Wednesday Link Roundup - 4 March

William Teach at Pirate's Cove starts us off with Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

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

EBL - Dracula: A Love Tale

Dracula
Better than I expected. A gothic love tale, more than a horror movie.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 3 March 2026: Mineralogical Edition

Motorola and GrapheneOS have announced a partnership to produce Motorola phones running GrapheneOS. (Liliputing)
Though I'm not sure what else they would announce.

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 2/28/2026

Fury as LA Admits it Takes 270 Days to Repair a Streetlight
Outrage is mounting across Los Angeles as residents face a staggering 270-day wait for streetlight repairs.

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - Iran Strikes: Day 4

Iran managed to hit the American embassy in Saudi Arabia with drones.
They also got drones close enough to start fires at Ras Tanura, the Saudi’s largest oil refinery.

Political Hat - News of the Week (March 1st, 2026)

EU expands funds for abortion access in response to a citizens’ campaign
The European Union said on Thursday it would back efforts to financially support women seeking access to abortions, after a multiyear campaign

Vlad Tepes - Canada’s Incremental Dialectical Dissolution of Private Property — and Matt Walsh on How the U.S. Should View Canada: Links 1, March 3, 2026

1. It is refreshing to see facts openly stated as facts, and treated with the appropriate amount of shocked contempt and ridicule as they deserve

The Glibertarians - Saturday evening Links

And then there’s the other 51st state.
Oopies. Dude didn’t cover his tracks very well.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Truth is the First Casualty of War

VodkaPundit at PJM, U.S. Hits Iran With Iran's Own Drone Design, and I Can't Stop Laughing. We took the design of the Shahed drone, made it better and cheaper. Dave Strom at Hat Hair, HUGE: What Most People Have Missed About US Use of Low-Cost Drones in Iran.

Small Dead Animals - Monday On Turtle Island

The Democrat Party’s America: Columbia students. Trump’s Iranian strike. Ramadan in Texas. Hanoi Jane.
Conman Carney’s Canada: The Indians are upset again. (Warning: CBC) Another Liberal lie.

Don Surber - HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEWS

ITEM 7: The House Rules Committee tweeted, “The Biden DOE rules for dryers increased costs but could take up to 46 YEARS to yield efficiency benefits.”

Bacon Time!!!! - Sunday Linkange

Pirates Cove Happening: Trump Decided He’s Had Enough Of Iran’s BS
Freedom Is Just Another Word.. .Saturday Memes…

Maggie's Farm - Saturday afternoon links

Why Government Can't Solve All Human Problems: A Health Care Example
The U.S. Strike on Iran Is Legal

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

The attack has raised concerns about potential disruptions in global oil supply.
Saudis Forced to Shut Massive Oil Refinery After Iranian Attack.

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: A bombing 9 years in the making

• Democrats Erupt Over Trump’s Iran Strikes - Ben Smith
• The Democrats Are Red-Pilling People By the Minute - Sasha Stone
• We Had Better Learn From the Lesson of Los Angeles - Moonbattery

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 03/03/2026

Supreme Court ponders law making it a crime for marijuana users to own guns. Can you inhale the smoke from a plant, and then lose your Constitutional rights?

I leave you with Sunday Funnies For 03-01-26 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Sunday Memes … from MaddMedic, Memes ~ Happy Funday ~ PM from Woodsterman, Sunday Funnies from Flopping Aces, and Monday Memes from Granite Grok.

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Arrests 89 S*x Offenders

From the Tampa Free Press: Nearly 90 Arrested And 1,200 Felonies Filed In Massive Hillsborough County Sex Sting - Tampa Free Press

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office wrapped up a massive multi-week undercover operation this week, leading to the arrest of 89 people and a staggering 1,217 felony charges. The sting, which ran from New Year’s Day through February 6, 2026, targeted individuals attempting to purchase sex or sexually exploit children.

And this being the Tampa Free Press, they have published the name, and mugshot of every person detained. (It is public record.)

Beyond the arrests of those seeking sex, the operation led to the direct rescue of children in immediate danger. One investigation, sparked by a cyber tip, involved the exploitation of a sleeping two-year-old. Deputies arrested 42-year-old Peter Torres and safely recovered the toddler.

Hat tip to Libs of TikTok.

