Tuesday Links - 16 June

William Teach at Pirates Cove is up first with Shame: Fewer “Journalists” Signing Up For Bonn Climate (scam) Talks. (Long fossil-fueled trips are expensive.)

Media outlets that have registered fewer journalists than previous years, or no journalists, include global heavyweights like Reuters, Bloomberg and the BBC, as well as German outlets like Deutsche Welle and ZDF television.

Holly MathNerd - The Government Sets the Trap: addressing the conservative case for student loan reform

Before I give my solution: I have no illusion that the Republicans (the red narcissists) will do any of this, or anything else. The Democrats (the blue narcissists) will probably try for a far less reasonable version, so they can both do nothing and blame the red narcissists.

Stephen Kruiser at PJ Media - So Much for Hoping Cornyn Wouldn't Be a Crybaby on His Way Out

Cornyn is now insisting that he's a staunch Republican who still wants what's best for the party but has been pushed to the side because of President Donald Trump and reasons and feelings and stuff. It's the same oh-so-refined hissy fit we've seen ever since Arizona voters ran Jeff Flake out of office after one term.

Second City Cop - Look! (again)

Lack of enforcement leads to....more crime!

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 13 June 2026: Out Of Ink Edition

Welcome to Earth Delos D. Harriman, our new-minted trillionaire! (Tech Crunch)

May I say how delightful it is to watch the wailing of the worst people on the planet at your good fortune?

(I didn't invest; all my ready cash is tied up in RAM and SSDs. Which to be fair is looking like the soundest investment I have made in years.)

Vlad Tepes - Scotland appears to be kicking off as well now

Of course there is no way one can speak about this in any direct way in Canada. Probably even indirectly would cause problems since clearly the same layer of actual state control exists above all Commonwealth nations right now.

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: Keepers & Discards

Four of this season’s owners have gone MIA, so if you’ve ever wanted to try out Dynasty League Baseball, this is your chance to get in on the ground floor.

The Other McCain - The Worst Journalist, Ever

You might compare Juan Thompson’s fabrication to the similar scandal of Jayson Blair at the New York Times, except that Blair’s fakery did not involve anything as egregious as Dylann Roof’s infamous slaughter.

Wombat-socho again - Rule 5 Sunday: Rebel Yell

Some folks question the femininity of this gal. Others question her taste in swimwear. We report, you decide.

Father Protects His Daughter

What else was he supposed to do? Riverside County father shoots and kills armed intruder inside home with daughter, neighbors say | KTLA

Police said they were called to a home on Herron Way around 10:23 p.m. on a report of assault with a deadly weapon. When they arrived, officers found the suspect had been shot dead at the scene.

This article provides more information on an incident I posted about earlier.

Neighbors said the father was hanging out with neighbors outside when his wife went inside to charge her phone. When she did, she reportedly came face-to-face with a man who had armed himself with guns he found inside the home. He allegedly then started shooting.

Click thru for the details.

The neighbors at least recognize that this guy protected them as much as he protected his family.

They do emphasize that no charges have been filed, and that the decision about charges will be made by the DA.

They Only Keep People in Jail When They Kill Someone

Also, electronic monitoring of violent criminals does not work as implemented in Chicago. Man on electronic monitoring for CTA sex cases accused of sexually attacking woman on Orange Line in the Loop - CWB Chicago

A man accused of sexually attacking a woman aboard a CTA train in the Loop was wearing an electronic monitoring device and had been ordered to stay away from the transit system while awaiting trial in a similar case. And police are looking at the possibility that he is responsible for incidents involving another woman and a teenage girl on CTA trains, prosecutors said.

At least the politicians in the city are going to "look into it," because the public is not happy about the system's failures.

Read the whole thing.

Cops Love to Shoot Dogs

That is the only explanation that holds up. San Bernardino homeowner says deputy entered yard without warrant and fatally shot dog - ABC7 Los Angeles

Cops also apparently don't understand the Constitution boundaries around searching, and pursuit of a subject. (Spoiler Alert: there was no pursuit of a subject.)

A San Bernardino homeowner says a county sheriff's deputy entered his backyard without a warrant and shot and killed one of his dogs, prompting questions from the family and their attorney about why deputies were at the home.

TL;DR - They were looking for a stolen car, that was later found in the neighborhood, but not at this home. There was no high-speed chase; there were no exigent circumstances. There was only a deputy who either didn't know, or didn't care, about the constitutional limits on entering someone's backyard through a gate.

The incident occurred May 4 in unincorporated San Bernardino. Surveillance video shows deputies walking up a driveway and looking into the backyard, where another dog, Raven, could be seen. The deputies then leave but return about two minutes later, when one deputy enters the yard.

