Today's song sounds more straight up Rock than Rock/Jazz Fusion. Maybe even a bit like Metal. The guitar is certainly screaming, a bit. Satriani was not known for Metal, but since I make the rules...
This is "The Extremist" by Joe Satriani. It is the title song to his 1992 album.
The bad guys keep not getting that memo. Harris County burglary suspect shot, killed by homeowner: constable
Constable Mark Herman reports deputies were called early Wednesday morning to a home on Spring Creek Oaks Court in the Spring Creek Oaks neighborhood.
A homeowner reported the suspect entered their home through the backdoor and the homeowner fired shots during the incident.
The suspect was found nearby in a bayou area. He did not survive his wounds.
Harris County, Texas, is the county that includes Houston.
The homeowner was detained as the investigation got underway.
When asked if the homeowner would face charges, the police answered as follows.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office said no one else inside the home was hurt. When asked whether the homeowner could face charges, investigators said that decision will be up to the district attorney's office.
I'm no lawyer, but it is my understanding that every homicide in Texas is referred to a grand jury.
Self-defense is a human right, and this took place in Texas.
The Other McCain brings us a story of politics and insanity. Trump Derangement Syndrome Reaches Terminal Stage as Democrats Seethe
Are you tired of all this winning yet? If you were on X (née Twitter) Friday, you could see Democrats raging vehemently (and ignorantly) against the Virginia Supreme Court decision, which held that last month’s referendum to redraw the Commonwealth’s congressional districts violated the Virginia constitution.
This is, of course, about the recent Virginia State Supreme Court's ruling nulifying the gerrymandering of the state's Congressional districts.
As has been explained, the Virginia state constitution spells out a very specific process by which the constitution can be amended. Just five years ago, the Commonwealth ratified an amendment that set up a non-partisan commission to draw the state’s districts. Last month’s referendum sought to amend that, providing a “temporary” exemption so that the legislature could redraw the map.
So they tried to cheat, and got told no, and like a two-year-old who did not get his way, they are throwing a tantrum.
Go read the whole thing.
Chicago Contrarian has a story about the previous Illinois State's Attorney for Cook County. Why Did Kim Foxx Secure ‘Certificates of Innocence’ for Men She Believed Were Guilty?
During a deposition last month, Foxx admitted she believed Gabriel Solache and Arturo DeLeon-Reyes were guilty of the brutal 1998 Bucktown stabbing murders of Mariano and Jacinta Soto and the kidnapping of the couple’s two young children. This was a head-scratching admission, given that in 2022 her administration agreed to award COIs to both men, after years of opposing them.
After that, they went on to sue several police officers.
So why did Foxx do that? I mean aside from the fact that she hates cops, anything to do with law and order, etc?
The Solache-Reyes case is not an aberration. It is one of many wrongful conviction lawsuits that have been brought by individuals who, despite substantial evidence that they committed murders, received dismissals of their charges, COIs, and lucrative civil settlements.
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At least the new State's Attorney seems to be sane. I have my doubts about the sanity of Kim Foxx.
Is anyone surprised that people are not spending money raised for the Palisades fire victims, on everything BUT the Palisades fire victims?
California Rep Kevin Kiley says they have learned the $100 million dollar pacific palisades Fire Aid concert money was laundered to nonprofits
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) May 6, 2026
“What we have learned is absolutely beyond belief — Tens of thousands of people donated raising a hundred million dollars for what they… pic.twitter.com/7vBGCaVeui
Did we really expect the Democrats in California to do what they said they were going to do?
If you don't follow pop culture as much as I do, you might not know that Anthony Mackie (Black Captain America/Falcon from the MCU) starred in an "Epic," historical movie set in the Middle East, titled Desert Warrior. It was a disaster from a financial point of view. I haven't seen it, but the reviews are insane.
It seems that Saudi Arabia is trying to create its own version of Hollywood. Unfortunately they have hired a bunch of people from Hollywood, and those folks are making all the same mistakes.
This is a girlboss movie set in the Historical Middle East. Who exactly would want to see that? Americans, and the folks in the West generally, are sick-to-death of girlboss movies. And why would conservative Middle Easterners want to see such a thing?
This is Disparu's video Desert Warrior - The Biggest FLOP of All Time. It is about a 19 minute video, so plan accordingly.
