The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox: 08.24.20

Posted on | August 25, 2020 | 2 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

OVER THE TRANSOM
Ammo.com: Woke Capitalism
357 Magnum: Chicago’s Continuing Slide Into Chaos
EBL: Kim Jong Un Reportedly Not Feeling So Good
Twitchy: Martha McCallum Hands Former Senator Jeff Flake His Ass Over Biden Endorsement
Louder With Crowder: Teacher Calls Joe Rogan “Biggest Threat” In The Last Decade
Vox Popoli: The Trumpslide Grows, also, Build Your Own Platforms

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Conservative: A Dewey-Beats-Truman Moment In The Offing?
American Greatness: From DNC Irony To Parody, also, Jemele Hill Declares U.S. As Bad As Nazi Germany
American Power: Golden State Killer Sentenced To 26 Life Terms
American Thinker: The Cold, Hard Truth About The Post Office, also, A Pandemic Of Socialism
Animal Magnetism: Goodbye, Blue Monday
Babalu Blog: Sunday Was National Cuban Sandwich Day, also, Joe Biden Now Quoting Chicom Dictator Mao Tse-Tung
BattleSwarm: Denver’s Turn In The Riot Barrel, also, BidenWatch For August 24
Cafe Hayek: Do American Workers Need Labor Unions?
CDR Salamander: Russian Shipbuilders Making “Suitcases Without Handles” – Sounds Familiar
Da Tech Guy: Mayor Groot Thinks She Deserves Security On Her Block, Chicago Peasants Not So Much, also, Five One-Liners Under Other Bloggers’ Fedoras
Don Surber: Media Pushes Fake Republicans For Biden, also, They Can’t Stop Trump
First Street Journal: Joe Biden Threatens To Close Down The Economy
The Geller Report: Large Crowd Gathers In NYC Calling For DeBlasio To Step Down, also, #BLM Rioters Devastate Kenosha Wisconsin
Hogewash: A Brief Review Of Tonight’s Convention, also, Team Kimberlin Post Of The Day
Hollywood In Toto: Why We Can’t Stop Loving The Beastmaster, also, Did Ellen 2.0 Happen Right Under Netflix’ Nose?
JustOneMinute: Trump Week!
The Lid: Team Biden Privately Grovels To Anti-Semite Linda Sarsour
Legal Insurrection: Howard Fineman Driven Mad By FLOTUS Rose Garden Redesign, also, CT Town To Rename Sewage Plant For John Oliver
The PanAm Post: Colombia President Says Maduro Buying Missiles From Iran
Power Line: The Case For HCQ, also, Plasma Treatment Evokes Political Response
Shark Tank: Wasserman-Schultz Praises #NeverTrumpers For Endorsing Biden
Shot In The Dark: Fictional People On A Fictional Golf Course
STUMP: Public Pensions Quicktake – Pension Underfunding vs. State GDP
The Political Hat: Sandia Struggle Sessions Revisited, also, The Philosophy Of Wokeness
This Ain’t Hell: Hong Kong Shows The World, also, Update On Missing Ft. Hood Sergeant
Victory Girls: Claudia Conway Hates Her Parents, And Twitter Giggles
Volokh Conspiracy: There Is No “Straight News” Any More, also, Is Solidified Pour-On Latex “Clothing”?
Weasel Zippers: Talcum X Calls For Mayhem, also, Postmaster General Debunks Dems’ USPS Conspiracy Theories In 30 Seconds
The Federalist: Planned Parenthood Staff Admit To Doing Illegal Abortions For Better Tissue Harvesting, also, Fact Checkers Admit Trump’s Pledge Claim Is True But Rate It “Mostly False”
Mark Steyn: The Ear, also, Hits From The Headlines

Amazon Warehouse Deals




Category: Linkagery

‘Mostly Peaceful Protests’ After Cops Shoot Black Man in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Posted on | August 24, 2020 | 1 Comment

Let me assume that everybody with an Internet connection has already seen the video clip of police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, firing seven shots while attempting to detain a man identified as Jacob Blake:

