Wednesday Link Roundup - 10 June

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

11. neo-neocon: TDS of the disabling variety
12. Moonbattery: Mamdani Meets With Fellow Anticapitalists

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 06.09.26 (Morning Edition)

Weird Catholic: St. Norbert – Scourge of Spiders and Demons
Upstream Reviews: Out Law

EBL - Scott Pelley remains a pompous blowhard

Instapundit: Scott Pelley is such a tool
NY Post: How Bari Weiss reached the decision to fire Scott Pelley

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 8 June 2026: Apocryphal Anomalies Edition

ASML is now Europe's most valuable company at around $650 billion. (Tom's Hardware)
That's actually respectable, though it would only rank 15th on the US stock market - between AMD and Exxon Mobil.

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - California Election Fraud Update For June 9, 2026

“US attorney accuses California of blocking voter roll audit. Federal prosecutors have sued California to release voter registration records, saying universal vote-by-mail and no voter ID system creates conditions for fraud.”

The Glibertarians - Sunday Morning Visibly Jewish Links

If they’ll pay cash, sell ’em all they want.
It’s a clown show, but face it, the other guys are just clowns in different makeup.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - "Thank You Darling, Have a Good Time"

At Althouse, "In the White House, there is a system for dealing with a president who rarely sleeps. The staff take it in shifts so they get a nap..." Writes Katie Balls, in "Donald Trump at 80: is refusing to act his age his secret weapon?/The president is still known to work 12-hour days

Small Dead Animals - Monday On Turtle Island

The Democratic Party’s America: Muslims in Kansas. A melting pot.
Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC: Two tier policing. The no borders Pope.

Political Hat - News of the Week (June 7th, 2026)

Assuaging the Graham Platner Guilt Complex
It wasn’t just the existence of the Waffen SS tattoo on Graham Platner’s chest that raised questions about his judgment. It was the way we learned about it.

Don Surber - HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEWS

ITEM 8: NPR reported, “DOJ is investigating former congressman George Santos for insider trading on Kalshi.”
If he stayed in Congress, he would be safe.

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 6/6/2026

UK police forces have descended into ideological enforcement squads. Street interviews captured on video show officers openly stating that if someone simply feels offended or claims racial abuse, arrest follows — no proof required, no clear legal threshold, just the allegation.

Cafe Hayek - Some Links

“Gordon Wood on what the Declaration meant for America.”
Here at Cafe Hayek, I featured many passages from Gordon Wood’s books as “Quotations of the Day.”

Bacon Time!!!! - Sunday Linkange

The Midwest Chick Saturday Meme Drop………….
Pirates Cove Bummer: France Cuts Climate (scam) Fund Days After Heatwave

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 6/ 8 /26

Judith Miller: Two Israeli journalists conduct an unsparing analysis of the failures that led to Hamas’s atrocities.
How Israel Can Prevent the Next October 7

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: First We Take Tehran, Then We Take New York

• The Case for a ‘Choice Election’ in 2026 - Stu Cvrk
• California’s Pyrrhic Victory: Why Spencer Pratt Had to Go Down NOW Capt. - Seth Keshel [$]

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 06/08/2026

People noticed a figure dressed in Orange was climbing the stairs to Epstein’s cell right around the time he died, and now a corrections officer has testified it was not her, and she finds it baffling.

I leave you with Saturday’s Welcome to the Weekend Meme Drop 6-6-26 from Midwest Chick's Place, Sunday Funnies from Flopping Aces, Sunday Funnies For 06-07-26 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Memes that made me laugh 315 from Bayou Renaissance Man, and Memes and Things from The Feral Irishman.

Some Predators Have 4 Legs

This is not a story of self-defense, but it explains why firearms for self-defense are required. Florida woman mauled to death by neighbor's pit bulls, dog owner arrested | Fox News

Jodi Cowan had lived on Blue Bonnet Drive for only two weeks before the midnight attack by dogs named Max and Mako

The dogs, and their owner, had apparently terrorized the neighborhood for a long time, but nothing was done.

A Florida woman was mauled to death by two dogs that neighbors say had terrorized the community — and now the animals' owner is in jail.

The dogs are being held by the county’s animal services unit and will be euthanized, authorities said.

Click thru for those details. It sounds to me like those dogs should have been euthanized long ago.

The hat tip goes to Miguel Gonzalez: Why We Carry. K9 Version.

We are going to ignore why previously warned authorities because the answer will probably be obvious and less than complimentary. But why were these dogs a terror to the neighbors is somewhat troubling to me: It is Florida, dear people. Carry your effing gun because you know they are present and constant danger. And if they come near you, use deadly force to remain alive and unhurt as much as possible.

