The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 07.10.25 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho The Epic Indie Summer Book Sale is on! Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Alcohol Can Be Hazardous to Your Health EBL: Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan, Graf Zeppelin Airship, and How could there be no Epstein client list? Twitchy: Brit Hume Nuke Hillary With […]

In The Mailbox: 07.08.25 (Morning Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Obligatory seriousness about the America Party Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: Reimagining Security Clearances 357 Magnum: Wyoming Opens Most Government Buildings to Concealed Carry, also Ozzy’s Last Performance EBL: Sherlock & Daughter, The Battle of Hubbardton, Heads of State, Barbara Alyn Woods, and Flash floods—how do the […]

Terrorism in Texas: Michigan Maniac Opens Fire on Border Facility in McAllen

As of 6 p.m. ET Monday, we know nothing about the shooter’s background or motive, but we all probably have our hunches: Law enforcement officials in McAllen, Texas, shot and killed a man after he opened fire with a rifle on a Border Patrol facility, the latest in increasing violent attacks on federal immigration and […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Surf’s Up

— compiled by Wombat-socho This week’s appetizer courtesy of kbdabear on X. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. ANIMAL MAGNETISM: Happy Independence Day, and the Saturday Gingermageddon. EBL: Saturday Night Girls With Guns, Happy 4th of July, John Adams – Declaration of Independence, MAGA Big Beautiful Bill, Declaration of Independence Vote, Cha […]

A Notorious Menace to Public Safety

Say hello to Da’shontay “Day Day” King and, while you’re at it, go ahead and say good-bye, because Day Day got shot to death by a cop in Racine, Wisconsin, in May 2022. The reason I’m writing this up now is kind of a long story, and let me preface this by repeating what I’ve […]

FMJRA 2.0: Not Long Before The End

— compiled by Wombat-socho After a week like this, I’m tempted to let the robot run the team for our last series on Thursday in Pittsburgh, but that would be dishonorable. We lost two out of three to the Red Sox. the sole win coming as Dave Sells vultured a win off Jim Kaat by […]

Chicago Celebrates 4th of July With Patriotism and Deadly Gunfire

But, yeah, mainly it was the gunfire: Seven people were hospitalized following another mass shooting Friday night in Chicago, this time on the city’s Southwest Side. It happened after 11 p.m. in the 4800 block of South Justine Street in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. Chicago police said officers responded to a call of […]

In The Mailbox: 07.04.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. The famous Gettysburg Address was actually delivered on October 19, but it’s the logical capstone to posts about the battle. What people tend to forget is that Lincoln’s now-famous speech wasn’t the main event that day. Rather, a then-famous orator, Edward Everett, went […]

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