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.

Don't Park Your EV Outside in Winter

So in Canada, you can't own an EV if you don't own a garage. At least not this brand. EV Lemon: Canadian Man Prevails in Arbitration After Lucid Tells Him He Can't Park His Car Outside in Winter

So you can't park your car outside in winter. Can you leave it parked outside at work for 8 or 10 hours? Or does that need to be parked inside? What about parking at the airport?

The Canadian owner of a 2024 Lucid Air Pure has prevailed in a lemon law arbitration case that compelled Lucid to cancel his lease and reclaim the vehicle approximately 18 months into a four-year agreement. Among many issues with the EV, the company told him he can’t park an EV outside in the wintertime and expect it to function properly.

When a manufacturer loses in arbitration, you know they are doing something wrong. Click thru for the details. But I will leave you with this.

According to his account, the company’s lawyers advanced arguments that left both him and the arbitrator speechless.

Some of the things stated, aside from the cold weather issues, are problems with the assisted driving system turning into oncoming traffic, and trim falling off.

This is MGUY Australia's video Lucid case raises HILARIOUS possibility: Are all EVs "LEMONS"?!!

When Does the Fight Against Misogyny Go Too Far?

From Echo Chamberlain we get the following. Boys, Misogyny and Moral Panic

Because if masculinity and femininity are only social constructs, they can be deconstructed. If they aren't ...

Many of these adults rely on a contested idea that gender is socially constructed, that masculinity is not a set of natural male traits, but a cultural script that can be edited. Traditional masculinity, rather than time-honoured and real characteristics recurring from one generation of young men to the next: courage, stoicism, honour, risk-taking, loyalty, physicality and hierarchy, is instead framed as generational cycles of the same scripted behaviour. This isn’t to say all these interventionists are hard-bitten ideologues. But even when biological differences are accepted in theory, boys are frequently treated in practice as products of socialisation first and nature second. If the social constructivists were right, Scandinavia should have produced some of the most interchangeable men and women in history. Instead, after decades of gender-neutral policies, many differences remained persistent, and some grew larger – the exact opposite of what the social constructivists hoped for.

The simplifications are amazing, and realities ignored.

And of course a backlash is evident.

Click thru for an interesting discussion.

I have one bone to pick...

This isn’t to say all these interventionists are hard-bitten ideologues.

No. It isn't 100 percent. But it is well above 85 percent. The VAST majority of the people designing these "interventions" are the typical Social Justice Warriors, who want to remake the world according to their prejudices.

Nerdrotic versus Legacy News Outlets

Jessika Lindstrom from Geeks + Gamers brings us a not-too-surprising story. Nerdrotic Defeats Legacy News Outlets - Friday Night Tights Beats CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News in Prime Time

Friday Night Tights is a panel discussion on YouTube, hosted by Gary "Nerdrotic" Buechler that covers popular culture. They cover primarily movies, TV/Streaming shows, video games, with the rare foray into comic books. (Gary used to own a comic shop.)

The dominance of the Mainstream Media – or "dinosaur media," as WDW Pro calls it – is a thing of the past. A recent report by Yahoo News revealed that YouTubers like Nerdrotic are outperforming legacy news outlets Fox News, CNN, and MS Now (previously MSNBC). In his recent video, our own WDW Pro breaks down all the numbers, so please check out the video below!

It isn't just in entertainment media that the new Media (YouTube, Rumble, Odysee, etc.) are outshining the legacy outlets.

[Culture] Culture also points out that, in addition to Nerdrotic and other YouTubers outshining legacy media outlets, two YouTube-based movies are dominating major Hollywood productions like The Mandalorian and Grogu at the box office, along with the low-budget horror film Obsession. In other words, the fatigue with the mainstream does not end with the news; people are tuning out and are hungry for something more, wanting more interaction and authenticity.

Here is the WDW Pro video mentioned in the Geeks + Gamers article. CNN and MSNBC Ratings TOPPED by NERDROTIC on YouTube?! Fox News Too!

WDW Pro is mostly associate with That Park Place, and came out of the theme park review world, but that was then.

Friday Night Tights is every Friday at 4 PM eastern time, (they will be late) on Rumble and on YouTube and maybe elsewhere. While it streams at that time, you can find it on the channel at any time after the stream ends.

