The Other McCain

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

Aspiring Rapper Update: Bloods Gangster Arrested for Shooting Atlanta Cop 6 Times

We’re going to disregard standard journalistic practice in this case by omitting the customary “alleged” about the felony charges against aspiring Atlanta rapper Christian Eppinger, a/k/a “Big Bhris”: A 22-year-old rapper who goes by the moniker Big Bhris was reportedly arrested for shooting an Atlanta Police Department officer six times on Monday (February 7). According […]

In The Mailbox: 02.10.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Turns out I’m working both Saturday and Sunday in the tax mines this weekend, so that promised book post may not emerge until I’m home in Tonopah next weekend. Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Appleton, Wisconsin – Dump Lee Snodgrass! Twitchy: “Never EVER Just Let It Go”, also, […]

President Crack-Pipe’s Very Bad Week

First of all, Jen Psaki wants you to know that “inaccurate reporting” is to blame for all those stories about Joe Biden wanting to spend $30 million to give crack pipes to drug addicts: The original request for funding proposals from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration had listed “safe smoking kits/supplies” among […]

The Destructive Cult of Racial ‘Liberation’

For many years, one of my journalistic specialties was covering the political fringe. This is important work — and frankly, a lot more fun than covering “mainstream” politics — because most of the real action in politics happens on the fringe. All movements that have significant impact on society begin on the fringe, where seemingly […]

In The Mailbox: 02.09.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM Ninety Miles From Tyranny: The 90 Miles Mystery Box, Episode #1623 EBL: Chris Christie Needs To STFU About Ron DeSantis Twitchy: CNN’s Alisyn Camerota “Out Of Ideas” For What To Do About Joe Rogan Louder With Crowder: Freedom Trucker Annihilates Smug CBC Reporter Vox […]

Is the Irony Obvious Enough?

To extend this quote from Henry Rogers, a/k/a Ibram X. Kendi: “The conjoined twins are two sides of the same destructive body. The idea that capitalism is merely free markets, competition, free trade, supplying and demanding, and private ownership of the means of production operating for a profit is a whimsical and ahistorical as the […]

In The Mailbox: 02.08.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: A Restraining Order Is Only A Piece Of Paper EBL: St. Josephine Bakhita Twitchy: Sun-Sentinel Editorial Board Just Mad Because They Can’t Date Christina Pushaw Louder With Crowder: Black Pro Wrestler Drops Bombs On How Media, Not Joe Rogan, Are The Racist […]

Man Killed in Philadelphia Carjacking

Dana Pico has kept the spotlight on “Killadelphia,” and notes that the erstwhile “City of Brotherly Love” has now become “Carjackadelphia,” with an astonishing increase in such crimes: Already this year, police say there have been 140 carjackings in the city — double the year-to-date total from 2021, and seven times the pace reported at […]

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