The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 12.21.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM Ninety Miles From Tyranny: The 90 Miles Mystery Box Episode #1938 EBL:  Extraordinary Attorney Woo, also, Franco Harris, RIP Twitchy: House Republicans Release Report On J6 Security Failures, also, Actor/Rapper Ice T Has Refreshingly Sane & Sensible Opinion About Twitter Under Elon Musk Louder […]

Gone To The Dogs

— by Wombat-socho O, the shame. O, the embarrassment. While compiling the last book post, I inadvertently omitted The Best Tweets From Actuary Problem Dog, originally recommended by In The Mailbox’s Favorite Actuary, Mary Pat (“Meep”) Campbell. While this may seem to be an extremely niche joke book, a lot of what Actuary Problem Dog […]

People Never Ask Me for Advice

My brother Kirby and I had just finished eating lunch at Primanti Brothers and were enjoying a post-prandial smoke when, for no apparent reason, he brought up the subject of the New England Patriots. But why bring it up? This is obviously a painful topic for me to think about, especially after The Dumbest Play […]

In The Mailbox: 12.20.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Sadly, This Is Not Babylon Bee Or The Onion EBL: Harvey Weinstein found guilty regarding one victim in California criminal trial, It’s A Wonderful Life, and The Murder Turtle Sells Out the GOP Base (again) Twitchy: Man With WW1 Explosive Lodged In […]

Why Was the Department of Justice Spying on Republican Congressional Staff?

Something for Jim Jordan’s committee to investigate: In an extraordinary intrusion on congressional oversight, the Justice Department used grand jury subpoenas to secretly obtain the personal email and phone data of at least two top House Intelligence Committee investigators back in November 2017 just as they and their boss, then-Chairman Devin Nunes, were assembling bombshell […]

In The Mailbox: 12.19.22

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Hollywood Getting Woke & Becoming Irrelevant EBL:  Black Adam, Musk Done At Twitter? and So how is the Avatar sequel doing at the box office? Twitchy: Here’s the reason liberal women walk with such swag & confidence Louder With Crowder: Taylor Lorenz got […]

The Dumbest Play in NFL History

As unexpected disasters go, Sunday’s game was for New England Patriots fans what the Hindenburg crash was for the zeppelin industry. The Patriots, at 7-6, were clear contenders for a Wild Card playoff berth coming into the game against the 5-8 Las Vegas Raiders. With a win, they would have solidified their status as contenders […]

A Book Post For Hanukkah

— by Wombat-socho You know it’s been too long since the last book post when you have to go back and look at the archives to see when you did the last one and what you covered. I’ll try to do better next year, if I can pry myself away from the damn video games… […]

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