A round up of incidents. Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 31 Cases During September 2025 - Crime Prevention Research Center
It is just a list of incidents without commentary. Click thru.
Self-defense is a human right, and it is catching on as a legal right in a lot of places.
From Lee Williams at The Gun Writer: Fearing expanding gun rights, anti-gun group creates absurd concealed-carry policy
Times are good and possibly getting even better for those who value guns, gun rights and the Second Amendment.
And so the anti-gun crowd is becoming hysterical.
So, it’s understandable that those who want to restrict and subvert the Second Amendment are getting desperate. In fact, they’re willing to try almost anything to restrict access to firearms while President Trump is in office. It’s as if they never even heard of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.
Enter the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
These egg-headed goons want to roll back the clock to the late 1980s. Their just-released “Public Carry Permitting: Model Policy Guide” is pretty much what some states offered decades ago. It’s laughable—a trip back in time. Nowadays, it’s likely too restrictive for even the bluest of blue states.
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I'm shocked that experimental vaccines have unforeseen side effects. The Cancer Signal They Told Us Not to See
For six years, those of us who questioned the official COVID story were told to wait, defer, trust, and stop noticing what the data was already suggesting.
We watched it with the lab leak. We watched it with masks. We watched it with school closures. We watched it with natural immunity. We watched it with myocarditis. We watched it with vaccine injury reporting. We watched it with DNA contamination.
The frustrating part was never just that institutions got things wrong. Everyone gets things wrong in a crisis. The deeper wound was that the people asking reasonable questions — parents, physicians, data analysts, small-business owners, vaccine-injured patients, and dissenting scientists — were treated as if their questions were a threat.
And wouldn't you know it, some of those questions had merrit. (That is where the censorship machine came into play.)
Click thru for info on several studies that point to the same conclusions. Not everything was a "safe and effective" as advertised, and some of the policies were clearly stupid. (6 feet?)
Hat tip to Sarah Hoyt at Instapundit.
The Right Way starts us off with Top of the News
Users of House Slush Fund for Sexual Harassment Named - IOTW Report
Is there still a ceasefire with Iran? - The New Neo
Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 05.06.26
Chicago Boyz: Ballots not bullets, also, Worthwhile reading
Don Surber: Hoosier Daddy? Donald Trump
EBL - LA Mayor Karen Bass Is A Disgrace : Vote for Spencer Pratt
Spencer Pratt for LA Mayor
AoSHQ: Morning Report 05.07.26
Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 7 May 2026: Young Hannibal Edition
New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma came from the company's AI division, leading to unease among gamers. She just cancelled Copilot on Xbox and mobile. (The Verge)
The only way to win is not to play...
A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam
The Wombat’s In The Mailbox: 05.06.26
JJ Sefton’s The Morning Report — 5/ 7/26
The Glibertarians - Friday Morning Links
“Oops, our bad!” But we should still be trusted, I promise you.
You dumbasses made your bed. Now you’re gonna have to lie in it.
Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 05.07.26
Shot In The Dark: Change In The Weather – For Now
The Political Hat: Quick Takes – Euthanasia In Canada: Catholic Hospitals Forced To Kill; More Accessible Than Healthcare; Less Than Dogs
Flopping Aces - The Week in Radical Leftism, 05/09/2026 – The Washington Post is Still Dying in Darkness!
This policy is at the root of unaffordable health care
You’re going to be surprised, but the article gets wrong the obvious answer: Obamacare
Political Hat - Quick Takes – Euthanasia In Canada: Catholic Hospitals Forced To Kill; More Accessible Than Healthcare; Less Than Dogs
Canada’s healthcare system is so bad, it takes years to get healthcare, but only days to be killed.
In Canada, healthcare is for dogs and euthanasia for humans.
1. Remember, the Detective Helen Grus story is a microcosm, or a rather an excellent data point for what has happened to our civilization. The replacement of Rule of Law and all that means, to a narrative based, dialectical system where the state determines what is true
Gates of Vienna - News Feed 5/7/2026
2020 Election Audit: 12.4% of Detroit’s Mail-in Ballots Were Invalid
A massive citizen-led integrity investigation into Detroit’s 2020 election has uncovered alarming irregularities involving absentee ballots ...
Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 05.08.26
Nebraska Energy Observer: Templars and Freedom
Outkick: Some viewers disliked Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show so much they complained to the FCC
Small Dead Animals - Thursday On Turtle Island
The Democratic Party’s America: Victor Davis Hanson – The epilogue. I wish it wasn’t so.
