The Other McCain

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

Kenosha: Joseph ‘JoJo’ Rosenbaum and the Problem of White Trash America

Nearly three months ago, I wrote a post about Joseph “JoJo” Rosenbaum, the convicted child molester whose attack on Kyle Rittenhouse precipitated the shootings during the Kenosha riot that left Rosenbaum and another rioter dead, wounded a third rioter, and has Rittenhouse facing murder charges as a result. At that point — just three days […]

Dopehead Biker Dies of ‘White Privilege’ and Blunt-Force Trauma, But Mainly …

. . . it was the blunt-force trauma: A Berkeley County deputy will not face charges in connection with a fatal collision with a motorcycle that occurred in Summerville in April [2017]. A grand jury convened Thursday in Dorchester County and declined to indict for reckless homicide, according to Senior Assistant Solicitor Don Sorenson with […]

The Devil Went Down to Georgia

What has happened to my native state? Last night on The Other Podcast with John Hoge, I discussed some of the numbers from the presidential vote in Georgia where, we are told, Joe Biden won by about 14,000 votes. How could this happen? Well, you can start by comparing this year’s election to 2016, when […]

Timothy ‘Lil Tim’ Leeks, 22, Charged With Murdering Rapper King Von in Atlanta

Since we reported Friday (“Rapper Killed by ‘Systemic Racism’ and Semiautomatic Pistol Fire, But Mainly …”) on the death of Dayvon Bennett, a/k/a “King Von,” Atlanta police have moved forward with their investigation of the homicide of the Chicago-born rapper. On Saturday, they arrested Timothy “Lil Tim” Leeks, 22, on a felony murder charge. Leeks, […]

68 Shots: ‘That’s All the Bullets We Had, or We Would Have Shot Him More’

Angilo Freeland, a/k/a “Dread,” was a native of the Caribbean island of Antigua, and how he ended up in Florida is not entirely clear. Freeland was something of a mysterious figure, an enforcer for an international drug trafficking ring, and investigators believe he had killed at least 15 people in his role as a “paid […]

Woman Dies of Patriarchal Oppression and Police Gunfire, But Mainly …

. . . yeah, it was the gunfire that killed her. Makell Meyerin, 31, was armed with a Beretta .45-caliber carbine when she was shot dead by police in Gurnee, Illinois, about 40 miles north of Chicago, in May 2018. The officers were acting within their authority: Two Gurnee police officers “acted reasonably and appropriately” […]

Rapper Killed by ‘Systemic Racism’ and Semiautomatic Pistol Fire, But Mainly …

. . . yeah, it was the pistols that killed him: A well-known rapper was one of the people killed in a shooting outside an Atlanta hookah lounge early Friday morning. The shooting happened around 4 a.m. outside of the Monaco Hookah Lounge on Trinity Avenue near Forsyth Street. According to the Georgia Bureau of […]

Georgia on My Mind

Last night Wombat and I were texting and I told him I was trying to ignore this development in my native state: Biden has taken a narrow lead over Trump in Georgia, a state Trump must carry to maintain a pathway to an electoral college win and that no Democrat has carried since 1992, on […]

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