Pride Is Destroying Everything

The current Identity Cult focuses on oppression, so everyone needs to have some mode of being oppressed. The Oppression Olympics are real.

Ariella Scarcella is a YouTube creator I really like. She is a lesbian who is tired of the insanity of the current state of our community. I don't agree with her on everything, but I do like her style.

This is Ariella Scarcella's video The Dark Side of Pride : Trauma Is Now Their Whole Personality

The comments on the video are also interesting.

Mercy

This is either a sad story, or an inspirational story about recovery. From Pitchfork we get the details. Duffy Announces First Live Show in 15 Years

This is something I had not known. I liked this song, and I wondered why she didn't produce more. Now I know.

Duffy, the Welsh singer behind the 2008 smash “Mercy,” will make a surprise return to the stage next month for the first time in nearly 15 years. She revealed on Friday (June 5) via Instagram Stories that she’ll play a “secret intimate gig” in London on July 5—a venue has yet to be announced.

The show is the latest step in Duffy’s return to the public eye after stepping away for over a decade in the wake of a traumatic attack. In a pair of statements published in 2020, Duffy shared that she had been abducted, raped, and held captive for six weeks, an ordeal that led her to retreat from the spotlight. In March, she announced that she’ll recount her story for the first time in a Hulu Original documentary for Disney+. Per a press release, the film will include extensive interviews with Duffy, as well as archival footage and conversations with her family, friends, and colleagues in the industry.

I hope this means that she is truly healing.

This song is "Mercy" by Duffy. It was on her 2008 debut album Rockferry.

Karmelo Anthony Found Guilty of First Degree Murder

The Other McCain has the details. GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!

Nothing about Karmelo Anthony’s behavior makes sense, in a rational or objective way, and until we have some further information, we can only speculate about his motive. Similarly inexplicable is why the killer decided to go to trial, rather than trying to get a plea bargain. His self-defense claim was implausible, and even the defense witnesses couldn’t justify such a claim.

Click thru for more.

Since Anthony was under 18 at the time of the murder, he is not eligible for the death penalty.

The sentence will be between 5 and 99 years, with the option of parole.

Collin County, Texas, is just north of Dallas.

Tuesday Links - 9 June

William Teach at Pirate's Cove starts us off with Wacko Federal Judge Thinks He Has Power To Strike Down Limits On Asylum And Immigration

Place you bets on this unhinged Democrats ruling, which, based on a SCOTUS decision wouldn’t apply outside the judge’s district, and is in the realm of international policy

The Other McCain - The Unexpected Heroine Lyndsey Fifield

When the story broke Thursday, I was stunned. The ex-girlfriend of Graham Platner featured in the lengthy New York Times story was someone I’ve known since 2010. I spent most of the afternoon calling and texting friends who also knew her, and they were similarly surprised.

Tom Knighton at Bearing Arms - Yeah, That California Gun Control Is Working Just Great...

Now, let's keep in mind that not only are schools gun-free zones almost everywhere, especially for non-staff or police, but that didn't stop this shooter from opening fire on a school campus on the day of a graduation ceremony.

The Silicon Graybeard - OK Hams, you've got a week to get ready

I write about this every year because the best VHF contest of the year is pretty much always the June VHF contest put on by the American Radio Relay League or ARRL. As always, the contest starts on the second Saturday of the month, with the peculiarity that it doesn't start at midnight UTC - as the vast majority of contests do.

Again from William Teach - Guy Who Treated Women Badly, Had Nazi Tattoo He Was Proud Of For Decades, Says His Past Is Being “Weaponized”

Well, gee wiz, Sparky, maybe you should ask some of your Democratic comrades about how they went after Mitt Romney for things he did as a high schooler, George W. Bush, multiple Republican Supreme Court justices, and so many more

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: To The Winter Meetings

In a splendid example of how anything can happen in baseball, The Atlanta Bravos bested the NY Giants in the 1974 World Series of Pete’s Dynasty Baseball league, despite the Jints having racked up over 120 wins during the regular season.

The Price of Liberty - An interesting thought about RINOs

That last sentence? Right on, brother, right on. GOP “values” are pretty much the same as those of Democrats (or Socialists) or many other political groups: win elections, rake in the dollars, enjoy the power over others. Republicans are nearly as much a threat to liberty as Democrats.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 6 June 2026: Sleb Edition

SpaceX just launched 50 more Starlink satellites into orbit in a single day, using a pair of its trusty Falcon 9 boosters from facilities at Cape Canaveral and Vandenburg. (Space)

And recovered both boosters, with them landing autonomously on the company's two purpose-built drone ships.

