The Other McCain

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

Has #GamerGate 2.0 Begun? Bizarre Clash Over Sick Fetish Videogames Wrecks ‘Games Journalism’ Site Waypoint

Like the original #GamerGate, this is a complex story, involving (a) a feminist anti-porn censorship campaign, (b) online payment processors, (c) producers of videogames with content so disgusting I don’t want to describe it, and (d) the staff of a videogame review website associated with Vice Media. In case you didn’t realize it, Vice declared […]

FMJRA 2.0: Playoff Season

— compiled by Wombat-socho As I said earlier in the week, I was kinda busy with Son of Silvercon III, and the way the pingbacks work I can’t reach back more than a week, so I apologize for not being able to double-dip the FMJRA the way I can Rule 5 Sunday. I finally figured […]

‘Forgetting Is Sin’: Some Thoughts on the Life and Career of My Friend Jeff Dunetz

Tuesday my friend Jeff Quinton sent me a message saying he heard that our blog friend Jeff Dunetz had died after suffering a fall. I quickly reached out to Warner Todd Huston, and to Jeff’s daughter Alexa, and learned that Jeff was still on life support, but he died Thursday. At Jeff’s blog, Warner Todd […]

Hey, Who Had ‘Illegal Immigrant Colombian Transgender Pedophile Rapist’ on Their 2025 Headline Bingo Card?

Congratulations, you’re a winner: A transgender migrant appeared in court [Thursday] after being arrested for raping a 14-year-old boy in a park bathroom. Nicol Suarez, 30, allegedly followed the boy into a bathroom at Thomas Jefferson Park in East Harlem back in February at around midday, police told the Daily Mail. The boy reportedly left […]

In The Mailbox: 07.25.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Hulk Hogan RIP, King George III stomps the Magna Carta, Big Ol’ Sturgeon, Jeff Dunetz RIP, and Eighties beach time Twitchy: Pelosi Says Trump Is Crazy & Biden One Of […]

Return of the Pro Se Pipsqueak: Disney and Hulu Get Sued by Brett Kimberlin!

In 1978, four teenagers who worked at a Burger Chef fast-food restaurant in the Indianapolis suburb of Speedway, Indiana, were kidnapped and murdered. The local police badly bungled the investigation, and no one was ever convicted for what was at the time a very notorious local crime. The popularity of “true crime” podcasts has renewed […]

In The Mailbox: 07.24.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: The Cultural Wasteland that is 2025 EBL: Brother Brigham, Brother Young, Marvin the Martian, MAGA – Tulsi Time , and One of My All Time Favorite Fish Twitchy: Sen. Hirono Asks If Any Court Has Found DEI Unconstitutional, “Do You Even […]

In The Mailbox: 07.23.25 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Outrageous, Casimir Pulaski Day, Tom Homan – ICE ICE Baby, The Reason it’s Hard to Fillet Sheepshead, and Ukraine Women Drone Fighters Twitchy: Reporter Asks Ravens Coach Jim Harbaugh Why He Met Trump & Immediately Regrets It, Scott Jennings Zings Catherine […]

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