The Other McCain

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In The Mailbox: 07.03.24 (Evening Edition)

Posted on | July 4, 2024 | No Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o’clock on that July afternoon in 1863, the brigades are in position behind the rail fence, the guns are laid and ready in the woods and the furled flags are already loosened to break out and Pickett himself with his long oiled ringlets and his hat in one hand probably and his sword in the other looking up the hill waiting for Longstreet to give the word and it’s all in the balance, it hasn’t happened yet, it hasn’t even begun yet, it not only hasn’t begun yet but there is still time for it not to begin against that position and those circumstances… (William Faulkner)

“General Lee, I have no division.” – Maj. Gen. George Pickett, after the fatal charge
Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt.

Lewis Armistead reaches the crest of Cemetery Ridge.

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: Lucasfilm No Longer Understands Visual Storytelling
EBL: Gettysburg, Joe “Old Yeller” Biden, MAGA SCOTUS, and There is a special day tomorrow
Twitchy: NYT Executive Editor Claims They’ve Stayed On Biden’s Mental Acuity At Every Turn, Theory – Joe Biden Was Zapped By A Disorienting Microwave Weapon Before The Debate, and You May Literally Have To Kill Your Friends And Family Members Who Support Trump
Louder With Crowder: Woman has major MELTDOWN after a nurse breaks the news that her mask is useless
Vox Popoli: Recognize Good Rhetoric, This is No Black Pill, An Unwise Choice, Fake Democracy in France, and Bad Idea Jeans: Neil Gaiman edition
L’Ombre de L’Olivier: What Have The Tories Done For Us?
Postcards From Barsoom: Fear

