The Stravager

Yesterday I heard a news report stating that the Washington Post had uncovered an attempt by a woman to spread false stories about Judge Roy Moore by accusing him of rape when she was an underaged girl.  The story didn't check out so the WaPo refused to run the story, then they announced that this attempt had been made and followed the woman back to Project Veritas.  This is the project that has tried so many times to "discredit" so called liberal media efforts with "sting" operations.  They set up meetings with left leaning organizations, spin some story sounding like a parody of everything that liberals are supposedly supporting, like late term on demand abortions, cheating welfare, or any number of things that the right wing hyperventilates about, and they secretly record these sessions.  Then Project Veritas' modus operandi is to selectively edit the video in ways that amplify or totally mischaracterize the point and results of the meeting.  (Rem...

Today I read a story in the Atlantic about how one sorry assed SOB went from being a vegan leftwing nut in high school to a high profile (yet pretty cowardly) neo-Nazi thug and uber troll.  The story had a lot to say about how a short, awkward dweeb with no self-esteem, who is probably a closeted homosexual and is there for self-hating, misogynistic, narcissist and who goes to great lengths to prove to the world and himself could go from one extreme to the other pretty quickly.  It also had a lot to say about why this guy could so thoroughly identify with Trump.  It's worth a read.  It's long.  You've been warned. In other news, the Paranoid Style of American Politics isn't a new thing.