The Other McCain

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

WAR: RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE UPDATE: AIR BASE NEAR KIEV REPORTED CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS

Russia’s Putin announces military operation in Ukraine — Associated Press Biden’s Own Aides Feared His Sanctions Wouldn’t Stop Putin — Bloomberg Russia-Ukraine conflict live updates: Ukraine battles Russian attack on multiple fronts — NBC News This is not a “minor incursion.” Meanwhile, in America: US President Joe Biden was meeting with G7 allies Thursday to […]

In The Mailbox: 02.23.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Today’s the end of the blogging week for me, and so you get your usual links to the wisdom of the International Lord of Hate and the Beautiful But Evil Space Princess two days early. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. OVER THE TRANSOM Ninety Miles From Tyranny: The 90 […]

Re: ‘Hannah’ Tubbs

When this case started making headlines — and it’s 24/7, rotating with Ukraine, as the top story on Fox News — I didn’t want to write about it because what is more absurd than a child molester claiming to be transgender so he can get leniency from a liberal California DA? The whole thing struck […]

The Duke and Duchess of Trash

Sometimes the algorithm turns up a headline that, while utterly silly, nevertheless gets your mind completely off-track: One of Meghan Markle’s most iconic looks will be displayed in a British fashion museum. The Fashion Museum announced Tuesday that the black silk Giorgio Armani dress that the Duchess of Sussex wore for her bombshell interview with […]

In The Mailbox: 02.22.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho “…and so it was proclaimed throughout the land of r/animemes that this day would be forever known as Zero Twosday.” Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Ted Turner Suicidal? also, Ukraine, You Are So Screwed Twitchy: Justin Trudeau’s Slam On Putin Melts Projection Detectors Everywhere, also, Grope & Flail […]

Way to Go, ‘White Supremacists’!

You probably didn’t realize “white supremacists” had taken over San Francisco, but that’s just how clever and sneaky they are: The progressive San Francisco school-board president recalled by voters earlier this week claimed her ouster was a “consequence” of fighting for racial justice, and represents a victory for “white supremacists.” “So if you fight for […]

Ukraine as 21st-Century Sudetenland

Excuse me if the headline is a bit too Godwin’s Law, but the analogy — an invasion launched on the pretext of supporting regional separatists — seems justified, and I don’t mean to do a cheap “Putin is the New Hitler” thing, because obviously the “New Hitler” will be whoever Republicans nominate for president in […]

The Doom That Came To Complex 34

— by Wombat-socho It seems I haven’t done any book posts since last fall, when I spent three posts trashing one of the worst lists of combat SF ever posted anywhere, so I’d better get cracking, because I have a lot to talk about.  Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. One of the subgenres […]

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