Kenosha police shot a man Sunday evening, setting off unrest in the city after a video appeared to show the officer firing several shots at close range into the man’s back.
The shooting [victim] has been identified as Jacob Blake, a Black man, by Wisconsin officials.
Police had been called to a domestic incident in the 2800 block of 40th Street at 5:11 p.m. where the shooting later occurred.
Officers provided immediate aid to the shooting victim, who was taken by Flight for Life to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, Kenosha police reported.
The man was in serious condition at Froedtert.
“Tonight, Jacob Blake was shot in the back multiple times, in broad daylight,” Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said in a statement. “While we do not have all of the details yet, what we know for certain is that he is not the first Black man or person to have been shot or injured or mercilessly killed at the hands of individuals in law enforcement in our state or our country.”
The Kenosha News reported that neighbors said Blake was trying to break up a fight between two women. Bystanders said he was Tased and then shot several times.
A video circulating on social media shows a man in a white shirt and black shorts walking to a gray van, followed by two male police officers with weapons drawn. The video does not show what happened before the man walked away from the officers, nor what was said, if anything.
As the man opens the door to get in, an officer grabs his shirt to hold him still, then appears to shoot him in the back at close range. Seven shots are heard, followed by a car horn, presumably from the man’s head falling forward. A woman who followed behind the police can be seen screaming and jumping up and down.

There is a lot we don’t know yet. Why was Blake trying to evade the officers? Did the cop think Blake was getting a gun from vehicle?

But of course it’s racist to ask questions like that, or just to wait until we find out the full story. Everybody must riot now!




 

Category: Crime, Wisconsin

Rule 5 Sunday: Kim Klacik

Posted on | August 24, 2020 | 3 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Kimberly Klacik is a nonprofit founder and mom who grabbed national attention with her video depicting how miserable life is for black folks trapped in Baltimore, which has been run by Democrats almost as long as Stacy and I have been alive. She’s got a tough fight ahead of her, running against longtime Democrat kleptocrat Kweisi Mfume, who wants to succeed recently deceased kleptocrat Elijah Cummings as the representative for Maryland’s 7th District. Kick in some cash if you can spare it.

Kim on the steps of what will hopefully be her new workplace in January.

Ninety Miles From Tyranny: Hot Pick of the Late Night, The 90 Miles Mystery Box Episode #1084, Morning Mistress, and Girls with Guns.

Animal Magnetism: Rule Five The More Things Change Friday and the Saturday Gingermageddon.

EBL: Taylor Swift, Tosca, “Blueberries For Breakfast”, Francesca da Rimini, Yevgenii Onegin, Anna Paulina Luna, Un Ballo In Maschera, Kim Klasik, Joyce El-Khoury, Kathleen Battle, Emily Lloyd, and Hansel & Gretel.

A View From The Beach: A Joyous Rule 5 Saturday – Hélène Joy, Gone Fishin’, A Strange Fish Pic Friday, Lost Colony Found, Thursday Tanlines, Wednesday Wetness, Tattoo Tuesday, Forget it Jake, It’s Baltimore, I Have Noticed the Same Thing, Masked for Monday, So You Wanna See a Pearl Necklace? and  Anything New with the WuFlu?

Red Pilled Jew: Gratuitous Rule Five Friday – Pretty Faces

Thanks to everyone for the luscious linkagery!

Amazon Warehouse Deals
Visit Amazon’s Intimate Apparel Shop
Shop Sex & Sensuality Gifts




Category: Rule 5

FMJRA 2.0: They’re Dying Over There

Posted on | August 23, 2020 | Comments Off on FMJRA 2.0: They’re Dying Over There

— compiled by Wombat-socho

“The Battle for the Survival of the United States of America Is Upon Us”
Dark Brightness
EBL

Once More Into the Breach: We Return Again to the Podcast Airwaves
EBL

The ‘Post Office Crisis’ Has Become the New ‘Russian Collusion’ for Democrats
EBL

FMJRA 2.0: Waiting For The Electrician, Or Someone Like Him
EBL
A View From The Beach

Chicago: ‘Find Some Place to Loot’
The Political Hat
EBL

Rule 5 Sunday: Marina Watanabe
Animal Magnetism
Ninety Miles From Tyranny
EBL
A View From The Beach
Proof Positive

“Magnetic Kundalini” Arrested by Feds in Case of Missing Alabama Mom
Dark Brightness
EBL

Video: Man Unconscious, Kicked in Head by Antifa ‘Security’ Thug in Portland
357 Magnum
Dark Brightness
EBL
A View From The Beach

In The Mailbox: 08.18.20 (Morning Edition)
357 Magnum
EBL
A View From The Beach
Proof Positive

In The Mailbox: 08.18.20 (Evening Edition)
EBL
A View From The Beach
Proof Positive

The War Against Judgment
Dark Brightness
357 Magnum
EBL

In The Mailbox: 08.19.20
357 Magnum
EBL
Proof Positive

New Joe Biden Campaign Ad Released
357 Magnum
Dark Brightness
EBL

In The Mailbox: 08.20.20
EBL
Proof Positive

Crazy People Are Dangerous
357 Magnum
EBL

In The Mailbox: 08.21.20
357 Magnum
EBL
A View From The Beach

Top linkers for the week ending August 21:

  1.  EBL (16)
  2.  357 Magnum (7)
  3.  A View From The Beach (6)
  4.  (tied) Dark Brightness & Proof Positive (5)

Thanks to everyone for all the links!

