The Other McCain

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

Hallowed Ground

  Try to imagine a row of men, standing shoulder to shoulder, all of them armed with rifles. Picture those men standing on a hill, a few hundred yards in the distance, with their guns aimed at you. Now imagine yourself, standing amid a similar group of armed men, ordered to march across that distance […]

How to Ruin Your Life (or Down the Rabbit Hole With a Deer-Sexual)

Stephan Robert Loehr was a promising young man from an affluent family. His maternal grandfather was a successful engineer, while his father was a cardiologist. Attending high school in Chapel Hill, N.C., young Stephan was tall and popular and seemed destined for a bright future, like his older brother, who followed in their father’s footsteps […]

Why Is Ann Coulter Doing This?

An unnecessary conflict: Former Donald Trump fan Ann Coulter yesterday went on an extraordinary Twitter rant, calling the president a ‘disloyal retard’ and a ‘blithering idiot.’ Coulter was incensed on Sunday after Trump tweeted ‘Alabama, do not trust Jeff Sessions’, the latest attack by the president on his former Attorney General. The far-right pundit said […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Kayleigh “Honey Badger” McEnany

— compiled by Wombat-socho There’s a new Press Secretary at the White House, and like her namesake, she just doesn’t care about the bruised egos and outraged sensibilities of the White House Press Corps. She’s tearing them up on a daily basis, and the press just can’t deal. Too bad for them; it’s nice to […]

May Is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Crazy People Are Dangerous

  Last week, a shocking video went viral showing a young black man brutally beating an elderly white man. James Woods posted the video to his Twitter account, and even President Trump took notice. Online sleuths using face-recognition software quickly identified the suspect as 20-year-old Jaden Hayden, and linked him to social-media accounts with bizarre […]

‘A Team of Editors’

  This is going to become the stuff of legend, so I wanted to take note of it: The New York Times decided to devote the entirety of its front page to a list of 1,000 names of COVID-19 victims. It’s Memorial Day weekend, and we are at or near the 100,000 mark in terms […]

The Early Summer Book Post

— by Wombat-socho Since the end of tax season, I’ve been making up for lost time. I’m a little behind on my Kindle Lending Library borrows, but on the other hand, I had some spare cash this month after paying bills, and I spent it wisely. On books. For my Kindle, because I’m still not […]

FMJRA 2.0: Walking In The Shadow Of The Big Man

— compiled by Wombat-socho Rule 5 Sunday: Sarah Rose McDaniel Animal Magnetism A View From The Beach Proof Positive EBL Ninety Miles From Tyranny Remember How Everybody Was Going to Die Because Georgia Ended Lockdowns? Gregor Mendel Blog EBL FMJRA 2.0: Hocus Pocus A View From The Beach EBL ‘Out-of-Towners’ Blamed for ‘Mayhem’ After Florida […]

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