Remember Why You Have a Three Day Weekend

It isn't just to mark the start of summer.

San Diego Shooters Seem Confused

The Other McCain asks a question. Why Would Two Jew-Hating Teenage Incels Shoot Up a Mosque in San Diego?

If what you’re looking for is logic and rationality, homicidal adolescents probably aren’t the first place you’d look.

The media, predictably is not interested in this story.

It has been noticed, by the way, that once the identity of the San Diego killers was determined, their background examined, and the contents of their “manifesto” widely available for scrutiny, the mainstream media lost interest in this story. The 24/7 coverage on CNN ended abruptly, without explanation. A full understanding of the factors involved simply doesn’t fit the preferred narrative.

Then there is the schools' role in radicalizing kids.

Beyond that, however, is the possibility that mandatory “ethnic studies” courses in high school may have played a role in radicalizing these weirdos. Last year, San Diego journalist Amy Reichert interviewed Cain Clark’s mother who “said her son was mandated to take an Ethnic Studies class to graduate from [high school]”:

That "ethics course" focused on "Whiteness," and Cain's mother worried that the course was actually teaching hate against his white family. (Cain was multiracial.)

Click thru for the rest. The details on the crime, the ethics course, the short-staffing of the cops, and how that played into the crime, etc.

I miss living in a civilized society.

People You Know Can Be a Threat

While it doesn't say, I'm assuming that since they were neighbors, this is the result of an ongoing conflict. One dead after Midwest City home invasion - News9

The gun-hating part of the Left loves to go on, at length, about how if you own a firearm you are more likely to shoot someone you know, than a complete stranger. While those statistics may be changing, shooting someone you know is not always a tragedy.

Authorities say a man entered a neighbor’s house unannounced and began assaulting the homeowner.

The suspect was shot during the confrontation according to police.

He was taken to a local hospital, but he did not survive his wounds.

Midwest City, Oklahoma, is a suburb of Oklahoma City. It is about 5 miles east of downtown. More or less.

The investigation is in early days, but this sounds like self-defense to me, and while I am not a lawyer, it is my understanding that Oklahoma has a fairly robust version of the Castle Doctrine.

Self-defense is a human right.

Chicago's Criminal Justice System's Electronic Monitoring Is Broken

Another aspect of the Criminal Justice System in Chicago and Cook County that is not getting the job done. 300 Lost in Cook County’s EM Program

Officials are now admitting that Cook County's pathetic and dangerous electronic monitoring system, a program that is supposed to make sure convicts are properly serving their home-based criminal sentences, has lost track of more than 300 people.

According to the Chief Judge, that is about eight percent of the population on electronic monitoring.

Burke added the data "clearly demonstrates how current safeguards are falling short, particularly when [electronic monitoring] is available to those charged with the most threatening and heinous crimes."

These are people charged with serious crimes. The people missing are as follows:

• 21 convicts charged with murder
• 13 charged with attempted murder
• 173 charged with aggravated assault
• 29 people charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault

Click thru for more.

In That Place Where Great Britain Used To Be

The UK is toast, and Europe is probably mostly toast as well. The UK doesn't deserve to survive. - Flopping Aces

I’ll bet you know the name George Floyd. He couldn’t breathe.

I’ll bet you don’t know the name Henry Nowak. He couldn’t breathe either.

Henry Nowak was a white, 18-year-old university student in England. His was stabbed. The guy who did the stabbing claimed Nowak was being "racist," so the cops handcuffed him, and when he told them he had been stabbed, the cops said, "I don't think so." He died in handcuffs, while cops accused him of being racist. I think the cops might be projecting their anti-white racism.

Prosecutor Nicholas Lobbenberg KC said Digwa "was carrying an extremely large knife in a sheath openly displayed over his clothing" which he used to stab the first-year Southampton University accountancy and finance student. [Ref. Sky News]

He denies the video evidence.