Because police always believe that their authority has no bounds.^‡

Click thru for the rest of the details.

I predict that this cop will face no long-term repercussions. He might get a slap on the wrist, but maybe not.

‡ I can also foresee the comments. "Not all cops ..." Look up what happened after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. New Orleans Chief of Police Eddie Compass declared that the 2nd Amendment no longer applied, and cops from New Orleans, and cops who had come into the region to help, put on their Jack Boots and violated the constitution. Why? Because we said so, that's why.

End of You

Poppy is an American singer/songwriter who also did some YouTube creating I am not familiar with. Amy Lee is the lead singer for Evanescence; which is one of my favorite bands. (They show up in several of my playlists.) Courtney LaPlante is lead singer for the Canadian Heavy Metal Band Spiritbox. There is a touch of the Death Metal, Death Growl on today's song supplied by Ms. LaPlante.

Those three artists teamed up for a single that was released in September of 2025.

This is "End of You" by Poppy, Amy Lee, and Courtney LaPlante. Albums are such a 20th Century concept.

My talent for keeping up with new music is slipping... I only found out about this song recently.

Self-Defense Is About Attitude

Keep fighting. Would-be robber tied up during social media 'prank' at Memphis home, records show | Fox13 Memphis

He came to the door and asked for a lighter.

After initially leaving, Bush allegedly returned armed with what appeared to be a black handgun and pointed it at the men, demanding their keys and belongings.

Instead of complying, the two men — who declined on-camera interviews but confirmed details to FOX13 — fought back.

Court records say they wrestled the weapon away from Bush, restrained him, and held him down until officers reached the scene.

Click thru for details on the charges.

The "gun" was a BB gun. He is a bit lucky he didn't get shot.

And don't open the door.

Hat tip to USA Carry: Memphis Men Wrestle Gun From Robber, Tie Him To The Porch Until Police Arrive

Regarding the "gun."

That makes no difference to the men who faced it. A BB gun and a real pistol look identical when one is pointed at you, and these two had no way to know which they were looking at. I will say it plainly: you are allowed to respond to the threat as it appears.

I used to have a pair of BB guns that were 1911 pistols. They were exact copies. They disappeared in one of my many moves...

Self-defense is a human right. And as for never giving up...

The Truth about Australian Crime

How bad is crime in Australia? They have all of that lovely gun control, it should be very peaceful. Or is it? In the Australian Spectator: The shocking truth about Australian crime rates - Crime Prevention Research Center

People have feelings, and they let the feelings substitute for data.

When we compare these broader estimates, Australia’s rape and sexual assault rate is roughly three times higher than that of the United States. Australia’s assault rate is about twice as high, and its burglary rate is about 2.5 times higher. Robbery is the only category where the two countries report similar rates.

Now John Lott had a bit to do with this article, so they are comparing rates, which is really the only way to compare different populations that are diffent sizes. Crime rates are typically crimes per 100,000 individuals.)

There is also an acknowledgement that crime in the US is not randomly distributed.

In the United States, murders concentrate heavily in very small geographic areas. Just 2 per cent of counties account for about 56 per cent of all murders, and within those counties, roughly two-thirds of killings occur within areas spanning about ten city blocks.

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I'm Shocked - Shocked I Tell You! - There Is More Fraud In Government

Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot. California hit by another huge fraud bombshell as thousands of claims for $4 BILLION in taxpayer-funded compensation meant for sex crime victims are FAKE, investigator says | Daily Mail Online

District Attorney Nathan Hochman claimed in a court filing on Wednesday that he believes a whopping four out of five claims for which the county is paying the largest sex abuse settlement in American history are fake

Click thru for the details on the lawsuits, and the cash grab.

Hat tip to Stephen Green at Instapundit.

Does Sacramento do anything anymore that isn’t meant to defraud taxpayers?

The short answer is "No!"

And for the record, I'm not shocked.

Why the Left Hates Free Speech

Dana Pico at The First Street Journal has thought on Free Speech and The Left. The truth has a conservative bias.

When Elon Musk was trying to buy Twitter, now X, the Left was having fits. The New York Times had many articles and opinion pieces that basically boil down to "Free speech is bad," or "Free Speech is dangerous."

And today? There were riots in Belfast, Northern Ireland, following the attempted beheading of a Scotsman by a Sudanese asylum seeker, and the Usual Suspects complained not about the attack, but about Twitter not censoring people writing about it! There’s more of that here and here and here.

The result is that the government the United Kingdom is going to crack down even more on freedom of speech.

