Links for Friday the 13th

Bearing Arms starts us off with Getting Permitted Across the Country. Excessive Fees? Waits? Obstacles?

Since the 2022 landmark NYSRPA v. Bruen decision, every jurisdiction in the United States was forced to issue carry permits or licenses on a “shall-issue” basis. Essentially the Supreme Court said: “The peasants shall be allowed to have their pitchforks.” But what does it take to have your pitchfork in every state of the Union?

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Appeals Court Says Federal Judge Sara’s Immigration Order Went Too Far

She thought she was a king and could order the Executive Department around, essentially creating rules and regulations. Appropriating the powers of the Legislative Branch to essentially pass law. To change existing federal laws. All to protect illegal aliens.

Guns & Gadgets 2nd Amendment News has a video on Major 2A Lawsuit: Do Gun Rights Stop at State Borders?

Right now in the state of Hawaii, if you are a law-abiding American from any of the other 49 states, someone who can legally carry where you live, well, the state says you can't carry there. Period. Not because you're prohibited, not because you failed training, not because of a background check, but simply because you are not a Hawaii resident.

MaddMedic - Shots Fired at US Consulate in Canada in ‘Unacceptable Act of Violence’

But, but…. They have gun control!!!

The Truth About Guns - Michigan Republicans Introduce Bill To Become 30th Constitutional Carry State

Michigan gun owners might be the latest to be able to enjoy constitutional carry—that is, if some Republican lawmakers get their way. A measure under consideration in the state House of Representative would make Michigan the 30^th state to have such a law on the books.

The Other McCain - When the Jokes Just Write Themselves

The work I’ve actually done this morning is fisking Anniki Sommerville’s absurd column about women “giving up on men,” and I don’t expect any particular reward for this work, but undertook the task because it seemed necessary. These feminist bitches ought to be grateful for my work, but they’re not, and that’s really the whole point, isn’t it?

Matt Margolis at PJ Media - The Obama Foundation Is Even More Corrupt Than You Thought

The scandal-plagued Obama Presidential Center in Chicago already stirred up plenty of controversy. Now the money trail surrounding it raises even more uncomfortable questions about how former President Barack Obama’s inner circle is cashing in while taxpayers get screwed over.

Again from William Teach - Bummer: News Coverage Of Climate Doom Falls For 4th Straight [Year]

Anyhow, the planet is overheating from a whopping 1.7F increase since 1850, which is less than during the previous Holocene warm periods.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 11 March 2026: Slop Is As Slop Does

Amazon has called an all-hands meeting of its engineering team to ask them to please stop destroying the company's site with AI slop. (Tom's Hardware)

The term "blast radius" is not one you want to hear being thrown about in reference to side-effects of code updates.

Again from The Other McCain - ‘Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbour’ (Exodus 12:16)

Making false accusations is both a sin and a crime, and it can also be a tort — libel or slander — although as a society we have allowed this sin to go unpunished so often that some people think they can get away with it.

Your vocabulary word of the day: Friggatriskaidekaphobia is Fear of Friday the 13th. Frigga being the Norse goddess that Friday is named after. Sometimes she is Frigg. (Sun-day. Moon-day. Tyr's day. Odin's day, or Wōden's day. Thor's day. Frigga's day. Saturn got hooked into that for Saturday. The Norse used Washing day for the last day of the week.)

Self-Defense in South Carolina

USA Carry brings a story about a failure of the victim-selection process. Man Airlifted After Being Shot in Leg in South Carolina Shooting as Deputies Say Evidence Points to Self-Defense - USA Carry

Authorities said one man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. He was airlifted to a regional trauma center for treatment. Investigators are currently speaking with him as part of the ongoing investigation.

A second man who was at the scene and is believed to be the shooter was detained by deputies for questioning.

After the questioning, the shooter was released. Evidence pointed to self-defense.

Georgetown County, South Carolina is about 40 miles northeast of Charleston, and about 15 mile southwest of Myrtle Beach.

