Wednesday Link Roundup - 16 September

William Teach at Pirate's Cove is up first with Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Victory Girls Blog has Sunday morning cafe cocktails linkage.
Vlad Tepes has linkage.

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 09.15.26 (Afternoon Edition)

Don Surber: NBC vs. the Holdout Juror
Elizabeth Nickson: The Gloom Is Manufactured; Just Beneath, A Golden Age

EBL - Band of Brothers 25th Anniversary

Band of Brothers
I did not remember that Band of Brothers first aired a few days prior to the 9-11 attack.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 13 September 2026: Merchant Of Florence Edition

LG televisions are definitely not spyware, says LG, as it reportedly force-pushes a firmware update to hide the spyware:

A View from the Beach - The Return of Flotsam and Jetsam

Hat Hair's John Sexton has A San Francisco Squatter Story for the Ages. Variety worries Paramount Leaving California Would Devastate Los Angeles Economy, Leaked Report Finds.

Political Hat - News of the Week (September 13th, 2026)

Midterms will test America’s voter turnoff problem
Cynicism grows when politicians promise everything and solve too little

Don Surber - HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEWS

ITEM 20: Mike Konczal asked, “Why Are Women Over 100% of the Jobs Gained Under Trump’s Second Term?”
More than 100%? Turns out Barbie wasn’t the only one who found math class tough.

Small Dead Animals - Saturday On Turtle Island

The Democratic Party’s America: Victor Davis Hanson – Democratic socialists. It’s not over. Muslims gaining power. Name the enemy.
Conman Carney’s Canada: Doug Ford. Bought and paid for media.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 11.15.26 (Evening Edition)

Shark Tank: Sweetwater Mayor Jose Diaz Endorses Alex Rizo For SD-39
Shot In The Dark: Don’t Care

The Glibertarians - Saturday evening Links

I looked all over the house. I even looked under the bed. There were no fucks to be found.
This is fun. Too bad nothing will come of it.

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 9/12/2026

Anti-Voter ID Democrat Requires ID to Attend His Own Campaign Events
A Pennsylvania Democrat backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is requiring people to show identification to attend his campaign events.

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - Updates On The Murder Of Andrew Wimsatt

One thing I have not found in local news reports is that Ogbodiegwu attempted to “behead” Andrew, as some farther flung outlets have reported. This appears to be a too-many-steps removed exaggeration of an already horrific crime.

Vlad Tepes - Charting the move of Western thought from reason to diktats and state truth: Links 1 for Sept. 15, 2026

1. Victor Davis Hanson: Update on the Carney provocations to create a war of sorts between Canada and the USA – Stage 4
2. The revolution accelerates its overtness

Bacon Time!!!! - Sunday Linkange

The Shekel – Coins, Law, and Commentary – Gov Whitmer In Favor of Blocking Entry Of At Least Some Illegal Immigrants
Woodsterman Babes ………….

Maggie's Farm - Monday morning links

Bill Maher Destroys the Left Over 9/11
No Secretary Bessent, We Aren't Magically Growing Our Way Out Of Debt

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: “Our Democracy” Responds to 9/11

China's Three-Front War on American AI: Sabotage, Theft, and Espionage Leslie Eastman
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Discusses U.S-Canada Trade Conflict CTH

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 9/ 15 /26

“If you screwed the American taxpayer, the federal government is now going to say you’re cut off.”
Vance: Over 870,000 Alleged COVID Fraudsters Banned From Federal Loans

I leave you with Sunday Funnies For 09-13-26 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #4162 from 90 Miles from Tyranny, Saturday’s Yep, it’s the Weekend, Meme Drop 9-12-26 from Midwest Chick's Place, and Monday Memes from Granite Grok.

911 Transcripts of Self-Defense Incident in Mobile

He had every chance to walk away. He didn't walk away. ‘My husband had to shoot’: 911 calls detail moments homeowner shot intruder

First, he tried to break into a business owner.

The [business owner] tells the operator, “He was just climbing at the top of our barbed wire getting in when I saw him.”

The business owner, who did not want to be identified, tells me his surveillance cameras captured Lee’s “odd” behavior around 9:13.

Six minutes later, a 911 call was received from a homeowner, saying that someone was breaking into their home.

At 9:19, the homeowner’s wife calls 911, saying “There’s somebody trying to break into my house.”

When the operator asks if she knows the person, she responds, “No! I don’t know the person. My husband is armed and he is trying to get the person to leave. He is knocking at our window.”

The sound of glass breaking, is followed by the sound of a gunshot.

