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

In The Mailbox: 09.11.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Peter Grant needs your help.  Just flew in from Vegas and are my arms tired but I’m going to at least try to get caught up on all the substackery. Kind of glad that right now I can only post to X from the Son of Silvercon account, which is strictly […]

FBI Press Conference Scheduled on Developments in Charlie Kirk Case UPDATE: Has 4chan ID’d the Killer?

After Wednesday’s “now we’ve got him/now we don’t” confusion over whether law enforcement had arrested the gunman who assassinated Charlie Cook, today there is supposed to be a press conference where the FBI will announce the latest developments in the investigation. UPDATE 4:55 p.m. ET: At this point, I am not going to name the […]

Charlie Kirk Was Assassinated Today UPDATE: Suspect Reported in Custody UPDATE: Nope, FBI Got It Wrong (Again)

About 2:45 p.m. ET, my phone started buzzing with messages that Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk had been shot while speaking on a college campus in Utah. The videos that circulated on X/Twitter looked very, very bad. Everybody started praying for Charlie, but about 4:40 p.m. ET, President Trump broke the news that Charlie […]

In The Mailbox: 09.08.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho On the road for the next few days thanks to NSSAB and VA business. Blogging may be sporadic. Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: The Illustrated Spygate Scandal, Part VIII  357 Magnum: The Biden Administration’s Abandonment of Immigrant Children EBL: The Duchy Darlings : Boogie Woogie Bugle […]

Rule Five Sunday: The End of Summer

— compiled by Wombat-socho This week’s appetizer from A.VO on X, who has clearly mastered the prompts. As I’ve collected a week-long stint in Twitlag for expressing the wish that Xavier Becerra be hanged, I’d appreciate it if someone could post the links to X for me until next Sunday. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley […]

‘Blood Visibly Drips on the Floor as the Defendant Walks Away From the Victim’

The headline quotes from the affidavit for the arrest last month of Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr. in Charlotte, North Carolina: Detectives obtained video from inside of the train car. The video is clear and of ID quality. The victim enters the train car and sits in the seats directly in front of the defendant. The […]

FMJRA 2.0: Morning Glory Milking Farm

— compiled by Wombat-socho I may not have done a book post in quite a while, but as longtime readers can attest (and this website as well) this book by C.M. Nascosta is not anywhere near my normal tastes in books. However, being the public benefactor I am, I felt obligated to give this book […]

In The Mailbox: 09.05.25 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Definitely a Defenseless Victim Zone Director Blue: The Illustrated Spygate Scandal Part VII EBL: Tuna Burgers, How the French Guillotine Worked, ChiCom Marching, Battle of Virginia Capes, and Will the […]

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