You can find Gary's new book, Waiting for Nerdrotic, detailing his lifelong fight with addiction and its consequences, and more, at Rippasend. (No affiliation or remuneration)

Two Armed Citizens Stop Kidnapping

A domestic violence kidnapping was foiled by concealed carry. Suspects face attempted kidnapping, attempted murder and arson charges in Port St. Lucie

This also points up a big problem with the Left's desire to create gun-free zones.

According to the police report, Jose Tsu Zamora, 64, of North Miami, ambushed a former long-term girlfriend as she arrived for Sunday services. The victim had previously secured a domestic violence injunction against Zamora in March, and he was already wanted on an active warrant for violating that court order.

When the woman exited her vehicle, Zamora blocked her path, grabbed her, held a handgun against her body, and began dragging her toward his vehicle.

The woman dropped to the ground to resist. That is when 2 bystanders decided to take a hand.

Had it not been for these courageous citizens who stepped in and intervened, this kidnapping would have been successful. We do believe that the suspect's intent was to harm her,” said [Port St. Lucie Police Department Chief Leo] Niemczyk.

Port St. Lucie is on the Atlantic coast of Florida. It is about a 50 mile drive north of Palm Beach, or about a 90 mile drive north of Fort Lauderdale.

The problem of Gun Free Zones: New York is one of the Blue States that has made it illegal to be armed in a house of worship, as if no one has ever attacked a synagogue, or a church.

People with stalkers, like this woman who had an order of protection, are most vulnerable when they are on a known schedule at a known location: picking up and dropping off kids at school or daycare, going to and from work, and arriving at or leaving religious services. These are some of the places where liberals want to disarm everyone.

Gun Free Zones are really Defenseless Victim Zones, because the bad guys are not following your laws. This guy was willing to commit armed kidnapping, while violating a court order of protection. Exactly what law does the Left believe he will follow?

And the court order was only a piece of paper. It didn't stop this guy from trying to commit a crime. The two guys with guns did that.

The would-be, bad guy ran when confronted, but police caught up with him, and arrested him.

There is surveillance video from WPTV News - FL Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast: Surveillance video captures attempted kidnapping in Port St. Lucie

Hat tip to Gun Watch: Armed Samaritans Stop Attempted Kidnapping in Florida

Before 1987, it would have been unlikely two people in a church parking lot in Florida would have been armed and able to respond to a kidnapping by an armed man.

The Lack of Data Around EV and Battery Fires

There is NO reliable data around battery fires. If you dig into the data, it is all collected from newspaper headlines. So when EV enthusiasts tell you that the fire are rare, they really don't know that.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) looked into that problem. Understanding the Risk of Lithium-Ion Battery Fires. This report is from March of this year.

Lithium ion battery (LIB) fires are a growing problem that extends across the supply chain, including mining, production, warehousing, shipping, and waste disposal, as well as the consumer side. But data on such fires is fragmented and mostly incomplete. Many are secondary data sources, and for the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission data sets identification of LIB fires is difficult.

Now the NIST report is a PDF of government-produced bureaucratic speak. That said, it is remarkably readable. It is mostly a statement of the problem. We don't have the data. It is hard or impossible for firefighters to collect some of the data. etc. In short, the data we do have is questionable.

The easiest way to come to an understanding of the problem is to watch the 7 minute video below.

This is the StacheD Training video EV Fire Data Is Just News Headlines: NIST Proved It!

Violent Crime Drops as Concealed Carry Spreads

More Guns, Less Crime. Gun Safety: Violent Crime Drops as More Americans Pack Heat | RealClearInvestigations

A new survey of 1,000 general election voters conducted last month by McLaughlin & Associates found that almost 30% of respondents said they carry a firearm. More specifically, the survey found that 13.2% respondents said they carry a firearm all or most of the time, while an additional 16.6% said they carry one sometimes or rarely. These results show a 5.5% increase in the number of respondents who said they carry firearms since a similar poll was conducted in December 2024.

These surveys are needed since a lot of states now allow the carrying of concealed weapons without the need to get a license from the state.

The detailed statistics are interesting to me. Those details include demographic data. I will share one bit.

Blacks and Hispanics also carry at disproportionately high rates.

Click thru for those rates, and more.

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.