The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 05.12.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho On the road tomorrow and Thursday. Posting may be sporadic. Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Doug Ross: With Neil Armstrong On The Moon (1969) EBL: Cleaning Triggerfish, Why oil will not hit $200 per barrel, Sydney Sweeney – She’s Not Retarded, Check Your Cholesterol, and “I’m Gonna […]

In The Mailbox: 05.11.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho Call for Authors: 2026 Summer Based Books Sale! Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Doug Ross: With Jesse James On His Last Robbery (1881),  357 Magnum: The State of Criminal Justice in Chicago EBL: Lobster Pizza, Eichmann, Summer Cod Picata, Ticonderoga, and Spencer Pratt for L.A. Mayor: Mother’s Day […]

Do You Hate Communism Enough?

The answer to the question in the headline is obviously no — it is impossible that any of us could hate Communism as much as we should. Unless you were a Chilean helicopter pilot back in the day, perhaps, you could almost certainly use a booster shot for your anti-Communism. This point was brought home […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Chocolate

— compiled by Wombat-socho One of the nice things about seeing more Japanese X users is that there’s more cheesecake being posted. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. EBL: Virginia’s Abigail Spanberger – Cry Harder, Saturday Night Girls With Guns, Lady Caroline Lamb, MAGA – Trump Strikes Back In Indiana, The Fevered […]

It’s a Long Way to Hope

If you’ve ever been to Lithia Springs, Georgia, where I grew up, you know where Thornton Road is. When I was a kid, parts of it were a dirt road, but now it’s a major thoroughfare. As it comes up north from I-20, Thornton Road is Georgia Route 6, but when it crosses Bankhead Highway […]

FMJRA 2.0: Waiting for the Winter Meetings

— compiled by Wombat-socho So apparently we’re having a little trouble in Pete’s league getting people to play their playoff games, which is kind of annoying since those of us who didn’t make the playoffs would like to get on with the draft for the 1975 season. In the meantime I’m crunching numbers and looking […]

Trump Derangement Syndrome Reaches Terminal Stage as Democrats Seethe

Are you tired of all this winning yet? If you were on X (née Twitter) Friday, you could see Democrats raging vehemently (and ignorantly) against the Virginia Supreme Court decision, which held that last month’s referendum to redraw the Commonwealth’s congressional districts violated the Virginia constitution. When I traveled to Louisa County for a “Vote […]

In The Mailbox: 05.08.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Spanberger’s Lobster is dead. Post F in the replies to pay respects. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Doug Ross: The Day Custer Rode Into The Trap (1876),   357 Magnum: Another Failure of the Victim-Selection Process EBL: Fish […]

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