The Other McCain

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

Bettors Siding With The Media

by Smitty British bookies say gamblers are betting Trump won’t finish his term in office I have no insight, and I’m typically wrong on any political prediction. But I can’t see how Trumps ego would let him quit, when a general insult to manhood like Obama could complete two terms. My gut is that Trump […]

Turks vs. Kurds in D.C.

Some people just don’t understand this “democracy” thing works: Nine people were hurt and two arrests were made during an altercation at the Turkish ambassador’s residence in the US capital during a visit by Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. According to witnesses, a brawl erupted when Erdogan’s security detail attacked protesters carrying the flag of […]

In The Mailbox: 05.17.17

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM First Street Journal: Attorney General Sessions Wastes The Taxpayers’ Dollar BattleSwarm: Summarizing The Stupidity Of That WaPo Shared Intel Story EBL: Shocking Fashion Trend? Michelle Malkin: Who Has Absolute Health Care Moral Authority? Twitchy: @SeanSpicier’s Parody Memo Reels In Even More Lefties Louder With Crowder: Why Today’s Progressives […]

Emergency Memo to the Trump White House: You Need to Hire Bill Sammon

  One of the stupidest habits of the media is playing courtier to politicians, acting as if the people who run the country are in need of advice from journalists. I try to refrain from this. Today I will make an exception, because the situation at the White House — e.g., “Right pushes Trump to make staff, […]

In The Mailbox: 05.16.17

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM BattleSwarm: Scenes From The Continuing Liberal Freakout EBL: Was The DNC Hacked By Someone Inside The DNC? Twitchy: The Root Decries Miss USA’s “Problematic As Hell” Comments Louder With Crowder: Facebook shuts Down Ex-Muslims’ Page For “Disrespecting Islam” RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES Adam Piggott: The Male Feminist American […]

A Cautionary Point About 2018

by Smitty The Z Blog has some of the most thought-provoking posts going these days. A post today about a French province trying to counter the Revolution is quite instructive: The revolt in the Vendée region, on the west coast of France, began with the March 1793 conscription requiring Vendeans to fill their quota of […]

In The Mailbox: 05.15.17

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: I’m Okay With President Trump Inflaming His Critics Twitchy: WaPo Reports Trump Shared “Highly Classified” Intel With Russians…Or Did He? Louder With Crowder: Planned Parenthood Head Cecile Richards Has A Mother’s Day Message RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES Adam Piggott: Australia’s Immigration Is Twice The Level of The […]

From Happy Hippies to Angry Dykes

  “Does anybody remember laughter?” Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant asks that question in the live version of “Stairway to Heaven” in the documentary The Song Remains the Same. By 1973, when that concert was recorded, much of the youthful exuberance of the hippie counterculture was gone. The utopian dreams of peaceful harmony — “All You […]

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