Amazon Warehouse Deals

Try Amazon Music Unlimited Free Trial
Kindle Unlimited Membership Plans
Give the Gift of Amazon Prime




Category: FMJRA Award

Lauren Martinchek Nails It

Posted on | August 23, 2020 | Comments Off on Lauren Martinchek Nails It

Wow, I was knocked out by this young radical’s take:

Well, it’s official.
Former Vice President Joe Biden has now officially accepted the nomination of the democratic party to be President of the United States.
You would think that after months of preparation knowing that this would happen, I would be beyond the point where it bothers me. But at this moment in time, I’ve begun to realize my frustration doesn’t come from a place of simply being disappointed. Rather, it stems from the fact that democrats have opted to coalesce around a candidate that they did not even like.
This genuinely doesn’t even have to do with Bernie. Of course, there’s a part of me that will never, ever forget the fact that after the tens of thousands of text messages I sent, the money donated, and the time and effort I and millions of other people contributed in order to help organize the Sanders campaign, Barack Obama was waiting for just the right moment to destroy everything that we had built and worked so hard for. On top of it, we’re told to sit down, shut up, be gracious in our “defeat”, and turn that energy towards electing Biden. Of course, there’s a part of me that will never get over the fact that democrats worked harder to stop a campaign that just wanted everyone to have decent wages and healthcare than they ever have to stop Donald Trump or the republican party, and I genuinely have not been the same since I watched it happen. All that being said however, I can’t help wondering about the consequences of doing all this just to effectively anoint a man who they never even had any confidence in to begin with. . . .

Read the whole thing, and keep in mind that the writer is the real deal — a genuine member of the proletariat, small-town white working class — and the bold clarity of her writing is remarkable.

After reading her take on the Biden nomination (via Instapundit), I immediately began researching Ms. Martinchek, including the old essays she wrote in college (she’s a recent graduate of SUNY-Plattsburgh), and also followed her on Twitter. Damn, she hits hard.

Here’s the thing: Ms. Martinchek’s foreboding of doom about the Biden campaign reminds me very much of how I felt about John McCain 12 years ago, or Mitt Romney eight years ago. You say, “But she’s so far left, Stacy. She’s hopeless.” And perhaps so. However, she seems smart enough to perceive certain basic errors of the command economy.

Anybody who hates Andrew Cuomo that much can’t be all bad.




 

Category: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris

In The Mailbox: 08.21.20

Posted on | August 22, 2020 | 3 Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Deadlines for the FMJRA and Rule 5 Sunday: tomorrow at noon and midnight, respectively.

OVER THE TRANSOM
357 Magnum: Antifa Vs. People Willing To Fight Back
EBL: The Bidening
Twitchy: It’s Not Just The NYU Quarantine Food That’s Awful
Louder With Crowder: The #BLM Protester Who Attacked The Driver In Portland? They Got Him!
Vox Popoli: Corporations That Can’t Play By The Rules, also, No Worries, It’s All Fine
According To Hoyt: Individual Lives Matter
Monster Hunter Nation: Destroyer Of Worlds Out September 1
Cobb: Economies Of Seduction

