The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 12.14.21 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Things were a tad exciting here in Tonopah last night; we had high winds and the power kept flickering off & on along with the Internet, so instead of putting myself through a bunch of frustration I punted until today. It’s snowing heavily, but the power is steady. Silicon Valley delenda […]

Mystery Surrounds Perpetrator of ‘Deplorable Acts of Anti-Black Hatred’

In September, the Chief Diversity at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Dr. Nefertiti Walker, sent a campus-wide email warning of a “disturbing increase in anti-Black racist incidents,” saying the content of the messages was “vile” and “violently offensive”: Over the course of several weeks dating back to late August, Black student groups at the University of […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Polyana Viana

— compiled by Wombat-socho I have been browsing RedState on the regular of late, which is probably not good for my blood pressure, but it’s not all about politics. Just mostly. Anyhow, in one of the posts there was a link to a story about a UFC fighter in Brazil who surprised a would-be mugger […]

A Blast From the Past

“They are teenagers in high school experimenting with their sexuality, all teens do it in one form or another. They are teens, it’s healthy and normal.” — Kelley Hunt Smith (Kaitlyn Hunt’s mother) “The state is further in possession of lewd and lascivious videos the defendant sent the child victim. At least one video explicitly […]

FMJRA 2.0: Sedan Delivery

— compiled by Wombat-socho SOTD Not a good week for the Senators – took two from the Cardinals at home, but then lost three straight to the Indians at the Mistake On The Lake. The worst part was having Stottlemyre and Siebert go 7 for 8 between them in the last two games; since most […]

But They Told Me This ‘Elite Pedophile’ Stuff Was a Conspiracy Theory

Only right-wing extremists believe this could be real: A veteran CNN producer who worked “shoulder to shoulder” with now disgraced ex-anchor Chris Cuomo has been indicted on charges of luring young girls to his Vermont ski house for “sexual subservience” training. John Griffin, of Stamford, CT, allegedly used messaging apps to befriend and persuade moms […]

Waking Up From Wokeness

One of the wonderful things about the Biden presidency is that, when things go wrong, Democrats can no longer blame Trump — and a whole lot of stuff is going wrong now. We are at the stage of events famously referenced by H.L. Mencken: “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they […]

In The Mailbox: 12.10.21

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Woke Milwaukee DA Has Blood On His Hands EBL: RIP Michael Nesmith Twitchy: “You Had To Know It Was Coming”, also, Democrat-Majority Penn. Supreme Court Shoots Down Governor Wolf’s School Mask […]

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