The Other McCain

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

Yet Another Democrat Has Failed to Assassinate President Donald Trump

Democrats are crazy and evil, but also utterly incompetent: A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday night, charging toward the ballroom in a chaotic encounter with Secret Service agents as guests dived under tables at the sound of […]

In The Mailbox: 04.24.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho You know what today is. Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Turns out Taqiyya Qatarlson may not be an heir of the Swanson family fortune, Normandy Salmon, Jeannie Rousseau, Casting Calamities, and The AI Bubble? Twitchy: […]

The Ivy League Is Decadent and Depraved

Very seldom do I use the same headline twice in one week, but seldom does an idea as monstrously bad as Samuel Monyn’s attract my attention. To summarize as succinctly as possible, Moyn’s argument is this: “Old people have too much stuff. We should kill them and steal their stuff.” Have I exaggerated for the […]

In The Mailbox: 04.23.26 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: AI Hallucinations from Wall Street Law Firm EBL: Young Turks, He’s Just Not That Into You, MAGA Indictment of $PLC, Expensive Grouper, and Why is America a Superpower? Twitchy: Investigative Reporters Self-Owns While Arguing Conservatives Are Lying About $PLC Indictment, Mayor […]

In The Mailbox: 04.23.26 (Morning Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Doug Ross: A Day At Corregidor With MacArthur (1942) EBL: China vs. Taiwan, Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Leave Virginia Alone, Scallops, and American Silicon Empire Twitchy: Scott Jennings Goes off On Spanberger’s Gerrymandering – Leaves CNN’s Kasie Hunt Speechless, California Democrats Epic Fail […]

SPLC’s Clayton Bigsby Moment

There is a lot of irony in the federal grand jury indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 counts including wire fraud. About 30 years ago, it was explained to me why the SPLC’s “hate watch” racket exists — i.e., that Morris Dees had taken the mailing list of donors to the 1972 […]

In The Mailbox: 04.22.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho If I had any brains I would already have been in bed, but I don’t want to fall even further behind on the blogging. Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Patrick ‘Tate’ Adamiak Is a Political Prisoner Director Blue: Meet The A-11 Thunderhog,  EBL: Dover Sole Meuniere, […]

VIRGINIA ELECTION RESULTS: Will Voters OK Spanberger’s Gerrymander? UPDATE: Network Declares ‘Yes’ Win

UPDATE 8:49 p.m. ET: NBC News has just declared that “yes” will win the referendum vote in Virginia. Only 80% of the vote has been counted, but the remaining vote in Fairfax County and Richmond will be enough. UPDATE 8:39 p.m. ET: Lead for “No” is less than 30,000 votes: YES …………….. 1,197,131 (49.5%) NO […]

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