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: To The Mountains
American Conservative: President Trump Should Pardon Edward Snowden
American Greatness: Biden Repeats Charlottesville Lie In Divisive, Dishonest Speech, also, Mayor Groot Defends Ban On Protests In Her Neighborhood, Cites “Right To Safety”
American Thinker: Democrats Have Proven They’re Unworthy Of Power, also, Dissecting Obama’s Delusional DNC Speech
Animal Magnetism: Rule Five The More Things Change Friday
Babalu Blog: Ass’t Secretary Of State Kozak – Vacationing In Cuba Funds The Repressive Castro Regime
BattleSwarm: LinkSwarm For August 21
Cafe Hayek: When Are We Free To Choose?
CDR Salamander: Fullbore Friday
Da Tech Guy: Five Under The Fedora Thoughts, also, Da Tech Guy Off Da Radio Podcast
Don Surber: The Smug Left – Why Democrats Don’t Discuss Policy, also, America Needs Another Mount Rushmore Speech
First Street Journal: The Left Sees Landlords As All Being Wealthy
The Geller Report: Seven Year Old Boy Reportedly Attacked BY Biden Supporters For Wearing MAGA Hat, also, President’s Approval Ratings Soar During Bleak DNC
Hogewash: Team Kimberlin Post Of The Day, also, Themes & Memes
Hollywood In Toto: Unhinged Is The Perfect Movie For Our Disturbed Times
The Lid: Professors Demand End To Standard English
Legal Insurrection: Postmaster General Testimony Punctures Democrat/Media USPS Conspiracy Theories, also, #BLM Mob Terrorizes Portland Residential Areas
Power Line: “Unity” Event Canceled Due To Threats Of Violence, also, Translate This
Shark Tank: Roger Stone Warns Of Extensive Voter Fraud, Praises Laura Loomer
Shot In The Dark: East Side PrideShame
The Political Hat: Fighting Racism In Academia With Witchcraft, also, Equity & Marxism Explained In Cartoon Form
This Ain’t Hell: Retired Army Generals Pen Letter To CJCS Asking Him To Oust Trump, also,  Marine Given Highest Award For Noncombat Valor
Victory Girls: Joe Biden Delivers His Own Eulogy
Volokh Conspiracy: Short Circuit – A Roundup Of Recent Federal Court Decisions
Weasel Zippers: Joe Biden Accused Of Plagiarism (Again), also, As DeBlasio Spends $2 Million On Wife’s Staff, City Plans To Cut First Responders
The Federalist: No Matter How Much The NYT Pimps Polyamory, It’s Not Good For Kids, also, Biden DNC Speech Suffers Low Ratings Even With Americans Trapped At Home
Mark Steyn: On The Road To Oblivion

Amazon Warehouse Deals




Category: Linkagery

Crazy People Are Dangerous

Posted on | August 21, 2020 | 2 Comments

 

Say hello to Cecilia Fulbright of Waco, Texas:

Waco police arrested a 30-year-old woman Wednesday morning on driving while intoxicated and aggravated assault charges after she chased at least two cars and intentionally crashed into one, later telling police she thought she was chasing a pedophile who had kidnapped a girl, arrest affidavits state.
Officers arrested Cecilia Celeste Fulbright, of Waco, at about 10 a.m., after she crashed into a barrier near the gas pumps at H-E-B on North 19th Street, police reported.
A driver called police at about 9:20 a.m. to report a small red car had chased them on North 19th Street but that they were able to get away, according to the affidavit.
About 20 minutes later, another driver reported the red car was chasing her and that the driver, Fulbright, was yelling at her and rammed her car multiple times before the caller pulled into the H-E-B parking lot on 19th Street, the affidavit states.
“Ms. Fulbright pursued (the driver) through the parking lot striking her again and an uninvolved Dodge Durango before Ms. Fulbright crashed into a cement pylon at the gas pumps,” police reported.
The other driver was uninjured.
When officers arrived, Fulbright was in her car “crying hysterically” and yelling that the other driver “was a pedophile and had kidnapped a girl for human trafficking.” She said she rammed the other car “because she believed she was saving a child” from a pedophile she followed from Speegleville, but her account “did not match the timeline or any facts or evidence,” the affidavit states.
She appeared to be “delusional” and under the influence of drugs, and a breath test showed her blood alcohol content was between 0.21% and 0.217%, more than double the legal limit of 0.08%, according to the affidavit.

OK, that’s crazy enough, but wait — it gets even better!

On Aug. 6, Fulbright sent [her acquaintance Mark] Mueller an “out of the blue” message containing a link to download the Trump 2020 campaign app. Mueller said he subsequently argued with Fulbright about Trump’s political competency and during the argument?, she claimed that Trump was “literally taking down the cabal and the pedophile ring.”
“One by one,” Fulbright wrote to Mueller. “What President has EVEN TALKED ABOUT IT? It’s been going on for centuries.” . . .
Adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory imagine Trump as a savior figure and often equate criticism of the president with support for pedophilia and infanticide.
Sydney Molina, a former roommate of Fulbright, said that Fulbright “has a history of mental health issues” that have gone untreated. She added that Fulbright’s family was “super huge” into supporting the president and that Fulbright was “feeding off her own family’s crazy Trump love.” At some point in May, Molina claims to have introduced Fulbright to QAnon.
“I was the one who originally sent her stuff, and her boyfriend sent her stuff, kind of like laughing at how ridiculous it is,” Molina said.
But according to Molina, Fulbrigh began to sincerely follow the conspiracy theory.
“I found out later that she was staying up for days reading this stuff,” Molina told RWW. “She was getting more and more caught up in it and delusional.”
By the time of Fulbright’s arrest, Molina said Fulbright “had been on a three-day bender on this QAnon stuff, and the last thing she said to me was that the aliens gave her free power.” Fulbright claimed to Molina that her red 1984 Pontiac Fiero “was powered with free power from the aliens?.”

