Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups

Wombat-socho starts things rolling with In The Mailbox: 02.04.26 (Afternoon Edition)

Weird Catholic: Light A Candle For St. Blaise
Defending The Wood Perilous: Election Fraud 101

The Right Way - Top of the News

Colombia's Petro Says He Gave Trump List of Drug Kingpins - NewsMax
The ultimate backfire - American Thinker

EBL - Minnesota update from Border Czar Tom Homan

Instapundit: PJ Media: Tom Holman's plan is bad news for Democrats
ICE can draw down because local officials have agreed to cooperate. That also lowers the temperature.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 5 February 2026: November In June Edition

AMD has confirmed that the Steam Machine will ship early this year. (WCCFTech)
The pricing may not be what people have hoped, even those who adjusted their expectations to match the awful new reality delivered by OpenAI.

Small Dead Animals - Wednesday On Turtle Island

The Democrat Party’s America: A dangerous road. The truth about ICE. Suicidal bad ideas.
Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC: Despised and patronised. Stealth jihad.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 02.04.26 (Evening Edition)

Chicago Boyz: When Ideology Trumps Everything Else
Da Tech Guy: Oh Please PLEASE Br’er Democrats Don’t Force a Party Line Vote on Funding ICE!

The Glibertarians - Thursday Afternoon Links

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has so far been unable to access data from a Washington Post reporter’s iPhone because it was protected by Apple’s Lockdown Mode when agents seized the device from the reporter’s home, the US government said in a court filing.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - WaPoo Listing, Discarding Unwanted Load

PJM's Stephen Kruiser thinks There's Gotta Be a Lot of Beard Sweat in the Iranian Regime Right Now. Capt. Ed, BREAKING: Trump to Iran: Pound Sand. Virginia Allen at Da Signal, Why the Cuban Regime Is ‘Sweating.’

Vlad Tepes - Ten items that give an indication of the West’s slide into authoritarian information controlled societies: Links 1 for Feb. 4, 2026

2. Canada has been passing bills under Trudeau that move pretty much all power to the State, and removing any and all transparency and accountability from the State. This is continuing under Carney. This is probably because it was Carney all along.

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 02.05.26

Don Surber: Results matter
First Street Journal: The subscription losses at The Washington Post say more about the subscribers than the newspaper itself

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 2/5/2026

Epstein & Bill Gates Discussed Getting ‘Rid of Poor People as a Whole’
Newly surfaced material from the latest Epstein Files release is drawing intense scrutiny after an email exchange referenced a disturbing question

Flopping Aces - The Week in Radical Leftism, 02/06/2026 – More from The Economist!

Great one, genius. Last I checked, nobody in America was getting jailed for social media posts, which is more than we can say for you Limeys!
What New York’s Congestion Charge Could Teach the Rest of America

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - LinkSwarm For February 6, 2026

California Democrats go all in on voter fraud.
“Trump Takes a Sledgehammer to Deportation Process and Sets Up a Court Fight With Another Activist Judge.”

Once again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 02.06.26

American Conservative: Who Is Laila Cunningham?
American Greatness: Feds Have Reportedly Charged 158 Anti-ICE Agitators With Federal Crimes in Minnesota – More Expected in Days to Come

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 2/4/26

Over the decades, it’s become increasingly clear: the Second Amendment recognizes an individual right to bear arms.
The Second Amendment Has Come a Long Way

Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links

Phil Connors' Purgatorio
Chilly weather is in your imagination?

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: How the Senate Can Pass the SAVE Act Today, Despite the Filibuster

• The End Of the Washington Post Mark Judge
• The Biggest Problem with the Washington Post Is Its Readers John Sexton

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 02/05/2026

Authorities are probing allegations Peter Mandelson may have passed sensitive UK government information to Jeffrey Epstein. Looks like it will take down Kier Starmer.

I leave you with Midweek Memes from Granite Grok, Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #3373 from 90 Miles from Tyranny, Wednesday Memes … from MaddMedic, and What the hell, how 'bout some more memes? from Wirecutter.

Good Guys 2, Bad Guys 0

You should expect homeowners in Florida to be armed. ‘Break into vacant homes to smoke weed’: Homeowner shoots suspect in Nassauville burglary attempt

“If you break into somebody’s home, you should beg to get shot. And that’s exactly what happened,” said Sheriff Bill Leepe, with the Nassau County Sheriffs office.

The sheriff’s office said the shooting was in self-defense. Investigators 18-year-old Anson Shawn Drew and a juvenile broke into a home on Clearwater Road in Nassauville. The report states the suspect pointed a flashlight at the homeowner, who then shot his revolver at the suspect in fear for his life.