3D-Printed Gun "Factory" Discovered in Brazil

We have a story of the continuing disintegration of gun control in Brazil. Weapons made in Novo Hamburgo using 3D printers feature high-quality steel and good shooting accuracy. This is by way of Google Translate, so it may be a bit rough.

The "factory" consisted of a couple of 3D printers, a decent computer, and some basic hand tools. If you're reading this, probably the only thing you don't have is a 3D printer.

The seven submachine guns seized late Friday afternoon (27) in a house in the Vila Diehl neighborhood, in Novo Hamburgo , were of similar quality to police weapons, according to delegate Ayrton Martins, from the Organized Crime Repression Division (Draco). “In addition to being accurate, the weapons also have quality control, so much so that the steel used is of good quality,” he mentioned.

The weapons being produced were the FGC-9. (The image above is of an unrelated FGC-9) That, of course, stands for "F- Gun Control, 9mm." It is one of the standard 3D printed plans that have been refined over the past few years. The ease of manufacture is what has the Left, and dictators the world over, having fits about 3D printers.

I'm sure someone will point out that the city in question, Porto Alegre, is heavily influenced by the Bala na Cara (Bullet in the Face – BNC) gang. Why? To prove that guns are bad because some people are bad. Or something.

The weapons were sold for 10,000 Brazilian reais, which is just under $2000 each. The Brazilian police are embarking on a game of Wac-a-Mole. One thing I have come to believe in, over the years, is that markets work. The more government tries to lock down a commodity, the more a market will spring up to supply the demand.

The hat tip to Impro Guns and FGC-9 bedroom factory discovered

It looks like the future of gun control is looking rather choppy at this rate.

So Easy (To Fall In Love)

This song was featured in a Rick Beato video recently. He was going over the top 10 songs on the Top 50 USA Spotify playlist. While most of the songs were overproduced for my taste, or just bad, this song had possibilities. (Not that it isn't verging on over-produced...)

Now, listening to the whole thing (Rick only plays about 20 or 30 seconds of most songs) it is OK. Not great, but better than most of the stuff calling itself Pop Music today. There is a real melody. It is a real song. Not great. But that is the quality of the culture today. Let me know what you think in the comments.

This song is "So Easy (To Fall In Love)" by Olivia Dean. It is a single off her September 2025 album The Art of Loving.

Where are the 300 Spartans?

Actually, I think that might have been a completely different war. (College was a long time ago.)

pic.twitter.com/THRDb2DOou

— Alex Sakalis (@alexsakalis) March 2, 2026

Tuesday Links - 3 March

William Teach at Pirate's Cove kicks off the festivities with some video of the Great 2026 Blizzard, or something. Your Fault: Big Northeast Snowstorm Was From Climate Doom

Yeah, that’s all from globull warming. Right. Love the guy jogging. There’s always that one. Or, maybe his wife sent him on a Dunkin run.

Miguel Gonzalez - But wait, there is more Gun Control Necromancy: With a big dash of Lying sauce.

This one made me laugh a lot. Trayvon was a thug who met his demise by a mixture of stupid machismo and poor victim selection. The Zimmerman defense team never brought Stand Your Ground as legal strategy because it simply did not apply as it was straight self-defense.

Lone Star Parson - Report From North Front

It seems Pakistan's got itself into a border war with Afghanistan, and we have to wonder, is this some kind of type of future UK polity? Outcome undecided. Then there's Iran or Persia, an ancient civilization controlled by a savage barbarian moon cult. Will we strike or will we not?

The Other McCain - ‘Major Combat Operations’ in Iran

A couple of weeks ago, it was noticed that roughly one-third of the U.S. Navy was within striking range of Iran, at a time when Iran was “negotiating” over their nuclear program with the Trump administration. One must put “negotiating” in quotation marks, because Donald Trump clearly had in mind a specific outcome — the elimination of Iran’s nuclear threat — and the Iranians did not seem to understand the consequences of not giving Trump what he wanted.

Smitty at The Other McCain - Behind Enemy Lines In NOVA, The Fairfax County GOP Met Today

Finally, Lee cautioned against relying upon USPS to deliver anything. Put your ballot into a box or, better still, feed it into the ballot scanner on 21APR.

OldAFSarge at Chant du Départ - Ave Atque Vale

I knew his real name, Dave Mustar, here on the blog, we knew him as Dakota Viking. He's the #1 Nozzleman in the photo above. He's also here in the USS Carl Vinson's cruise book from 1989-1990.