There are a lot of stories on this incident. Not too many were in the "legitimate media," until the publicity blew up around the trial, because The Narrative must be protected. There are a lot of accusations of two-tiered policing. The cops believed the statement "He was being racist" and didn't believe the statement "I've been stabbed." You figure it out.

The killing was in December of last year.

Keep Your Dogs Under Control

People get upset when dogs are shot, but this case seems justified. UPDATE: Dog shot by neighbor dies from injuries, owner facing charges

Sometimes you need to defend yourself, and your family, from four-legged threats.

Bangor Police Lt. Brent Beaulieu says their investigation, aided by video evidence, shows the dog was untethered and ran “aggressively” towards the neighbor and his children, who were in a small play area in their driveway. He adds the dog leapt over a small barrier and continued running towards the family when the homeowner shot the dog. The dog then ran home.

The dog was euthanized later in the day.

The dog is identified only as a Staffordshire Terrier, though the photo looks more like a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, than an American Staffordshire Terrier. Either way, it is one of the breeds usually lumped under the heading of Pit Bull.

On Wednesday, The owner of the dog was charged with dogs at large, a civil offense, according to police.

The shooter has apparently not been charged with a crime, because self-defense is a human right.

Not All Explosions in Russia Are Due to War

Who doesn't love a good explosion? As long as it is on video, and a long way away, that is.

BLEVE = Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion. This is why I don't like propane. Even when it is not under high pressure, things can go wrong.

It isn't really funny, as 6 people were injured, one of them seriously. The manager of the gas station has been detained under a criminal investigation.

This is the StacheD video LPG Tanker Explosion: Routine Delivery to BLEVE! This took place at a gas station in Pyatigorsk, Russia, which is in southern Russia, roughly 110 miles east of the Black sea, and about 65 miles north of the border with Georgia.

When you're unloading a tanker, there's well established safety protocols for a reason. When those protocols get skipped or the equipment isn't up to standard, you don't get a second chance to fix it.

The video is about four and a half minutes. (I love StacheD videos; they are entertaining and I learn stuff.)

Volvo EV Fire Risk

From the Daily Mail: Fire-risk Volvo EV owners told not to fully charge for 5 months

More than 10,000 electric Volvo owners have been stuck for months with family cars that barely manage to cover 150 miles before running out of charge - after the manufacturer imposed strict charging restrictions on safety grounds.

Volvo said DO NOT charge beyond 70% full, because this could cause batteries to overheat and catch fire. The owners were also told to not leave the car unattended while on charge. That means you can't hook it up in your garage (assuming you have one) overnight. Oh, and don't charge your car in your garage, because there is too much chance it will burn your house down.

The cars were originally advertised to have a 280 mile range.

Furious drivers have told This is Money the problem has become a 'constant inconvenience' - with some already considering a return to petrol or diesel.

There is more. Volvo offered customers £200 vouchers for public charging costs, but after 5 months, those are mostly gone.

There are a number of statements made by Volvo owners.

The hat tip goes to MGUY Australia and his video GRIM: Volvo EV owners STUCK with HALF their range

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 23 May

The Right Way is up first with Top of the News

Put a Nuke in It and make it AWESOME - Right Angle - Theo Spark
Devil's Food Cake - Evi. L Bloggerlady

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 05.20.2026

Don Surber: Democrats are blowing it
First Street Journal: Amy McGrath Henderson goes 0-for-3!

EBL - Justice for Henry Nowak

Henry Nowak (a student) was the innocent victim of a stabbing, but police in the UK arrested and handcuffed Henry and he bled out (without getting treatment).

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 22 May 2026: Oof Edition

Google accidentally leaked details of an unpatched Chromium flaw. (Bleeping Computer)
Unpatched since December.
December 2022.

The Glibertarians - Thursday Afternoon Pinch Hitter Links

PEG MA TIGHT: Appalachia is blessed with huge untapped deposits of lithium in the form of the mineral pegmatite. Exploiting this resource could free us from dependence upon foreign sources, particularly China.