The sheriff is still investigating. After that investigation is complete the DA will actually make determinations about charges.

Self-defense is a human right, and it is usually recognized as a legal right in South Carolina.

Chicago Public Schools Can't Teach

Chicago Contrarian brings us a story of fail. Why Does This Failing Chicago Public School Remain Open?

[The Heritage Foundation's Corey A.] DeAngelis took to his X account to note that Douglass High School was built for 912 students but today has only 28 kids thanks to the number of people moving away each year from Brandon Johnson’s drowning Windy City.

Despite that the school is almost entirely empty and has only a fraction of the number of students it once had, it still doesn't have any kids who can read at grade level. Let that sink in. Not one of its 28 students are proficient at reading.

The staff to student ratio is 1:1 at that school. Now that will include all too many administrators - the bureaucracy is out of control - but the student to teach ratio is low.

So why is the school open? The unions. Why can't anyone read? Because public schools in large cities are not about teaching. They are all about politics and indoctrination.

The Bride! - "All the subtly of a sledgehammer"

The latest crime against cinema has been released. "You know what the world needs? A Woke look at The Bride of Frankenstein," said no one, ever. Well, except for Maggie Gyllenhaal.

The craziest thing about this whole thing, is that some studio agreed to invest between $80 million and $90 million in a Nepo Baby's fan fiction. That is before marketing. It made about $13 million in the first weekend globally. It will lose most of that money.

This is the Nerdrotic Daily video EVERYBODY HATES A TOURIST – The Bride’s Maggie Gyllenhaal Became a Filmmaker to Fight Sexism

Nerdrotic: "So it starts out with Mary Shelley speaking from the dead."

Mauler: "Already cuz I know about this. I was just like, 'So that's a no' from from like the idea like if this was pitched in some [ __ ] studio like, 'So Mary Shelly' no already no absolutely not."

As Mauler says in the video, this would be fine if it was an arthouse film, made for 10 or 20 million dollars. It isn't. The only explanation at this point is that Hollywood hates money.

It is a 10 minute excerpt from The Real B.B.C.

For other takes:

• Kylie Roseanne at Haunted Hippie - The Bride Offended Me...
• The Critical Drinker - The Bride! - It Sucks!
• Even Grace Randolph didn't like it - The Bride REVIEW - Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale 2026 (Though I have NOT watched all of this review, because I hate Grace Randolph's reviews.)

Avoid Road Rage

Road Rage is never worth the risk, as these 2 brothers found out. Sheriff identifies men in Harlingen road rage shooting

Sanchez told deputies he was driving westbound on FM 508 with his two children when he passed two vehicles, nearly causing one of them to run off the road.

"Nearly." So nothing actually happened, but the 2 brothers driving the 2 cars were apparently enraged.

Sanchez further stated to deputies that both brothers began assaulting him when he pulled over and exited his truck.

Sanchez then retrieved his firearm from the center console and fired it as both brothers continued to assault him, according to the sheriff’s office.

Both brothers were shot and treated at a local hospital.

Sanchez sustained extensive injuries, including to his eye socket, multiple bumps on his head, and small lacerations on his face, the Cameron County Sheriff’s Office said.

Harlingen is in extreme southern Texas. It is about a 135 mile drive south of Corpus Christi.

Self-defense is a human right, and though it will be a while before the investigation is complete, and the DA makes any determination about charges, this did happen in Texas.

Terror, Media Bias, and More

THE FIRST STREET JOURNAL asks a question about terrorists. Why are so many violent haters of Western civilization themselves children of wealth and privilege?

The Philadelphia Inquirer published photos of the homes of the two Bucks County, Pennsylvania, ‘men’ charged with throwing homemade bombs at a protest outside of Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s official residence, in New York City.

One had an estimated value of $2,238,200. They other home had an estimated value of $668,000.

Now, unless you've been living under a rock, you probably saw how CNN treated the attempted bombing in New York.

The internet is forever pic.twitter.com/jWni68aymN

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 10, 2026

That isn't the end of it, of course.

