The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 06.05.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: The Fake School Shooting EBL: Colonel Bagshot – Six Day War, also, MAGA Musk Thermonuclear Meme War Twitchy: JD Vance Shows Why He’s The Best VP Ever With Perfect Tension-Breaker, Jessica Tarlov Lies About Why ICE Agents Are Masking Up, and […]

In The Mailbox: 06.04.25 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Mother Defends Her Daughter EBL: Chinese spies/saboteurs bring harmful fungi to US, Supreme Court Significantly Narrows NEPA Environmental Reviews, Blue Cheese, Decker Sisters Murdered, and Comrade Brennan worried about Trump coming after him Twitchy: Charges Dropped Against Deputy Who Punched A […]

In The Mailbox: 06.04.25 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Call For Authors: Summer 2025 Based Books Sale Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: There is Not Enough Copper for Net Zero EBL: Elegy for Dunkirk : Atonement, also, Casey at the Bat* Twitchy: Elon Musk Calls The Big Beautiful Bill A Disgusting Abomination, If You Thought […]

In The Mailbox: 06.02.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Thanks to everyone who bought stuff through my Amazon links last month! Doug Hagin’s trying to get his knee fixed and climb up from the bottom of Maslow’s Pyramid.  I don’t remember if I mentioned this Friday, but Son of Silvercon’s first guest of Honor, Maggie Hogarth, has a kickstarter going […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Lewis Grizzard Memorial Post

— compiled by Wombat-socho Has Lewis Grizzard* really been dead for 21+ years? Doesn’t seem possible. He was a funny guy, and what reminded me of him was seeing this pic and thinking of his differentiation between “naked” and “nekkid”: “Naked is when you don’t have any clothes on; nekkid is when you don’t have […]

Terror Attack in Colorado: Fire-Bomber Targets Pro-Israel Demonstration UPDATE: Illegal Alien From Egypt!

Multiple sources say Mohamad Soliman is the name of the perpetrator, but I don’t know if we have an official confirmation of that name. At any rate, this was a particularly gruesome attack: A suspect is in custody after an attack Sunday on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado. At least five people were injured […]

FMJRA 2.0: The Agony of Defeat

— compiled by Wombat-socho Much like Vinko Bogataj, immortalized forever as the epitome of miserable defeat, the Senators staggered to a miserable 1-5 finish this week, losing two of three to the Bravos at the Launching Pad before coming home and getting swept in three hard-fought games by Pete’s Brewers. The only win this week […]

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