Political Hat - Quick Takes – Pushing Euthanasia: No Adequate Care In Canada; Hospices Collapsing In The U.K.; Denies Disability Support In Australia

In the U.K. the vaunted NHS will happily see you dead, and hospices have no funds.
In Australia, they don’t support the disabled, unless its to support patients dying.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 05.21.26

Gates Of Vienna: “Show No Mercy. Kill Them All.”
The Geller Report: Justice at Last: Cuban Communist Dictator Raul Castro Indicted for Killing American Humanitarian Pilots

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 5/22/2026

Bowser Reimposes DC Curfew Amid Surge in Juvenile Delinquency
Washington, D.C., Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser on Friday imposed a juvenile curfew in the nation’s capital, following several disturbances

Vlad Tepes - Comrade Carney and the real state of law in Great Britain: Links 1 for May 21, 2026

A migrant, dunno yet if it was a Muslim, stabbed a British person. The migrant told the police that the British stab victim had said hurty words to the migrant. The police arrested the British person. The British person died bleeding out in custody.

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 5/21/2026

Airbus and Air France Convicted Over 2009 Rio-Paris Crash
A Paris appeals court has found Air France and Airbus guilty of involuntary manslaughter over the 2009 crash of flight AF447, which killed all 228 people

Small Dead Animals - Friday On Turtle Island

The Democratic Party’s America: The Panda Express. Victor Davis Hanson – We’ve heard this before.
Davos Carney’s Canada: Muslim values are Canadian values. Bread and circuses.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Congress Rests on its Laurels, DNC "Autopsy" Reveals Dems Too Nice to Trump, Indictments in Minnesota Fraud

Vince Dao @VinceDaoTV, "AIPAC has fought Thomas Massie for years, actually. That’s a shock to his supporters who started following politics 2 seconds ago, but Google is free. Notice how he didn’t lose his primary until he voted against funding ICE

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 05.22.26

Don Surber: Thune joins the Resistance
First Street Journal: I’m waiting on yet another effort by the left to censor things they don’t like

Flopping Aces - The Week in Radical Leftism, 05/22/2026 – More Cope from the Economist!

America’s submarine dominance is under threat
Nice angle to suggest America is distracted by the war in Iran and neglecting other elements. That just isn’t the case.

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - LinkSwarm for May 22, 2026

“Left’s election fraud denials crumble as DOJ exposes two-decade-long California cheating scheme. FBI Director Kash Patel says prior administrations looked the other way on election cheating but ‘those days are over.'”

Maggie's Farm - Thursday morning links

Prepare for an Earth-Shattering Kaboom As Starship V3 Finally Takes Flight
Babylon Bee Goes on Rampage Mocking Anti-Gun Media, Politicians

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 5/ 22/26

“Today, we are onboarding the largest immigration judge class in agency history."
Trump Takes Massive Step To Keep Americans Safe

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Thomas Massie's Ouster Is More Proof of the GOP's Ongoing Commitment to Purging Antisemitism

• Weaponized Lawfare: Finally Somebody Might Pay a Price - David Strom
• 171 Countries Out of 204 Do NOT Use ANY Form of Mail-In Voting; It Is Time for Us (U.S.) to Jettison the Widespread Use of It - FoxyHeterodoxy (Debra C)

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 05/22/2026

Big Country makes a decent case the Gangstalking Brigade, US domestic surveillance, may be the US Military’s Signature Reduction crew. Maybe. If it was, I would advise the US Military to prepare for a 99% reduction in their budget

I leave you with Wednesday Memes … from MaddMedic, Midweek Memes from Granite Grok, Thursday Meme Drop from Midwest Chick's Place, and Friday's gifs from Wirecutter.

Don't Open the Door

Make sure you know who is outside that door, before you open it. UPDATE: Homeowner confronts, shoots intruder on Trenton Road in Clarksville - ClarksvilleNow

Clarksville Police detectives have learned the woman had been awakened by her dogs barking and believed someone was trying to break into her home. She heard someone at the front door and thought it was her husband trying to get inside. After unlocking and opening the door, an unknown man entered the townhouse, and a struggle began. The woman, who was armed, fired her weapon.

