The Other McCain

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

The Death of ‘Teflon’

Ramiro “Teflon” Carrasco began his life of crime at a young age, with a record dating back to 2003, the year he turned 14. In late June 2011, Carrasco was wanted on six active warrants, including failure to appear in court to face charges of fraud, domestic violence and probation violation, when police spotted him […]

Why Wasn’t He Already Behind Bars?

Say hello to Leonard Ortega, 47, of Seattle, a lifelong criminal who was inexplicably out on the streets earlier this month: Police say 47-year-old Leonardo Ortega pulled a shotgun on 68-year-old Phil Salmon, and stole his pick up truck Wednesday morning [Feb. 3] from a Chevron gas station in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood. Salmon’s son Dan […]

In The Mailbox: 02.15.21

— compiled by Wombat-socho In case I forgot to mention it before, Bob Zimmerman is doing a fundraiser at his blog, Behind The Black, which I added to the blogroll because we didn’t have any consistent coverage of what’s happening in the High Frontier. Go show the man some love, by which I mean HIT […]

Rule 5 Sunday: A Death Goddess For Your Consideration

— compiled by Wombat-socho Perhaps death goddess isn’t the right term, but in Fate/Grand Order Scathach is the guardian of the Land of Shadows, a Celtic analog to Ereshkigal in Sumerian mythology, and everybody calls Eresh a death goddess, so…anyway, here she is in the kitchen fixing some chocolate for Valentine’s Day. Very dark chocolates. […]

Get Up And Fight

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. I’m not quite to Ace levels of rage yet, but I’m becoming increasingly pissed off at the defeatist moaners who think the Democrats have pulled off their October Revolution and it’s all over. “The Uniparty has won,” they whine. “There’s nothing we can do.” Yes, we should […]

FMJRA 2.0: Loser

— compiled by Wombat-socho SOTD: For Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the DC Democrats. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. Rule 5 Sunday: Hedley Lamarr Presents The Teutonic Titwillow, Lili von Shtupp!  Harsh Brutus Ninety Miles From Tyranny EBL A View From The Beach 357 Magnum Proof Positive Former GOP Staffer Arrested in […]

N.Y. Times Doxxes Scott Alexander Because They Hate Free Speech

Once upon a time — young people may imagine that I’m speaking of an antique, mythical era — liberals believed in the First Amendment. Or at least, that’s what liberals said at the time. Liberals once insisted that the First Amendment protected everything from the right of Communists to teach in public schools to the […]

Impeachment 2.0 Farce Is Over

The Democrats spent the past week staging a Stalinist show trial in the Senate, which came to a predictable end today, when they failed to get the necessary two-thirds majority for conviction. Our President — you know, the guy who actually won the election — issued this statement: This has been yet another phase of […]

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