Knicks?

Cubs Can’t Shake Road Woes, Fall To Pirates 6-2

Altuve, Cozart Lead Astros Past Snakes 4-3

Van Slyke Homers Twice As Dodgers Top Reds 6-2

White Sox Stop Skid, Edge Tigers 6-5

Nolasco Feeds His Gopher As Twins Fall To Jays 5-4

Norris Impressive For Eight As O’s Blank BoSox

Braves Beat Rockies At Coors 3-1

MLB Has Inspired Some Sort Of Taylor Swift Twitter Singalong

TCU Edges Pepperdine To Reach College World Series

Desmond Leads The Attack, Strasburg Nails Down Giants As Nats Win 9-2



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
Lord Flashheart Dead; Britain Submerged By Womens’ Tears

Actually, it’s Rik Mayall – dead at 56, also starred in “Drop Dead Fred”

Rapper Lil’ Kim Spawns

Halle Berry Ordered To Pay $16k/Month Child Support

Beyonce & Jay-Z Land Back In New York Amid Rift Rumors

Anna Paquin Proud To Be “Happily Married Bisexual Mom”

Fox, James Cameron Set Sigourney Weaver For Three “Avatar” Sequels

Casper Smart Speaks Out Against Claims From Second Transsexual Model



FOREIGNERS
Assad Declares “General Amnesty” For Prisoners
Trial For Sewol Ferry Crew To Begin Today
After Failure Of Peace Talks, Israeli Government Deeply Divided On Way Forward
Merkel, Cameron In Battle Over European Commission
Education Secretary Gove Moves To Keep Extremist Ideology Out Of UK Schools
Thai Beauty Queen Steps Down After Incendiary Remarks On Red Shirts
Libyan Judges Rule Against Acting PM
Five Jailed For Murder Of Anti-Putin Journalist Anna Politovskaya
Clock Ticking As Abe Seeks To Loosen Constraints On Japanese Military
New Indian Government Reveals Plan For Jobs, Low Inflation
France’s National Front In Crisis As Le Pens Clash



BLOGS & STUFF
Michelle Malkin: What Happened To Marine Deserter Wassef Ali Hassoun?
Twitchy: Fight Like A Girl! Katie Pavlich Has A Question For “Self-Defense Is Icky” Cosmo Editor
American Power: Even MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Not Buying Bergdahl Spin From State Department Flack
American Thinker: Could Benghazi Have Been A Bergdahl Deal That Went South?
BLACKFIVE: How The Taliban Wound Up With Stingers
Conservatives4Palin: McDaniel Leads Cochran In New Poll, Picks Up Support From Ron Paul
Don Surber: Daily Scoreboard, June 9
Jammie Wearing Fools: Culture Of Greed – Hillary Clinton Defends $200K Speaking Fees
Joe For America: Hollywood’s Hydrocarbon Hypocrisy
Pat Dollard: Eric Holder Refusing To Cooperate With VA Investigation
Protein Wisdom: EPA Pumps Up Benefits Of Proposed Carbon Regulation
Shot In The Dark: Open Letter To Target Corp.
The Jawa Report: Good News – Boko Haram Kidnaps Another 20 Women
The Lonely Conservative: EPA Backs Fracking While Using Tax Dollars To Block It
This Ain’t Hell: Special Counsel Office Investigates Whistleblower Retaliation At VA
Weasel Zippers: Feminists Outraged – Miss USA Enabling “Rape Culture” With Call For Womens’ Self-Defense


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The Politics of Blame

Posted on | June 9, 2014 | 18 Comments

After five years of excuses, straw-man arguments and scapegoating, the Obama administration’s incompetence and irresponsibility have exhausted the patience of many Democrats, Ron Fournier reports:

The email hit my in-box at 9:41 p.m. last Wednesday.  From one of the most powerful Democrats in Washington, a close adviser to the White House, the missive amounted to an electronic eye roll. “Even I have had enough.”
Another Democrat had quit on President Obama.
The tipping point for this person was the Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl case—not the soldier-for-Taliban swap itself as much as how the White House mishandled its obligation to communicate effectively and honestly to Congress and the public. More than that, Obama’s team had failed once again to acknowledge its mistakes, preferring to cast blame and seek cover behind talking points.
“DC is hard, and depressing,” the Democrat wrote. “I still believe good comes from government (e.g. 8 million in ACA). But that Politico story is a cautionary one: good reminder that you can’t go so in the bunker [and] no longer identify legitimate criticism.” That day, Politico had posted a story channeling the White House communications team’s response to the Bergdahl backlash. . . .