The guy who got shot was airlifted to Nashville in serious condition.

Clarksville, Tennessee is about a 45 mile drive northwest of Nashville.

You can call through the door. You can install a peephole. You can install a doorbell camera. You don't need to open the door without some idea of who is on the other side.

Why Movies and TV Are Horrible Today

Real Life Fake Wizard is a critic of popular culture, and I am coming to appreciate his point of view. Take this short summary:

The problem IS the people making the stuff.

Hollywood writers used to come from everywhere. They were veterans, or had real careers before they ended up in LA. Today Hollywood writers come from a handful of coastal universities. They have no life experience. They haven't read classical literature. (That was written by dead, white men.) They have no life experience. They haven't even struggled with anything, more difficult that sobering up enough to attend classes on Monday.

This is the Real Life Fake Wizard video Hollywood Writers Hate The Audience

The American entertainment industry pulls almost exclusively from the same narrow funnel. A handful of MFA programs, in a handful of coastal cities, a handful of online taste maker circles where you have to say the right things to get the right gigs. The people who get hired share a world view before they ever write a single line of dialogue. The selection pressure runs on social connections and ideological alignment. Who you know and what you say in public matters more than whether you can write a story a stranger in Ohio will pay to watch.

Inside that funnel, a very specific worldview gets absorbed by everyone. Tradition is suspect. Religion gets recoded as hypocrisy. Working-class life is bigotry waiting to be exposed. Romance gets deconstructed into a power dynamic. Heroism is naive at best and complicit at worst. Beauty gets called regressive. Patriotism is embarrassing. The writers spend years marinating in this view of the world before they ever sit down to write a script for a mass audience.

The video is 20 minutes, but worth the time.

The Clouds Breathe For You

I haven't featured anything by The Glitch Mob in a very long time. This is low-key enough it shouldn't be jarring while the caffeine is kicking in.

The Glitch Mob is an electronic music duo from Los Angeles, California. They are putting on a couple of live shows this weekend in Bakersfield. Unlike some electronic bands, they are supposed to put on a lively show, though I have never seen them in concert.

This is "The Clouds Breath For You" by The Glitch Mob from their 2015 EP Piece of the Indestructible.

Friday Links - 22 May

William Teach at Pirate's Cove starts us off with Doom: Hotcoldwetdry Will Make Mediterranean “Hurricanes” Worse Or Something

Did you know that the Med has Bad Weather? And that you are making it worse?

Chicago Contrarian - Chicago Mayor Misses the Bus

Mayor Brandon Johnson is heading to Rome to visit the Pope, because apparently what Chicago desperately needs right now is another taxpayer-funded photo opportunity overseas while the city continues to slide deeper into dysfunction.

Andy Ngo at Ngo Comment - WATCH: Andy Ngo Discusses Massive Tommy Robinson Rally in London

The London rally, attended by up to 60,000 people, featured several American speakers, including Glenn Beck and Nick Shirley. The speakers were critical of mass migration, Islam, and Keir Starmer’s unpopular Labour government.

Professor Yamane at Light Over Heat - I May Have Undercounted

How many gun cultures are there, anyway?

Miguel Gonzalez - Politeness and the lack of it.

I grow very cross now when somebody is impolite just because he can or is their imported behavior from where they used to live and refuse to be part with it because silly reasons, more than likely not wanting to look weak or be a redneck.

Clayton Cramer - Where Madness Leads

Multiple news reports indicate that the mass murderers at Islamic Center of San Diego hated Jews so they attacked a mosque.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 20 May 2026: Unpossible Edition

Google search is dead, says... Google. (Tech Crunch)

Professor Plum in the library with a lead pipe? / Or just Google being Google.

Anyway, the plan is, now that Google has killed its premier product through years of malign neglect, to force you into an AI "experience" any time you want to look something up.

Again from William Teach - NC GOP Looking To Pass Constitutional Amendment Limiting State Taxes

Obviously, Democrats are against keeping taxes low for NC citizens

The Price of Liberty - Defending free speech?

