Neither is spreading rumors about supposed affairs based on “anonymous sources”

Bringing the Wikipedia’s standards up to a Kaus-like level of accuracy is a noble goat goal.

(No wonder X-Files was on Fox, they had inside information!)

but it still didn’t work. well any ballclub or pundit can have a ba-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-d century.

“Chupacabras”

The name translates literally from the Spanish as “goat sucker.”

See; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra for illustration.

There is also an order of birds that go by the name “goat sucker”.

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761559115

“Kaus was the subject of malicious rumors circulating in the political blogoshpere in October of 2007. According to the rumors, started by Atrios of the blog Eschaton, Kaus was in the habit of performing oral sex on goats. This rumor was apparently in response to Kaus’s use of anonymous sources that contradicted on-the-record denials of an accusation against Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, who was alleged to have had an extramarital affair. Despite public denials by both Edwards and the alleged woman involved, Kaus implied that his source, an anonymous friend of the woman, was more credible than the public denials of both Edwards and the alleged mistress. Other blogs picked up on and amplified the Kaus-goat rumor, claiming anonymous sources that had witnessed the act. Adding to the fun, these bloggers claimed that Kaus’s refusal to publilc deny the allegations was possible proof that they were true.”

See, not too hard, objeectively true, and even more dammning of Kaus as it also challenges his journalistic standards and credibility.

Plus, it doesn’t abuse wikipedia which, for all its faults, is a well-meaning and useful endeavor (again, IMHO).

Mickey Kaus: This must be HEVN!!!!

And by the way, let me be the first to say that I have no problem with goat-blowing, as long as it is consensual goat-blowing (i.e., the goat is of a similar mind as to the procedure). If it should turn out that, indeed, Mickey does blow goats (and the mystery around this point continues to widen), we should not be too hasty to judge Mickey for this pecadillo, lest we all be judged for our own, more normal, pecadillos.

http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=groups.groupProfile&groupID=100082700&MyToken=136d4d0d-e116-4d81-a8c8-56389479901b

I am not at liberty to tell you how I came by these images, but I have complete trust in my source, who informs me that they come from “Captain Kidd’s” own private collection.

As yet without LOLgoat captions. Or caprations — which should be a word.

HA!