The Other McCain

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In The Mailbox: 03.17.26

Posted on | March 18, 2026 | No Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Maybe this time good St. Pat can start with the snakes in public office, for example, their wretched Taoiseach.

Hope everyone’s being moderate on Amateur Night.
Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt.

OVER THE TRANSOM
Director Blue: The Day Paul Revere Rode To Lexington (1775)
EBL: Oldest Italian Fish and Chips in Dublin, Maureen O’Hara, Dublin Food, and Saint Patrick 
Twitchy: Gov. Hairgel’s Press Office Gets Ratioed Into the Sun by Nick Shirley & Others, Proposed Rule Could Ban Trump From Major International Events Including the Olympics, and Joe Kent Probably Should Have Deleted All These Old Posts Before Resigning Publicly
Louder With Crowder: As Nick Shirley exposes California hospice fraud, a woman pees in the street behind him, Ireland’s socialist president uses St. Paddy’s Day to push globalism, Woke Canadian “ministers” drop cringe video targeting LGBTQ+AI youth while wearing Palestinian scarves, Rep. Raskin drops latest reason Democrats think married women are too dumb to get a voter ID, and Zohran Mamdani remembers the real reason for St. Patrick’s Day…Palestine?
Vox Popoli: False Flag Warning, Defeated at Sea, How Fake? This Fake, Why the US Navy Retreated, and Aegis Destroyer Reported Sunk
The Abbey of Misrule: Splendor of Fire, Speed of Lightning
Defending The Wood Perilous: My Son The Author!
The Bugscuffle Gazette: Publisher Stuff

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Greatness: California Democrat Lawmaker Seeks to Create Two New Muslim State Holidays, Federal Court Blocks Kennedy’s Vaccine Changes, Invalidates Advisory Panel, How to Stop Iran’s Dangerous New Sejjil Missiles, Finish the Job, Mr. President, and California’s Education Woes Continue to Mount
BattleSwarm: Iran Strikes – Day 18
Behind The Black: Voyager-2’s only close-up image of Uranus’s moon Umbriel, Modeling says the Small Magellanic Cloud passed through the Large Magellanic Cloud 200 million years ago, The first Artemis lunar landings might not go to the Moon’s south pole, Canada leases Nova Scotia spaceport for $200 million, and South Korean rocket startup Innospace pinpoints the cause of its first launch failure
Cafe Hayek: Dani Rodrik, Like Many Protectionists, Confuses Means With Ends
CDR Salamander: Shyam Sankar’s Four “Sputnik Moments”
Don Surber: The Trump Dividend
The Geller Report: Iranian Missile Strikes Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Vocal Antisemite Joe Kent Resigns As Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Over Iran War, Gulf States Press US to Neutralize Iran For Good, CEOs of Nation’s Leading Airlines Publish Open Letter Pressing Democrats to Open Government, and Iran Regime Savages Gang-Raped & Tortured Nurses Who Treated Wounded Protesters
Hollywood In Toto: Ready or Not 2: Here I Come Should Stay Hidden, also, Adam Carolla Says One Battle After Another Is an MS NOW Fever Dream
Legal Insurrection: Iran’s De Facto Leader Ali Larijani Eliminated in Israeli Strike, Emails Reveal New Names Targeted by Jack Smith During Trump Investigation, Potomac Sewage Disaster Shows Cost of ‘Equity’ Over Expertise, China’s Air Displays Fail to Deter Emerging Taiwan–Japan Alignment, and Acting Deputy TSA Administrator: ‘We May Have to Quite Literally Shut Down Airports’
Nebraska Energy Observer: Road Trip
Outkick: Venezuela Breaks Team USA’s Heart, Wins First World Baseball Classic Title, NASCAR Driver Suspended For Mocking IndyCar Driver On Livestream, Maxx Crosby Shares ‘Suspicious’ First Meeting With Ravens Before Trade Died, Jack Hughes Calls Out Hockey Hall Of Fame For Taking Team USA’s Golden Goal Pucks, and Megan Fox Put On Her Finest Lingerie-Inspired Outfit To Make An Important Announcement: ‘I Go Both Ways’
Power Line: Travel chaos spreads as Dems try to defund police, America Alone, According to Al Jazeera, Exit the billionaire, and In which we speak with an Israeli official
Racket News: Warriors’ Casino – The People Making A Killing By Gambling on War
Shark Tank: Latanya Peterson Joins Collins Campaign
STUMP: Geeking Out – Accidental Causes of Death In The U.S. by Ages, Sex, and Major Category
This Ain’t Hell: Mines, also, Meet the New Boss
Transterrestrial Musings: “Because It’s Wrong”
Victory Girls: Trump Talks Cuba and Now We’re All Waiting for the Havana Tower Rendering
Watts Up With That: Coal Needs Boots on the Ground, ‘Ever-wrong Ehrlich’s’ Greatest Hits (er, misses), and The Jevons Paradox Explains Why Net Zero is an Exercise in Futility
The Federalist: How The GOP Can Stop Being The Do-Nothing Party And Offer America A Vision To Vote For, The Media Shouldn’t Feel Threatened By The ‘Public Interest,’ But Of Course They Do, Ireland Lost Its Magic When It Lost Its Catholic Heritage, 4 Sneaky Ways GOP Senators Will Try To Block Voting Protections This Week, and Wyoming Is Ground Zero For RINOs’ War Against Conservatives
Mark Steyn: The Waning of the Green

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