The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 08.08.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: What’s The Carbon Footprint Of An Apartment Fire? EBL: Lived Because Of Hiroshima, Biggest Loser, and Olivia Newton-John, RIP Twitchy: “A Disgrace!”, also, THIS Is An Actual Threat To Democracy Louder With Crowder: Billion-dollar MegaMillions winner gets harsh lesson in taxes, Elon Musk challenges Parag Agrawal […]

Watching The Herd Stampede

— by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. This weekend the Senate passed, and Slow Joe signed, the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act”, and today the right side of the blogosphere was full of folks screaming about the part where the IRS will get funding for 87,000 new agents, which certainly seems to fit the complaint memorably […]

Late Night With Rule 5 Sunday: Komi Shuuko

— compiled by Wombat-socho Komi’s mom has got it going on. This is some fan art of her from her high school days, from r/Komi-san or someplace like it. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. NINETY MILES FROM TYRANNY: Hot Pick of the Late Night, The 90 Miles Mystery Box Episode #1799, Morning Mistress, […]

Fantasy & Other Annoyances

— compiled by Wombat-socho Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. As a general rule, I don’t care for fantasy. Far too much of it is derivative elf & dwarf crap, written by people trying to rip off Tolkien for a quick buck while having all the grounding in the other classics of your average […]

We Were Told This Would Never Happen

Your beliefs, opinions and concerns have been derided as homophobic. But it turns out that facts are also homophobic: A Georgia couple has been charged with using their two adopted children to record child pornography, police said. Walton County Sheriff’s Office raided a home in Loganville July 27 on reports that a man there was […]

FMJRA 2.0: Eternity Sunrise

— compiled by Wombat-socho Our long national nightmare is over – the Senators took two games from the New York Day Traders at RFK today, ending a miserable ten-game losing streak. Outfielder Pat Kelly, acquired from Pete’s Pilots along with southpaw Ron Bryant and a couple of draft picks for former franchise player Frank Howard, […]

He’s Not Making This Up, You Know

My podcast partner John Hoge calls attention to this story: A Baltimore ex-gang member who uses graffiti to designate ‘no shoot zones’ to discourage gun violence around the city was shot in his back, neck and jaw on Wednesday. ‘I was shot three times,’ Tyree Moorehead, 46, told reporters on Wednesday. ‘A bullet went through […]

Lisa Graas Needs Help, Y’all

CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO LISA GRAAS Lisa Graas has been diagnosed with cancer, and it’s very serious. Longtime readers will recognize Lisa from 10 years ago when she was a leading online supporter of Sen. Rick Santorum’s primary campaign for the Republican nomination. When I was covering the Louisiana primary, and got busted in […]

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