The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 07.05.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho Thanks to everyone who bought stuff through my Amazon links in June. Very much appreciated! Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Even Financial Analysts Can Recognize Reality When It Hits Them In The Face EBL: Alan Arkin, RIP, Happy Belated Canada Day , and Cocaine Twitchy: Sussex Police Report […]

Anonymous Official: We May Never Know Who Had Cocaine at the White House

Politico gets the “inside” source: Law enforcement officials confirmed on Wednesday that cocaine was found at the White House over the weekend. But one official familiar with the investigation . . . (Who may be Merrick Garland, or maybe not. Who knows?) . . . cautioned that the source of the drug was unlikely to […]

An Alaska Fourth of July Tradition

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON “What do you mean, no fireworks?” It was then explained to me that, because it never gets fully dark in Alaska during the Midnight Sun season, a fireworks display is impractical. What do Alaskans do for the Fourth of July? They go to Glacier View — about 100 miles northeast of Anchorage, […]

In The Mailbox: 07.03.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho Well, it’ll be a lot shorter, because Feedly is acting up. To fill the time that you otherwise would have spent on those blogs, go read The Killer Angels, This Hallowed Ground, Stephen Sears’ Gettysburg, or Forstchen & Gingrich’s alt-history Gettysburg, the first part of a trilogy that shows how Lee […]

Democrats Kill Each Other in Baltimore; Mayor Blames … Texas, Florida, Alabama?

In 2020, Brandon Scott was elected mayor of Baltimore with more than 70% of the vote in a city whose per-capita violent crime rate (2,027 per 100,000 residents) is nearly twice as high as Chicago (1,099). There’s no sign that this carnage will abate anytime soon: Investigators in Baltimore are searching for multiple suspects in […]

The Consequences of Demonic Influence

The Huffington Post unloaded an 8,000-word feature about a transgender person calling herself/“himself” Renton Sinclair. Perhaps your first reaction to this is to ask, “The Huffington Post still exists?” Yeah, I was surprised, too. In 2011, Arianna Huffington sold out to AOL for $315 million. In 2015, Verizon paid $4.4 billion for AOL. then in […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Elisabeth Giolito

— compiled by Wombat-socho Instagram model Elisabeth (Lis) Giolito was born on May 26 1996, (which would make her 27) and also does professional modeling through Tricia Brink Management. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. ANIMAL MAGNETISM: Rule Five Leftists In America Friday, and the Saturday Gingermageddon. EBL: Saturday Night Girls With Guns, MAGA […]

We Survived Thunder Bird Falls

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON When my son told us we were going for a hike Saturday, my first thought was, “We’re going to get eaten by bears.” A quick Google search (“thunder bird falls + grizzly bear”) turned up several results, including a recent story with this quote: “Bear encounters can happen anywhere in Anchorage, in […]

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