Read the whole thing.

 

Category: Barack Obama, Democrats

FBI + IRS = S-C-A-N-D-A-L

Posted on | June 9, 2014 | 54 Comments

Ho-hum — another day, another Nixonian revelation:

The Internal Revenue Service may have been caught violating federal tax law: In October 2010, the agency sent a database on 501(c)(4) social-welfare groups containing confidential taxpayer information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to documents obtained by a House panel.
The information was transmitted in advance of former IRS official Lois Lerner’s meeting the same month with Justice Department officials about the possibility of using campaign-finance laws to prosecute certain nonprofit groups. E-mails between Lerner and Richard Pilger, the director of the Justice Department’s election-crimes branch, obtained through a subpoena to Attorney General Eric Holder, show Lerner asking about the format in which the FBI preferred the data to be sent.
“This revelation that the IRS sent 1.1 million pages of nonprofit tax-return data — including confidential taxpayer information — to the FBI confirms suspicions that the IRS worked with the Justice Department to facilitate the potential investigation of nonprofit groups engaged in lawful political speech,” Oversight Committee chairman Darrell Issa, a California Republican, and subcommittee chairman Jim Jordan wrote in a letter to IRS commissioner John Koskinen. . . .

(Via Memeorandum.)

 

Category: Scandal

Craigslist Rapist Arrested

Posted on | June 9, 2014 | 24 Comments

Remember the “Craigslist Killer,” Philip Markoff, who was charged with killing a woman he met through a Craigslist ad and was suspected of having robbed two other women? More recently, a 19-year-old Pennsylvania woman, Miranda Barbour, has been called a “Craigslist killer” after police say she murdered a man.

Just in case Craigslist did not already have a scary enough reputation, however, we now have the Craigslist Rapist:

Upper Darby police have arrested a man on rape and human-trafficking charges, after he allegedly assaulted a woman who answered a job posting on Craigslist.
A 18-year-old woman says when she was hired by an Upper Darby man through a Craigslist ad, she was told it was for a home health aide but when she went to the man’s apartment to fill out paperwork, she found out that application was for an escort service.
She declined, and she tells police that’s when the man raped her.
Upper Darby Police arrested 42-year-old Kevin Cornish of Ferne Boulevard, on charges of rape, kidnapping, and human trafficking.
When they searched his apartment, Upper Darby police superintendent Michael Chitwood says they found about 50 other applications for the so-called escort service:
“Basically it’s a prostitution ring is what it is, just based on what’s contained in the application.”

Bottom line: Beware of people you meet online. I mean, for crying out loud, they might be a blogger or something.

 

Category: Crime

Like Margaret Thatcher Said

Posted on | June 9, 2014 | 22 Comments

“The problem with socialism is, sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.” Venezuela is learning that lesson the hard way.

 

Category: Economics, Venezuela

Virginia GOP Pulls a Fast One

Posted on | June 9, 2014 | 38 Comments

A Democrat member of the Virginia state Senate has announced he will resign, a move that will likely prevent newly elected Democrat Gov. Terry McAuliffe from imposing ObamaCare on the state — and this appears to have been arranged by Virginia Republicans in a thoroughly Machiavellian maneuver that will give GOP control of the state Senate.

 

Category: Virginia

LIVE AT FIVE: 06.09.14

Posted on | June 9, 2014 | 18 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho


TOP NEWS
Egypt’s New President Vows To “Correct Mistakes Of The Past”

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi

Egypt “will witness a total rise on both internal and external fronts, to compensate what we have missed and correct the mistakes of the past…”



23 Dead After Jihadi Attack On Karachi Airport
Aside from the terrorists, most of the dead were airport security, a few workers

Administration Officials Claim Bergdahl Was Tortured
Told doctors and debriefers he was kept in a cage for extended periods



POLITICS
Ed Gillespie Wins GOP Nomination To Face Mark Warner For Virginia Senate Seat

Former RNC chair, adviser to Romney campaign

Beats out three little-known opponents

Sen. Feinstein Questions WH Statements On Bergdahl’s Health, Death Threats

Senator’s Resignation Leaves Virginia Democrats Scrambling

Justice Department, Americorps Join To Provide Legal Assistance For Underage Illegals