The two were taking exception to a protest organized by (as The Philadelphia Inquirer called him) "far-right provocateur Jake Lang."

Did you catch that? The headline itself states that Messrs Balat and Kayumi were “inspired by ISIS,” but it is Jake long who is described as a “far-right provocateur.” Provocateur is defined as someone who provokes other people to take rash actions or break the law. Reporters Jesse Bunch, Ellie Rushing, and Maggie Prosser have, by the use of that description, placed blame on Jake Long for the crimes of the actual (alleged) criminals.

Click thru for the rest.

More Antisemitic Attacks in Canada

Canada is following in the steps of so many places. 2 GTA synagogues hit by gunfire overnight, police investigate | CBC News

Police in parts of the Greater Toronto Area will be increasing their presence after shots were fired at two synagogues in North York and Vaughan.

It comes just days after another North York synagogue, the Temple Emanu-El, was also shot at on Monday.

It is odd really. I thought Canada had all kinds of gun control. It doesn't seem to be working. (Hat tip to Jews Can Shoot)

Wednesday Link Roundup - 11 March

William Teach at Pirate's Cove starts things rolling with Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Don Surber has highlights of the week.
Doug Ross has Larwyn’s Linx. And more Larwyn’s Linx.

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 03.09.26

Don Surber: Regime change matters
Elizabeth Nickson: Remigration NOW

EBL - Daylight Savings

Daylight Savings
Instapundit: Spring Forward

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 8 March 2026: Space Shark Edition

The associated Hacker News thread notes that you can get even better performance [than using AWS] by the simple trick of running your own server.
And save a ton of money.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Iranian Leadership Hiding Under Hajibs, Trump Demands Unconditional Surrender

Ace, War Powers Act Vote to Limit Iran Action Fails, Meaning This Is Now a Congressionally Approved War. "Okay okay, that's kinda bullshit. But you will agree, this means that this is not a Congressionally disapproved war.

Small Dead Animals - Saturday On Turtle Island

The Democrat Party’s America: Douglas Murray – Keeping his promise. Iran’s last hope. Hating white men.
Conman Carney’s Canada: Alleged Graves. Stolen Land.

Don Surber - HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEWS

ITEM 6: Costa Rica’s president-elect Laura Fernández said, “Mexico is for me a reference of where we do not want to go.”
Even Mexicans don’t like Mexico anymore.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 03.10.26

STUMP: New York Pension Watch – Public Employee Unions Ask for Sweeteners
The Political Hat: Leviathan’s Operating System

Political Hat - News of the Week (March 8th, 2026)

Rep. Dan Crenshaw loses to Republican primary challenger in Texas
NBC News projects state Rep. Steve Toth defeated Crenshaw, who was the only GOP House member running for re-election in Texas who didn’t have Trump’s endorsement.

Vlad Tepes - Iran, the conquest of the West by Islam, proof of Grok’s “baked in” agenda and more: Links 1 for March 9, 2026

3.Muslim terrorists threw a home made frag mentation bomb at an anti-Islamization rally in New York City yesterday. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of press on it. Right in front of the mayor Mamdani’s official residence

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - Iran Strikes: Day 10

Meanwhile, Iran is hitting only purely military targets. Ha, just kidding! They’re hitting desalinization plants, in Bahrain and UAE.
No sleep until Brooklyn regime change:

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 3/9/2026

German Industry Orders Plummet in January With Oil Prices Adding to Pain
Germany’s industrial sector has started weakly into the New Year.

The Glibertarians - Saturday evening Links

That’s just good product placement, right there.
How about you go fuck yourself, Ron?
Tulsi? Is that you?