The case is going before a grand jury, though no one was arrested. I don't know how common that is in Alabama. I do know that in some states, Texas comes to mind, that every homicide is presented to a grand jury. Alabama has long history of recognizing the right to defend yourself, and your family.

Self-defense is a human right.

Another Student Essay on First Exposure to Firearms

If you haven't noticed, I really like Professor Yamane's students' writing on their first interaction with firearms. “My Opinion Has Become More Complicated”

This is a fairly common starting position.

Before this trip, I had never touched a gun or ever wanted to be near one. I have always held the belief that I am against guns, largely based on my fear of them. Despite my grandfather being a Marine and a New York City cop, I have always feared guns and associated them with violent actions.

Most of my understanding of guns has come from what I have seen in the media and heard about gun violence, rather than from actually being around firearms.

Starting from the media-induced fear and loathing, this student at least saw a small change in her relationship to firearms, by realizing that the fear is not the whole story.

One of the things I like about Professor Yamane's writing, and what I know of the way he runs his seminar, Sociology of Guns, is that he is all about facts and truth. Guns are dangerous. Guns are fun. Guns are used for bad acts, and for legal self-defense. He doesn't vilify one side, or sugarcoat anything.

Click thru for the details on the seminar, and more on this particular student's experience.

Water Of Love

This is a song I was reminded of by a YouTube channel I watch occasionally.

I do love Dire Straits.

This is "Water Of Love" by Dire Straits from their 1978 debut album.

Philadelphia DA Krasner Could Face Charges

This story is from The Other McCain. LARRY KRASNER IS COOKED! Philly D.A. Could Face Federal Charges

NEVER LIE TO THE JUDGE! On any list of “Things a Lawyer Should Never Do,” lying to the judge must always be No. 1. Let me summarize this complex story as briefly as possible: With financial backing from George Soros, Larry Krasner became Philadelphia’s District Attorney in 2018, and immediately instituted a policy of leniency, which he sought to make retroactive by cooperating with the Innocence Project to overturn previous convictions.

Because there is nothing that the Left loves more than to turn violent criminals free.

I'm no monster, and innocent people should not be in prison. That isn't what was going on here.

There is one particular case, that is causing Krasner problems. It is the case of Dennis Johnson, who was convicted of murdering Kenyatta Smith in a convenience store in 2007.

The DA was eager to see the conviction overturned, but when the judge in the case started holding hearings on the matter, panic set in. Krasner apparently pressured staffers to lie to the judge, to the point where Judge Paul S. Diamond referred the matter to the US Attorney's office, saying that the DA might have committed conspiracy or obstruction of Justice. Krasner and Matthew Stiegler (a supervisor in the DA's office) can no longer work on Dennis Johnson's case, as per Judge Diamond.

It isn't clear (to me) why Stiegler was included in that restriction, but I have not researched every detail about this case. Yet.

Ace of Spades has a good rundown here. I am not a lawyer, and understand that Larry Krasner is “presumed innocent,” yadda yadda yadda, but based on my four decades of experience as a journalist, it is my opinion that Krasner is guilty — GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!

Click thru for the meme (you have to page down) and more details. OK, it isn't exactly a meme. It is a frame from an old, and once venerated comic, Doonesbury. (The author of the comic, seems to have a severe case of TDS these days. I'm afraid it might be terminal.)

Tuesday Links - 15 September

Note: Your estimated taxes are due today, if you make those payments.

Doug Ross starts us off with A Prayer for 9/11

We Remember

Miguel Gonzalez - A bit of gunsmithing.

In lieu of commentary, a hasty meme.

The Gun Writer - Anti-gunners at Everytown now teaching ‘Gun Safety for Hunters’

Everytown for Gun Safety now offers what they call a “hunter’s course.” Its main goal is propaganda, not safety. They want to stop gun ownership before it starts by misleading their “students” with false data.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 10 September 2026: Stone Soup Without So Much Stone In It Edition

Google is investing $13 billion over two years to construct datacenters in Finland. (Notebook Check)
Cheap electricity and free cooling. It's as if Canada hadn't fallen to the commies.

Disaffected Newsletter - In the age of the gorgon, be Perseus

The cultural reaction to the Lindsay Clancy trial is beyond what even a cynic like me would have predicted. We are truly in the age of the gorgon ascendant.

Meep at STUMP - Requiem Aeternam Dona Eis, Domine

I like Requiems. So that’s what I’m posting today.

[Requiem Aeternam Dona Eis, Domine = Grant them eternal rest, O Lord]

John R. Lott Jr. at Real Clear Politics - CDC Undercounts Defensive Gun Uses

The Trump administration has already reversed some of the changes the Biden administration made to federal crime and gun data, including information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But politicization of data at the FBI and Justice Department still deserves attention.

