The Other McCain

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

Election Results HQ: The Check Engine Light Is Flashing for ‘Bidenomics’ UPDATE: Dem Reelected Ky. Governor UPDATE: Dems Hold Virginia Senate

UPDATE 8:50 p.m. ET: The networks just called the Kentucky election. Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear holds off GOP challenger Daniel Cameron. UPDATE 9:15 p.m. ET: The networks have also called Ohio’s abortion rights referendum, which appears set to pass with about 57%. By the way, I’m watching election coverage on CNN (so you don’t have […]

In The Mailbox: 11.07.23 (Morning Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: I Can’t Wait Until We Have Socialized Medicine EBL: Even Bernie Sanders Rejects A Ceasefire In Gaza, also, Five Nights at Freddy’s Twitchy: “Spelled MURDER Wrong”, If Gaza Has No Electricity How Do They Explain This? and Two Officers To […]

‘Kill All You Little Crackers’

“I’d be willing to speculate,” my brother Kirby said, when I mentioned that the Nashville shooter’s “manifesto” had finally been leaked, “that this person’s brain got poisoned during the lockdown. They went down a rabbit hole, and never came back.” And that’s almost certainly correct. Like me, my brother is a longtime student of criminal […]

Rule Five Sunday: O, Canada

— compiled by Wombat-socho Your seasonal reminder that the N in National Hockey League does not stand for los Estados Unidos, and that as long as Canada’s Sun newspapers are still publishing their Sunshine Girls, not everything has turned to crap north of the border in the Old Country*. This week’s example of Canadian pulchritude […]

Seems Kind of … Insurrection-y

Some insurrections are more equal than others: A group of anti-Israel protesters who participated in a large demonstration Saturday in Washington, DC, attempted to storm the White House and chanted slogans such as “Allahu Akbar” while calling for the destruction of Israel in favor of a Palestinian state. . . . There were reports of […]

FMJRA 2.0: Miracle on East Capitol Street

— compiled by Wombat-socho In the long and mostly inglorious history of the Washington Senators in Pete’s continual draft league, there is no team that has defeated us more often than Dom Carden’s Minnesota Twins, now the Kansas City Royals. So it was with some foreboding that our lads awaited the arrival of the Royals […]

Rolling Stone Has Become the SPLC?

One sentence in this Rolling Stone article caught my attention: Dolly Parton knows Kid Rock can be, uh, polarizing but she decided to release “Either Or,” her duet with the Bud Light-blasting personality anyway. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the Country Music (and Rock & Roll) Hall of Fame member said she could […]

In The Mailbox: 11.03.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Elon Musk v. George Soros Director Blue: Exclusive Hamas v. Israel Cheat Sheet EBL: What’s Your Opening Line? Twitchy: Rashida Tlaib Doubles Down, Spits In Our Eyes, & Tells Us It’s […]

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