The Other McCain

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

Mamelukes, Marines, & A Wizard

— by Wombat-socho I became a fan of Jerry Pournelle’s SF back in 1972, when I read “The Mercenary” in Analog, and for the next 40+ years I snapped up pretty much everything he wrote in the way of SF, and quite a few of the anthologies he edited as well. One of those books, […]

FMJRA 2.0: Heat In The Street

— compiled by Wombat-socho Arson, Looting, Aggravated Assault and Attempted Murder Are Not ‘Protests’ Pushing Rubber Downhill The Rabbit Hole 357 Magnum Catallaxy Files A View From The Beach EBL Rule 5 Sunday: Carol Alt Animal Magnetism Ninety Miles From Tyranny A View From The Beach Proof Positive EBL Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes […]

A 21st-Century Mrs. Jellyby

  What can be said about David French? Honestly, my preference would be to say nothing, to forget that such a person even exists, and indeed, I make it a habit to ignore all #NeverTrump people. So you can imagine what extraordinary effort is necessary to attract my notice to any #NeverTrump argument, and David […]

The Church of ‘Social Justice’

Lawrence Person explains the Left’s religion: Amidst a week of rioting and looting, New York Times writers finally found a topic they were united on: outrage over an editorial by Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton saying president Trump should invoke the Insurrection Act to use federal troops to stop the violence. Their asinine rationale was this exposed black staffers […]

In The Mailbox: 06.05.20 (Late Night Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Trust The Science, Except When It Isn’t Trustworthy EBL: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison Twitchy: Attention DNC – Talcum X Has Noticed Which Party Is “Running The Cities With The Worst Police Brutality In America” Louder With Crowder: Project Veritas’ Second Antifa Video Shows A Group […]

In The Mailbox: 06.05.20 (Early Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM Ammo.com: The Tienanmen Square Massacre EBL: 2020 Trends – Hot & Not Twitchy: “This Is Literally Twitter” – Essence Of Social Media Platform Captured In 24-Second TikTok Video Louder With Crowder: Project Veritas Goes Undercover, Exposes Antifa As Violent, Ruthless Fascists Monster Hunter Nation: “Where Are All You […]

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge

by Smitty There he is again. “You tell that Zergotazz to lay by his volcanic rift. Sending the Silent Posse won’t break this crypto faster.” No motion. “That’s enough data, they said. Plenty of resources, they said. Sorry. It’s not. You’re wasting bandwidth.” The hologram glitched a moment, blurring the henchman’s knees. Suddenly, a while […]

A Reason to Riot, or a Pretext?

  Heather Mac Donald explains the relevant facts: In 2019 police officers fatally shot 1,004 people, most of whom were armed or otherwise dangerous. African-Americans were about a quarter of those killed by cops last year (235), a ratio that has remained stable since 2015. That share of black victims is less than what the […]

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