Bacon Time!!!! - Sunday Linkange

Pirates Cove Climate Cult Has A Special Class For Special People
Freedom Is Just Another Word.. .Saturday Memes…

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 3/9/26

It has been nearly 50 years since I wrote about Iran with Nixon. Trump approaches Iran with the same clear-eyed realism.
Trump Learned Richard Nixon’s Lessons On Iran

Maggie's Farm - Saturday morning links

The obvious signs the Iran war is part of larger contest with Russia and China
The Fall of the NGO-Administrative Complex

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Our Long Road to War With Iran

• It’s Not ‘ISIS’, It’s the ‘Allah Finger’ - Daniel Greenfield
• Before FBI subpoena, congressional observers flagged commingled ballots at Maricopa County center - JTN

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 03/10/2025

Right-wing AfD makes historic gains in west German election.
Send everyone you know to AmericanStasi.com, because we need readers

I leave you with Sunday Funnies from Flopping Aces, Sunday Funnies For 03-08-26 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Sunday Memes …. from MaddMedic, and Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #3475 from 90 Miles from Tyranny.

If You Break Into Homes...

You will eventually find an armed homeowner. Suspected burglar was shot by Provo resident | KSL. Or in this case, the homeowner's son.

File this under, "Another failure of the victim-selection process."

Lance Andre Hunter, 41, broke into a home and started a confrontation with some people inside. Two women ran upstairs and locked themselves in a room. Hunter followed. The homeowner's son, who have been arguing with Hunter retrieved a gun.

After Hunter pushed past the son, he went upstairs and "was attempting to kick in the door to the room they [the two women] had locked themselves in." That's when the son reengaged Hunter, this time armed with a gun, according to the affidavit.

He was shot once.

Despite being shot once, police say Hunter stole a vehicle at the hangar that had the keys still inside and tried to leave the area, but was stopped by responding deputies.

Provo, Utah is about a 40 or 45 mile drive south of Salt Lake City.

This sounds a bit like a domestic incident, but police are looking to see if Hunter is connected to other burglaries in the area.

However that plays out, self-defense, and defense of others, is a human right. This didn't take place in Massachusetts. Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0.

All This "Clean Energy" Is Causing Environmental Harm

From CFACT we get an article about the dirty truth of Wind Energy that the environmentalists somehow don't want to address. Waste from “clean energy” piles up across the U.S.

Disposal of wind turbine blades is an issue. An environmental issue.

Disposal of giant blades in landfills is often the only way to deal with equipment that is no longer serviceable. “Blades are frequently buried in fragments in several landfills throughout the Great Plains,” Cohen adds, “transforming sites in Wyoming, Iowa, and South Dakota into wind turbine graveyards. By 2050, the cumulative decommissioning material from wind turbines could reach 133 million tons. On average, 3,000 – 9,000 blades are being taken out of service per year in the United States, and that number is expected to increase to 10,000 – 20,000 blades per year by 2040.”

The blades for the giant turbines don't last as long as the environmentalists hoped they would. They can't be recycled. I wonder if the energy required to produce the blades, which are made out of fiberglass, epoxy resins, and carbon fiber, can ever be recouped by the turbine. That doesn't include the steel, the concrete, and the copper that goes into the entire thing.

Noche Acosador

I do love classical guitar, but I know next to nothing about this artist. The song comes by way of a playlist generated by the Tidal streaming service based on my listening habits.

This is "Noche Acosador" by John 5 from his 2012 album God Told Me To.

Corporal Timothy O’Connor Jr.

End of Watch. Fallen PA state trooper leaves behind wife, daughter after fatal Chester County shooting

The 40-year-old trooper was shot around 8:15 p.m. after pulling over Jesse Elks, 32, 10 minutes after responding to the initial call, state police confirmed.

He was responding to a call about an erratic driver.

Pennsylvania State Police said O'Connor first enlisted in 2010 and was first assigned to Troop J in Avondale, Pennsylvania before joining the Criminal Investigation Unit in October of 2016.

He was then transferred to the Embreeville barracks in March of 2022 and was promoted to corporal months later in July of 2022.

Tuesday Links - 10 March

MaddMedic at Freedom Is Just Another Word… is first with GUNS Magazine Should You Carry a Gun at Home? The Nancy Guthrie Incident ..

What?
You don’t???

