The Other McCain

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

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

by Smitty “Haven’t been across Grandpa Eddy’s Bridge in 40 years,” I say, looking at young Tim, angry at being peeled off of his iPad for a walk with his grandfather, “I heard they’d renovated it last year.” “This is stupid,” decides Tim with a 7 year old’s vehemence. We make the right turn, head […]

Girl Found Alive After Being Kidnapped by Man Who Murdered Her Parents

  Thirteen-year-old Jayme Closs escaped with her life Thursday after being held captive for nearly three months by the man who police say murdered her parents James and Denise Closs. The suspect, 21-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson, specifically targeted the Closs home Oct. 15 with the intention of kidnapping Jayme, according to authorities in Wisconsin: Barron […]

Google: ‘To Control the Narrative, We Planted Stories with Journalists’

  One of the things I noticed during the August 2017 controversy about Google’s firing of James Damore was that the media were promoting “fake news” about the Harvard-educated scientist: Repeatedly, headlines mischaracterize Damore’s views as “anti-diversity” (despite his clearly stated support for diversity) and news articles falsely assert that Damore argued women were “genetically unsuited” (Washington […]

In The Mailbox: 01.10.19

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: 911 Response Times Will Never Be Zero EBL: Homeless Man Brings Dead Raccoon To San Francisco McDonald’s Twitchy: President Trump & Donald Trump Jr. Double-Team Jim Acosta After Wall Self-Own Louder With Crowder: Jim Acosta Tries Proving The Wall is Unnecessary, Does The Complete Opposite RIPPED […]

The Happiness Gap

  The secret to happiness is low expectations. In an affluent modern society, most of our emotional problems can be described as disappointment, originating in the failure of life to match our fondest hopes and ambitions. It’s not that the life we actually have is necessarily bad, but that we can imagine so many ways […]

In The Mailbox: 01.09.19

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM Ninety Miles From Tyranny: The 90 Miles Mystery Box, Episode #495 EBL: Irony – Bill Kristol’s New Lefty-Funded Venture Name Is Synonymous With Wall Twitchy: Sally Kohn, Marc Lamont Hill, & Electric Intifada Express Support For Vile Commie Angela Davis Louder With Crowder: This Photo Of Schumer & […]

Step Back From The Wall And Consider

by Smitty This urinary struggle over pocket change is a proxy for impeachment. Giving up the on wall is essentially giving up on both the next two years, and any hope of reelection. “We the People” had the temerity to assert that the first three words of the Constitution are worth more — I Came; […]

Schumer and Pelosi Own the Shutdown Even as They Try to Blame Trump

  Democrat leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi have adopted an anti-American position by insisting that nothing be done to secure the southern border against the flood of illegal aliens. Because they represent constituencies that hate Americans and love foreigners, the Democrat leaders believe that they can “win” the confrontation with President Trump over the […]

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