Nassauville, Florida is about 15 miles north-northeast of downtown Jacksonville.

The Juvenile was shot. He is in a local hospital where he is expected to survive.

Police caught up with Drew at his home later.

The report states Drew left one of his shoes behind when he ran off. He was later arrested at his home.

Self-defense is a human right.

It Is a Good Thing Law-Abiding Canadians Are Disarmed, Or Someone Might Have Been Hurt

Oh, wait a minute... 7 Toronto men arrested after violent home invasion left homeowner dead: Peel police | Unpublished

On Oct. 1, 2024, at approximately 3:40 a.m., officers responded to shots fired at a residence in the area of Central Parkway West and Confederation Parkway in Mississauga, Ont. It is alleged that four masked individuals entered the home and confronted the occupants, demanding money and valuables.

The homeowner was shot. He eventually died from his wounds.

It would be more than a year for the investigation, which covered 80 kilometers, before they ran the bad guys to ground.

“Ultimately, their efforts led to the seizure of a firearm and the arrest of seven men from Toronto who now face serious charges,” said Milinovich. “This investigation reflects the dedication of our officers and the critical support of our government partners in ensuring investigations like this are properly resourced and those responsible for horrific crimes are held accountable.”

So will there be Justice? I don't know much about the Criminal Justice System in Ontario, but I do know that criminals in Canada frequently have guns, while the law-abiding citizens rarely do.

Now a gun may not have saved this guy, there are no guarantees in life, but 7 against 1 odds are only going to be equalized by a firearm. I don't care if you're Chuch Norris's younger cousin, you are not going to fight off 7 guys. As for calling the cops, well how long do they take to repond where you live? (When you look that number up, remeber if is an average response time.)

11:11

How did a love of Heavy Metal lead to some great acoustic guitar? Rodrigo y Gabriela are a pair of guitar players from Mexico City who met due to a common love of Heavy Metal. But the music they play, or what little I have heard, is definitely not Metal.

The song "11:11" was inspired by Pink Floyd, though they have no such song. Some people say that they hear the inspiration for the song in the Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii film from 1974, but Rodrigo y Gabriela have not said that (as far as I can tell).

This is "11:11" by Rodrigo y Gabriela. It is the title song to their 2009 album.

Improvised 9mm Semiautomatic Pistol

Impro Guns brings us a photo of a 9mm pistol from South Africa. 9mm semi-auto pistol

It was probably a filing cabinet originally.

Click thru for the photo.

The primary assumption surrounding gun control is that guns are impossible for the average person to manufacture. That really is not the case.

Friday Links - 6 February

George Shay at Chicago Contrarian is first with some insurrection news. Chicago Democrats Declare War on the Federal Government

Mayor 6.6 finally finds someone he thinks is worth prosecuting — unfortunately, it’s cops, not criminals

Chicago is broke.

Illinois is not far behind.

That alone ought to concentrate the mind.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Oklahoma Legislature Goes After Climate Cult Law Suits

Hopefully more Republican states will follow

Clayton Cramer - The Supply of Racism is So Limited That it Requires Manufacturing

Free Beacon recounts the story of a widely reported racist incident from 2021 that a racially mixed jury has concluded never happened.

Lone Star Parson - Billie Eilish

At the time of writing, Eilish hasn't returned her mansion to the Tongva tribe, curiously, even though she stole it from them and surrounded it by a high wall. Genius singer/songwriter Billie's worth a mere Rainbow Socialist 70MN$.

Miguel Gonzalez - Ham as the tool of Racism: Here we go...

No dear, hams are hung because that is how they are cured, preserved and stored before use. If you don’t mess with them, they get to stay stable for amazing long periods of time.

Again from William Teach - The Yutes Are Feeling Hopeless About Climate Doom

Those numbers are pretty concerning, are they not? They are a direct result of the news, scientists, politicians, teachers, etc, scaring the ever-lovin’ crap out of the kiddies, telling them the world is going to end because of a slight increase in the global temperature over 170 years, but, SOON! doom is coming. Is it any wonder they have these negative feeling?

Irons in the Fire - Yes, every 'Stolen land!' and 'Save the Palistinians!' asshat of them are hypocrites, but remember

Of course. Because people like Billie Eilish are too busy getting their ass kiss for being 'brave' about screaming 'Stolen land!' and 'Fuck ICE!' to give a damn about the Iranians.

Do You Want the Lights (and Heat) to Come On After a Winter Storm?

It is beginning to look like you can't have both a modern society, and liberal sensibilities. Moonbattery Means No Power in Nashville

You can have a society based on the principles of DEI, or you can have the lights come on when you flip the switch. You can’t have both for long. Nashville illustrates why.

