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

In The Mailbox: 03.13.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: The NYPD Exodus Continues EBL: Depraved Hollywood: Brendan Fraser Accused Hollywood Executive Philip Berk of Rape, Biden Bank Runs: Biden Isn’t Jimmy Stewart and Yellen Isn’t Donna Reed, Banks Go Bust, but Barney is there for Biden, and Gertrude Bell and the […]

Urgent Breaking News: SNL Is … Funny?

Of all the important events happening in the world recently — bank failures, war in Ukraine, whatever — nothing is more shocking than this: Saturday Night Live actually did something funny this week. What’s it been, 15 years? Just about the time Obama became president, the writers at SNL lost the ability to do satire. […]

Bailouts and Bulls***: Fed Officials Claim ‘No Cost to Taxpayers’ in SVB Deal

Less than 72 hours ago, Janet Yellen was saying there wouldn’t be a bailout of Silicon Valley Bank. Now there is a bailout, which everybody is nevertheless trying to pretend is not a bailout: U.S. regulators took control of a second bank Sunday and raced to roll out emergency measures to stem potential spillovers from […]

Late Night With Rule 5 Sunday: Olivia Thirlby

— compiled by Wombat-socho New York native Olivia Thirlby has a fairly extensive filmography and has also appeared on stage as well as in several TV shows, but she is probably best known for her role in the 2012 remake of Dredd, where she plays Judge Cassandra Anderson, a rookie assigned to the title character […]

Freddie deBoer, ‘Elite Overproduction’ and the Inevitability of Competition

One aspect of my personality that most people don’t usually “get” is that I am intensely competitive by nature. The reason this trait is invisible is because, over the years, I found it advantageous to conceal it. “Never let ’em see you sweat” was my philosophy, and I made a point of appearing jocular, happy-go-lucky, […]

FMJRA 2.0: Dr. Destructo

— compiled by Wombat-socho This week’s SOTD is from the soundtrack to the James Caan movie Thief, one of the movies directed by Michael Mann that eventually earned him a shot at making Miami Vice. It’s a dark movie about an ex-con jewel thief trying to go straight who gets dragged back into crime by […]

Idiot Democrat From Houston Doesn’t Have the Faintest Clue Who Bari Weiss Is

How is it that you get yourself elected to Congress and appointed to an important committee, but can’t be bothered to familiarize yourself with the subject matter of a major hearing? If the voters of the 29th District of Texas have any capacity for reflection — notice the word “if” in that phrase — they […]

Death of a ‘Sovereign Citizen’

How many times do I have to repeat myself? I keep saying Crazy People Are Dangerous and yet, despite my warnings, the craziness continues. The SPLC refers to the “Sovereign Citizens Movement,” but since when is psychosis a political agenda? Nevertheless, I’ll quote the SPLC: The contemporary sovereign belief system is based on a decades-old […]

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