Pro tip: Don’t send conspiracy-theory stuff to your crazy friends.

By the way, as a strategy to get crazy people to vote Republican, this QAnon thing is genius. I mean, why should the GOP allow Democrats to have a monopoly on the votes of the mentally ill? Feminists believe the patriarchy is oppressing them, so they vote Democrat. How is that less crazy than believing that aliens are powering your Pontiac?




 

Category: Crime, Texas

In The Mailbox: 08.20.20

Posted on | August 20, 2020 | Comments Off on In The Mailbox: 08.20.20

— compiled by Wombat-socho

OVER THE TRANSOM
Red Pilled Jew: Wednesday Whittle
357 Magnum Escape From LA
EBL: Kim Klacik For Congress In MD-7
Twitchy: Even Tom Nichols Thought The “Julia & Andrew Show” Was Cringeworthy
Louder With Crowder: The Portland Man Assaulted By #BLM Is Speaking Out
Vox Popoli: Facebook Sides With The Satanic Pedo Cult, also, Evil In Plain Sight

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
Adam Piggott: The Not Good Times Brought To You By Team Woman
American Conservative: The Capitalist Class Is Anything But Conservative
American Greatness: TX Gov Abbott Says He’ll Defund Cities That Defund Police, also, New Poll Shows Trump Tied With Biden In Formerly Deep Blue Minnesota
American Thinker: Kamala’s Lies
Animal Magnetism: Animal’s Daily Switching Sides News
Babalu Blog: Fidel’s Old Friend Jimmy Carter Sure Seems A Brilliant Judge Of “Character, Decency, Honesty, & Integrity”
BattleSwarm: Austin Police Defunding/Homeless Update
Cafe Hayek: Quotation Of The Day
CDR Salamander: Diversity Thursday, also, The Army Is Doing The Navy’s Job…Sort Of
Da Tech Guy: Why POTUS’ Fight With Goodyear Matters, also, Everything Fun Has Been Canceled And It’s Getting Everyone Down
Don Surber: Obama Panics
First Street Journal: Not Just No But Hell No!
Fred On Everything:
The Geller Report: Revenge Of A Bitter, Failed Obama, also, Taliban IED Experts Blow Themselves Up In North Afghanistan Mosque
Hogewash: Watching A Supernova Remnant
Hollywood In Toto: Jimmy Fallon’s Re-Education Wraps In Time For Election Day
JustOneMinute: Geez, Trump & The Media
The Lid: DNC Caught Duplicating Livestreams For Harris Speech Applause
Legal Insurrection: Kamala Harris’ Virtual Cheering Section Included Duplicates, also, Goodyear Tire Partially Backs Down, Revises Policy Against “Blue Lives Matter”
Michelle Malkin:
The PanAm Post: Historic U.S.-Taiwan Arms Deal Scares Red China
Power Line: Hatred, Prejudice, & Rage, also, The Great Implosion
Shark Tank: Soros-Linked Everglades Trust Endorsements Prove To Be Kiss Of Death In GOP Primaries
Shot In The Dark: Planned Economy
The Political Hat: Yes, It CAN Happen Here, also, Restorative Justice
This Ain’t Hell: More Toxic Leadership, But This One Got A Star For It, also, Army Investigating Uniformed Soldiers Who Appeared In DNC Roll Call Vote
Victory Girls: Remote Learning Will Fail Our Children
Volokh Conspiracy: Does The Democratic Platform Endorse Court-Packing?
Weasel Zippers: Priceless – Trump Gets DNC Bump, also, #BLM Speaker Declares War On “Filthy, Disgusting Animal Cops”
The Federalist: Four Years Later, Planned Parenthood Whistleblower Still Trapped In Kamala Harris’ Persecution
Mark Steyn: One Mohammed, Two Mohammeds, Three Mohammeds, More, also, I’ll Be At The Beach, Thanks

Amazon Warehouse Deals




Category: Linkagery
« go back — keep looking »