The Other McCain

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

Bad Movies for Bad People

MINNEAPOLIS We’ve got a long layover before the next leg of our flight back home from Alaska, which gives me an opportunity to explain what was wrong with the lousy in-flight movie on the way here from Anchorage. What was wrong with Need for Speed (2014) can be summarized succinctly — everything. It stars Aaron […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Karen Allen

— compiled by Wombat-socho After her memorable debut as Katy in Animal House, Karen Allen appeared in a sizable number of movies, but people probably remember her best as Marion Ravenwood, the feisty feminine foil to Harrison Ford’s adventurous archaeologist in Raiders of the Lost Ark and its sequels, including the (apparently) regrettable Dial of […]

I Guess SCOTUS Decisions Are Constitutional Amendments?

by Smitty Via Legal Insurrection, it appears that, per the Biden Administration’s illustrious peat muppetPress Secretary, SCOTUS decisions are tantamount to Constitutional Amendments: “This is really, really important and I know the American people are really tracking this, as they should be. Dobbs decision, that was something that was decided on a year ago. Really […]

The Beauty of Alaska

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON Kings Mountain reaches an altitude of 5,800 feet above sea level, towering nearly 3,000 feet above the Matanuska River valley below, and there’s really no way that a photo can convey the impression of standing there in person looking up at that massive peak in three-dimensional space. Breathtaking is all I can […]

FMJRA 2.0: Ludwig Revisited – Cozy Ludwig

— compiled by Wombat-socho So after getting whupped in Philadelphia, the Senators boarded the train to Baltimore hoping to regain their road warrior mojo, but it was not to be: while Joe Coleman won the opener to balance his record at 2-2, Pat Dobson got outdueled by Andy Messersmith and Jim Kaat got pounded in […]

In The Mailbox: 07.07.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Anybody know what’s going on with Weasel Zippers? Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Self-Defense In The Windy City, also, Stay EBL: Sound of Freedom beat Indiana Jones at the box office? Twitchy: Special K’s Biden Coke […]

National Media Instantly Sends Philly Mass Shooter Down the Memory Hole

Most “mass shootings” in urban America are actually shootouts between rival gangs, or personal disputes that turn into gunfights in crowded areas where bystanders are among the killed and wounded. And, since we’re clarifying phrases, let’s admit that “urban America” is a polite euphemism for where black people live. We have been taught by the […]

In The Mailbox: 07.06.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho I have three subscriptions to Jeff Goldstein’s Protein Wisdom Reborn Substack thingy to give away. First three members of the commentariat who ask for one get them. Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Copium – A Rare Drug Used By Hollywood To Deal With Failure EBL: Who brought […]

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