The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 03.10.22 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM Ninety Miles From Tyranny: The 90 Miles Mystery Box, Episode #1651 EBL: Team Brandon Trying Hard To Start World War III Twitchy: Bad Orange Woman Spins Hard After Peter Doocy Asks If They’re Going To Blame Everything On Putin Until The Midterms Louder With […]

Ukraine Smashes Tank Column Near Kyiv, Kills Commander of Russian Regiment

Brovary is a suburb of Kyiv on the east side of the Dnieper River. A column of Russian tanks rolled into the town Wednesday, apparently seeking a way into Kyiv not blocked as the Ukrainian capital’s western approaches have been blocked. But the attempt to reach Kyiv proved deadly, as the Russians were ambushed in […]

Sweet Payday for Jeff Zucker

You remember when the malignant dwarf Jeff Zucker was forced out at CNN last month because he was shtupping the last-place network’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer Allison Gollust? And do you also remember when Gollust, whose main job qualification as a network executive was being Jeff Zucker’s girlfriend, later exited CNN blabbering […]

‘Baltimore-Area Women’

Headline: 4 Baltimore-area women charged with stealing thousands of dollars of merchandise in Rehoboth Beach As a descriptor, “Baltimore-area women” is perhaps a suitable synonym for Democratic voters, but let’s learn more: Four Baltimore-area women have been charged with stealing thousands of dollars of merchandise from Tanger Outlets in Rehoboth Beach. Delaware State Police said […]

Two Russian Generals Reported Killed as Ukraine Invasion Becomes ‘Clusterf**k’

Russian Maj. Gen. Vitaly Gerasimov reportedly has joined his comrade Maj. Gen. Andrei Sukhovetsky in the ranks of those killed during Putin’s disastrous invasion of Ukraine. The Russians have confirmed that Sukhovetsky was killed Feb. 28 by a Ukrainian sniper near Mariupol, while Gerasimov was reportedly killed Monday near Kharkiv. Ukraine’s defense ministry released audio […]

In The Mailbox: 03.08.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Lack of EMS Personnel At The Tipping Point EBL: Captured Russian Officer Apologizes For Ukraine Attack, also, “Crude Oil Blues” Twitchy: The Atlantic Thinks Slow Joe Is Doing Fine With Ukraine, also, In Texas, Joe Biden Says There’s Nothing He Can Do […]

In The Mailbox: 03.07.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM McG’s Tally Book: Absolutely Not A View From The Beach: This Is Not A Smart Military Blog EBL: Winston Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech, also, Met Opera Fires Russian Diva Anna Netrebko For Not Denouncing Putin (Sufficiently) Twitchy: “RIP To The Reporter Ron DeSantis Just […]

Why Ukraine Is Winning (So Far)

Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, surnamed Cunctator (c. 280 – 203 BC), was a Roman statesman and general of the third century BC. . . . His agnomen, Cunctator, usually translated as “the delayer”, refers to the strategy that he employed against Hannibal’s forces during the Second Punic War. Facing an outstanding commander with superior numbers, […]

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