Back in 2023 the Nashville power company (Nashville Electric Service) decided that "preserving the canopy" (the trees above power lines) was important enough that they were going to change the way they trimmed trees. This was part of their ESG initiatives. ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance score. (They need a good ESG score to get the attention of folks like Black Rock to get that low-cost money.) DEI rolls under the Social/Governance part of that equation. Fast forward to 2026, and a major ice storm, and what is the result?

As for what these priorities mean to the average citizen, consider that the power has been out for thousands in Nashville for 10 days now following the winter storm that hit on January 24.

Ten days without light, without heat, without refrigeration, without hot water, without a modern civilization. The temperature in Nashville doesn't appear to have been cold enough to result in frozen pipes, but that could be different outside of the city. While a lot of gas-fired water heaters will work without electricity, most gas-fired furnaces will not.

Ten days is long time to be living in the early 1900s.

How much food spoiled in that time? How many restaurants went under because they couldn't serve lunch, and lost their week's supply of food? How many people ran gas-powered generators during that period, negating the Environmental gains of the tree-trimming insanity. (Hat tip to William Teach at Pirate's Cove)

Clare Torry and "Great Gig in the Sky"

The Feral Irishman brings us the details behind one of Pink Floyd's timeless classics. What Did She Do?

No lyrics.

No script.

Just emotion.

Sing about death.

Click thru for the story of her fight to get writing credits, and to listen to "Great Gig in the Sku" from Dark Side of the Moon.

Ride Public Transit? Not on a Bet

Also the Criminal Justice System needs to err more on the side of protecting the law-abiding citizens of Chicago. Man with 14 previous arrests sexually abused woman in CTA elevator: Chicago police - CWB Chicago

CPD records show Porter has been arrested 14 other times since becoming an adult in 2014, mostly for misdemeanors, but court files show nearly all of those charges were dropped. The only exceptions were a 2019 domestic battery case that ended with court supervision he did not complete satisfactorily and two trespassing charges at the same Old Town building that resulted in a 14-day sentence in November.

And so with no consequences, behavior didn't change. No, that's not true. Behavior got worse.

I miss civilization.

Electric Buses Versus Winter Weather

Vermont Daily Chronicle brings us a story of Net Zero insanity. 5 GMT E-buses, bought for $8 million, out of service due to fire risk, frigid weather

First it became apparent that the electric battery posed a fire hazard. (I'm shocked) So they cannot be stored in the garage. OK, so that is a problem, but not an issue, except for the fact that you cannot charge the buses if the temperature is below 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Also, they don't say it clearly, but it appears that the charging infrastructure is only INSIDE. The buses were pulled from service in November.

The buses, manufactured by New Flyer and delivered less than a year ago, were pulled from service in November after the battery manufacturer warned they posed a potential fire hazard. As a result, the electric buses cannot be stored inside GMT’s garage and must remain outdoors, per the January 29 news report by Laura Ullman.

Cold weather has compounded the problem. The buses require temperatures of at least 41 degrees to safely charge, conditions that have been scarce this winter. The vehicles have remained parked outside, dusted with snow, unable to operate.

That is $8 million worth of buses sidelined. And that means that the diesel buses still in service, are working overtime. Leaving little time for maintenance, and no margin for breakdowns or accidents.

“It’s been literally down to our last bus, where if we have another bus that breaks or some other accident that happens, you know, we would have to start canceling service,” said Green Mountain Transit General Manager Clayton Clark.

This the MGUY Australia video 🤡 Clown World! Yet ANOTHER electric bus DISASTER! He covers the story linked above, as well as the fanfare that greeted the buses when they were purchased.

The northern hemisphere winter is peak time for EV bus hilarity because of the cold weather, which invariably either affects range or charging ability. Perhaps electric buses would work okay in the year round warm climates of say Florida or Italy, but the idea that they could replace diesel in countries like the UK or Canada or northern USA is nothing short of insanity.

As MGUY Australia notes in the video, electric buses in Vermont are nothing but virtue signalling. The video is just over 7 minutes.

Officer Pradeep Tamang

The Other McCain brings a s story out of Georgia. ‘End of Watch’ for a Georgia Cop

So two cops show up at Holiday Inn where the suspect had fraudulently used a credit card (perhaps stolen) to rent a room and, after discovering he’s got an outstanding warrant, they try to put the cuffs on him and get shot because, although it’s illegal for convicted felons to possess firearms, you don’t become a convicted felons by obeying the law, do you?

This took place in Gwinnett County, Georgia about 20 miles northeast of Atlanta.

