The Other McCain

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

The Other Podcast: Special Election Night ‘Let’s Vote to Kill Democracy’ Episode

Tonight, John Hoge, Dianna Deeley and I will be running a special six-hour episode of The Other Podcast, which will run in two parts: PART ONE — 7 p.m.-10 p.m. ET PART TWO — 10 p.m.-1 a.m. ET So that’s the schedule, and you can tune in to hear us wondering the same thing you’re […]

A Cliché of a Stereotype: Kathy Griffin and the Pathetic Fate of Liberal Cat Ladies

Which comes first, the liberal politics or the envious bitterness? It’s one of those chicken-or-the-egg questions of causality that psychologists should spend more time researching. It’s not that all liberal women are doomed to be lonely and unpopular spinsters, nor even that every cat lady is a Democratic voter. Yet there is an observable correlation […]

The ‘Blood Moon’ Eclipse and Other Cosmic Portents of a ‘Red Wave’

Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions. Mayor: What do you mean, “biblical”? Dr. Raymond Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath of God type stuff. Dr. Peter Venkman: Exactly. Dr. Raymond Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! […]

Rule 5 Sunday: HMS Eskimo

— compiled by Wombat-socho Because I am a man of my word, as suitable recompense for all the whining last week about Tom Brady’s ex-wife, you people will get a British shipgirl to start No Nut November, and you’ll like it! However, because I am occasionally merciful, pity this poor Phillies fan, who discovered his […]

FMJRA 2.0: Minuet

— compiled by Wombat-socho Not a good week for my Senators. Got swept by the Giants in a two-game series, then lost two of three to the Tribe at home. We get to play the Giants again on Tuesday, and I’m not looking forward to that. The second album in Klaus Schulze’s La Vie Electronique […]

Gosh, Some People Seem Awfully Worried About Election ‘Misinformation’ Now

The “cabal” that bragged of foisting Joe Biden on us — because let’s face it, we’re talking about the same people — apparently feel that their power to control upcoming events has been impaired. Twitter layoffs gutted election information teams days before midterms — Washington Post What Twitter’s Shake-Up Could Mean: Midterm Misinformation Run Amok […]

Joe Biden and the ‘Path to Chaos’ (He’s Living Underground Like a Wild Potato)

No sooner had I finished posting about election denier Stacey Abrams, who falsely accused Republicans of stealing the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election (which she lost by a 55,000-vote margin), than I glanced at the transcript of Joe Biden’s speech from Wednesday night: This is also the first election since the events of January 6th, when […]

In The Mailbox: 11.04.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: “Rules Only Apply To Little People:, LAPD Edition EBL: GOP NH Senate Candidate Don Bolduc Gets Tulsi Gabbard’s Endorsement Twitchy: Atlantic Does Piece On Why Dems Are Losing Latinos, David Reaboi […]

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