The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 06.12.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: What Would You Do If You Called 911 And They Ignored You? EBL: Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber, Chesterton Sunday, Elizabeth Schuyler, and The Great War of Archimedes Twitchy: Here’s How Sesame Street Sells Pride Month To Kids, Johns Hopkins: […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Frank Kelly Freas

— compiled by Wombat-socho One of the great science fiction artists of the late 20th century was Frank Kelly Freas, who usually went by Kelly. and whose artistic talent was matched by being just a really neat and friendly guy. I was blessed by being able to hang around with him at various DC-area SF […]

FMJRA 2.0: Road Warriors

— compiled by Wombat-socho SOTD: Weekend Warriors A good start to the 1971 season for my Senators! Yes, we dropped two of three to the Royals (were Twins) since Dom Carden is a tough and canny manager, but we came back to sweep Pete’s Brewers (were Pilots) at Milwaukee. Se we’re four and two after […]

No Heroes for You, Whitey: Albany, N.Y., Has ‘Cancelled’ Gen. Philip Schuyler

Decades have now passed since left-wing activists started a ruckus about the Confederate flag that had long flown over the South Carolina statehouse. It occurred to me at the time that, if the flag couldn’t be flown there — where the South Carolina convention had voted to secede from the Union, thus precipitating the war […]

Five — Count ’Em, FIVE — Flaming Skulls for FBI Whistleblower Report on Biden

Ace of Spades believes this is a report of extreme urgency, and therefore awarded the story one flaming skull alert for each of the five million dollars allegedly paid to then-Vice President Joe Biden by a member of the Burisma board. And by “member of the Burisma board,” of course I mean, corrupt Ukrainian oligarch. […]

In The Mailbox: 06.09.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: How Is That Bail Reform Working Out? EBL: Pat Robertson, RIP, $5 MILLION BRIBE TO “BIG GUY” BIDEN BY BURISMA?, TRUMP INDICTED OVER MAR-A-LAGO DOCUMENTS, and Who Destroyed The Kakhovka Dam […]

Right-Wing Trump Supporter Charged in Murder of Black Transgender Woman

As everyone knows, transphobic racist Republicans are constantly terrorizing LGBTQ people of color in cities like Atlanta: Atlanta police on high alert after 2 Black trans women shot to death a week apart April 21, 2023 ATLANTA — Police are working to determine if the murders of two Black transgender metro Atlanta women a week […]

‘Other Unruly Acts’ in Killadelphia

SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) is the public transportation system in Philadelphia and the resemblance of the acronym to septic is merely coincidental, but given the unhealthy conditions on SEPTA trains and buses — reeking of urine, etc. — it is an appropriate coincidence. In addition to the homeless drug addicts who plague the SEPTA […]

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