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

Ex-NFL Player’s Brother Charged With Fatal Shooting of Youth Football Coach

Role models for America’s youth: Former NFL defensive back Aqib Talib was in the middle of a fight at a youth football game in Texas on [Aug. 13] in which a coach was fatally shot, new video shows. And Tailb’s brother, Yaqub, turned himself in after a warrant was issued for his arrest. On Tuesday, […]

Killadelphia Update: Nearly 100 Shots Fired in Rec Center Drive-By Shooting

Police in Philadelphia have charged Tahmir Pinckney, 24, Marlon Spurell, 22, and Azyear Sutton-Walker, 22, with “attempted murder, conspiracy, aggravated assault, firearm carried without a license, and other offenses” after a drive-by shooting at a recreation center that left five people wounded: The three men were apprehended by police after crashing a 2018 White Dodge […]

Professors of Politics

Say hello to David Austin Walsh, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Virginia whose specialty is “the far right and conservative politics in the United States in the 20th and 21st centuries and the relationship between those forms of politics in America with broader global movements.” This academic totalitarian makes an appearance in a […]

FMJRA 2.0: Igneous

— compiled by Wombat-socho Going on the road was just what the Senators needed to change things up. They split a two-game series at Baltimore on Monday, and then Friday went to Anaheim where they split two with the Angels. Here’s hoping it’s a sign of things to come. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse […]

Julie Jaman, Mayor David Faber and the Transgender War Against Women

Shocking news from Washington State: Julie Jaman, 80, was banned from Port Townsend’s Mountain View Pool after complaining about a biological male ogling young girls in the changing room. Jaman had been swimming at the pool for 35 years without incident, yet it was she who was banned and insulted by the employees and management. […]

In The Mailbox: 08.19.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Your Friday safety brief: Take some time with yourself and loved ones this weekend. Everyone have a good weekend. Hug yourself at least once. Look in the mirror and remind yourself that you’re the only you that exists. That everything in the universe […]

Mac Jones Doesn’t Expect to Lose

Mac Jones is expected to start at quarterback tonight when the New England Patriots host the Carolina Panthers in their second preseason game. Last week against the Giants, Mac and the first string didn’t play, so veteran backup QB Brian Hoyer and rookie Bailey Zappe got all the reps. This week, the Patriots held two […]

In The Mailbox: 08.18.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum:  Lies, Damn Lies, and Chicago Crime Statistics EBL: Battle of Britain, Wolfgang Petersen, RIP, and Brian Stelter, You’re Fired Twitchy: “Explains Everything!” also, Greg Gutfeld Graciously Reaches Out After CNN Gives Brian Stelter The Boot Louder With Crowder: Best Day Ever, also, Kari Lake: “Get people […]

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