The Other McCain

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

Heartbreaker in Foxborough

Mac Jones hopped off the field Sunday at Gillette Stadium after suffering an injury to his left ankle in a 37-26 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. X-rays reportedly showed no broken bones, but he’ll undergo MRI on Monday to determine the extent of the injury. Given the apparent seriousness of it, he’ll almost certainly miss […]

FMJRA 2.0: Joy In Mudville

— compiled by Wombat-socho It was a rare and pleasant week to be a Senators fan, for the Nats went 5-3 against the Orioles. We split a two-game series at home, then went to Baltimore and took two out of three. Jim Kaat got two of the three wins, Moe Drabowsky blew two saves to […]

Born in Odessa, Ukraine, in 1886

Louis Wolfe Gilbert emigrated to the United States as a boy and became “one of the most prolific lyricists of Tin Pan Alley.” He started out as a singer on Coney Island, eventually settled in Hollywood, where he helped popularize Cuban rumba music and “was an innovator in his field, having been one of the […]

A Death in ‘Killadelphia’

Everett Beauregard, 23, was just walking down North 35th Street in Philadelphia when he was shot to death by a stranger: Philadelphia police are searching for a suspect who fatally shot Everett Beauregard, a recent Temple University graduate, on a sidewalk in West Philadelphia at 12:30 a.m. Thursday. The shooting occurred as Beauregard was walking […]

In The Mailbox: 09.23.22 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Does Manhattan’s DA Even Believe Rape Is A Crime? EBL: The Persecution of FBI Whistleblower Steve Friend Twitchy: Joe Biden Blames Republicans For Inflation, also, Governor Hair Gel Had A Plan […]

In The Mailbox: 09.23.22 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL:  Biden Inflation Blues, also, Obama Had Classified Docs in an Unsecured Furniture Warehouse Twitchy: Iranian Man Learns He Can’t Just Slap A Woman In Public Any More, also, Vet Explains Why Nobody Wants To Enlist Now Louder With Crowder: Shop teacher Kayla Lemieux […]

Media Shocked: Stacey Abrams Is Unpopular With Black Men

Of course, by “unpopular” they mean she only gets 75% — Democrats normally get more than 90% of the black vote, but the gap-toothed water buffalo is struggling significantly below that level: In 2018, Abrams came within 55,000 votes of defeating Republican Brian Kemp thanks to a surge of votes from Black Georgians. She energized […]

In The Mailbox: 09.22.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM Ninety Miles From Tyranny: The 90 Miles Mystery Box, Episode #1847 357 Magnum: All Your Password Are Belong To Us EBL: Ukrainians Make Progress Twitchy: Wheels Widens Lead Over Beta*,  also, What Is Pelosi Smoking? Louder With Crowder: Maren Morris still won’t calm down […]

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