Geller Report - Massive CELEBRATIONS Break Out Across Iran…. And Across the World

Please join the people of Iran in celebrating the downfall of the tyrant Khamenei, and the imminent fall of the rotten islamic regime.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 1 March 2026: Preying Mantis Edition

OpenAI has announced a deal with the Department of War with - apparently - the same limitations that Anthropic was demanding. (Tech Crunch)

Guess Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, really pissed someone off.

Sam Altman of OpenAI knows when to lie, and sometimes also who to lie to.

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: Maintaining the Balance

Confinement VII went well. Almost certainly coming back next year.
It was an okay week for the Senators fans too.

The Shekel - Coins, Law, and Commentary - The Motive May Never Be Known

I daresay Director Kash Patel needs to remove Agent Magoo and his fellow Biden-era agents that can't identify Islamic terrorism --when it is literally on the killer's shirt -- from the investigation.

A 3D Printed AR9

Impro Guns brings us a DIY AR9 (Brazil)

Quite a few of these have been showing up lately. It’s a fully DIY 3D printed steel tube reinforced AR9 type 9mm carbine.

Click thru for the photos. There are several.

This is why the blue states are trying to outlaw 3D printers. They know they are losing control, and they hate that.

The Media Will Ignore This Death

Kristinn Taylor at The Gateway Pundit has a story of another preventable tragedy. Northern Virginia Woman Stabbed to Death at Bus Stop by Illegal Alien With Over 30 Prior Arrests

An illegal alien from Sierra Leone with over thirty arrests was charged with murder this week in the fatal stabbing of a Northern Virginia woman at a bus stop on a busy highway in the Hybla Velley area of Fairfax County just south of Alexandria last Monday evening.

Police say Abdul Jalloh, 32, rode on the same bus as Stephanie Minter, 41, and was seen getting off the bus with her. Soon afterward police were called to the scene where Minter was found with multiple stab wounds to her upper body.

The Left never really keeps criminals contained until AFTER they kill someone.

Concealing Handguns By Size

Massad Ayoob has a nice video on CONCEALING LARGE HANDGUNS

A self-defense handgun should be reasonably powerful and shootable, features which favor the larger and heavier pistols and revolvers. Unfortunately, they’re tougher to conceal.

Careful holster choice, however, can make them more comfortable and more discreet in daily wear. For most of my adult life I’ve carried either a full -size service handgun (4” barrel revolver or 5” semi-auto) or a compact version of same (3” barrel revolver or 4” barrel auto).. Here’s a video I did about thirteen years ago on the topic, from Panteao Productions.

The video is just over 3 minutes, and worth a look.

Don't You (Forget About Me)

Don't You (Forget About Me) was written for the 1985 movie soundtrack for Breakfast Club. It was recorded by Simple Minds. That band originally turned it down, but eventually accepted. It became a breakout hit for that band. Today we have a cover of that song.

This is "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Black Stone Cherry, featuring Tyler Connolly, and Theory Of A Deadman. It was released in January as a single ahead of their March 2026 album, Celebrate.

Another Failure of the Victim-Selection Process

He apparently thought it was a good idea to break into an occupied home. “He Fired, I Fired”: A Springfield Homeowner’s Tale of a Fatal Self-Defense Shooting

How would you deal with an armed intruder at roughly half-past midnight?

According to the reports, a 28-year-old man named Anthony Walker Jr. was killed in the 1700 block of Maiden Lane. But this wasn’t just some random act of violence; it was a confrontation that proved exactly why so many of us choose to carry, even when we’re just relaxing at home.

Springfield, Ohio is roughly 30 miles northeast of Dayton.

When you’re staring down the barrel of a gun in your own living room, you don’t have the luxury of hesitation. The homeowner had his own firearm ready, returned fire, and neutralized the threat.

I don't know what the 911 response time is in Springfield, but I am sure it is measured in minutes, not seconds. Even if he could have dialed 911 - he could not, since he was faced with an armed intruder - that would have done him very little good in the moment.

The Springfield Police Division has been clear: this was self-defense. The shooter, who clearly had his wits about him, managed to defend himself against an armed assailant.

Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0.

