The Other McCain

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

Late Night With Rule 5 Sunday: Tax Loopholes Edition

— compiled by Wombat-socho Lots of ginned-up controversy over Trump’s taxes this weekend, and from what I’ve seen on social media, the basic argument seems to be “My credits/deductions are good and right, but yours are bad and wrong!” which of course is nonsense, but this is the level to which the media have sunk […]

‘The Fire Under All of This Smoke is … Barely Enough to Light a Cigar’

So says Jazz Shaw of Hot Air in addressing the “October surprise” of the New York Times report on Donald Trump’s taxes. What the Times seems to have done is to extrapolate from the documents it mysteriously obtained to guess about what might be found in documents it does not have. They assert that, because […]

FMJRA 2.0: Bach’s Toccata & Fugue In D Minor

— compiled by Wombat-socho Rule 5 Sunday: Life Is Beautiful Animal Magnetism Register-Republic Ninety Miles From Tyranny A View from the Beach Proof Positive Batshit Crazy News Never Take Advice From Feminists (The @FactoryGrrrl Edition) The Pirate’s Cove Regular Right Guy Crazy People Are Dangerous (and @scaramouche2017 Is Deb Frisch) Regular Right Guy FMJRA 2.0: […]

The Death of a ‘Dianic High Priestess’

“Wicca refers to the practice of European paganism popular throughout Europe and North America. . . . Dianic Wicca refers to a more radical women-only practice, named for the Goddess Diana. The novels of Marion Zimmer Bradley have been influential for Dianic Wiccans . . .” — Meredith Miller, “Dianic Wicca,” in Historical Dictionary of […]

In The Mailbox, 09.30.16

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM Proof Positive: Captain America Vs. Hillary EBL: Evan Rachel Wood Westworld Rule 5 Twitchy: Ted SMASH Hulk! Senator Cruz Slaps Back At Actor Mark Ruffalo Louder With Crowder: YouTuber Mercilessly Mocks Hillary’s Insincerity, And It’s PERFECT RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES Adam Piggott: Podcast #20 – The Run Guts […]

Feed Her Majesty To Her Master, Cthulhu? Sure. Prosecute Her? Not Wise.

by Smitty [View the story “Prosecute Hillary?” on Storify]

In Defense of William F. Buckley Jr.

“In the hands of a skillful indoctrinator, the average student not only thinks what the indoctrinator wants him to think . . . but is altogether positive that he has arrived at his position by independent intellectual exertion. This man is outraged by the suggestion that he is the flesh-and-blood tribute to the success of […]

Murder City, U.S.A.: Chicago Has More Murders Than L.A. and N.Y.C. Combined

The Associated Press: Malik Causey was one of 91 homicide victims in Chicago in August, the deadliest month in the city in two decades and the latest milestone for a metropolis becoming known for its murder rate. Already, killings here have jumped 46 percent over the same period last year, climbing past the 500 mark […]

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