Lone Star Parson - The Royal Navy

The UK can't even send one of its very few warships to defend one of its territories in the face of an attack by an hostile power. But of course the power concerned is Moslem and it wouldn't do to offend all those imported votes asylum seekers. would it.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 7 March 2026: Sleepless In Santorini Edition

AI startup Hayden AI is suing its former CEO over alleged instances of fraud and theft and pettifoggery and exaggerating on his resume. (Ars Technica)

The mopery and dopery appears to go back a ways:

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: Better Than Expected

A good week for Senators fans, even though travel and work compelled me to play the Tuesday series against the Angels on Wednesday and the Friday series against the Hated Yankees tonight.

The College Fix - Stanford student gov. wants reinstatement of student co-ops suspended for antisemitic, anti-white actions

‘Perceived’ Jews, men, whites not wanted … but hey — one co-op has a communal kitchen! The other’s Weds. happy hour is the best!

Clayton Cramer - Remember When Bigots Said Women Were Too Emotional to Vote?

The bigots were wrong but leftists screaming at the sky does nothing to refute it.

John Nolte at Breitbart - Nolte: Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Ultra-Woke Frankenstein Flick ‘The Bride!’ Bombs at Box Office

So, yes, I wanted The Bride! to fail at the box office, because woke delivers lousy art and even worse storytelling, and the only way to make it stop is for it to fail at the box office.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Oh Noes: Trump Forcing Canada To Make ‘Climate Change’ Research Budget Cuts

Adding Trump’s name in somewhere is the way it’s supposed to be done, right?

Daley Gator - IDIOTS AND ANTI-SEMITES

Why don’t y’all take a flying leap.

Will The Cook County State's Attorney Treat This Like Self-Defense?

The new State's Attorney is a step up from the last, but it is still Deep Blue Chicago. Chicago crime: Homeowner with CCL shoots intruder amid break-in in Back of the Yards on Loomis Boulevard, Chicago police say - ABC7 Chicago

It happened at about 2:39 a.m. in the 5100-block of S. Loomis Boulevard, police said.

A 59-year-old man was breaking into a garage and was confronted by the homeowner.

CPD said the homeowner, a valid CCL holder, pulled out a gun and shot at the alleged intruder.

The guy who got shot is expected to be okay. The police also say that "charges are pending."

Back of the Yards is a neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, about 8 miles south of the Loop. From about 1865 until the 1950s (?) Union Stock Yards was surrounded by a lot of meatpacking operations. The people who worked there, lived in Back of the Yards. It isn't one of the 77 official neighborhoods, but is part of New City.

Liberal prosecutors generally hate self-defense. I don't know that much about Eileen O'Neill Burke, the current Illinois State's Attorney for Cook County, except that she is better than Kim Foxx. That is not a high bar, as Second City Cop called Fox Crimeshea. I guess we will see what happens in this case.

Self-defense is a human right. It is a concept that seems to be catching on in Chicago. I see this as a case of, "Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0.

The Once Great British Navy Is a Joke

William Teach at Pirate's as some info on the Place Where Great Britain Used to Be. Trump To Starmer: “We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won!”

If Trump has any sort of foreign policy doctrine, it’s FAFO. This can go anywhere from FriendlyAFO to FoolAFO to FuckAFO. It’s up to them to see which Trump they’ll receive. Trump keeps them guessing. Now Starmer will either have to dig in or kiss Trump’s ass.

Britain once ruled the seas. Now they cannot get a ship to sea in the face of an emergency. And aside from what we are doing, British bases in Cyprus are under missile attack, and they cannot deploy a single destoryer to provide missile defense. Not one.

From Lone Star Parson we get that update. The Royal Navy

In 1935 the Royal Navy had something like 12 battleships, 3 battlecruisers, 7 carriers, 66 cruisers, 184 destroyers and 60 submarines. Britannia ruled the waves and employed over 300,000 men to do so. Now the Royal Navy has maybe 63 active ships and submarines in various states of disrepair, of which 2 are carriers, 6 destroyers, 7 frigates and 10 submarines.

