The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 02.28.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts, even if I am at Confinement with Instapundit and a passel of excellent SF & fantasy writers. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Guns, Fun, and Preconceptions EBL: Michelle Trachtenberg, RIP, Gene Hackman, RIP, Zelensky Conference […]

Zelenskyy Gets Pimp-Slapped on Live TV by Trump in White House Meeting UPDATE: Lindsey Graham Blames Zelenskyy for ‘Complete, Utter Disaster’

“Pimp-slapped,” metaphorically speaking, of course. This event has astonished the world. When it happened, my office TV was tuned to Fox News, but I immediately switched over to MSNBC to see how they were reacting and . . . Well, it would be wrong to say it’s driven them crazy, as they’ve been non compos […]

In The Mailbox: 02.27.25 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: Top 20 FBI Fun Facts – Comey Edition 357 Magnum: The 1993 Bombing of the World Trade Center EBL: The Bride | La sposa, Volkswagen Song, The Heimatdamisch : Highway to Hell, and Jake Tapper Has No Shame Twitchy: NSA Insider […]

In The Mailbox: 02.26.25 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Long drive in from Tonopah and an 0330 wakeup meant no blogging last night. If I hadn’t gotten a little sleep on the flight to Nashville, you wouldn’t be seeing this.  Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Florida Man – No Shirt, No Shoes, No Police Cruiser […]

In The Mailbox: 02.25.25 (Morning Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Born Lucky: They Don’t Know What Time It Is Director Blue: Forecasting The Future Of The West 357 Magnum: Texans Are Still Armed EBL: Germany’s Elections Did Not Go Well For The Left, Dan Bongino Named Deputy FBI Director, Polytechnique, The Loneliest Planet, […]

Career Advice for Young Men

If you want to be great — not just good, mind you, but great, an all-time legend — my advice to any ambitious young man is this: Drop out of school at age 12 and go to work in a coal mine. Such was the decisive career move of a young fellow named Johannes, one […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Demure, Relaxed, & In Her Lane

— compiled by Wombat-socho Another fine filly courtesy of Rule 5 Texan. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. ANIMAL MAGNETISM: Rule 5 CPAC Friday, and the Saturday Gingermageddon. EBL: Saturday Night Girls With Guns, Nanci Griffith, Malcolm X, Make CPAC Fun Again, Nixon In China, MAGA FBI Director Kash Patel, Sanna Marin […]

FMJRA 2.0: Aspiring to Mediocrity

— compiled by Wombat-socho Took two out of three from Atlanta on Tuesday and then lost two out of three to Pete’s Brewers. Spaceman Lee got two of the wins and Charlie Hough got the other in relief against the Bravos. Picked up several good hitters in the draft, but they ain’t hitting, and meanwhile […]

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