Conman Carney’s Canada: Whiny Indian month. A partisan pick. Anti-Israel talk. ISIS recruiter.
Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC: Roger Watson – Linguistic gymnastics.
Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links
Iran Spox Blasts 'Unrealistic' White House 'Wish List'
Mass Migration Doubles Modern Day Slavery in the UK - "Slavery in the UK is at record levels"
J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 5/ 7/26
An existential crisis for the SPLC and the left.
Why the Left Won’t Let Racism Die
Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: From DOJ to Ballot Box: The Rise of Lawfare Candidates
• Canadian Prime Minister is Playing a Very Dangerous Game - CTH
• Honda Cancels EV Plant in Canada – Despite Prior Deal for Billions in Subsidies - CTH
Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 05/07/2026
Epstein Suicide note released, but does not sound like something a quasi-educated Jewish finance guy would write
I leave you with Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #3654 from 90 Miles from Tyranny, More political and current event memes than you can shake a stick at from Wirecutter, and Friday Memes … from MaddMedic.
How would you respond to someone trying to steal your car, and kidnap your children in the backseat? From Fox News Dallas-Fort Worth: Texas father shoots carjacker attempting to steal car
A father in Garland shot and killed a carjacker who attempted to steal a vehicle while his family of eight was still inside.
There is cellphone video, and security camera video. I prefer The video below, because it contains commentary that makes sense, though there is a brief statement from the police, but nothing that you don't get from Colion Noir.
This is Colion Noir's video This Carjacking Shows Why Fathers Carry Guns Caught On Video
Colion Noir breaks down all the video, and analyzes what is going on. The video is 10 and a half minutes.
The headline says it all. Hamill thinks political assassination is fine, as long as you only kill the people he doesn't like.
From Ed Driscoll at Instapundit: MARK HAMILL POSTS IMAGE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP DEAD IN A GRAVE WITH CAPTION “IF ONLY:”
In 2024, VDH explored, “Assassination Porn and the Sickness on the Left:”
VDH = Victor Davis Hanson
There are more references, with one dating back to 2009.
Another blast from the past? Okay.
This is another song that comes to us by way of WXRT's Saturday Morning Flashback. Some stats from 1979, which was the year in question, at the end of January.
This song is "Lady Writer" by Dire Straits from their 1979 album Communiqué. It was their second album, and was generally panned at the time. Compared to the stuff we get today, it is a masterpiece.
Andy Ngo of Ngo Comment is up first with Exclusive: Seattle Far-Left Activist Charged in Child Sex Abuse Case
A Seattle Antifa-linked anarchist and Black Lives Matter activist has been charged with child sex abuse crimes.
Chicago Contrarian - Progressives Are Accessories to Murder of Chicago Police
When you build a system that frees violent criminals, you don’t get to act surprised when it kills a cop
Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 5 May 2026: Late Final Extra Edition
Can investors trust AI sales figures. (WSJ) (archive site)
Good question.
No.
Meep at STUMP - New York City & State Pension Watch: No, Don't Play With the Assets
Dammit, socialists, we can't keep our eyes off you
Miguel Gonzalez - PETA being funny stupid again. (They're protesting the use of oxen.)
As far as I know and from what I have seen, no sugar companies in the U.S. use oxen for the transportation of the cane from the fields to the mills.
Lee Williams at The Gun Writer - New pro-gun group challenging extreme gun control of U.S. Virgin Islands
Gun control in the USVI is the worst in the country, and as a result only the bad guys have guns. Civilians have no legal way to protect themselves, their family or their home.
Chicago Contrarian - Pritzker Lied Defending the SAFE-T Act, Now a Chicago Police Officer Is Dead. No Cash Bail was established by the SAFE-T Act
Progressives are wrong about many things but their opinions on criminals are particularly flawed. Fear of getting caught for committing crimes and the consequences after being arrested drive their actions. Talley, despite being a seven-time felon, has served only one day in prison for his crimes. That day in prison was a mere hiccup in his life.
Colion Noir - The Gun Was The Only Thing TMZ Thought Was Too Offensive. A video reacting to TMZ.
And out of everything they could have blurred…
They blurred the gun.
Clayton Cramer - Why Do So Many People Distrust Public Education?
