The Other McCain

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

FMJRA 2.0: Don’t Lean On Me, Man, Because You Can’t Afford The Ticket

— compiled by Wombat-socho The last two weeks saw the Senators finally snap their losing streak against the Cubs, as Joe Coleman notched his eighth win, and then Jim Kaat his tenth in an 11-0 blowout at Wrigley. There followed more winning series against Oakland and Minnesota, but the A’s went 7-3 while we went […]

FMJRA 2.0: Lepanto

— compiled by Wombat-socho Today is the feast day of Our Lady of the Rosary, originally known as Our Lady of Victory. On this day in 1571, an alliance of Catholic states including Spain and Venice faced off against the Turkish fleet led by Ali Pasha. Under the command of Don John of Austria, the […]

FMJRA 2.0: I Was Dreaming I Was Awake

— compiled by Wombat-socho The Senators were on the road this week, taking two out of three from the Hated Yankees at Yankee Stadium and then sweeping the Reds at Cinergy Park, which is a lot like RFK only with less foul ground. Pat Dobson racked up his eighth and ninth wins, Vicente Romo got […]

FMJRA 2.0: Gewitter

— compiled by Wombat-socho A very good week for the Senators as we hosted the Giants and Angels at RFK this week; we won two out of three in each series, getting Juan Marichal his 15th win and Jim Kaat his 9th. This week will be a little tougher since we face the Yankees on […]

FMJRA 2.0: Nowhere – now here

— compiled by Wombat-socho It was a good week for the Senators. We split a two-game series with the Royals on Tuesday, and then swept Pete’s Brewers on Friday. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. The Destructive Force of ‘Equality’ The Political Hat Flappr A View From The Beach EBL Asking The Important Questions […]

FMJRA 2.0: Night Owls

— compiled by Wombat-socho I am embarrassed that I forgot (until now) to pimp Hans Schantz’ Based Book Sale. Everything’s 99 cents or free, and written by authors who don’t hate you and the principles you believe in! What a concept, right? Head on over and take a look at the hundreds of books on […]

FMJRA 2.0: Run Through The Jungle

— compiled by Wombat-socho This weekend I learned that this song wasn’t about Vietnam; nonetheless, after seventy years, that’s what most people associate it with. Also hard to believe that after all these years I didn’t have any CCR in the music collection, but there it is. Wow, what a terrible week to be a […]

FMJRA 2.0: Thy Eternal Summer Shall Not Fade

— compiled by Wombat-socho At this time last week, I was in the Las Vegas VA hospital with IV drips of Rocephin and Vancomycin going into my veins in a successful effort to exterminate the vile bacteria that were trying to kill me. I’m home now, feeling better, and have another four days of Levaquin […]

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