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: The Debate, AI and Piggies
American Conservative: The VA Must Stop Working for Illegals
American Greatness: Occasional Cortex Threatens to Impeach Supreme Court Justices Over Immunity Ruling, DC Gulag Bodycam Video Confirms J6 Prisoner Was Pepper-Sprayed in the Face Twice, Raising ‘Serious Questions and Concerns,’, Missouri AG Andrew Bailey Files Suit Against New York For ‘Hijacking Presidential Election’ With Lawfare Campaign Against Trump, and House Committee Says CIA Contractors Conspired with Biden Campaign
American Thinker: Barack Obama and the Stupidity of the American Voter, How TDS Destroyed the Democrats, The Communist Plan That Has Subverted Our Intel Agencies, and What Now that the Gaslighting is Over?
Animal Magnetism: Goodbye, Blue Monday, Animal’s Daily Immunity News, and Animal’s Hump Day News
Babalu Blog: Castro dictatorship declares Cuba to be in a ‘wartime economy’, Private vendors in Santiago de Cuba have their merchandise confiscated by Castro dictatorship, Lifestyles of the Rich and Communist: The jet-set life of Tony Castro, Fidel Castro’s son, and Pregnant women in Cuban hospital fed worm-infested meals
BattleSwarm: Guess How Many UT Protesters Were Charged, Texas Democratic Party Chair Says Election Fraud Is Real, Roundup Of Dem Panic Over Slow Joe, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Fascist France, and Knives Out For Biden Roundup
Behind The Black: Firefly’s Alpha rocket launches eight smallsats into orbit, Two German-built spy satellites apparently failed immediately after launch, Las Vegas space-related resort (claiming it will be a spaceport) gets FAA airport license, SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites, Centrifuge research on ISS suggests some artificial gravity can mitigate negative effects of weightlessness, and Pushback: Jury awards former BlueCross researcher almost $700K for firing her vindicatively for not getting the jab
Cafe Hayek: High Chinese EV Sales Are Not Evidence of the Success of Tariffs or Industrial Policy, Beijing Wants to Reduce China’s Trade Surplus, “But Also What If?”, and The Compass Remains Broken
CDR Salamander: Caroline Glick’s Failed Doctrines
Chicago Boyz: Lewis vs Haldane: Another Look, also, Shall It Be Sustained?
Da Tech Guy: Joe Biden and Jeffrey Epstein – It Wasn’t a Disaster Until YOU knew about it, An updated list of reasons to oppose J.B. Pritzker for president, Now You Know Why Joe Biden Bypassed the New Hampshire Primary, The DC Bubble, and Joe Biden, Sir Humphry, and the Deep State’s Dream Candidate, or,  Who is Actually the President?
Don Surber: Thomas v. Biden. Ha ha ha
First Street Journal: “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”, Joltin’ Joe Biden is going to fight on! Denial is not a river in Egypt, What about the right to a speedy trial? and We have a President willing to play nuclear patty-cake with Vladimir Putin, and he’s only lucid six hours a day?
Gates Of Vienna: Queer Liberation is Palestinian Liberation, Hooligans for a Ceasefire, Arguments Arise and Knives Emerge, German Trans Leftist to Face Justice in Hungary, and German Muslims Should Vote for the AfD!
The Geller Report: U.S. Military Bases on High Alert for Terror Attack, also, Desperate Macron’s Endorsement of Islamic Terror Groups “Antisemitic,’ ‘Pro-Hamas’ Far Left Shocks French Jews
Hollywood In Toto: Bill Maher’s Shameless Attempts to Gaslight America, Hudsucker Proxy – From Flop to Cult Classic, Eddie Murphy Goes Woke in the Worst Way, Five Fascinating Lessons from Horizon’s Sluggish Start, and Why MaXXXine Lives Down to Its Seedy Roots
The Lid: July 4th, Independence Day… For Those Who Actually Remember It
Legal Insurrection: Illegal Crossings Explode at Northern Border Since Biden Didn’t Include it in His ‘Crackdown’, Independence Day Costs Skyrocket Under Biden, Biden to Sit for First Post-Debate Interview With Former Bill Clinton Staffer George Stephanopoulos, Joe Biden: ‘I’m Not Leaving’, Video Shows Jewish NYC Banker was Attacked by ‘Queers for Palestine’ Mob Before Fighting Back, and Israeli Airstrike Eliminates Top Hezbollah Terror Commander in South Lebanon
Michele Catalano: no time for hate
Nebraska Energy Observer: Saturday  – just for you, Canada Day, Debate Aftermath, Risk, Failure, and Success, Please stand, and Treason Day Eve
Outkick: Tim Howard Says US Soccer Should Pursue Jurgen Klopp, With His Help, Texas A&M And AD Trev Alberts Forgetting His Sneaky Little Exit From Nebraska, Bronny James’ Contract Is An Embarrassment To The NBA, Las Vegas Aces Vet Pulls Incredible Classy Move After Caitlin Clark’s Hard Tumble, Major League Baseball All-Star Starters Are A Mixed Bag, and Riley Gaines Triggers The Left With Guns, Hooters Girls Say Goodbye & Wimbledon Streaker Rips Off Her Apron
Power Line: The Comedy Continues, The Kamala Zeitgeist, and Stark Raving Mad
Shark Tank: Ahead Of Jobs Report, Rick Scott Calls Biden A Liar Over Job Numbers
Shot In The Dark: A Pattern, The Keystone Prosecutors, Plan B, Stay The Curse, News Flash, America Takes A Six-Month “Lid”, and The Curmudgeons For The Win
The Political Hat: An Uncanny Election Year
This Ain’t Hell: Biden to award two MoHs tomorrow, IDF warnings ignored prior to Oct. 7, Afghanistan withdrawal had Donald Trump been in the White House, and The Dark Psychology of Politics
Transterrestrial Musings: “The Imperial Presidency”, The Three “Ds” Of The Climate Agenda, Teaching Students To Think, and Starship Flight Four
Victory Girls: Sonia Sotomayor Doesn’t Know Shite About The Military
Volokh Conspiracy: Thoughts on the Trump Immunity Decision
Watts Up With That: Major Utility Provider Cuts Thousands Of Customers’ Power To Prevent Wildfires From Breaking Out, Audubon:  Frightful Fundraising, and What Happened To That “Wettest Summer”, Met Office?
The Federalist: Disney’s Emotional Inside Out 2 Is Tailor-Made For A Therapy-Obsessed Culture, Help Find The Grave Of This 14-Year-Old Who Fought For U.S. Independence, The Administrative State Is Too Big If It Can Write Its Own Criminal Laws, July 4 Has Always Been About Resisting Tyranny, And This Year Is No Exception, Heartbreaking Stories Of Detransitioners Expose The Damaging Transgender Cult, and Russia Hoaxer Marc Elias’ Firm Sues To Let Foreign Billionaires Buy Ohio Elections
Mark Steyn: The Plot Thickens, Jaws – You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Theatre, Border Jumping, Singin’ in the Rain, and Far Cries

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