The Other McCain

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

Rule 5 Double Scoop Sunday: W*ng D*ng Sw**t P**nt*ng

— compiled by Wombat-socho Lo, having returned from Nashville (or a suburb of it, anyway) I feel it is incumbent on me to salute a butt-kicking band named after the introduction to one of Uncle Ted’s biggest hits, or at least its lead guitarist Ruyter Suys (pronounced “Rider Sighs”, according to Infogalactic) who can shred […]

FMJRA 2.0: Somebody

— compiled by Wombat-socho Not a bad week for the Senators – split two two-game series against the White Sox and Cardinals respectively, so we still have a shot at .500. Not much of a shot, but a shot. Amazing what good starting pitching can achieve. Also, if you’re interested in getting an expansion team […]

What ‘Intellectuals’ Believe

Elie Mystal Jr. is the son of a Haitian immigrant. His father became a politician in Suffolk County, N.Y., whose “tenure as a county lawmaker ended in 2008 after he faced charges that he lied about living in the district in 2007 and 2008, a period during which he was splitting his time between Huntington […]

Never Take Military Advice From (Or Give Money to) #NeverTrump Grifters

What’s weird about Rick Wilson is that most people never heard of him until Twitter came along, but the consulting game is so lucrative that lots of people you never heard of collect fat paychecks. Wilson first came onto my radar as a Twitter personality associated with the Tea Party circa 2009, but he had […]

Ukraine: Russia Agrees to Temporary Cease-Fire in Besieged Mariupol

Breaking news overnight: Russia said Saturday it was observing a temporary cease-fire in the key Ukrainian port city Mariupol, which it has besieged for days, to allow the creation of humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians. The cease-fire went into effect at 2 a.m. E.T. and will cover both Mariupol and the smaller nearby city Volnovakha, […]

In The Mailbox: 03.04.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Back On Death Row, also, “True Conservative” Egg McMuffin Paid Himself $3 Million, Stiffed Vendors Twitchy: Elon Musk – “Hate To Say It, But We Need To Increase Oil & Gas Output Immediately”, also, Lincoln Project Grifter Calls […]

Teetering on the Brink

The good new is, we’ve avoided World War III so far. The bad news is, Ukraine is getting pounded to hell. Being a student of history — and particularly of military history — I’ve struggled to resist the feeling that I’m living through a sequel to The Guns of August. If you’ve never read Barbara […]

Crazy People Are Dangerous

Say hello to Frank Abrokwa, 37, who has been arrested in New York City more than 20 times since 1999 and those of my readers who are good at math will immediately realize that this means this perpetrator has been perpetrating at least one crime a year since he was 14. Other of my readers […]

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