The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 08.09.23 (Evening Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho 78 years ago today, USAAF Maj. Charles Sweeney dropped the “Fat Man” atomic device on Nagasaki. A week later, the Showa Emperor broadcast the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War, and on September 2, the formal surrender was signed aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Harbor.  Silicon Valley delenda […]

In The Mailbox: 08.09.23 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Today is the day I get caught up on all this stuff. Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Self-Defense Might Be Legal In Canada EBL: Smith and Wesson, also, Grift Brothers Gabe and Sam Bankman-Fried Wanted to Create a Human Superspecies on Nauru Twitchy: With Gas Prices Rising, […]

In The Mailbox: 08.08.23 (Afternoon Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Finally home. Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM Director Blue: Summarizing The Allegations Of Vote Fraud In The 2020 Presidential Election 357 Magnum: When The Only Safety You Have Is What You Provide For Yourself EBL: The Right To Bear Butterfly Knives?, William Friedkin, RIP, Atomic Women, SAVED BY HIROSHIMA, […]

In The Mailbox: 08.04.23 (Albuquerque Afternoon Abbreviated Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: What Should A Woman Do If A Man Is Trying To Enter Her Home? EBL: Sophie Grégoire formerly Trudeau, also, The Punic Wars Twitchy: “White Lizzo” Is Trending So We Had To Take A Look & OMG, also, Joe Rogan Tears Sleepy […]

In The Mailbox: 08.02.23 (Field Expedient Edition)

— compiled by Wombat-socho From the Eagles Appreciation Station in Winslow, Arizona – yes, it really exists. Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM Twitchy: #BLM Activist Talcum X Settles Defamation Suit, It Just Got Awkward For Media That Slammed Sound of Freedom As QAnon Garbage, and Eric Swalwell Town Hall Devolves Into Chaos Louder […]

In The Mailbox: 07.31.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho Hey, Loyal Commenter Blaine McCants has his debut book, The Hands That Rock The Triggers, coming out tomorrow. Looks interesting; I’ll have to grab a copy and drop a review. Silicon Valley delenda est. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: Civilization Was Nice While It Lasted, also, Self-Defense Is The Most Basic […]

In The Mailbox: 07.28.23

— compiled by Wombat-socho Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. OVER THE TRANSOM 357 Magnum: NY Post Editor Behind the Hunter Biden Laptop Story Testifies About Censorship EBL: Corb Lund – Spanish Armada Twitchy: Sleepy Joe Finally Acknowledges His 7th Grandchild, Miranda Devine Notes Who Has […]

If Trump Has Lost Ace of Spades …

It’s never been my habit to over-interpret anything — a Foucault-style textual analysis is just more work than it’s worth — but today I saw Ace of Spades take a shot at Donald Trump and thought, “Hmmmm.” Yesterday the special counsel added new charges to his indictment of Trump over #DocumentGate (or whatever they’re calling […]

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