We defend anyone’s right to speak (write, publish, record, etc.) freely on any subject. Whether right or wrong. But we defend our own God-given right to challenge, contest, disagree, and point out when what they say is wrong.

Echo Chamberlain - The Return of Gravity: Why the Bond Market Is Starting to Frighten Governments

The cheap-money age that quietly underwrote much of modern politics may be ending.

How Should a Woman Defend Herself From Her Ex?

Two self-defense shootings in one day in Philadelphia. Intruders shot in separate Philadelphia shootings during attempted break-in, home invasion, police say - 6abc Philadelphia

I keep hoping that someone from the gun-hating part of the Left (it isn't all of the Left) will tell me what a woman should do in a situation like this. I'm not holding my breath.

The other shooting in this story, I covered yesterday in a separate post. This incident took place around midnight on Monday morning.

In a separate overnight shooting, Philadelphia police say a 33-year-old man was shot while trying to break into his ex's home in Parkside.

After she shot him, he showed up at a local convenience store with multiple gunshot wounds. She called 911 to report the incident.

"The male was trying to enter her property through the front window, and that the male was a former domestic partner of hers. Female said she didn't know who it was and she fired shots," Captain Louise Higginson, with the Philadelphia Police Department, said.

The investigation is in early days.

People need to understand the sentence, "It's over." The gun-hating Left needs to say what she should have done aside from defending herself. (If your Ex shows up in the middle of the night, and tries to break in, I don't think they are looking to have a long talk, but I'm a cynic.)

The Massachusetts Justice System Doesn't Care about Public Safety

If the state was worried about public safety, they would lock up criminals. They do not. Focusing on Gun Control Rather Than Criminal Control Forces Armed Citizens to Act in Self-Defense - Shooting News Weekly

Okay, so there was the recent shooting in Cambridge, Massachusetts that was stopped by a citizen with a concealed carry license, and a state trooper. (More on that below.)

What I learned today (the 19th) was that the bad guy in question had been convicted for a shooting in 2020, and was out of prison already.

The then District Attorney, D.A. Rachael Rollins, requested 10 to 12 years for this guy. He would still be in prison, and he would probably not have been shot. But the judge in that 2020 case, didn't think that was fair, so he was sentenced to 5 to 6 years in prison. That judge is Judge Janet Sanders.

Thus, another police officer, and an armed citizen were forced to temporarily incapacitate this dangerous individual where the state’s criminal justice system proved unwilling to do so. Law-abiding gun owners have every right to be disgusted with a government that fails in its most basic duty to protect the public from criminal violence while it works hard to prevent decent people from providing for their own protection.

As has been noted in several places, Massachusetts is not the most open state when it comes to concealed carry.

For details on the incident in Cambridge, see this link: Good Guy With a Gun Helps Stop Bad Guy

Hat tip to Stephen Green at Instapundit: PUTTING YOU AT RISK BY DESIGN

Florida AG Smacks HOA Over Firearms Ban

This is the kind of story I love to see. Florida attorney general issues warning to Port St. Lucie HOA over firearms ban

There plenty of stories out there, apparently a few on Redit, and even some on YouTube, about Homeowners Associations, and the Karens that run them, getting smacked down while overstepping their authority. While most of those stories are fiction, this one is a true story.

A week or so ago, the board of directors for Tradition Community, in Port St. Lucie, Florida, changed their bylaws to forbid the carrying of weapons, concealed or open, in all common areas. That included offices, club house, pool, storm water areas (which are often set aside as parks), etc. It included residents of the community, guests, independent contractors, and employees of the association. Or so they thought.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is warning a Port St. Lucie homeowners’ association that its ban on firearms in common areas violates state law and could trigger legal action.

In a formal letter sent on Thursday to the Tradition Community Association, Inc., Uthmeier said the association’s policy prohibiting firearms in shared spaces conflicts with Florida statutes protecting the right to keep and bear arms.

Ouch. That is going to piss off the Karens who came up with this policy. It will impact them for 2 reasons.

