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Aspiring Rapper Update: ‘Baby Cino’ Gets Out of Jail, Immediately Gets Shot Dead

Timothy Starks, a/k/a “Baby Cino,” was only 20 years old when he died Wednesday, shortly after getting bailed out of a Miami jail: Minutes later, as the red Nissan he was riding in turned onto the Palmetto Expressway, he was suddenly ambushed by a gunman in another car in a wild daylight shooting in the […]

Ukraine: Combat Reported at Borodyanka

Just a single mention of fighting in a key crossroads town 45 miles northwest of Kyiv in this report from regional police, and we have no further details. However, as I mentioned Friday about reports of fighting at Nemishaeve, if the Ukrainian counter-offensive that recaptured Makariv were continued successfully, we would soon hear about fighting […]

Podcasting World War III

Tonight on The Other Podcast (7 p.m. ET), my good friends John Hoge, Dianna Deeley and myself will be discussing the news of the week, including the latest blunder by Bumbling Joe Biden: The White House was forced to once again clean up highly problematic remarks made by Democrat President Joe Biden during his trip […]

‘Alexa, What Is an Ideologue?’

This week’s Judiciary Committee hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson were eye-opening in a lot of ways. Sen. Marsha Blackburn — whom I’ve considered a 2024 presidential contender for a long time — managed to embarrass Jackson with a very simple question: Blackburn: “Can you provide a definition for the word ‘woman’?” Jackson: “Can I provide […]

In The Mailbox: 03.25.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Finally, the end of the week. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: I Hope You’re Able To Accept Freezing In The Dark EBL: The Solemnity Of The Annunciation Of The Lord Twitchy: White House & “Fact Checkers” Try To Clean Up Slow Joe’s Latest Ukraine […]

Ukraine: Fighting in Nemishaeve?

The biggest hint of what’s happening in the fight northwest of Kyiv, where Russian forces hold Bucha and Hostomel, is this report: Bucha, Irpen, Hostomel, Makariv are the most fierce points in Kyiv region . . . head of Kyiv Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Pavliuk has said. “Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has […]

Tax Dollars: ‘Six Porsches, Six BMWs, Two Mercedes-Benzes, a Ferrari, and a Tesla’

Remember “free” COVID-19 testing? Kind of like the “free” vaccine? All of that “free” stuff was actually funded by taxpayer money, as the federal government ran up trillions of dollars of new deficit spending for the pandemic emergency. Whenever government makes something “free,” it’s always taxpayers footing the bill, and you can trust that well-connected […]

In The Mailbox: 03.24.22 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Bureaucracies Protect Themselves – UK Edition EBL: Jackass Forever, also, Pope Francis Consecrates Russia To The Immaculate Heart Of Mary Twitchy: Comedian Dana Gould Thinks Rush Limbaugh Created Nothing Of Lasting Value, also, Here’s A Look Inside A Kid’s Book That Defines […]

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