The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 03.19.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: The Storming of the Bastille (1789), Six Charts That Keep America’s Spies Up At Night, 357 Magnum: Afroman v Adams County, Ohio, Sheriff’s Department – 1st Amendment Victory EBL: Let’s Make A Pizza, Croaker Bait, Rickshaw Girls, and Cesar Chavez Twitchy: […]

In The Mailbox: 03.18.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho Behold, the Based Books Niche Sale! Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Hollywood Suffers an Outbreak of Common Sense, also Believe the Science? Not With This Much Fraud Director Blue: Lies, Leaks, & Losers EBL: African Pompano, “Tam O’Shanter”, and Irish Women 1967 Twitchy: Gov. Hairgel’s Press Office […]

In The Mailbox: 03.17.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho 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 […]

In The Mailbox: 03.16.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho On this day in 1984, Gary Plauche cured a pedophile (who had been abusing Gary’s son) with a single dose of leadicillin. Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: Micro-Targeting Iran’s Secret Police, The Day The Sky Exploded Over Tunguska (1908), Iran Defense Analysis – “The Math […]

In The Mailbox: 03.13.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. EBL has been posting about seafood for a while so here’s an appropriate SOTD Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: All This “Clean Energy” Is Causing Environmental Harm, The Bride! – “All the subtly of a sledgehammer”, […]

In The Mailbox: 03.12.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho Call for Authors – Short Stories! Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: An Illustrated Guide to Drone Warfare EBL: Abalone, Saint Matthew’s Passion, The Count of Monte Cristo, and Why were Americans slim in the 1970s? Twitchy: Reporter Makes A Funny Out of Mamdani’s Wife Liking […]

In The Mailbox: 03.10.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: Spying On Ben Franklin In Paris (1778), also, Iranian Defense Analysis – “Toast” 357 Magnum: The Once Great British Navy Is a Joke EBL: Cobia, A French Perspective on America, “Jezebel”, Brown Butter Cod, and MAGA Iranian Women’s Soccer Team Twitchy: […]

In The Mailbox: 03.09.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: The Day Columbus Discovered America (1492), The Democrats’ War On Operation Epic Fury, The Math of Defeat – Inside Iran’s Vanishing Firepower, and The Day Washington Crossed The Delaware (1776),  357 Magnum: Don’t Bring a Knife to a Gunfight EBL: It’s […]

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