The Other McCain

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COVID-19: The Fight Against Fear

  Mike Rowe: “We’re told to fall in line, trust the experts, and wait patiently for the all clear. Okay, fine. But for how long? What are the criteria for turning the country back on?” Many conservatives have become gun-shy about the COVID-19 outbreak. They don’t want to seem dismissive of the threat, or to […]

In The Mailbox: 04.07.20

– compiled by Wombat-socho The late Jerry Pournelle’s Chaos Manor website is still open, and they have a lot of good news. Unfortunately, there’s some bad news as well, and if you can help out, it would be a Good Thing. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Major Kim Campbell & A Shot-To-Hell A-10 Thunderbolt EBL: […]

In The Mailbox: 04.06.20

– compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM Red Pilled Jew: Ignoring Hashem’s Wisdom (Part II of III) Bacon Time: Things You Should Do After Buying Your First Gun 357 Magnum: It Was All A Big Mistake EBL: Does Red China Have A Leadership Problem? Twitchy: CBS News Offers Pathetic “Clarification” After Getting Busted For Bogus […]

Rule Five Monday: Honor Blackman, RIP

– compiled by Wombat-socho Today we bid farewell to one of the best Bond Girls, Honor Blackman, who was also no slouch as Patrick MacNee’s sidekick on The Avengers, where she preceded Diana Rigg. Here she is in a shot from Goldfinger. Ninety Miles From Tyranny: Hot Pick of the Late Night, The 90 Miles […]

Commies, Democrats and the Media

  But I repeat myself: An Illinois Democrat who accused President Donald Trump of killing Americans by lying to the public about the coronavirus also spread pro-China misinformation about the deadly disease during a townhall with constituents. As COVID-19 spreads across the nation, Rep. Sean Casten (D., Ill.) has repeatedly attempted to blame Trump and […]

COVID-19: Metrics in a Time of Plague

  Perhaps you didn’t notice, but since Sunday, Fox News has dropped their habit of framing the screen with graphics showing the worldwide and nationwide totals of coronavirus cases and deaths. Perhaps some executive at the network came to the same realization I’d had for several days, namely that this Death Watch theme was . […]

Coronavirus ‘Myths’ and Real Numbers

The stated purpose of stay-at-home orders and “social distancing” guidelines was to “flatten the curve” of the coronavirus pandemic, to prevent a sudden surge of hospital cases that would exceed the available resources. Slowing the spread of the disease, however, does not mean that widespread infection can be permanently avoided, nor does it mean that […]

Fish Stories

— by Wombat-socho “Mermaid’s Dinner” by Sue Halstenberg For some reason we don’t have a Food category among our tags, which is odd because I distinctly recall doing at least one post on burgers in my decade of blogging here at The Other McCain. In any case, this being Lent, it’s time to provide a […]

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