Gov. Brewer: Feds Say No End In Sight For “Dumping” Of Illegals In Arizona



THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Asian Crude Rises As PRC Exports Gain Steam: NYMEX $102.77, Brent $108.68
Japan GDP Revised Higher On Capital Spending Surge
Tyson Reportedly Wins Bidding For Hillshire Farms
Kraft Hikes Maxwell House, Yuban Prices 10%
Asian Shares Rally On Upbeat Data
US Gains 217K Non-Farm Jobs, But Official Unemployment Still 6.3%
Apple Maps Are Still Lost
Sony Overtakes Nintendo In Console Sales
Google Mobile Search Ad Dominance Threatened By Apps
Softbank Enters Robotic Market With Emotional Humanoid
Did Apple Merely Put Beats Out Of Its Misery?
Watching Big Brother



SPORTS
LeBron Mans Up, Leads Heat To Win In Game 2

35 points, ten rebounds

Miami edges San Antonio 98-96


Dale Earnhardt Jr. Steals Win At Pocono From Keselowski

Frustrated O’s Blown Out By A’s 11-1


Hernandez K’s Career-High 15, M’s Beat Rays With Five-Run 9th

Giants Complete Sweep Of Mets With 6-4 Win

Two Grand Slams Highlight Astros’ 14-5 Rout Of Twins

Shields, Royals Nip Slumping Yankees

Jordan Zimmerman 2-Hits Padres, Nats Win 6-0



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS
L’Wren Scott’s Sister Rips Mick Jagger For Not Being Loyal To Dead Ex-GF

Mick and a gal pal on his hotel balcony in Zurich

It makes no sense to me either


Intruder Breaks Into Sandra Bullock’s Home While She Was There

Jennifer Lopez, Casper Smart Split


Justin Bieber Baptized In NYC Bathtub?

Tracy Morgan In Critical Condition After Six-Car Pileup On NJ Turnpike

Emily Maynard Marries Tyler Johnson

Melanie Griffith Divorcing Antonio Banderas

Casey Kasem Alert But In Critical Condition



FOREIGNERS
Pope Francis Hosts Evening Of Prayers With Israeli, Palestinian Leaders
Jihadis Target Kurds Amid Surge In Sectarian Killings
King Juan Carlos: “I Don’t Want My Son To Grow Old Waiting Like Prince Charles”
Three Men Escape From Canadian Prison Using Helicopter
The South China Sea: What Happens Now?
Kosovo’s Thaci Claims Victory In Election
Red China Reaches Out To Modi Government On Trade
Israeli Finance Minister Threatens To Quit Over West Bank Settlements
Jihadis Kill 23 Shia Pilgrims In Baluchistan
Thai Junta Pushes “Happiness” Project



BLOGS & STUFF
Doug Powers: Newest Spin – Maybe Bergdahl’s Platoon Was Full Of Psychopaths
Twitchy: Wil Wheaton Fails At Making A Joke About Republicans In The ER
American Power: Taliban Supreme Council Offers To Send 400 Battle-Hardened Peacekeepers To Chicago
American Thinker: The Obama Doctrine
BLACKFIVE: Retired LTC Tom Slear Raises The Bar On Blue Falconing
Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: Arguing With Social Justice Warriors Is Pointless
Conservatives4Palin: MS Senate – Good Old Boys Bromance Video Starring Thad Cochran And Harry Reid
Jammie Wearing Fools: NYT – Bergdahl’s Unit Is Responsible For His Desertion Or Something
Joe For America: Rand Paul Has Great Idea To Get Marine From Mexico
JustOneMinute: Bikram B-Ball
Pat Dollard: Obama Won’t Allow Bergdahl To Talk To Anyone Until He Agrees To Tell The Story Obama Wants Him To Tell
Protein Wisdom: The Clerisy – You Will Submit Or Else
Shot In The Dark: I Went To Rochester, And All I Got Was A Hotel Bill
The Jawa Report: France Commemorates D-Day With Slo-Mo Interpretive Dance
The Lonely Conservative: Cantor Really Wants To Make A Deal With Obama On Immigration
This Ain’t Hell: A “Black Heart” Medal For Bergdahl’s No-Show Officers
Weasel Zippers: Hillary Says She May Not Testify If Subpoenaed By Benghazi Committee


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