Why? Because they are afraid of what will happen if and/or when the citizens of the UK finally see the results of their policies.

Click thru for more details, and more analysis.

Neighbor Helping Neighbor - Self-Defense Edition

We have to look out for each other because otherwise we will lose all of civilization. Would-be robber shot, killed by neighbor while fighting with Miami Gardens homeowner, police say - CBS Miami

The would-be bad guy tried to break into a home. He got into an altercation with the homeowner, and the homeowner's girlfriend ran to a neighbor for help.

The unidentified neighbor then grabbed a gun and shot the would-be robber in the head. That person was rushed to a local hospital and was pronounced dead.

Miami Gardens is in the northern section of Miami-Dade County. It is about 5 miles west of the Atlantic coast, and about 5 miles east of the Everglades (Depending on how you measure the start of the Everglades).

Other neighbors were shocked.

Residents in the area said they never experienced something like this.

"It's very, very, very scary," the resident told CBS News Miami. "It was concerning because I'm here alone here."

May I suggest making friends with Sturm and Ruger, or Smith & Wesson?

The investigation is in early days, but Florida is a long way from becoming NYC when it comes to self-defense.

The "Only Ones" Qualified to Handle Firearms Strike Again

When only cops have guns, only cops will shoot other cops while acting like complete idiots. Video shows police officer accidentally shot by fellow cop in 'horseplay' incident in Pasadena, California - ABC7 Chicago

If you don't know the "only ones" reference, well, a good search engine, not Google, is your friend.

Newly released dashcam video shows a Pasadena police officer getting shot by a fellow officer in what the police chief described as a "horseplay" incident.

Miguel Gonzalez, in his post The Only Ones: P.A.F.A.F.O. makes the point...

Any civilian would have been in jail within the hour.

The hat tip for this goes to Second City Cop and It's NOT a Toy, Dumbasses

That seems to fall far outside the recognized definition of "horseplay." And the narrative indicates there are TWO morons here who shouldn't be trusted anywhere near firearms, let alone carrying them as part of their jobs.

You don't draw a loaded weapon and point it at someone or something you aren't willing to shoot in the defense of yourself or others - LEAST OF ALL at a fellow officer.

So the idiots were being stupid. Their bosses, who didn't immediately fire them, are not doing the right thing.

I really did try to ignore this story. Stupid people being stupid is not news, but here we are.

School Gun Free Zones - Look At the Data

This is part of a discussion between Dr. Drew and John Lott of the Crime Prevention Resource Center. The enter video is 20 minutes long, but I have it cued up to the 5 minutes, or so, on school shootings, and public mass shootings.

This is Crime Prevention Resource Center video On Ask Dr. Drew: To Discuss the Lie of Decreasing Crime

We have about 14,000 public schools in the United States that allow teachers and staff to carry out of about 100,000. Some of these schools have had it for decades. And you look at the legislative debates, people will say things. They're worried that uh a teacher may lose their temper and shoot a student or a student may get a hold of a gun and and go and harm others. Are those possible? Yeah, sure they're possible.

But we don't need to guess. You can go and look at all those cases. And looking at the data from 2000 through the end of last year, there's not one single case like that that's occurred. In fact, if you look at the data, what you find is that all the shootings at schools where anybody's been wounded or killed in an attack have all occurred in schools where teachers and staff are banned from being able to go and have guns.

The entire interview is worth the time, if you have 20 minutes.

Missing German model Named in Epstein Files

I usually ignore the Epstein Files news, because all it does is make me angry that not one of Epstein's clients have been charged with a crime. Missing German model named in Epstein files

Did you really believe, after all the references to "jerky," that this was only about sex?

The woman, only identified as 'Michele', left her family home in September 2015 when she was 22 and has not been heard of since.

She had long been in contact with a model recruiter named Daniel Siad, who had links to the late convicted sex offender. Epstein died in custody in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges involving minors.

Click thru for the details.

There is evil in the world, even if the Left doesn't like to think about it.

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 13 June

EBL starts us off with The Unbearable Weight of Scott Pelley's Ego

Instapundit: Oof, Eye Rolls, and Ridiculous
AoSHQ: Morning Report 06.10.26

Vlad Tepes appears to have gotten the new hosting company to restore the site. Rough road but it appears that we are back! + Some links and important stories

3. Here is a photo of the man who was repeatedly stabbed by an illegal migrant to Ireland. (Note the Telegraph didn’t use that photo)

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 06.10.26

Racket News: American Elections Are A Joke,
STUMP: Taxing Tuesday – Stephen Spielberg & The New Yorker

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 10 June 2026: Ununambiguous Edition

The FCC wants to kill burner phones. (404 Media)
Wait, you can still get phones in the US without signing over your firstborn?