1. They cannot forbid guns from the community, and they are scared of guns
2. They are not the Law

To be a fly-on-the-wall for the next board of directors meeting...

Here is the statement that Attorney General Uthmeier made on X:

Tradition Community Association, Inc. is on notice:

Enforcement of its discriminatory policy against anyone for exercising the constitutional right to keep and bear arms will be met with legal action by my office. pic.twitter.com/1j4hjeoeUf

— Attorney General James Uthmeier (@AGJamesUthmeier) May 21, 2026

Liberty Doll also has a video on this topic: HOA Bans Guns, AG Threatens Legal Action

For the record, I consider HOAs to the evil. I lived under one for 7 months in Florida. It took me an extra few weeks to sell the condo. When I bought my current house, I researched to deed back to the 1840s, when the US military was first surveying this part of the country, to make sure that there were no covenants or restrictions. There are not.

I tend to agree with The Fat Electrician when it comes to HOAs:

Unfortunately this gentleman lived in an HOA, a homeowners association, which if you don't know is basically diet communism. It's where a bunch of people build some nice houses, then they get together and they're like:

Hey we got all these nice houses; you know what we need? More government! We've got federal, state, county, municipal... it's not enough. We need even more rules. We should come together, designate a tribunal of Elder Karens to make all the important decisions for us.

You can watch/listen to the Fat Electrician's video on WW2 Veteran, and Medal of Honor recipient, if you like. It is classic Fat Electrician. WWII history, and an HOA that gets an epic beat down. It is just over 11 minutes.

Concealed Carry Still Not Allowed on Florida College Campuses

Which I will never understand, and don't understand how this will pass muster under the Bruen decision, but here we are. DeSantis Signs Law Arming Trained College, University Faculty After FSU Shooting - South Florida Reporter

A year after a gunman opened fire on Florida State University, trained college and university faculty can carry guns onto campus under a bill Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Friday.

The training is fairly involved, but at least the campuses will not be completely disarmed.

Under the new law, HB 757, the program will be extended to colleges and universities. Staff hoping to become guardians must complete 144 hours of training — 132 hours with firearms. Although the program isn’t mandatory, college and university presidents have the power to appoint their school guardians.

But they can't allow legal adults with concealed carry licenses on college campuses. Oh, no. Because while they can be armed in most places in the state of Florida, when they step onto a college campus they lose the ability to be responsible. Or something. Or is it just that the college students don't "feel safe" unless they are in a defenseless victim zone.

It is the 21st Century and feelings are important. [Heavy sigh]

I'm sure the Left, especially the college professors and students will be screaming and crying and running for their safe spaces in no time.

Christopher Nolan's Woke Odyssey

Christopher Nolan is a good director. He is responsible for Oppenheimer, Interstellar, Batman Begins, and The Dark Knight. There are also some movies I don't like.

He is basing his upcoming adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey on a modern/feminist translation. Great. Because Hollywood hasn't been beating that dead horse for a decade now.

This is Derek Anderson's video THE ODYSSEY IS COOKED! Trailer Getting DESTROYED!! Chris Nolan’s MOST DIVISIVE Movie!

Self-Defense in Philadelphia

Is legal self-defense becoming more common in the Blue Cities, or am I just noticing it more? Police: Man shot dead after forcing his way into Northeast Philly home

How should the law-abiding citizens of Philadelphia react to someone breaking into their homes at about one o'clock in the morning? This incident happened at ten minutes past one.

Investigators believe the shooting happened after the victim forced his way into the home and a struggle ensued with someone inside the property, during which, the man was shot.

Officials said the man -- who police did not immediately provide additional identifying information on -- was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced at about 1:39 a.m.

The cops haven't said that this is self-defense, but then those determinations are made by the District Attorney's office, and I have no understanding of where the current Philadelphia DA stands on the issue of self-defense. The description they provided makes this incident sound like justified self-defense to me, but I'm no lawyer.

Self-defense is a human right, and it just might be your legal right.