Juliette Ochieng at Juliette's Newsletter - Gayle King Sits With It

The simple explanation is that it has probably been a long time since Gayle King has been around any real ni … um, real black men - the kind of guy who, after he makes a decision, will brook no more discussion and who will ignore you if you keep talking about it.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Weird: Kamala Harris Has Trespasser Removed From Gated, Fenced Malibu Home

That’s weird: why was she removed? Are the Dem Elites saying that it’s OK for illegals from around the world to come willy nilly into the U.S., but, it’s not OK for people to randomly go onto the property of Elites?

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: Can’t Blame The Offense

In previous seasons, we’ve had good starting pitching, an okay bullpen, and terrible offense. This season, we have a good offense for once, a fine bullpen…and a miserable starting rotation.*

The Other McCain - Aspiring Rapper Update: The Utterly Unsurprising Death of ‘BloodHound Q50’

It’s not like Q50 was an innocent bystander. He had killed many times before, and would have killed again, if he hadn’t been killed himself. “Self-cleaning oven,” as the cops in Chicago call such a situation, and as long as it’s just gang-bangers killing other gang-bangers, does anyone really care?

First He Got Shot, Then He Was Sentenced

This looks like actual Justice in Chicago. Garbage collector shot 2 robbers outside Chicago school; the one who survived is now sentenced to 8 years - CWB Chicago

Chicago seems to be warming up to the idea of legal self-defense.

A garbage collector shot two men who tried to rob him outside a Chicago charter school last year, killing one and wounding the other. On Monday, the surviving robber, a Hammond, Indiana, man, received an eight-year sentence.

The intended victim is a concealed carry license holder. When two guys thought it would be good to rob him, he showed them the error of their ways.

If you click thru there is security camera video that captures the moment of the ambush attack, and the garbage collector defending himself. It comes with the usual, Life is messy trigger warning/discretion advised warning.

The new, or maybe not-so-new State's Attorney in Chicago (2 years, maybe 3 now) seems to have a much better attitude about actually punishing criminals than Kim Foxx ever did.

Tesla Recall for Door Handles in China

It is sad, but Chinese regulations around electric vehicles seem to be much better, when it comes to safety. To be fair, this isn't about EVs; it is about safety. Tesla’s Door Handles Lead to Its Biggest Recall Yet

So Tesla is recalling 2.9 million vehicles in China, and zero in the US.

Government regulators have spent the last year asking serious questions about Tesla’s electronic, retractable door handles, a cool-looking automotive design flourish that has since been imitated by plenty of competitors.

The handles have been blamed, in the US and in China, for making it difficult for passengers to quickly exit vehicles and for impeding rescue efforts. A handful of crash victims’ families have even filed lawsuits against Tesla, alleging the door handle designs played roles in their loved ones’ deaths.

There are manual releases inside the cars. They can be stuidly hard to find, even if you are not unconcious after a crash. There can be - and this not just a Tesla issue - no way for people outside the car to open the door after a crash. Which is why I always carry a glass breaker in my SUV. (Do you want to stand around a car fire, and not be able to do anything?)

Why only in China? This is the StacheD Training video Tesla Recalls 3 Million Cars in China: Why Not the US?

Wombat-socho Weighs in On Bond Sales

"This is either madness, or brilliance.^‡" Rule 5 Sunday: SecTreas Taking The Long Position?

Mike Alfred, an investor, proposed using Sydney Sweeny to advertise Savings bonds.

In response, I proposed that they put Ms. Sweeney on the $100 Savings Bonds, resume printing said bonds on paper, and watch them sell out in a week.

‡ The quote that opens this post is from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Momentum

I have not featured Nita Strauss in some time. She is usually the lead guitarist with Alice Cooper's touring band. She took some time off a few years back to record a solo album. Well, she teamed up with various vocalists (including Alice Cooper on one track), but today's song is an instrumental.

This song is "Momentum" by Nita Strauss from her 2023 album The Call of the Void.

They Ran Like Rabbits

They may learn from this experience. Homeowner shoots, grazes suspect during reported Jefferson County break-in - WVTM

A Jefferson County man fired a shot during a confrontation with two men who allegedly broke into his home Monday, grazing one of the suspects before both left the scene, authorities said.

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded Sept. 7, 2026, to the 2400 block of 1st Place NW after a report of a person down. The victim told deputies that two men had entered his home and refused to leave when he confronted them.

They refused to leave before a firearm entered the conversation, then they left. One was apparently injured before they left.

