The Other McCain

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

In The Mailbox, 03.24.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM Aewl’s Abode: Lessons From Russia Curmudgeonly & Skeptical: A WWI Diary Michelle Malkin: Get To Know The Common Core Marketing Overlords Twitchy: “You Spelled Obama Wrong” – Donna Brazile Corrected After Claiming Mitt Romney’s “Default Position: Is To Criticize RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES American Power: As Soon As […]

REVIEW: ‘Lightning Fall’ By Bill Quick

by Smitty He emailed me a review copy, but I was having none of that: I wired myself the Kindle version onto the ‘droid phone for my plane flight home yesterday. As an author, Quick befits a smart phone format well: kinetic prose from right out of the gate, plenty of characters, even pacing. Quick’s […]

In The Mailbox, 03.21.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM First Street Journal: Oh, Those Democratic Attorneys General! Proof Positive: A Fine European Whine Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: Trigger Warning – Free Speech Doug Powers: With Biden And Kerry On Top Of The Russia Issue, Obama Focuses On Important Domestic Issue Twitchy: Sandra Fluke Wants To #banbossy, Gets Pwned […]

In The Mailbox: 03.20.14

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM Blackmailers Don’t Shoot: Lena Dunham and the Hipster Golf Clap; also, Worldwide Heavy Metal. Proof Positive: Able To Leap Tall Conclusions In A Single Bound! Also, Bait And Switch, and Others May Have Reservations. First Street Journal: We Told You So! and A Canary In The Coal Mine […]

Picking Up The Signal

— by Wombat-socho A pox on Verizon for taking nearly a week to repair/replace the stone knives and bearskins that deliver the Intertubes to my humble burrow in the Virginia suburbs, after said high-tech devices were blown down during the windstorms last week. (As an aside, what kind of crappy 21st century infrastructure gets blown […]

Deranged Cyberstalker Bill Schmalfeldt and His ‘Progressive’ Homophobia

Bill Schmalfeldt ranting, 2011. (Image via Thomas Anderson at Vimeo) “He’s banned on Daily Kos. He’s banned at the Examiner. He gets angry about being ignored, and erupts in frothing rage. So then people pay Bill the only kind of attention he deserves — pointing out that he’s a brain-damaged troll — at which point […]

Daniel Hannan CPAC 2014

by Smitty I’m a tremendous fan of this chap. His new tome looks great, as well.

Ann Coulter on Illegal Immigration and Demographics: ‘No, You’re Raping Me.’

Phyllis Schlafly and Ann Coulter at Saturday’s immigration panel. Vivid analogies are not evidence of hate and, while I’m sure this is going to become another one of those “CPAC controversy” headlines, the point Ann Coulter was making is entirely valid: “My favorite network for humor is MSNBC. They’re always sneering, demographics are changing. No this […]

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