The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 06.25.25 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Call For Fantasy & SF Authors – Epic Indie Summer Books Sale! Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Is Anything In Your Car Worth Your Life? EBL: Flight Risk, DANCING PLAGUE, and CEASEFIRE BETWEEN IRAN AND ISRAEL? Twitchy: Mary Katherine Ham’s Sarcastic Take on History’s Next “Perfect” […]

NYC Goes Full Zimbabwe

Never go full Zimbabwe. You can order a $10 trillion Zimbabwe note online for under $25, which is still more than its actual value as currency, but rather reflects what it’s worth as a collector’s item, a memento of the kleptocratic regime of Robert Mugabe. New York City doesn’t issue its own currency, so we […]

In The Mailbox: 06.23.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho The Based Book Sale continues! Over 2000 books sold so far! Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: Top 20 Most Blatant Democrat Lies  357 Magnum: Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0 EBL: Duster, Danielle Trotta, 100 Foot Wave, “Bomb Iran“, and The Next Mayor of New York? […]

Rule 5 Sunday: In The Sun

— compiled by Wombat-socho It’s for everyone. This week’s appetizer courtesy of kbdabear on X; SOTD (as if you didn’t know) from Blondie’s first album.  Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. ANIMAL MAGNETISM:  Vacation Totty I, II, III, IV, First Day of Summer, and the Saturday Gingermageddon.  EBL: Saturday Night Girls With Guns, The Right […]

FMJRA 2.0: Before The Deluge

— compiled by Wombat-socho Well, it could have been worse. We lost two out of three to the Cardinals in St. Louis and then came home to take two of three from the Tribe. Spaceman Lee picked up the lone win against the Cards, going the distance in a 5-0 shutout, and then gave up […]

How Trump Ruined the Media’s Weekend

Oh, sure, it was a bad Saturday for the Ayatollah, but try to imagine what it was like for the news media. Suppose you’re the lead national security reporter for the Washington Post or the New York Times. It’s a Saturday in June, so maybe you’re out at the beach for the weekend, having a […]

What the Heck Is Wrong With Florida?

Sometimes you encounter a story that makes you so angry that words cannot express the intensity of your rage, and such is the case with Florida’s new “super speeder” law. Here’s the short version: Gov. Ron DeSantis just signed a new measure creating extra criminal penalties for extreme speeding, marking the state’s latest move to […]

NY Times on the Left’s Skrmetti Bungle: ‘Somebody Set Up Us the Bomb’

The Left will sometimes admit to tactical mistakes, e.g., “Maybe it was a bad idea to pretend Joe Biden was ‘sharp as a tack’ and fit for another four years.” On rare occasions, the Left will even acknowledge errors of strategy, e.g., when Bill Clinton went out of his way during the 1992 campaign to […]

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