The Other McCain

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

Carnac the Magnificent Knows the Answer

If you’re old enough to remember when late-night TV was actually funny, you remember “Carnac the Magnificent.” In a recurring Tonight Show segment, Johnny Carson portrayed an Eastern mystic whose psychic powers enabled him to discern the answers to questions written inside envelopes which had been “hermetically sealed” and “kept in a mayonnaise jar on […]

In The Mailbox: 10.30.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho Hamas et Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM Average Bubba: Gen Z’s Falling Into The Abyss 357 Magnum: Your Tax Dollars At Work – Or Not, As The Case May Be EBL: Hamas leader Isamil Haniyeh called for Palestinian civilians to die in Gaza (from the comfort of his home […]

While Hamas Supporters Terrorize Jews, Can You Guess What Noah Berlatsky Considers a More Important Menace?

America must beware of “Christofascism,” Berlatsky practically screams. The “white evangelical Christian nationalist tradition” of new House Speaker Mike Johnson, Louisiana Republican, must be stopped: Based on his stated supposedly biblical positions, the Bible in Johnson’s head is a silly, vicious farrago of ignorance and bigotry, and a blueprint for Christofascist tyranny. . . . […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Pre-Halloween Treats

— compiled by Wombat-socho As those of you in the commentariat are well aware by now, last week’s appetizer wasn’t Jewel Staite but SPC Lujan, legendary Army psyops thirst trap. It’s probably just coincidence, but this week KnowYourMeme.com noticed that a lot of dudes (and who knows, probably some gals too) were feasting their eyes […]

FMJRA 2.0: Dinosaur Tales

— compiled by Wombat-socho a good week for the Senators, as we took two out of three from Montreal at home and then went to the Mistake By The Lake to take another two out of three from the Tribe. Despite this, we’re 10.5 games behind the A’s, but still holding on to the fourth […]

Doom-Scrolling a New Holocaust: TikTok’s Pro-Hamas Propaganda

Have you ever wondered why the Left hates LibsOfTikTok so much? Why did Taylor Lorenz think it was necessary to dox Chaya Raichik? All she does — the whole function of LibsOfTikTok — is reposting left-wing TikTok content to Twitter. How did that make Chaya Raichik a target of such vindictive wrath? Hold that thought […]

Maine Manhunt Ends as Authorities Find Body of Lewiston Massacre Gunman

Robert R. Card II “was found dead Friday from a self-inflicted gunshot, ending an intensive two-day search that had the state on edge. . . . Card was found at 7:45 p.m. near the Androscoggin River . . . at a recycling center from which Card had been fired.” In addition to updating that information, […]

In The Mailbox: 10.27.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Old Dads, That Beastie Boys Song Was Not Supposed To Be “No Jews In Brooklyn”, and Tsingtao Beer: Workers Pee In It  Twitchy: Man Connected To The “Doxxing Truck” Gets SWATted, “This […]

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