The Other McCain

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

FMJRA 2.0: The Machinery of Night

— compiled by Wombat-socho Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt. Rule 5 Monday: Happy Lee-Jackson Day! Animal Magnetism Flappr A View From The Beach 357 Magnum EBL (Insert Hillbilly Joke Here) The Daley Gator 357 Magnum Flappr A View From The Beach EBL The End of Two Football Dynasties 357 Magnum EBL […]

FMJRA 2.0: Whip it good!

— compiled by Wombat-socho The greatest DEVO song ever recorded Finally picked up Volume 13 of Klaus Schulze’s La Vie Electronique, but things have been busy enough this week with the beginning of tax season that I haven’t had a chance to rip it to Winamp and enjoy the tunes. Maybe next week after I […]

FMJRA 2.0: I GOT NO FRIENDS ‘CAUSE THEY READ THE PAPERS

— compiled by Wombat-socho For those of you who show a modicum of common sense by not hanging out on X, you may have missed the latest development in the Harvard DEI/plagiarism/stupidity eruption. It seems that Business Insider, a “newspaper” that tends to publish a lot of crap against Republicans, Libertarians, and anyone not clearly […]

FMJRA 2.0: (Like) There’s No Tomorrow

— compiled by Wombat-socho I haven’t listened to my lengthy collection of Conelrad electronica in a while, so this weekend I’m making up for lost time. He seems to have pulled his music off Amazon, but the whole catalog seems to be on YouTube now. If you’re looking for chill, relaxing electronic music with a […]

FMJRA 2.0: Our Annual Rogers Hornsby Moment

— compiled by Wombat-socho People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. – Rogers Hornsby, Hall of Fame second baseman So we got stomped in the playoffs by the Angels. So what. After two years as […]

FMJRA 2.0: Falcons & Eagles

— compiled by Wombat-socho Well, we done good, even though we lost three of our last five games – split a two-game series with Baltimore, and then lost two of three in Pittsburgh. Still, we finished 91-71, far better than any Senators team IRL, and get the home field advantage against whoever we’re playing in […]

FMJRA 2.0: Dune

— compiled by Wombat-socho Apologies for the lack of posting in the latter half of the week. For no good reason I can think of, I got very little sleep before having to drive to Las Vegas for a pulmonary appointment Thursday afternoon, and as a result I checked into the Stratosphere around 1700 and […]

FMJRA 2.0: Take It Like A Man

— compiled by Wombat-socho For a few days there, it felt like last season. The Indians came to RFK and swept the series; they were all tough losses, but an L is an L. Then on Friday, we went to Oakland and lost two out of three; the sole win was Juan Marichal’s 22nd. Our […]

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