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In The Mailbox: 07.04.25

Posted on | July 5, 2025 | No Comments

— 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 on for two hours and almost 14,000 words (as was customary in those days), while Lincoln’s remarks lasted only two minutes…yet those brief remarks are what everyone remembers about that day.
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt.

President Lincoln delivers his remarks at Gettysburg, Nov. 19 1863.

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: The Mythical Modern Audience Also Doesn’t Buy Cars
EBL: James Brown – Living in America, John Adams – Declaration of Independence, and Happy 4th of July
Twitchy: They Can’t Even Win A Meme War, Creative X Users Enjoy Reimagining Jimmy Gomez’ Staged Capitol Steps “Crying” Pic, and Scott Jennings Lays Out Why The Democrats Keep Bleeding Voters
Vox Popoli: China Backs Iran, also, War in the Middle Ages
According To Hoyt: How Bloggers Are Paid, Uniformly Spherical Countries in Frictionless Vacuum, This That And The Other Thing, and Happy Fourth
Monster Hunter Nation: Academy of Outcasts 2
Upstream Reviews: Rebel Heart
The Bugscuffle Gazette:  Happy Independence Day!
Stoic Observations: My Teenaged Bedroom

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Conservative: Trump Makes the Right Move on Syria
American Greatness: ‘Make American Elections Great Again’ MTG Proposes Census Reform Bill, also, Biden Claims European Leaders, Dems and Republicans Are Calling Him as Trump Unravels His ‘Accomplishments’
American Thinker: Happy Birthday USA: A Simple Fix for Healthcare Fraud, and Healthcare Too!
Animal Magnetism: Happy Independence Day!
BattleSwarm: LinkSwarm For July 4
Behind The Black: ULA finally begins stacking Vulcan for next launch, A Martian meteorite discovered in Africa is up for auction, Two Russian satellites are maneuvering toward an American military satellite, and A nation founded on the idea of allowing people to pursue happiness
CDR Salamander: Happy July 4th
Chicago Boyz: Gell-Mann Revisited, The Spirit of ’76, and Shall It Be Sustained?
Da Tech Guy: Hermit of Loreto 2 Planned Parenthood 0
Don Surber: Republicans talk, Trump does
First Street Journal: Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran?
Gates Of Vienna: We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident, also, Groping the Crippled Negro Boy is Forbidden!
The Geller Report: July 4th: Did you know?
The Lid: Liberals Claim Illegals Pay Taxes and Add to Society…The Numbers Don’t Show That at All
Legal Insurrection: China Poised to Target Europe’s Energy Underbelly via Libya, EPA Suspends over 140 Toxic Employees Who Wrote Letter Denouncing Trump Policies, Illinois Keeps Hemorrhaging Young People, Hezbollah Reportedly in Disarray as Thousands of Terrorists Quit After Terror Chief Nasrallah’s Elimination , and Elizabeth Warren 2.0 – NYC Socialist Zohran Mamdani Identified as “Black or African American” on Columbia Application
Matt Taibbi: America Is More Than A Political Argument 
Outkick: Michael Kay Gets Roasted As Juan Soto, Mets, Extend Yankees Losing Streak, Chicago Cubs Set New Home Run Record On Historic Fourth Of July, One NHL Team Is Bringing A Wild Horse To Its Development Camp, Joey Chestnut Wins Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest In Return, Downs 70.5 Dogs To Claim 17th Mustard Belt, and NASCAR’s Natalie Decker Has A ‘Hot Mommy’ Day, MAGA Bikini Congresswoman Bears Her Arms & Deportation Machine!
Power Line: $500k For A Lifeguard Job, The People’s Justice, The Eternal Meaning Of Independence Day, and Thoughts From The Ammo Line
Shark Tank: DHS Says These Convicted Illegals Could Be Heading To Alligator Alcatraz
Shot In The Dark: Happy Independence Day
The Political Hat: When in the Course of Human Events
This Ain’t Hell: Charges in Houston Afghan killing still unfiled, Valor Friday, Just 36% of Democrats are proud to be an American, Transgender swimmer to have titles stripped, and Trump’s “big beautiful bill” clears the House, to be signed by President Trump on Independence Day
Dark And Harrowing Time On July 4th Per Nancy Pelosi
Victory Girls: Dark And Harrowing Time On July 4th Per Nancy Pelosi
Watts Up With That: Met Office Cannot Back Up Their Claim That Springs Are Getting Drier, Why Your EV Won’t Fill Up In Five, Energy Independence Day – Freedom from the Climate Cult, Inter-American Court Rules Nations Must Reduce Emissions and Censor Skeptics, and “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that” there is no energy transition!
The Federalist: Independence Day Sounds So Much Better Than ‘Fourth Of July’, Route 66 Diner Owners Share What They Love About The All-American Nostalgic Road Trip, This Independence Day, Ditch The DNA Test And Learn More About Your American Ancestors, and Men Listen To Podcasters Like Andrew Schulz Because Women Have Invaded Their Real-Life Spaces
Mark Steyn: Border Jumping

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