The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 08.05.25 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Science Isn’t What You Think It Is EBL: MAGA Epstein Subpoena Storm, The World’s Finest Bluefin Tuna, The Story Of Mark Twain’s 1867 Journey To Jerusalem, Admiral Farragut, and FREE TROY LAKE – EPA Political Prisoner Twitchy: Megyn Kelly Drops Sarah […]

In The Mailbox: 08.05.25 (Morning Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: Top 20 Posts of Interest 357 Magnum: Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0 EBL: Governor Abbott Warns Texas Dems To Return, Or Else, It’s a Long Way To Tipperary / Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag, Loni Anderson […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Gother Than Thou

— compiled by Wombat-socho Maybe not as Goth as, say, Ally Slayter, but she’ll do, she’ll do. Post title from the Most Pretentious Card Game Ever Made, which is unfortunately out of print. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. ANIMAL MAGNETISM: Rule Five Bad Ideas Friday, and the Saturday Gingermageddon. EBL: Saturday […]

Why Decca Didn’t Sign the Beatles (and Why That Was Really a Lucky Break)

How long have I been a Beatles fans? Since the mid-1970s, when there was a sort of reverb echo of “Beatlemania.” Born in 1959, I’d been much too young to take notice of the Beatles craze that swept America in 1964, although I do recall my cousins Deb and Trish (teenagers at the time) being […]

FMJRA 2.0: 1973 World Series

— compiled by Wombat-socho While I’m sorting through my roster trying to figure out which ten -I think it’s ten- players I want to keep*, the Cincinnati Reds are playing the Baltimore Orioles for all the marbles in Pete’s league. The Chicago Cubs (79-83) and Montreal Expos (66-96) are looking for new managers, so if […]

RussiaGate: ‘But I Didn’t Know Until This Day That It Was Hillary Clinton All Along’

Of course I’m kidding. We’ve all known from the get-go who was really behind the “Russian collusion” hoax, but I just had to use that line from The Godfather now, because the release of the so-called Durham annex (previously classified evidence obtained by John Durham during his Special Counsel investigation) has finally proven what we’ve […]

In The Mailbox: 08.01.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Thanks to everyone who bought stuff through my Amazon links in July. I do appreciate you! Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Brandon Herrera on the Sig P320, also Don’t Bring a Machete to a Gunfight Director […]

In The Mailbox: 07.31.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Is Anything In Your Car Worth Your Life? EBL: Code Of Silence, Martyrs of Syria, Media Matters Delenda Est, and The Underrated Fish Locals Love Twitchy: WaPo’s Glenn Kessler Squeezes Out One Last Turd“Fact Check” And X Rapidly Responds With The […]

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