I was curious as to how long it took mankind to launch its first 50 satellites into orbit, and the answer surprised me: Within four years of Sputnik there were over a hundred satellite launches. "Space race" is no misnomer.

Meep at STUMP - Motorcycles: Death Trends in the U.S., 1999-2024

It's a risky proposition, with or without a helmet

Colion Noir on a Self-Defense Incident in Tulsa

This is a story out of Tulsa that I posted about a few days back. I'm not revisiting it, so much as highlighting Colion Noir's coverage of the incident.

This is the Colion Noir's video Armed Homeowner Shoots Intruder After Door Gets Kicked In

The original post is at this link.

The Disturbing Reality of Human Trafficking

Nic McKinley is an ex CIA operative, and Air Force Pararescue Jumper. He is now active in DeliverFund, which is an organization fighting human trafficking. He was recently a guest on The Unsubscribe Podcast. That discussion was long, and covered several things.

The video embedded below is the section of that podcast that covers the current state of human trafficking, and what DeliverFund is doing about it.

This is the Unsubscribe Clips video The Disturbing Reality Of Roblox Predators

DeliverFund describes itself as a nonprofit intelligence agency.

We combat human trafficking with counterterrorism expertise

DeliverFund disrupts global human trafficking markets by combining uniquely qualified personnel with the best technologies and then leveraging them in new ways to reach and rescue victims of human trafficking.

Our team leverages its counterterrorism experience to transform the human trafficking fight. We deploy the same tactics used to track terrorists to take down human traffickers.

They do that by supporting law enforcement in the US.

College Students Can't Do Middle School Math

I'm not surprised. The "system" they use to teach math is insane, and needs to be dropped. 1,000 University of Calif Professors Revolt: Students Can't Do Middle School Math, Demand Return of SATs - Geller Report

Over a thousand University of California professors signed an open letter to the Board of Regents demanding they bring back standardized testing after it was removed during covid for equity.

They reveal that many STEM students are below Middle School level in Math. The poison fruit of leftwing policies. Dumb students, an obvious consequence of avoiding reality.

When the Liberals have lost university professors in California, this shows that they are so far around the bend, that they can't see it in the rear-view mirror.

Click thru.

Into Oblivion

Lamb of God is a Metalcore band from Richmond, Virginia. They have a new album which was released in March, and they released a few singles. Maybe not that new.

And yes, that means that there are harsh vocals, that are usually associated with Death Metal. If you don't like those...

This is "Into Oblivion" by Lamb of God. It was released as a single on January 15th ahead of their March 2026 album of the same name.

Metalcore isn't really my thing. It is a blending of Hard Core Punk, and Heavy Metal. There are few songs by Lamb of God that I like. They tend to remind me too much of Thrash. The verdict on the new album is still in doubt. I need to listen to a bit more of it.

Man Protects His Sister from Attack

What should he have done? Man shot by girlfriend’s brother during fight in southwest Las Vegas, police say

When officers arrived, Price said the brother immediately identified himself as the shooter and was detained. Inside the home, officers found a male suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. They gave the man aid until medical first responders arrived and pronounced him dead at the scene, Price said.

The brother and sister said that the boyfriend was beating the sister.

After attempting to get the woman’s boyfriend to stop hitting her, Price says the brother “produced a firearm and shot” the boyfriend.

I don't know what the laws in Nevada are, but this sure sounds like a justifiable defense of self, or other.

Tommy Robinson at the Henry Nowak Rally

Ben Kew at The Gateway Pundit has an update on the ongoing Henry Nowak kerfuffle. MASSIVE RALLY Held Outside Police Station After Henry Nowak's Murder - Tommy Robinson Addresses Crowd - FURIOUS BRITS Clash With Cops (VIDEO)

In case you haven't heard the details...

Nowak, an 18-year-old white British teenager, was killed last December by Vickrum Digwa, a Sikh man who falsely claimed he had been racially abused before the attack.

He may have survived had officers not handcuffed him while he lay bleeding from stab wounds inflicted with by Digwa’s Sikh ceremonial sword.

So there was a protest outside the police station in question.

The “Justice for Henry Nowak” demonstration began outside Southampton Central Police Station.

Crowds waved Union flags and held signs reading “Henry’s blood is on your hands,” “Save our kids,” and “Prison 4 police on scene.”

Click thru for X posts, video, and the reaction of the powers-that-be.

An Electric Fire Truck Uses Too Much Diesel

Canberra, Australia, has an electric fire truck. It is actually a hybrid, but they don't advertise that. To be fair, you don't want your electric fire truck to fail on the way to the fire.