Click thru for the details, the photos, and the analysis.

Wednesday Link Roundup - 4 February

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

1. Victory Girls Blog: Nurses Union Holds Secret Training Sessions To Combat ICE
2. This ain’t Hell…: Stupid people of the week

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 02.02.2026

Shark Tank: Associated Industries of Florida Endorses Ingoglia For CFO
STUMP: U.S. Finalized Mortality 2024

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 3 February 2026: Spinning Wheel Edition

The Trump administration plans to spend $12 billion to establish a national stockpile of critical minerals. (Tom's Hardware)
Rare earth elements and the like, for when China decides to shut off the supply again.

EBL - Federal Court: ICE WINS! MN LOSES! PLUS Federal ID Order!

EBL: Pretti Shooting was Lawful, Dangerous Lie, Andrew Branca on Alex Pretti shooting, Renee Good shooting, and Gutfeld

Don Surber - HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEWS

ITEM 1: Benjamin Ryan tweeted, “1st Detransitioner to Take a Medical-Malpractice Lawsuit to Trial Wins $2 Million Judgment.
“Fox Varian sued her Westchester, NY, area psychologist and plastic surgeon

The Glibertarians - Sunday Morning Lacuna Links

This flex may not be what they were aiming for (so to speak).
Anti-Semitism polls well in NYC.

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

The Administration and the Second Amendment: Damage Control
Gun rights are not Donald Trump’s main issue. Like Ronald Reagan before him, Trump has had his slip-ups with gun rights supporters

Vlad Tepes - A list of ten events that may give some sense of the trajectory of Western Civ at this time, and looking at Silver pricing and the machinery that determines it outside actual market forces: links 1 for February 1, 2026

3. It appears that the media is continuing to laser paint law enforcement for attack, and people who watch it continue to obey.
4. A proper response to Tucker “Qatarlson” and Candice Owens

Bacon Time!!!! - Sunday Linkange

Pirates Cove NY Times Apoplectic Minnesota Mostly Peaceful Protest Called “Insurgency”
Freedom Is Just Another Word.. .Saturday Memes…

Maggie's Farm - Saturday morning links

‘Crisis’ in college math readiness prompts probe by Senator Bill Cassidy
RUMOR: Amy Klobuchar Running for Minnesota Governor, Will Appoint Tim Walz to Her Vacant Senate Seat

I leave you with Food for Thought – 1 February 2026 from Mostly Cajun, Sunday Funnies for 02-01-26 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Sunday Meme Drop from Midwest Chick's Place, Sunday Funnies from Flopping Aces,

Starfleet Academy Is Horrible Writing by Incompetent Writers

Real Life Fake Wizard is not a fan of Star Trek, but even he can see what is being done to this franchise.

Three things destroyed Star Trek. Incompetence, hubris, and defiance. Not just Star Trek, of course, but that is the focus of this review.

Modern writers have no experience, except watching TV shows. They believe they are always right. Defiance? They treat the audience as the enemy.

This is the Real Life Fake Wizard video Bad Writers Murdered Star Trek

I don't have to be a Star Trek fan to recognize when something is being ruined. I don't have to have watched every single episode to understand that 60 years of consistent world building is being thrown away for short-term demographic targeting.

The video is 23 minutes long.

... and for the love of God, cancel Disney Plus

Texans Are Still Armed

Home invaders are still getting shot. Homeowner shoots intruder in Fort Worth home, police say | Fort Worth Star-Telegram

You would think the bad guys would figure this out.

A man attempting to break into an east Fort Worth home on Monday afternoon was shot by the homeowner, police said in a statement.

Maybe he thought no one would be home at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

Cops showed up and had the guy taken to a local hospital. He is expected to be OK. No other information was provided.

Self-defense is a human right, and this didn't take place in New York City.

The FGC-9 is a Proven Firearm

Impro Guns has another story of the FGC-9 out of South America. The FGC-9 is Flooding the Brazilian Black Market

I wonder how many have been produced worldwide at this point.

Click thru for the photos. The photo above is of an unrelated FGC-9 Mk.II

FGC-9 stands for F*ck Gun Control, 9mm. It is mostly 3D printed, using steel tubing for the barrel, and bar stock for the bolt. There are even 3D plans available for mandrels that allow for some rifling using electricity and saltwater to etch the grooves.

They use standard AR-15 pistol grips, and Glock 9mm magazines. Those can also be printed, along with a mandrel for winding your own magazine spring. I think they use a standard AR-15 fire-control group, but I'm not sure about that.

