The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 11.18.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Wargaming A Red Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Twitchy: Elon Musk’s “Picture Of The Day” Mocks Democrat Investigative Priorities, also, Journalist Calls Elon Musk’s Purchase Of Twitter “An Act Of War”, Everybody Laughs […]

Heckuva Job, Nancy Pelosi: Manager of the Decline of the Democratic Party

It was perhaps predictable, once it became clear that Republicans had won a majority in the House of Representatives, that Nancy Pelosi would resign from the Democratic leadership in the House. She’s 82 years old, after all, but if Democrats had managed to keep their majority, she probably wouldn’t have turned over the Speaker’s gavel. […]

In The Mailbox: 11.17.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum:  Crypto – A House of Cards EBL: Robert Clary, RIP, also, Confirmed – The Mar-A-Lago Raid Was A Politically Motivated Witch Hunt Twitchy: Sen. Hawley Grills FBI Director Wray On That Hearing He Needed To Cut Short To “Catch A Plane”, also, […]

The CEO Was a Tumblrina? How Did Somebody Overlook This Gigantic Red Flag in the FTX Catastrophe?

“This is worse than Theranos, this is worse than Madoff, if what I’m reading is true.” — John Reed Stark, former SEC official Suppose that you’re a major Silicon Valley venture capitalist, someone entrusted to invest vast sums of other people’s money in new enterprises. Don’t you have an obligation, as due diligence, to research […]

In The Mailbox: 11.16.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Armed Citizen Stops Kidnapping Ninety Miles From Tyranny: The 90 Miles Mystery Box, Episode #1903 EBL: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Opps! Ukraine shot those missiles into Poland, also, Francisco Pizzaro Captures Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca Twitchy: […]

The Ka-Bar Killer? ‘Edged Weapon’ Used to Kill 4 Idaho Students, Police Say

Sunday afternoon, police got a call about an “unconscious person” at a residence near the University of Idaho campus in Moscow, Idaho. It was soon reported that four people had been killed, but police wouldn’t say how they’d been killed or what the motive might be. Murders are very rare in the town of 26,000 […]

In The Mailbox: 11.15.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Climate Hypocrisy In Egypt EBL: Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? Twitchy: Gone In Sixty Minutes – Twitter Employee With “Moral Duty” To Resist & Protest Now Former Employee, also, “Trump Or Death” Protest Doesn’t Pass The Smell Test Louder With […]

DOJ to Rudy Giuliani: ‘Oops!’

Mentioned this in the earlier post, but gosh, isn’t it just a timely coincidence that we’re just now learning this? Federal prosecutors in New York said Monday they have declined to file criminal charges against former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, more than a year after his apartment and office were searched by the […]

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