Jefferson County, Alabama is home to Birmingham. It is about 130 miles west of Atlanta, Georgia, about 120 miles southwest of Chattanooga, Tennessee, or about 70 miles northeast of Mobile, Alabama.

The two would-be, bad guys were arrested a short time later. Both were held on charges of second-degree burglary, and harassment. The guy driving the car was also charged with Driving Under the Influence.

Good Guys 2, Bad Guys 0.

Professor Yamane on The Reload

This video came to me by way of Open Source Defense. And if you read this blog, you know that I like Professor Yamane's take on gun culture. I don't agree with him on everything, but I agree with him, more than I disagree with him, and I appreciate his perspective. And I think he has to be a cool professor, even if he tries to undercut that with the bow tie.

It is a podcast in video format, so you really need to listen, and not watch. That is important because the podcast is just over one hour long.

This is The Reload's video Teaching a College Course on Guns in America (Ft. Wake Forest's David Yamane)

Black Juror on the Clancy Trial Drives Left Crazy

Well, crazier than the Left already is. Black Man Causes Meme Explosion - by Juliette Ochieng

Woman kills her 3 kids, and pleads Not Guilty by reason of insanity. There is a trial.

The result: a mistrial. Eleven jurors - nine women and two men - considered her not guilty by reason of insanity, but there was one holdout, a man.

As it turns out, the man is black and the other jurors are white. And some of the white female jurors expressed their displeasure and exasperation with the man using … interesting language and tactics

Some of the memes are genius, some the thing the white liberals did were insane. Click thru.

He Suffered a Failure of the Victim-Selection Process

He broke into an occupied dwelling in Alabama. Did he not expect to find an armed homeowner? From USA Carry: Mobile Homeowner Shoots and Kills Man Who Broke In Through a Window at 9:15 at Night, Police Say - USA Carry

A man broke into a Calgary Drive home through a window around 9:15 at night and the homeowner shot and killed him, according to the Mobile Police Department.

There is a homicide investigation going on, as there always is, but no charges have been brought against the homeowner, because Alabama is not Massachusetts.

Police are working the death as a homicide investigation. That word alarms people, and it should not. Every death by gunfire gets that label at the front end, including the ones that end with no charges at all. It describes the category of investigation, not a conclusion about the person who fired.

There are "news articles" on this incident from the local press, but they seem to be jumping to conclusions (Professional Journalists™ do that) about the word "homicide."

Self-defense is a human right.

White Democrats Going After the Only Black Man on Clancy Jury

Miguel Gonzalez is not the first person to name this a Lynching in progress

But in less than 24 hours, the modern lynching party was working to its legal extremes.

They are going after this man hammer and tongs.

Click thru for the memes, if nothing else. (Here is one unrelated to that post.)

There Might Be Corruption in Baltimore City Government

Absolutely no one is shocked by this. Senior Baltimore employee under investigation sought to cut inspector general access, report shows

The tl;dr is as follows. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is investigating a "senior Baltimore employee," so far an unnamed employee. That employee demanded that the IT department cut the access of IG to the records in question.

The inspector general said this senior employee was the subject of two investigations.

One probe involved accusations that the employee wrote hundreds of emails that violated city policies.

Another investigation looked into allegations the senior employee created a hostile work environment.

This is a somewhat long-standing dispute, as there is one legal ruling from the middle of August, and possibly back to April, asking a judge to clarify the access that the OIG is supposed to have. Judge clears way for Baltimore inspector general to access city records

Baltimore City Solicitor Ebony Thompson asked the judge to clarify or reconsider her Aug. 14 ruling that the city must comply with subpoenas issued by the Inspector General's Office, as well as other issues dating back to April 10.

I'm accused to focusing too much on Chicago. Guilty. Chicago was home for a long time, and I miss the city that it used to be. Chicago corruption is infamous. Chicago Crime is running out of control. Chicago finances are a joke. But other Blue Cities have similar problems.

The Other McCain on Liberalism

From The Other McCain: The Permanent Problem of Liberalism

Every time I use the word liberalism — as it has been commonly used in the United States for decades, describing the belief system associated with the Democratic Party — some pedant will invariably show up in the comments to scold me with a lecture about “classical liberalism” as if I’m an ignorant schoolboy in need of their tutelage, which I am not. Nobody needs to teach me about John Locke, Adam Smith, et al., whose books have been on my shelves for 30 years. Nor am I ignorant of the fact that most young left-wingers nowadays make a point of scorning liberals, instead referring to themselves as progressives or socialists.

