The Other McCain

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

The Wonderful Joys of ‘Progress’

“In our day, innovations march with so rapid a stride that they quite take away one’s breath. The fantastical project of yesterday, which was mentioned only to be ridiculed, is to-day the audacious reform, and will be to-morrow the accomplished fact.” — R.L. Dabney, 1871 The person now known as Stacie Marie Laughton went by […]

In The Mailbox: 06.23.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho Anybody have “Russian civil war during bloody unsuccessful foreign misadventure” on their 2023 bingo cards? Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Tesla, Batteries, & Human Rights Abuses EBL: Dreaming about Ocean Gate Twitchy: Mercenary Rebellion Against Russia?, […]

Crazy People Are Dangerous

Everyone agrees that the late James Windale Lanier had “been dealing with mental health issues,” as WCTI-TV put it. But despite the relevance of this information to Lanier’s untimely demise earlier this year, I’ve been unable to find any media account that specifies how these “issues” had been diagnosed or treated. Because I’m not a […]

Now That We’re All Dead …

In case you missed it, humanity was wiped out Tuesday, according to angry Swedish adolescent Greta Thunberg who, for some reason, decided it was prudent to delete that tweet. Her apocalyptic prediction is part of a long series of false prophecies by environmental doomsayers following in the failed footsteps of Population Bomb author Paul Ehrlich […]

In The Mailbox: 06.22.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho The Big Based Book Sale! Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Keeping Criminals In Jail Is Unfair – Canadian Edition EBL: House of Representatives Censures Rep. Adam Schiff, also, Titanic Sub Suffered Catastrophic Failure – All are lost Twitchy: IRS Says Hunter Deducted Hooker Payments From Taxes, Jamie […]

‘Five Passengers Set Sail That Day for a Three-Hour Tour … a Three-Hour Tour’

Why did the Gilligan’s Island theme song come to mind when I was watching TV report the loss of the OceanGate Titan? The U.S. Coast Guard has confirmed that the debris found of the Titanic tourist submersible Titan “is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel.” All passengers of the Titan are presumed to […]

White Privilege or … Biden Privilege?

Decided against making this another Aspiring Rapper Update, but the lawyer for imprisoned Florida rapper Kodak Black makes an important point: Nobody else — certainly not a black man — would have gotten the sweetheart deal Hunter Biden got from the Department of Justice. Rapper Kodak Black’s Lawyer Slams DOJ’s Prison-Free Plea Deal with Hunter […]

In The Mailbox: 06.21.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho The Big Based Book Sale Is Live! Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Sunrise at Stonehenge, also, Solstice Twitchy: House Censures Rep. Schiff – Democrats Throw Tantrum, Court Denies Motion To Dismiss Defamation Suit against Taylor Lorenz, and Trans Child From MTV Documentary Now Detransitioning Louder With Crowder: “Yellowstone” […]

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