It is apparently using too much diesel. And you could purchase 2 regular firetrucks, for the same price. That is before the reliability issues.

This is the quote that I love.

The Canberra Liberals' emergency services spokeswoman, Deborah Morris, who requested the documents, said everything about the electric firetruck had been a failure.

"It was never properly tested in Australian conditions. It has spent more time off the road than on it. It has serious safety flaws that put firefighters and their lifesaving work at risk. And it burns more fuel than promised," she said.

That quote is from the Canberra Times. Electric firetruck's fuel consumption was expected to be 'significantly lower': report

Canberra, is the capital of Australia. Like our federal capital, it is located in a district that is not part of any of the other states, in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia, which is about 280 kilometer drive south of Sydney, and it is about 100 kilometers west of the east coast.

This is the MGUY Australia video WTF?!! ELECTRIC fire truck "uses too much DIESEL" 🤣

I mean, it's hilarious, isn't it? A battery electric vehicle that's using too much diesel. Only in the mad world of net zero insanity could such a sentence be written.

The video is 14 minutes long.

The Painful Financials of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu

We are on the third weekend of the latest Disney Star Wars movie. And things are worse than expected, and they were expected to be low.

The movie had a 70% drop in the 2nd weekend from the first weekend. Friday, the 3rd Friday of its theatrical run, was down 62% over the second weekend.

On Friday the box office for a Star Wars movie fell behind The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act, which is basically the finale of an Australian animated web series, which I had never heard of.

Valliant Renegade is financial analyst and YouTube creator who follows the financial and business side of Hollywood. He is one of a few people who are dillegent about covering the real business side of show business. "It's not show friends," used to be a saying in Hollywood; today it doesn't seem like they want to make money.

This is Valliant Renegade's video Disney Star Wars Faces HUGE $125M Mando & Grogu LOSS

I don't even know at this point if Mandalorian and Grou can even get to 330 or 340 million. That's how dire this is. The international box office for this film hasn't been particularly overwhelming. In fact, it's been more underwhelming even than the domestic box office. And that's going to put this movie on pace to lose about $125 million, if not more.

That number is based on the stated production budget for the movie, but Disney is known for lying about production budgets. If they do major production in England, they have to file tax documents that will eventually reveal all of the financial details. I have no idea where this film was produced.

The video is 12 minutes.

The Left Is Pissed the DOJ is Defending the Second Amendment

They don't like the second amendment, but that isn't news. From Tom Knighton at Bearing Arms we get the following: The Trace and Mother Jones Big Mad That Civil Rights Division Defending Civil Right They Hate

The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division has a long and storied history of standing up for, well, civil rights. They've taken on a ton of cases over the years, and they've got an impressive record in court cases. However, throughout all that storied history, there was always one civil right they ignored.

Before the Trump administration, they never took on a Second Amendment case.

You can imagine how that is being received.

Click thru for the wailing and gnashing of the teeth.

Electrical Vehicle Fire in a Service Center

The tl;dr message: A fire extinguisher is NOT going to put out an electric vehicle battery fire when the battery is in Thermal Runaway.

This is the StacheD Training video EV Fire in an Auto Shop: Wrong Tool. Wrong Fire

A couple of additional stories are covered by MGUY Australia: 🔥 Oops! 33 BRAND NEW Jaecoo Hybrid SUVs DESTROYED by fire 🔥. This video is 13 minutes. Aside from the 33 SUVs, it also covers a car fire in Worksop, a town in England, and

Porsche Avoids Financial Responsibility Over (Potential) EV Fire

MV Felicity Ace was a car carrier. It was carrying a number of EVs. A fire started, and eventually the boat sank. Porsche was sued for being responsible. From gCaptain: Porsche Wins Felicity Ace Lawsuit as Cause of Fire Remains Unproven

According to German legal news outlet LTO (Legal Tribune Online), the Regional Court of Stuttgart dismissed a lawsuit seeking approximately €30 million ($34 million) in damages from Porsche. The plaintiffs, which included the Japanese owner of the vessel and five marine hull insurers, alleged that a self-igniting lithium-ion battery in a Porsche Taycan sparked the February 2022 fire aboard the vessel.

In the mode of the old tobacco companies, "you can prove it," held up in court. And to be fair, you couldn't prove that the lithium-ion battery started the fire. Once those batteries were involved, it became impossible to put the fire out. (See the video for the explanation of why that is.)

Here is a bit of history from gCaptain on when the fire started.

The fire on the Panama-flagged ship started Wednesday, February 16, approximately 90 nautical miles southwest of the Azores as the ship was underway from Embden, Germany, where Volkswagen AG has a manufacturing plant, to the U.S. East Coast.

