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Rule 5 Sunday: Some Jeep Drivers Are Okay

— compiled by Wombat-socho This one at least looks good enough to be forgiven for the kind of crappy driving Jeep owners are prone to. Thanks to @kbdabear on X. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. ANIMAL MAGNETISM: Rule Five Trump-Haters Friday and the Saturday Gingermageddon. EBL: Saturday Night Girls With Guns, […]

FMJRA 2.0: Marginal Victory

— compiled by Wombat-socho Well, that week turned out very differently than I expected. First, we swept the two-game series against the Angels against whom we were 3-5, with Blue Moon Odom notching his second win in relief (vice Jim Kaat) and Spaceman Lee taking Game Two for his fourteenth win. Unfortunately, we didn’t manage […]

In The Mailbox: 06.06.25

— 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: Why EV Battery Fires ARE More Dangerous EBL: Egypt Only Sends Its Best – Omaima Nelson, also, The D-Day Darlings  – The Longest Day Twitchy: Pro-Illegal Rioters Surround LA ICE […]

In The Mailbox: 06.05.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: The Fake School Shooting EBL: Colonel Bagshot – Six Day War, also, MAGA Musk Thermonuclear Meme War Twitchy: JD Vance Shows Why He’s The Best VP Ever With Perfect Tension-Breaker, Jessica Tarlov Lies About Why ICE Agents Are Masking Up, and […]

In The Mailbox: 06.04.25 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Mother Defends Her Daughter EBL: Chinese spies/saboteurs bring harmful fungi to US, Supreme Court Significantly Narrows NEPA Environmental Reviews, Blue Cheese, Decker Sisters Murdered, and Comrade Brennan worried about Trump coming after him Twitchy: Charges Dropped Against Deputy Who Punched A […]

In The Mailbox: 06.04.25 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Call For Authors: Summer 2025 Based Books Sale Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: There is Not Enough Copper for Net Zero EBL: Elegy for Dunkirk : Atonement, also, Casey at the Bat* Twitchy: Elon Musk Calls The Big Beautiful Bill A Disgusting Abomination, If You Thought […]

In The Mailbox: 06.02.25

— compiled by Wombat-socho Thanks to everyone who bought stuff through my Amazon links last month! Doug Hagin’s trying to get his knee fixed and climb up from the bottom of Maslow’s Pyramid.  I don’t remember if I mentioned this Friday, but Son of Silvercon’s first guest of Honor, Maggie Hogarth, has a kickstarter going […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Lewis Grizzard Memorial Post

— compiled by Wombat-socho Has Lewis Grizzard* really been dead for 21+ years? Doesn’t seem possible. He was a funny guy, and what reminded me of him was seeing this pic and thinking of his differentiation between “naked” and “nekkid”: “Naked is when you don’t have any clothes on; nekkid is when you don’t have […]

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