I guess that i should be pleased that the teachers realized that indigenous rights claims mattered less than sexual depravity. Admittedly, it is Saskatchewan a fairly conservative part of Canada
The Silicon Graybeard - A look at the coming hurricane season
Since the usual space news stories are on the small side, I'm going to divert to a different sort of science - atmospheric physics and weather. That was driven by it being the time of year to ensure we're ready for the coming Atlantic hurricane season which starts on June 1.
If an armed homeowner asks you to leave, or to stop breaking in, you should leave. Homeowner shoots, kills woman trying to break into North Philadelphia home, police say - CBS Philadelphia
It was the middle of the afternoon. She was trying to break into the house through a back window.
[Philadelphia Police Department Inspector] Pace said one of the people inside, who police believe is licensed to carry, warned the woman to stop, but she refused. That's when the homeowner shot the woman, Pace said.
She was declared dead at a local hospital at 2 PM.
Even in deep-blue Philadelphia, the police are treating this like it is justified, though the police are quick to point out that the DA makes the determination on charges.
Self-defense is a human right.
Because of course they are. From Pirate's Cove we get the following: Portland Goes All In On Refusing To Work With Federal Immigration Authorities
Get this: if Portland and the other cities would hand over the illegal aliens arrested for breaking the law to ICE with no fuss, heck, get proactive and call them and hand them over, then there would be less chance of operations that will scoop up those who simply broke the law in coming to the US illegally. But, you know, good luck, this could be them
But as William Teach points out, they just love protecting criminals.
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Shoplifting and violence were cited as reasons by Walgreens. Politicians blame greed, and don't mention crime. Another South Side Walgreens is slated to close in coming weeks
The Walgreens at 8628 S. Cottage Grove Ave. will shut its doors June 4, according to Walgreens. The closure comes a little more than a year after Walgreens shuttered five other stores on the South and West sides of Chicago, amid a larger plan at the time to close 1,200 stores nationwide. Walgreens is also closing a specialty pharmacy in South Shore later this month.
Ald. William Hall, 6th, said he first heard about the planned Cottage Grove Avenue store closure earlier this week. He said the community has been “blindsided.”
Because it couldn't be what Walgreens actually said, which is that crime - shoplifting and violence - drove them out of the neighborhood. That would mean recognizing that crime is destroying the city, and Democrats won't do that.
Fun Fact: Big Bill Thompson, the last Republican mayor of Chicago, left office in 1931.
Here is a link to Cash Jordan's video Chicago LEGALIZES Retail Theft… Wiping 4,300 Businesses OFF THE MAP. The video is a bit over-the-top, as most of Jordan's videos are, but only a bit. It is almost 20 minutes, so plan accordingly.
It really was a wonderful city in my lifetime. Now you can't pay me to set foot in it.
Apparently people are still struggling to understand the phrase, "It's over." Jackson police say fatal Walker Avenue shooting appears tied to domestic violence
That would be Jackson, Mississippi.
The details are complicated, and I would say not explained very well, but then the reporter is relying on some bystanders/witnesses for parts of the story, and they are not as clear as the police statement.
He was apparently stalking the girl, and he showed up at her stepdad's home. He fired through the door, and then kicked in the door. He was shot twice for his trouble, and did not survive. The girl was also shot, and was taken to a local hospital.
That is my interpretation, but I may be completely wrong. The police said much less about the incident.
The police chief, RaShall Brackney, went on at some length about "finding the triggers of domestic violence." I would say human nature, but what do I know? And in all the ways this could have turned out, I think I can say that the bad guy got justice in this case, though he managed to inflict some harm, so we can't say "Bad Guys 0."
The homeowner was released after questioning, without being charged, because self-defense is a human right. It appears to be a legal right in Mississippi.
The PR story is that it is a bastion of tolerance. Maybe not. Hateful anti-Israel mob descends on historic NYC synagogue, clash with cops in chaotic protest
A hateful mob of keffiyeh-clad anti-Israel protesters flooded the streets near a historic Manhattan synagogue Tuesday night — clashing with cops as they repeatedly shouted “Israel should not exist.”
It was an organized "protest."
The 7 p.m. protest was led by the anti-Israel activist group Pal-Awda NY/NJ, which promoted the rally with slogans such as “No settlers on stolen land” and “Stop the sale of stolen Palestinian land.”
Not their first "protest."
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