The Other McCain

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In The Mailbox: Special Weakened Edition

— compiled by Wombat-socho This was originally supposed to post last night, but I overslept, so you get it today. The FMJRA will post at its usual time this evening. OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Florence Henderson, RIP, also, Jill Stein – Send A Dollar In A Letter, And You’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better Twitchy: […]

Suggestion For What To Do With Hillary

by Smitty When you’re on active duty in the military, much hay is made about the concept of a “lawful order”. You’re to obey all orders, per General Order Number 6. While you retain the absolute right of self defense, you also had better not violate International Law (e.g. Geneva Conventions), Civil Law, or engage […]

@instapundit: “I Was Never #NeverTrump”

by Smitty For that matter, I was never #NeverTrump. I’ve always said that I’d support him as the nominee, even though he wasn’t my first, or second, or third choice. Even Ed Driscoll here isn’t a #NeverTrump guy. I was always Trump-willing in the specific case of a third-party run with a JEB nomination. We […]

That Feeling Of Being On The Cusp Of The Big Breakthrough

by Smitty There just has to be something we can apply to the issue of Gun Free Zones! [View the story “Sometimes I Feel So Close. . .” on Storify]

WaPo (& By Extension, Beltway) Ideas Mired In 19th Cent. Regarding Tea Party

by Smitty Among the laundry list of problems with Progress is that freezing the size of the House since 1910 has given us an inert Deep State and a crypto-aristocracy on top. We’re supposed to locate people with the fortitude to survive the campaigns and then send them back to the trough again and again […]

‘Social Justice’ and the End of Fun

Today I was scrolling around feminist sites when I saw another angry young Tumblrina ranting about the patriarchy (because a guy was rude on the subway) and it hit me why this bothers me so much: When I was a teenager, life was fun because America was a free country. Don’t get me wrong. There […]

A Little Coonskin In The Game

by Smitty One of the rare pleasures amid our slow-motion political collapse is sending ‘shop notions to my curmudgeonly friend over at Political Clown Parade: . In defense of Kerry: he hasn’t managed to get an Ambassador butchered; he thinks a mail server is having a dude wait his table down ‘the country club; and […]

A Pro-@TedCruz Rant

by Smitty [View the story “A Pro-@TedCruz Rant” on Storify]

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