The Other McCain

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

Rule 5 Sunday: South American Cowgirl

— compiled by Wombat-socho I really need to take better notes on who these gals are and where I find them on X. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. ANIMAL MAGNETISM: Rule Five Ask Animal Friday and the Saturday Gingermageddon. EBL: Saturday Night Girls With Guns, Surprised By Oxford, “Little Latin Lupe […]

The ‘Investigative Journalist’ Grift and the Dangerous ‘Viral’ Style of Ian Carroll

Y’all remember Barrett Brown, don’t you? He first popped onto my radar in late 2009. Just about the time I was finished with the Charles Johnson/LGF affair, Barrett Brown decides to do some kind of thing “exposing” me as a dangerous neo-Confederate white supremacist, to which my basic response was: I’m watching you, boy. About […]

FMJRA 2.0: Return to Mediocrity

— compiled by Wombat-socho SOTD Took two out of three from the Daytraders at Lida Junction on the way back to Tonopah Tuesday; Pat Dobson got one of his two wins this week and Coleman evened up his record at 6-6. Didn’t do so well against the Twins on Friday, losing two very close games […]

In The Mailbox: 03.07.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: When Seconds Count, Police Are Hours Away Director Blue: The Evolution of Corruption EBL: Bald Eagle Cams, also, Mark Steyn Got Some Good News in the Mann Case Twitchy: Hackmans’ […]

BUSTED: ‘Anti-Poverty’ Democrat Activist Joe Sanberg Accused of Massive Fraud

Veteran blogger Lawrence Person has a long post examining the (alleged) $145 million scam (allegedly) perpetrated by Joe Sanberg, who at one point was considered a “rising star” in the Democratic Party and even talked about as a potential presidential candidate. The extra use of “allegedly” in my lead is necessitated by the fact that, […]

In The Mailbox: 03.06.25 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Anti-Oil Protestors Sabotage Electric SUVs EBL: T. S. Eliot reading Ash Wednesday, Cabrini, and The Siege and Battle of the Alamo: Day 13 Twitchy: Cowardly Journalist Who Never Left His Desk Mocks Marine That Did, Gov. Hairgel Flatters Charlie Kirk To […]

Why Has the ‘Valuable Resource’ Known as 538 Been Summarily Discarded?

While I await the arrival of Sidney Blumenthal’s book The Permanent Campaign — ordered from Amazon yesterday, because I need to reference it for a future American Spectator column — permit me to climb aboard the bandwagon of those celebrating this happy news: Disney axed Nate Silver’s once-influential FiveThirtyEight on Wednesday as part of sweeping […]

In The Mailbox: 03.06.25 (Morning Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Maybe I’ll be able to stay up late enough tonight to get the evening edition done. Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Arkansas Is NOT a Place to Run from Police, also Texans Are Still Armed Director Blue: Top 20 Democrat Ironies EBL: Homestead, also, State Of The […]

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