Free Health Care Is Not Always Good

It's free and worth the price. 1 in 4 Canadians in long-term care were given anti-psychotic drugs without diagnosis, report finds - The Globe and Mail

One in four Canadians living in long-term care homes were prescribed anti-psychotic medication without a diagnosis of psychosis, according to a new report that highlights serious risks associated with using the powerful drugs.

Because people who are drugged out of their minds don't cause problems.

“Inappropriate use of antipsychotics can carry serious risks, including adverse reactions, cognitive decline, falls and even death,” the report cautioned.

And if you don't want to be drugged, Canada's doctors now kill more people than Canada's guns.

I can't wait until we have socialized medicine.

Hat tip to Clayton Cramer: What a Great Healthcare System!

What's the Opposite of Diversity?

University. Former UCSB student government president sues school alleging antisemitic harassment | The College Fix

UC Santa Barbara’s former student government president recently filed a lawsuit against the university, alleging she was the victim of antisemitic abuse and harassment while campus leaders did nothing to protect her.

The lawsuit alleges Tessa Veksler, who is Jewish, was the “victim of repeated and systematic assaults and other abuse by a horde of antisemitic instigators on campus.”

She begged for help from the powers-that-be, but UCSB administration did nothing.

Click thru for the details. Pretty standard antisemitic slurs dressed up as "just against Israel."

Choose Revolvers

I leave this here for no particular reason.

Moonshine Animations has a video that makes me smile. PISTOL ONLY

If It Looks Like a Duck ... It Probably Is Terrorism

The Other McCain asks a question. ISLAMIC TERRORISM IN TEXAS?

Please note the question mark in the headline, because officials are not saying that it definitely is terrorism, but it kind of looks like it.

Officials are never sure, unless those officials are in Europe, and then it is only terrorism one time out of 100.

Click thru for the details.

This is Why the Washington Post Laid Off "Journalists"

William Teach at Pirate's Cove notes that Washington Post Seems To Have A Sad That Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Is Dead

Remember when they referred to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as an “austere religious scholar”? Glowing obituary. Well, you ain’t seen nothing yet. First, though, this is what you are seeing from Iranians

After we get a glimpse of the celebrations that Iranians everywhere are holding, we get back to the WaPo.

They can't be bothered to write about the dead guy with any bit of truth.

Nothing so far about him lording over a brutal, murderous regime, one which supported terrorism throughout the Middle East, trying to destroy Israel and kill all the Jews via proxies, killing Americans in Iraq, killing other Muslims/Arabs in the ME, having women stoned, gays hung, and so much more.

If Trump had something to do with his death, then the WaPo believes he must have been a good guy.

And the media is genuinely confused about why no one pays the least attention to them anymore.

Click thru and read the whole thing.

Self-Defense Seems To Be Legal in Pennsylvania

Which is always a bit of a shock. Man who fired shot that killed man, injured 2 others after bar fight in Allentown will not be charged, acted in self-defense, DA says | Allentown Area | WFMZ

The Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office says a man who fired shots at three people, killing one and injuring two others, at a bar in Allentown last year was justified in his use of force.

The man will not be charged, because he was acting in self-defense and the defense of others.

The incident in question took place on December 19th, so considering that very little happens over the holidays, I suppose this isn't a bad time frame for a DA in Pennsylvania.

The man who fired the shots at the three people during the fight reasonably believed that the use of deadly force was imminently necessary to protect the person from the risk of death or serious bodily injury, the DA’s office said.

Self-defense is a human right.

The Great BAFTAS Kerfuffle of 2026

If you have been living under a rock, you might not know that British Academy of Film and Television Arts hosted the BAFTAS Film Awards. While these things are usually just another pointless awards show, this year one of the films was I Swear, which was about the life of John Davidson. Mr. Davidson has an extreme form of Turrette Syndrome known as coprolalia, which causes him to have verbal uncontrolled outbursts. He shouted the N-word during the show. The internet has been melting down.

And in particular, Grace Randolph, "everyone's favorite bad take factory," decided to jump in, with no knowledge of Turrette Syndrome (she basically admitted that in a post on X) and has been roasted by absolutely everyone I like on YouTube.

