The Other McCain

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

The Role of Controlled Opposition in Manufacturing Phony ‘Consensus’

Alex Christy at Newsbusters calls attention to an appearance by David Brooks on PBS NewsHour discussing mass shootings: I have never understood why an Australian-style gun buyback is an affront to anybody. It’s an open choice. You can sell your gun or not. But if we’re going to reduce 400 million guns, it would take […]

Red Sox Win in 10

The Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees in just about the most exciting way possible Saturday night, coming from behind with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning at Fenway Park on a right-field single by Alex Verdugo that drove in Rob Refsnyder and a rookie named Jeter Downs. To understand […]

Steve Bannon Gets SWATted

A very dangerous form of terrorism: Heavily armed law enforcement officers swarmed former White House adviser Steve Bannon’s Washington, DC, home after an apparent “swatting” incident on Friday, according to police. A prankster sent police into a frenzy after calling 911 at about 10:45 a.m. and reporting that a gunman was inside a home in […]

Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Assassinated With ‘Improvised Firearm’

The suspect’s motive is not yet known: Police on Friday raided the home of the man suspected of using an improvised firearm to assassinate former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and said they seized multiple weapons that also appeared to be homemade. The discovery followed the arrest of the suspect — identified by officials as […]

In The Mailbox: 07.08.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: How’s That Criminal Reform Working Out? EBL: Shinzo Abe, Larry Storch, & Tony Sirico, RIP Twitchy: Elon Musk Terminates $44 Billion Offer To Buy Twitter, also, Steve Bannon Swatted At D.C. […]

Hunter Biden: ‘Go F–k Yourself Jill’

Our alleged president’s dopehead son: Hunter Biden called his step-mom Jill Biden a “vindictive moron” and “entitled c–t” in text messages after she urged him to go to rehab to kick his drug habit, according to a new report. President Biden’s 52-year-old druggie son made the remarks in a string of text messages that he […]

HOAX? Biden Repeats Unverified Story About 10-Year-Old Ohio Girl’s Abortion

Monday, I called attention to this story (“A Story Too Good to Check?”) about an Indiana abortion doctor who claimed that, just three days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, she had a 10-year-old girl referred for an abortion from Ohio, where a new law banned abortions after six weeks — and the […]

In The Mailbox: 07.07.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM Ninety Miles From Tyranny: The 90 Miles Mystery Box, Episode #1770 357 Magnum: Get Woke, Go Broke EBL: Save Dutch Cows and Cheese, also, James Caan, RIP Twitchy: Taylor Lorenz Calls Out Elon Musk For Procreating, also, “Well…Bye!” Louder With Crowder: Women Destroy Restaurant, Send Employee […]

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