Click thru for Friedrich Hayek, William Buckley, Andrey Vyshinsky and Eleanor Roosevelt, and more on why Democrats cannot, under any circumstances, denounce Hamas and terrorism.

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 12 September

The Right Way - Top of the News

Majority Leader Thune to Ride the Bench at Republican Gathering - IOTW Report
Another day, another fraud - The New Neo

Wombat-socho - Late Night With In The Mailbox: 09.11.26

Don Surber: Baghdad NYT, Bitter Old Women Against MAGA, and Infanticide in Massachusetts
Glenn Reynolds: Another Burger Review

EBL - First Blood : Why the Sheriff Hated Rambo

First Blood
AoSHQ: Morning Report 09.09.26

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 11 September 2026: Sunken Scat Cat Edition

The Exploration Company has raised $450 million in series C funding in an attempt to show that Europe is not irrelevant. (Ars Technica)
And to explore space, maybe.

Flopping Aces - The Week in Radical Leftism, 09/11/2026 – Back to The Nation!

The Misremembered ’90s of The Backrooms
Good gravy, only The Radical Left can take a dark, cynical horror movie and interpret it as nostalgia.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 09.11.26 (Afternoon Edition)

The Abbey of Misrule: Come Walk With Me
Defending The Wood Perilous: Unexpected Success

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 9/9/2026

Anthropic Worker Estimates 10% Chance AI Could Kill Humans by 2036
(NewsNation) — Several Anthropic researchers have raised concerns about the potential for artificial intelligence to become uncontrollable

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - LinkSwarm For September 11, 2026

The Republican Party held their first ever Midterm Convention in Dallas.
On the AfD’s shocking election win in Germany.

The Glibertarians - Friday Morning Links

Trump set to honor 9/11 victims, first responders at Pentagon on 25th anniversary
Vance Casts Midterms as Fight Over American ‘Birthright’

Small Dead Animals - Wednesday On Turtle Island

Conman Carney’s Canada: A Windsor council candidate. Another church fire. Corruption.
Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC: The tattoo. Blasphemy laws. Global warming scam. A protest. Sign of solidarity.

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 09.11.26 (Evening Edition)

Chicago Boyz: The Return of the Old Gods, 9/11+ 25 Years, Charlie Kirk One Year Later, The Rift Across Our World, and AfD and the “Brandmauer”
Dana Loesch: 25 Years Later

Political Hat - Quick Takes – Meanwhile, At College: Decolonial Orientations; Normalizing Tides Of Erasure; Racial Quotas

They are paying people to decolonize psychological oppression or something…
Woke melancholia? Williams College is going to teach about it!

Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links

Introducing the 1960s: The Beatles
The Brain's Concept Of The World Versus The Real World
Freedom Is Much More Important Than Democracy

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 9/ 11 /26

Robert Spencer: But as Yogi Berra said, it ain’t over ‘til it’s over.
25 Years Later, Yes, They’re Winning

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Left-Wing Violence Is Still An Existential Threat To The Republic

The "Both Sides" False Equivalency Died on 9/10/25 Yuri Bezmenov
Infanticide in Massachusetts Don Surber

I leave you with Midweek Memes from GraniteGrok!, Wednesday Memes .. from MaddMedic, Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #4150 from 90 Miles from Tyranny, Friday's gifs from Wirecutter, and Bookworm Beat 9/11/26: The post-9/11 meme edition of madness from Bookworm Room.

Crime Is Down - Anti-Gun Activists Most Impacted

The Price of Liberty brings us the news. How desperate will the hoplophobes and hoploclasts become?

A hoplophobe is a person who fears guns (or at least claims to). A hoploclast is one who hates guns. At least guns in the possession of anyone except a government, badged employee or a on-duty, serving combat-related person serving in the military.

The news is presented in a graphic. Click thru. Murder and non-negligent homicide is down 18.1%, robbery is down 18.5%, and aggravated assault is down 7.2%. This is based on the FBI crime reports from 2024 and 2025. This is during an age when gun sales, if not record-setting, are measured in the millions, every year. There are approximately 20 million concealed carry license holders nationwide, and 29 states have adopted Constitutional Carry.

This is all very good news. It is also difficult for people to believe, in a time when a news story about two or three people being gunned down by a madman is broadcast to all Fifty States within a half-hour (“Bottom of the hour” news alerts) or an hour (the next regular reading of the news).

We are left with the impression that violence, gun and other violence, is exploding at a phenomenal rate. We hear about these killings faster, more frequently, and often phrased in a way to push the hoploclastic agenda. But this is not the case, according to various government agencies.

And since this information is not likely to be told to anyone by the national media, I intend to spread it far and wide.