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Iran 'Kinetic Action' Reheating

Twitchy laughs at the notion that Americans Will Be So Triggered When the Whole Planet Cheers Every Goal Against Them at the World Cup. Elijah the Middleborne @TheMiddleborne, "My brother in Christ, Americans barely know we even have a team."

The Right Way - Top of the News

Secure America Act Passed 214-212 - IOTW Report
Karmelo Anthony is found guilty of murder - The New Neo

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - LinkSwarm For June 12, 2026

“California Gets 80% Of All Federal Cash For Illegal Immigrant Families.”
Here’s an idea: California doesn’t get any more cash for illegal aliens, period, until they repeal all the sanctuary city declarations, allow federal auditing of all their welfare programs ...

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 06.11.26

The Bugscuffle Review: Oh, look
Stoic Observations: Working The California Elections
john C. Wright: The Inevitable and the Deliberate

Flopping Aces - The Week in Radical Leftism, 06/12/2026 – Back to The Economist!

Is Graham Platner Fit to Be a US Senator?
Personally, I think that Maine Kampf perfectly represents today’s Democrats.

Political Hat - Quick Takes – Will DEI Die? No More DEI Job Requirement At Catholic Universities; Bill To Ban DEI In Mississippi; Louisiana DOESN’T Kill DEI

Add Mississippi to the list of states trying to make DEI die at state universities.
Louisiana, OTOH…

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 6/10/2026

A spyware company that a US court ordered to stay away from WhatsApp went back to targeting its users anyway, according to Meta, which is now asking a federal judge to hold NSO Group in contempt.

Small Dead Animals - Wednesday On Turtle Island

The Democratic Party’s Canada: Who is Nithya Raman? Friendly advice. Deep fake reboot.
Carnival Carney’s Canada: This land is your land. Stories to make you vomit.

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 06.12.26

Transterrestrial Musings: Spencer Pratt, Beware Medical “Experts”, Google, SpaceX Progress, and On The Artemis III Crew Selection
Victory Girls: John Cornyn Decides To Pick Fights And Play Sore Loser

The Glibertarians - Wōdnesdæg Morgendæġ Links

I spent at least 20 nights discussing how to draw “fair” Congressional districts with a couple of guys who had advanced degrees in Geography. Its not quite this simple.

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 6/ 11 /26

“Democrats have made it crystal clear, the Democrat Party in Washington, that they want to go back to open borders. And we’re not going to do that.”
Congress Sends $70 Billion ICE Funding Bill to Trump

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Democrats don’t vet

• Canada Is Funding Its Own Death Behind the Narrative 📣
• “I Wonder How Many People Mark Carney Has Around Him That’s Actually Working for China" Sam Cooper

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 06/11/2026

When you see rule breaking like this, that is not regulators giving the autistic kid genius a break because they like him. That is intelligence telling the assets it placed (by keeping everyone like you down and away from the positions) what to do.

Leave you with Midweek Memes from Granite Grok, Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #3790 from 90 Miles from Tyranny, Wednesday Memes … from MaddMedic, Thursday’s Working for the Weekend Meme Drop 6-11-26 from Midwest Chick's Place, and Friday's political and current event memes from Wirecutter.

DAs HATE Self-Defense

This DA was determined to prosecute. “I Had to Protect”: Aaron White Cleared of All Charges in Stepfather’s Fatal Shooting on Wedding Night

The first grand jury no-billed the case. That didn't satisfy the DA.

The Second Indictment: Despite the initial clearing, then-Towaliga District Attorney Jonathan Adams brought the case back before a second grand jury in January 2026, resulting in an indictment for murder and aggravated assault.

The Disqualification: In March 2026, a judge disqualified the Towaliga DA’s office from the case entirely, citing “forensic misconduct.” The Henry County District Attorney’s office was then assigned to assume control of the prosecution.

After reviewing the case, the new prosecutor dismissed the charges.

This whole thing is unusual because The Towaliga Judicial District is about halfway between Atlanta and Macon. It is so rural, that 3 counties have banded together for the purposes of trials, and prosecutors.

But I guess the fact that DAs hate self-defense is not limited to the blue cities.

Self-defense is a human right.

The Breakdown of Civilization in California

This is what the globalists want, the complete breakdown of civilization. This is the end-stage of toxic empathy, giving people what they say they want (e.g. drugs) and not what they need (i.e. help). 37-year-old man stabbed to death after violent dog attack on Hollywood Walk of Fame

The unprovoked attack happened on May 20 as Berry Henderson, 37, was standing at a bus stop near Hollywood Boulevard around 3 p.m.