This is a sad state of decline.

The Media Is Still Shocked that Gays Own Guns

Because the Left and the Media (but I repeat myself) holds on to a lot of stereotypes about gun owners. LGBTQ Floridians seek gun safety training amid rising tensions - Watermark Out News

This article sounds a bit like an extended advertisement for a group called Equality in Arms, which is an organization out of Orlando that focuses on training people new to the idea of owning and carrying guns.

“When you’re carrying a firearm, you’re carrying a huge responsibility,” [Christopher] Fernandez [owner and lead instructor of EIA] says. “You almost literally have the power of life and death in your hands. I teach people how to walk through the world being a good, sane, thoughtful, principled person who happens to carry a firearm. That’s a huge focus of my concealed carry class.”

They do get to Pink Pistols, and a few other organizations, toward the end of the article. Pink Pistols was formed in 2000, but the media hasn't gotten that message. For a mostly complete list of organizations of minority gun owners, see Implications for Understanding Gun Owner Diversity Today. That is a section of a post from Professor David Yamane.

It is a left-wing publication, so they have to have a few paragraphs about ICE, because Journalism.

Supermassive Black Hole

Muse is odd. Whenever I hear one of their songs, I generally like it, but I have never gone searching for their music, and as far as know none of it has crept into any of my playlists, though I will probably have added this song to at least one playlist by the time you read this.

Muse is listed as "Dance Rock" which I hadn't heard of, but then when I was listening to dance music, it tended to be fairly extreme by mainstream tastes.

Here is a link to the lyrics.

This song is "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse from their 2006 album Black Holes and Revelations.

Don't Bring a Knife to a Gunfight

Things will probably not work out for you. Moore County homeowner holds knife-wielding robber at gunpoint until officers arrive

According to the Aberdeen Police Department, the homeowner called 911 just before 11 p.m. to report a burglary in progress in the 200 block of Campbell Street. He said he was at home with his wife when a man armed with a knife came to his porch and attempted to break into the house.

When cops arrived they found the homeowner holding the would-be, bad guy at gunpoint. Cops took control, disarmed the bad guy, and arrested him.

Police said the suspect was identified as 21-year-old Tylee Keyshaun Cannady of Aberdeen. He is charged with the felony offenses of first-degree burglary and breaking and entering with intent to terrorize, along with the misdemeanor offenses of first-degree trespass with entering/remaining and possessing marijuana paraphernalia.

Moore County, North Carolina is about a 65 mile drive southwest of Raleigh.

The homeowner was not charged because North Carolina is not New York. Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0. (Hat tip to USA Carry)

The BBC Lied About Pete Hegseth Speech

I'm shocked that the BBC would lie about anything. OK, so I'm not shocked. From The Telegraph: BBC altered Pete Hegseth speech on Iran war

The BBC mistakenly altered a speech by Pete Hegseth on the war in Iran, making him appear to say the United States was targeting the Iranian “people”.

BBC Persian, which broadcasts to audiences inside Iran, mistranslated remarks by the US secretary of defence, telling viewers Washington was bringing death to the Iranian “people”.

What Hegseth actually said was that the US is targeting the regime, and NOT the people.

Even The Telegraph seems reluctant to claim the BBC is biased.

The mistake was seized upon by pro-Israel media campaigners, who claimed that it cast doubt on the BBC’s impartiality. It also triggered a backlash on social media.

Some (probably desipised) group thinks this shows the BBC is biased. Now maybe there is some part of British law that would open The Telegraph to a defamation suit. My opinions are protected by the 1st amendment, and I believe that the BBC is a group of lying bastards that are deep in the throws of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

It is "claimed" to be a part of long-standing bias in covering the Mideast.

In January, the BBC was embroiled in a row with the Israeli embassy after the broadcaster was accused of obsessing over Gaza while “largely ignoring” the protests in Tehran.

Gee, the BBC wouldn't be antisemitic, now, would it?

That is on top of the suit by Trump against the BBC for lying about stuff during the election.