The Other McCain

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

FMJRA 2.0: Play Ball!

— compiled by Wombat-socho The Senators started the 1972 season in Kansas City against the defending AL champion Royals, and took two out of three thanks to our bullpen, which (unlike the Royals) is full of good arms to back up a solid starting rotation. We did lose the middle game thanks to the weather, […]

FMJRA 2.0: The Shame of Life

— compiled by Wombat-socho SOTD Did you know Kid Rock wrote the chorus for this song? If you’ve listened to a lot of his music (and I have) it jumps right out at you, but I guess it was a big surprise for a lot of people. Wonder if he’ll ever do a cover version. […]

FMJRA 2.0: Greetings From Nashville

— compiled by Wombat-socho Missed most of yesterday’s programming at Confinement thanks to the draft in Pete’s league but I got most of the players I wanted. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. Joe Biden’s Policy Gets a College Girl Killed, But White Lives Don’t Matter EBL 357 Magnum Trump Stomps Haley […]

FMJRA 2.0: Saturday Night Squeezebox Serenade

— compiled by Wombat-socho Two great accordion players named Yankovic, somehow not related. What are the odds? Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. ‘News’ in the Post-Literate Age The Daley Gator First Street Journal Flappr A View From The Beach 357 Magnum EBL How Trump Derangement Syndrome, #MeToo and Tumblrinas Ruined Disney […]

FMJRA 2.0: SERVICE GUARANTEES CITIZENSHIP

— compiled by Wombat-socho People are arguing on X about Starship Troopers again. Ignore the movie (which is fun but dumb) and read the book instead. SOTD Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. FMJRA 2.0: The Giant Wombats of Gor EBL A View From The Beach 357 Magnum Joe Biden’s Punch Line […]

FMJRA 2.0: The Giant Wombats of Gor

— compiled by Wombat-socho Apologies for the lack of posting yesterday; after a week in the tax mines, I was pretty wiped out after getting home from the office and went straight to bed. Alas, the title is a lie; I thought I had a pic of said wombats from the epic Gorean parody Numismatist […]

FMJRA 2.0: F*** Snow

— compiled by Wombat-socho I blame California for all the wretched white stuff that fell out of the sky and made the commute from Carson City out to Dayton & Back absolutely miserable. Fortunately, most of my clients today lived very close to the office, so I wasn’t just twiddling my thumbs for five hours. […]

FMJRA 2.0: Kick ’em When They’re Down

— compiled by Wombat-socho SOTD Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. Democratic Socialists of America Now Planning Layoffs Amid Financial ‘Crisis’ First Street Journal The Daley Gator Flappr A View From The Beach 357 Magnum EBL Democrats: ‘Our Voters Are Too Stupid to Understand How Awesome Joe Biden Is’ The Pirate’s Cove […]

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