Surveillance video showed Henderson running into the street as a dog was seen chasing him and aggressively biting him.

So what do you think happened after he defended himself from an attacking dog with his pocket knife?

That’s when a group of four men, one of whom was the dog’s owner, rushed over to attack Henderson. A suspect who was armed with a machete was seen stabbing and punching Henderson.

The victim's cousin was shocked that no bystanders stepped up to help. Against a man armed with a machete, and 3 friends? In a city/state that has fought against concealed carry at every step? I'm not shocked at all.

Another cousin noted that he was not a threat. He was trying to get away. They followed him, and they killed him.

More from Miguel Gonzalez: Why We Carry

From the video, I gather there was some initial exchange happening before the dog attacked (more likely sicked upon Henderson.) We see at least one male already displaying with what appears to be a bladed weapon running towards the victim before the dog even began to attack.

As for the cousin, who wondered why no one came to the victim's aid:

This happened in Los Angeles, what was she expecting? Who is going run unarmed to a knife fight and risk life? And what if you happen to be melanin-impaired and ended up being accused of hate crimes? That is the bed that Angelinos voted for and they must now lay on it willingly.

The guy with the dog was know to law enforcement, and so was the dog.

I miss living in a civilized society.

In Space No One Can Hear You Dream

Today's song comes to us by way of the Tidal streaming service. It knows I like The Glitch Mob, because they are included in several of my personal playlists. When new music comes out, I usually hear about it fairly quickly.

Invincible VS is a video game based on the comic Invincible, about Mark Grayson / Invincible, the half-human son of Omni-Man, the most powerful superhero on earth in his universe. I don't know anything about the comic, or the game. I leave that to others to discuss.

This song is "In Space No One Can Hear You Dream" by the Glitch Mob. It is from the original soundtrack to the video game Invincilbe VS. It was released in April.

Friday Links - 12 June

Bayou Renaissance Man is first with a story of hope and sorrow. He used his own dying and death to help others

Now and then one comes across a story that really touches the heart of what it means to be human, and to live - and sometimes die - as positively as possible. Dr. Richard Scolyer appears to have been such a man.

Lone Star Parson - Belfast Burning

So good work Leftists. Everything you intend or enact produces the exact opposite of its intended result, it's like an axiom. Let's put it bluntly, import the Third World, get the Third World.

Meep at STUMP - Taxing Tuesday: Steven Spielberg, New Yorker

Now, Spielberg’s move isn’t new news. As noted, he’s owned a place in NYC for decades. But he officially established residence as of Jan 2026 — and if you’re going to establish residence, especially tied to a particular time, it helps to make it really public

Miguel Gonzalez - Diversity is our strength: Beheading attempt in Belfast.

NSFW or other places with weak mental constitutions.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Funding For ICE And Border Patrol Passes House Vote

This has given Democrats apoplexy

OldAFSarge at Chant du Départ - I'm Right Here ... (The "AF" in the name stands for Air Force, not As F-)

As I once told my step granddaughter, I'm no longer a very competitive guy. The Air Force broke me of that habit.

The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms - JUNE IS ‘GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH,’ HOW ABOUT SELF-DEFENSE AWARENESS?

While the gun prohibition lobby is observing June as “Gun Violence Awareness Month,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says there should also be an “Armed Self-Defense Awareness Month” to recognize the thousands of people who defend themselves and others each year.

The Silicon Graybeard - Well that didn't take long

Yesterday, NASA announced the crew for the Artemis III mission, along with information on the mission itself and what they will be doing.

By this morning, the complaints that the crew wasn't diverse enough started surfacing.

Miguel Gonzalez - The Only Ones: P.A.F.A.F.O.

You don’t play around with guns… unless you are “special.”

More Self-Defense in California

It is becoming more of the thing. Homeowner shoots and kills armed intruder in San Jacinto, Riverside County deputies say - ABC7 Los Angeles

San Jacinto, California, is in Riverside County. It is about a 90 mile drive east, and a bit south, of downtown Los Angeles.

Riverside County sheriff's deputies said the homeowner was visiting a neighbor when he heard screaming and gunfire coming from his home in the 1300 block of Heron Way near Esplanade Avenue.

The homeowner said he ran to his house to find an unknown man armed with a shotgun inside.

The homeowner grabbed a gun, confronted the intruder, and a gunfight ensued.

The homeowner shot the intruder, who died at the scene. The homeowner has not been arrested.

The investigation into the shooting is ongoing, and the case will ultimately be submitted to the Riverside County District Attorney's Office for review.

Self-defense is a human right.