Stand by Me

The Drifters came up at the end of last year on social media, thanks to their cover of "White Christmas." I lamented that not many people know any other song from The Drifters, and they really only know that song because of the movies Home Alone, and The Santa Clause. I thought I should do something to rectify that situation.

Membership in that band has changed a lot, and that isn't surprising since they were formed in 1953 or '54 and the band is still together today. This version was recorded live in 2015 as a tribute to Ben E. King, one of the many people who were in that group. King recorded it as part of his solo career, and he had passed away in early 2015.

This is "Stand by Me" as covered by The Drifters in 2015. It was originally released as a single in 1961 by Ben E. King.

OK, so this isn't exactly a song from The Drifters from back in the day. I think it is beautiful.

The Day The Music Died

A lot of people have heard the Don McLean song, "American Pie," from 1971, but I'm always amazed by the fact that they don't know what he's talking about.

On 3 February 1959 Richie Valens, J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, and Buddy Holly died in a plane crash, together with pilot Roger Peterson. They were leaving Clear Lake, Iowa, after playing a gig, on their way to Moorhead, Minnesota. The conditions on the tour busses were horrible, so Holly chartered a plane. Shortly after takeoff Peterson lost control of the plane and crashed killing all 4 on board.

This is "American Pie" by Don McLean. It was the title song to his 1971 album.

Tuesday Links - 3 February

Jim Treacher is up first with Don Lemon Arrested for Breaking the Law: This is an OUTRAGE or something

And before you start: The only people whose First Amendment rights have been infringed here are the congregants at the church Don Lemon invaded. He was part of the planning, he trespassed and refused to leave, and he called those churchgoers “white supremacists.” To make matters worse, he’s even profiting from his crimes.

Miguel Gonzalez - And now bodycams are a bad thing.

Karma is such an elegant bitch.

Libs of TikTok - Radical Nurses FIRED after being EXPOSED by LoTT

As ICE deportation operations ramp up across the country, calls for violence against federal agents and conservatives have skyrocketed.

Recently, there has been an upsurge of radical left-wing nurses promoting violent action or targeted discrimination against those they disagree with.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Bummer: UN Faces Financial Collapse

Maybe it should collapse. It served it’s purpose at one time, but, now it’s just made up of Jew/Israel haters, climate cultists, and other wackos, and is a major source of graft and waste, and has been all this for at least 30 years

Meep at STUMP - U.S. Finalized Mortality 2024: Highlights

GREAT NEWS! Death is down! Life expectancy exceeding pre-pandemic levels

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 1 February 2026: Carcainisation Edition

You can now buy a flying car. (Yahoo)

Well, more of a flying motorbike.

Actually, more of a flying hammock slung between two banks of rotors and surrounded by a plastic shell.

OldAFSarge at Chant du Départ - A Week After

The knee is better, gets a bit better every day and I'm happy with that. I have avoided walking on ice since then. Should have avoided it altogether but my attention wandered and BAM, next thing you know I'm on the ground wondering just what I was thinking.

The Bugscuffle Gazette - Keys aren't defense tools: Please stop acting like they are

Let me preface this by stating that your vehicle is many things. It is shelter, it is armour, it is storage for many useful items, it is triple-digit escape speeds, and — in extremis — it tends to be a 4,000 pound weapon.

It is none of these things if the keys to it are bent, broken, folded, spindled, missing, or in the possession of your attacker.

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: One Big Crunch, which is also the Song of the Week (see the SOTW link).

After the last couple of weeks, this was a particularly bad week to be a Senators fan. First we got swept by the Cardinals at Busch Stadium, and then we came home to get whipped by the Expos, winning only one game.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - We’re Saved: Snowboarder Totally Trying To Save The World

It’s a small story, but, big enough for NBC News to cover it, which perfectly encapsulates what members of the cult do.

The UK Versus Freedom

JoNova has a post on the loss of freedom of movement in Britain. The 15 minute city is back

How could they resist? The 15-minute city is the fantasy idea that the unwashed masses can get everything they need within 15 minutes of home. But of course, their family may live somewhere else, as might their favourite dentist. How many old folks in nursing homes will miss out on visits because someone doesn’t want to fill out a permission slip or get a fine?

The Telegraph calls this Stalinist. Labour opens door to ‘Stalinist’ 15-minute cities across Britain

Under the scheme, drivers would need a residents’ permit that allows 100 days of free travel per year through six traffic filters during operating hours.

The surfs were tied to the land. How is this different?

When you add in their abandoning jury trial, and the assualts on free speech, you have to ask, "What F- is going on in England?"

In that place where Great Britain used to be... More like Airstrip One every day.

Hat tip to Pirate's Cove: If All You See…