The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 01.26.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: A Day When The Mississippi Ran Backwards (1812), A Day When The Enemy Burned The White House To The Ground (1814), and The Full Scope Anti-ICE Insurgency 357 Magnum: Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0 EBL: Alex Pretti’s Minneapolis ICE Shooting […]

In The Mailbox: 01.23.26 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: Satellite Wars,  357 Magnum: Road Rage Is Never a Good Idea EBL: Amelia, Maria, and Eva are defending Europe, MAGA Immigration Enforcement, Norwegian Smoked Salmon, Peking Duck, and David Bowie […]

In The Mailbox: 01.23.26 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: They Should Never Have Graduated from High School Director Blue: Winter Storm Fern EBL: Ballad of Rorke’s Drift, Bookish, and What Happened to the Pre-Contact Dogs? Twitchy: Rep. Jordan Alleges Jack Smith Spied On 12 GOP Senators & The Investigation Continues, […]

In The Mailbox: 01.21.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: Riding to Economic Ruin in the EU, also, A Day At The Powhatan Indian Uprising (1622),  357 Magnum: Hollywood Went Woke, And Now They’re Broke EBL: Keir Starmer OK with 1st Cousin Marriages In The UK, Red Grouper, The Home, Johnny […]

In The Mailbox: 01.20.26 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Ride Public Transit? Maybe When It Is Safe, also Another Failure of the Victim-Selection Process Director Blue: Greenland & Hypersonic Weapons,  EBL: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Fastest Fish You Can Buy, Goth Waifu Amelia, National Championship Cheerleaders, and Steakhouse […]

In The Mailbox: 01.20.26 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Heading down to Las Vegas today for a VA appointment in the morning. Hopefully I’ll have the energy tonight to get fully caught up on the linkmongling. Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: Massive Permian Oil Discovery, also, The Day When Anne Boleyn Was Executed (1536) […]

In The Mailbox: 01.19.26

— compiled by Wombat-socho A short collection of Substackery & other delights, as the internet was down earlier and I had laundry to do. Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: A Day When the Black Plague Arrived (1347), also, How The West’s Climate Crusade Built China’s Empire EBL: Gordon Ramsay […]

In The Mailbox: 01.16.26 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: Why Most Countries Ban Mail-In Ballots EBL: 4-hour marine spectacle, Grilling Golden Tilefish, Insurrectiony Democrat Mayor Jacob Frey, Bobby Hull, and Cubera Snapper Twitchy: Seattle Jury Frees Illegal Alien […]

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