I don't watch Grace Randolph except to see the clips. There were more previously, as one YouTube podcast even had a segment "What kind of dumb sh*t did Grace say this week." Drinker called her "the middle-aged liberal white woman who makes it her business to be offended on behalf of the rest of the world." She puts the AWFL in Affluent White Female Liberal. But then Grace Randolph was demanding he apologize for something that he could not control. (Spoiler alert, he did apologize, just not on Instagram/X/F*c*book/etc. He did it privately to the entertainers who were on stage.)

Marvin Montanaro at Geeks and Gamers has an article summarizing the entire thing. Grace Randolph Attacks Nerdrotic As Her X Meltdown Continues in Wake of BAFTA Tourette’s Incident

Marvin M. captures the basic problem. Even after she was told how she was wrong, she carried on.

Randolph did not walk back her position and continued posting about the incident.

At one point Randolph posted a survey asking how we should segregate the disabled, so as not to cause other people distress.

Pierry Chan, of Nerdrotic Daily, cut together 3 videos from various sources. I've listed two below, but you should be able to find the other if you are interested.

This is Critical Drinker's video The BAFTA's Showed Us Who People Really Are

You know, normally I'd greet the prospect of the BAFTAS, basically a low rent British version of the Golden Globes with a bunch of celebrities that nobody in America has ever heard of, with about as much enthusiasm as a 3-day corporate seminar about correct spreadsheet usage.

The video is about 8 minutes long.

Anyone and everyone who has anything to say about pop culture has been piling on. I mentioned on X that I don't think I've seen a dogpile like this in a couple of decades. Takes me back to the early days of the web, or even bulletin board systems.

The videos are all about 20 minutes, which is why I embedded Critical Drinker's 8 minute video above. I know, that is a lot of video, but it is fun to laugh at the woke left, and you don't have to watch, so much as listen.

• Sydney Watson - This "slur" situation has broken the Left...
• Pierry Chan: Nerdrotic Daily - MY CHANNEL IS UNDER ATTACK!!! Grace Randolph Declares WAR on Tourette’s and GOES OFF THE RAILS
• Pierry Chan - IT’S ALL BULLSH*T – Grace Randolph’s Virtue Signaling Goes MASSIVELY Wrong!
• Clownfish TV - They're Calling the Man with Tourette's a Racist Now...
• Ryan Kinel: RK Outpost - Grace Randolph DESTROYED After ATTACKING Man With Tourette's Over BAFTA N-Word | This Is INSANE

There are more, but I have not seen all of them. Clownfish TV, WDW Pro, Midnight's Edge, Derek Anderson - The D.A., Mr. H Reviews, and more have all chimed in. If there is someone you like in the pop culure arena, they probably have mentioned this, either on YouTube or on social media.

Here is the X post where Grace R. basically said that she had no idea how Turrette Syndrome worked before calling for John Davidson's head. (She now knows, becuase she has been community noted several times about the way Turrette Syndrome and coprolalia work.

Thank God the Affluent White Female Liberal (AWFL) is here to save the day.

No matter how Tourette's works, that the BAFTAs subjected Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo to that is outrageous and shameful.

This was handled SO poorly - footage is forever, and also this man Davidson will have to deal with the horrible fallout as well.

— Grace Randolph (@GraceRandolph) February 23, 2026

Except of course Randolph's problem with the N-word is very context specific.

Grace Randolph loves the N-Word @DDayCobra @Nerdrotics pic.twitter.com/aCc5GHOAIx

— Pierry Chan (@pierrychan1984) February 25, 2026

It Turns Out Notre Dame Is a Catholic University

They seem to have forgotten that for a while. Pro-abortion professor backs out of Notre Dame leadership role amid protests | The College Fix

Professor Susan Ostermann will not accept a leadership role at the University of Notre Dame, administrators announced Thursday after the scholar’s pro-abortion beliefs attracted backlash from students, professors, and alumni at the Catholic institution.

The Observer, Notre Dame’s student newspaper, broke the news of Ostermann’s decision on Thursday, ahead of a scheduled protest opposing her as the new leader of the university’s Liu Institute.

The interesting part is the protests by students.

Maybe there is some hope for society.

Despite her decision to step down, the “March on the Dome” protest will continue as planned, sophomore Luke Woodyard told the student newspaper.

“This is great news, but although we won the battle, the war wages on. The fact that this pro abortion professor could ever be appointed signifies a much deeper Split between the students, deans, and administration,” Woodyard told The Observer.

The students at Notre Dame are more Catholic, and more conservative, than the people running Notre Dame.