This is Sal Mercogliano's What's Going on With Shipping? video The Felicity Ace Legal Battle: Court Rules on Porsche Battery Fire Claims

For more on the MV Felicity Ace fire, see the post at this link.

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 6 June

The Right Way starts things rolling with Top of the News

The murder of Henry Nowak: outrageous - The New Neo
Supreme Court clears Alabama to use GOP-friendly congressional map this fall - Just the News

EBL - Scott Pelley Fired From CBS

Instapundit: Scott Pelley Fired
Scott Pelly goes out with a delusional rant...

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 06.04.26

The Bugscuffle Gazette: Things don’t happen to me
Stoic Observations: But It Happened

Small Dead Animals - Wednesday On Turtle Island

The Democratic Party’s America: Victor Davis Hanson – Iranian endgames. Rabble-rousers. Threats.
Conman Carney’s Canada: PM appoints member of pro-Hamas group. Sex change advocate.

Bayou Renaissance Man - Tab clearing

2. What happens if the State decides you're too expensive to keep alive?
A very thought-provoking academic study of Canada's Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID) program

The Glibertarians - Wednesday Afternoon Links of… What, Tonio Again?

WHO IS BEHIND THE NEWARK ANTI-ICE PROTESTS: The marvelous and indispensable Data Republican walks us through the command and funding structure of the people behind this.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 06.04.26 (Evening Edition)

Don Surber: Britain’s George Floyd
Racket News: America Needs A Boring & Sane Party

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - LinkSwarm For June 5, 2026

“EPA boss made criminal referrals alleging Democrats ‘self-dealing’ in lucrative green energy grants. Lee Zeldin alleges that eight nonprofit ‘cutouts’ were used to route billions to former Obama-Biden cronies.”

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 5 June 2026: Lilo Pelekai Multipass Edition

Everything new is old again: DDR4 is back on the menu. (Tom's Hardware)
I'm thinking of picking up a 5800X3D because I have plenty of DDR4 and the larger cache on that chip helps hide the lower bandwidth.

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 6/4/2026

What the EU Prosperity Index Actually Says About Life in Czechia
Czechia climbed two places in this year’s EU Prosperity Index, reaching 14th, its best position since the ranking launched in 2022.

Flopping Aces - The Week in Radical Leftism, 06/05/2026 – Back to The Nation!

Gen Z Women Are Moving Left. Young Men Aren’t.
In other words, young men have resisted The Radical Left’s indoctrination, while women haven’t.

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 06.05.26

Flopping Aces: Castro’s “Friendship” Machine Just Met Marco Rubio’s Sanctions Hammer
Gates Of Vienna: The Avenger of Qasem Soleimani

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Bolton to Plead Guilty, More Platner Problems

First, Ace reports Keith Edwards, a Democrat Podcaster and Political Strategist Who Got Advance Word of the Eric Swalwell Sexual Assault Accusations, Now Says the NYT and WaPo Are Racing to Report That Graham Platner Sexually Assaulted "Multiple" Women.

Political Hat - The Digital Panopticon Is Here

The worst part of this all is that even if you somehow are able to avoid any of this digital surveillance, you will be identified and tracked anyway via everyone else’s devices.

Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links - I'll be away for a few days

Professors Demand a Return to Testing
English professor warns: Today’s students cannot read or focus on lengthy assignment

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 6/ 3 /26

A harrowing journey into our school system's heart of darkness.
Geno Young Video: Students Playing “Shoot Charlie Kirk” Game on TikTok

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Which NGOs Are Organizing the Newark Protests, and How

• $7,600 Per Doomer Dispatch: Inside the Billionaire-Backed AI Fear Factory Jordan Schachtel
• The Democrats' Bottomless Weaponization Fund Ann Coulter [$]

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 06/05/2026

Three more guys go into a manhole in NYC, and there are again two cars, perfectly timed which pull up from different directions just in time to catch them:

I leave you with Midweek Memes from Granite Grok, Wednesday Memes … from MaddMedic, Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #3770 from 90 Miles from Tyranny, and Friday's gifs from Wirecutter.

Texans Are Still Armed

Bad guys are still getting shot. Police: 2 teens shot while trying to steal from Longview home

Or how would you respond to two, uninvited guests (don't call them home invaders) at 3 o'clock in the morning?

Police say the facts collected currently point to the teens committing theft and the resident confronted them. The teens' injuries are non-life threatening. Detectives continue to investigate.

Longview, Texas, is a 128 mile drive east of Dallas, or a 63 mile drive west of Shreveport, Louisiana.

Self-defense is a human right.