The Other McCain

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

Behind Enemy Lines In NOVA, The Fairfax County GOP Met Today

by Smitty The lower half of the Fairfax High School auditorium was full, as just over 400 delegates from the various districts met. The population of the county is over a million, and votes +20D, but that is no excuse for failure to participate, especially for State-wide contests. Proceedings opened just ahead of 0930 with […]

‘Major Combat Operations’ in Iran UPDATE: Is the Ayatollah Dead, or Not? UPDATE: He’s ‘Pining for the Fjords’

UPDATE 5:10 p.m. ET: The Associated Press: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, Israeli officials told The Associated Press on Saturday. There was no immediate comment from the U.S. or Iran on his status. The old Monty Python parrot sketch reference […]

In The Mailbox: 02.27.26 (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: Self-Defense Is Legal in Michigan Director Blue: 1984 – The Graphic Novel,  EBL: Mr. Nobody Against Putin, Panic at CNN, Cobia for grilling, The Great Blizzard of 1888, and Andersonville […]

In The Mailbox: 02.27.26 (Morning Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho The worst thing produced with AI so far – or the best? Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: A Day at the Alamo with Davy Crockett (1836), The Tlaib Dossier by DataRepublican, and With JFK on PT-109 (1943) 357 Magnum: Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0, also, […]

The Worst People in the World (Part II)

You will never understand liberals until you read Thomas Sowell’s The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy. However often I’ve recommended that book over the years, I occasionally feel the need to repeat the recommendation for the simple reason that Sowell demystifies what would otherwise be incomprehensible, i.e., the persistent […]

An Odd Sequel to the Bubba/‘Brittni’ Saga

It’s been more than two years and most readers have probably forgotten the disturbing story of the late Fred “Bubba” Copeland: Copeland was the mayor of Smiths Station, a town of less than 7,000 people in Lee County, Alabama. He was also a freakazoid, secretly pursuing transgender fantasies that he posted online using a persona […]

In The Mailbox: 02.24.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho I’ll be on the road for the next couple of days en route to Confinement, Mike Williamson’s mini-convention/house party outside of Nashville. Blogging may be sporadic, but I think Rule 5 Sunday and the FMJRA will get done on time. I mean, that’s what you guys are paying me the big […]

In The Mailbox: 02.23.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho Happy 66th birthday to the Tenno Heika! Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: John Brennan’s War On Trump, A Day With Teddy Roosevelt At The Battle Of San Juan Hill (1899), What Was Found Under The Pyramids Could Rewrite 12,000 Years Of History, A Day on […]

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