The Other McCain

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Rule 5 Sunday: Face Time

— compiled by Wombat-socho This week’s appetizer courtesy of Rule 5 Texan on X. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. ANIMAL MAGNETISM: Rule Five Jurassic Park Friday and the Saturday Gingermageddon. EBL: Saturday Night Girls With Guns, MAGA Thanksgiving, Thais Meditation, The Girl Next Door, Pilgrim Ladies, Upload Season 3, Vintage Thanksgiving, Wild Turkey […]

Crazy People Are Dangerous

When weighing career opportunities, most of us never give any consideration to cult leader as a job worth pursuing. However, I’ve spent some time contemplating the pros and cons of such a gig, and reached the conclusion that I’m simply not cut out for that kind of work. For starters, to be an effective cult […]

FMJRA 2.0: Night Train

— compiled by Wombat-socho A good week for Senators fans. Took two out of three from the Twins and then went to Busch Stadium, where we swept the Cardinals. Pat Dobson notched his 13th and 14th wins, Joe Coleman got his 13th, and Moe Drabowsky & Darold Knowles picked up wins in relief. At this […]

The Swampeoisie are the Colonial Occupiers

by Smitty So, if Michael Hayden is equating armed, religiously faithful Americans with Hamas, does that mean that Hayden and the Swampeoisie are the Colonial Occupiers? While I reject General Hayden in general (heh) and his cheap smear in particular, if he’s stipulating a false equivalence between patriots and terrorists, at some point, it could […]

Geert Wilders Wins; Left Freaks Out

Stunning news this week from the Netherlands: Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom (PVV) have swept to a stunning victory in Dutch elections, with exit polls predicting that his populist anti-mass migration party will become the largest force in the House of Representatives in the Netherlands. . . . Performing in a way that […]

In The Mailbox: 11.24.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. SOTD Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas esse delendam. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: He Suffered A Failure Of The Victim Selection Process Director Blue: Mark Levin – Congress Must Investigate The Traitor Anthony Blinken EBL: New York Times’s Nick Kristof and […]

Police Have Not Named Suspect in Stabbing That Sparked Dublin Riot

Various online sources say it was an Algerian immigrant, but I’m not finding that from any official source: Gardaí [i.e., Irish police] investigating the stabbing attack on children in Dublin city centre have searched the accommodation of the chief suspect in the case. The man’s laptop and telephone have also been seized for searching as […]

In The Mailbox: 11.23.22 (Thanksgiving Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Of the many things I am thankful for in these wretched and depressing times, I am most thankful for two things: first, the commentariat here at The Other McCain, who extended a host of helping hands a few years ago when I was living in the barracks for homeless veterans after […]

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