The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 01.16.26 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: Emergent AI Weapons Systems, A Day At The Garfield Assassination (1881), The Uniparty Unmasked,  357 Magnum: The Left Is Out of Touch with Reality, also Russia Threatens War EBL: Eva Vlaardingerbroek banned from Britain after criticizing Kier Starmer, Melted Time : […]

Please Stop Slandering Jefferson Davis

In recent days, various of my conservative friends have thought it amusing to compare Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to Jefferson Davis. The intent is to compare Walz’s opposition to federal immigration enforcement to the Confederate president’s defense of Southern independence. They mean this as a joke, see? “States’ Rights, LOL!” There is, however, only so […]

Crazy People Are Dangerous: Minnesota Lesbian Suicide-by-Cop Edition

Last week when I wrote about the death of Renee Good, almost nothing was known about the background of the woman who got shot to death while trying to run over an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Now we have several important facts, although still not the kind of coherent biography we need to fully understand […]

In The Mailbox: 01.14.26 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: Military Moves In The China Seas 357 Magnum: The Register Brings Us the Worst Tech from CES, also  RIP Scott Adams EBL: Scott Adams, RIP, Charleston and Savannah, Galileo, Battlestar Gallactica, and Anchovy Lemon Spaghetti with Chili and Parsley Twitchy: Try To […]

In The Mailbox: 01.13.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: A Day Capturing Maduro (2026), What Are The CEW Used To Capture Maduro? and A Day With The 5th U.S. Colored Troops (1864),  357 Magnum: Billionaires Flee California Ahead of Tax Insanity EBL: Iranian Women Lighting Cigarettes, Mediterranean Cod, BUGONIA, The […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Hello, Nurse!

— compiled by Wombat-socho Maybe she’s a nurse. Maybe she’s a doctor. Maybe she’s just a model in scrubs. Who cares? Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. EBL: Saturday Night Girls With Guns, Anais Foulquier, Song Sung Blue, MAGA Maduro vs. Machado, Let’s Make Pizza, Chalet Girl, The First U.S. Governor Of […]

FMJRA 2.0: Still Stuck In The Ruts

— compiled by Wombat-socho It was another .500 week for the home team – we lost two of three to the Cardinals, and it would have been a sweep except for a six-run rally in the sixth against Orlando Pena, which gave Jim Kaat his first win in relief. The shoe was on the other […]

In The Mailbox: 01.10.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho Adding the stuff that Feedly wouldn’t show me last night. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Let’s Make A Pizza, Bold Nelson’s Praise, Chalet Girl, Andrew Branca and the Minnesota ICE Shooting, and Steaking Golden Tilefish Louder With Crowder: The dude accused of breaking […]

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