The Other McCain

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

Rule 5 Sunday: Kayleigh “Honey Badger” McEnany

— compiled by Wombat-socho There’s a new Press Secretary at the White House, and like her namesake, she just doesn’t care about the bruised egos and outraged sensibilities of the White House Press Corps. She’s tearing them up on a daily basis, and the press just can’t deal. Too bad for them; it’s nice to […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Sarah Rose McDaniel

— compiled by Wombat-socho Good heavens, it’s been over a month since I did the last Rule 5 post. Time to get caught up! But first, the lovely Sarah Rose McDaniel, model and “investigative reporter” whose main claim to fame is appearing in a couple of music videos, being the cover girl for the first […]

Rule 5 Tuesday: Easter Komi

– compiled by Wombat-socho [obligatory apology for lateness] This week’s appetizer is Shouko Komi, heroine of Komi Can’t Communicate, a series of manga chronicling the attempts of a lovely but…perhaps autistic? girl to gain 100 friends. Ninety Miles From Tyranny: Hot Pick of the Late Night, The 90 Miles Mystery Box Episode #951, Morning Mistress, […]

Rule Five Monday: Honor Blackman, RIP

– compiled by Wombat-socho Today we bid farewell to one of the best Bond Girls, Honor Blackman, who was also no slouch as Patrick MacNee’s sidekick on The Avengers, where she preceded Diana Rigg. Here she is in a shot from Goldfinger. Ninety Miles From Tyranny: Hot Pick of the Late Night, The 90 Miles […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Elle MacPherson

– compiled by Wombat-socho Behold, an Australian bombshell who became internationally famous thanks to being frequently featured on the cover of Elle magazine, to say nothing of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues. Ninety Miles From Tyranny leads off with Hot Pick of the Late Night, The 90 Miles Mystery Box Episode #937, Morning Mistress, and […]

Rule 5 Monday: Hayley Atwell

– compiled by Wombat-socho After having missed it in the theaters, I finally got the chance to see Captain America: The First Avenger on Amazon Prime. It was an excellent movie, and one of the many outstanding actors that made it so was Hayley Atwell, who played Agent Peggy Carter, and went on to reprise […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Joy Harmon

– compiled by Wombat-socho Joy Harmon was an actress who had small parts in a dozen movies from the late 1950s through the 1960s, and continued to appear in several TV series through the 1970s. Her best known role is as the girl washing her car in Cool Hand Luke, from which this pic is […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Cyd Charisse

– compiled by Wombat-socho Born today in 1922 as Tula Ellice Finklea in Amarillo, Ms. Charisse overcame polio and studied ballet before becoming a Hollywood star alongside Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. She stopped dancing in the 1960s but continued acting in films and TV. Ninety Miles From Tyranny kicks off this week’s post with […]

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