Wednesday Link Roundup - 11 February

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

13. Moonbattery: AWFLs Out of Control at Minneapolis Yoga Studio
14. Liberty’s Torch: The Epstein Files

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 02.10.26

Dana Loesch: I’m Already Over The Halftime Show,
Don Surber: White Saviors are flinging dildos in ICE capades

EBL - Saturday Night Girls With Guns

Saturday night is right for girls with guns...
and we start off with True Adventures, Bikini Girls with Guns, February 1962.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 8 February 2026: Simon And Simony Edition

The recent fuss over AI-only social network Moltbook is deflating somewhat as it becomes clear that the filters controlling what could post on the networked worked as well as the security, which is to say, not at all:

Political Hat - News of the Week (February 8th, 2026)

Democrats Reintroduce ‘Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act’
House Democrats have introduced H.R. 7166, a bill that would effectively end direct-to-consumer online ammunition sales nationwide

Vlad Tepes - When Americans look to the North, they hear a great flushing sound: Links 1 for February 8, 2026

3. Here is a brief excerpt from a Palestinian Christian from Bethlehem speaking to a Western audience some years ago, This will save you the time of doing the numbers yourself.

Small Dead Animals - Sunday On Turtle Island

China Carney’s Canada: A new park. Where does the money go? EV market crash.
The Democrat Party’s America: Learn from Islam. Portland’s journey.

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 2/7/2026

Cops Poised to Shoot Down Drones at Super Bowl
Law enforcement officials overseeing security for Sunday’s Super Bowl in Santa Clara, California

Don Surber - HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK

ITEM 5: Unindicted co-pedophile Bill Gates said, “I never went to the Epstein Island, never met any women.”
No women. Only little girls.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - WaPoo Openly Worries About Hot Trump Economy

Cathy Salgado at PJM, Trump White House Touts Wins as Dems Gripe and Moan. At ET, TrumpRx: How to Access Discounted Drug Prices on the Platform "The website launched on Feb. 5 with more than 40 prescription drugs on the platform."

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - California’s Wealth Streams For The Exits

Add Facebook/meta head Mark Zuckerberg to the list of billionaires fleeing ahead of enactment of the state’s wealth tax.

The Glibertarians - Saturday evening Links

“We’re in the Olympics! Let’s virtue signal!”
Millennials hardest hit?
Much pants shitting over a documentary.

Maggie's Farm - Saturday morning links

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani: U.S. Immigration Policy Should Be Guided by Islam and the Prophet Muhammed
Who’s the victim in Zohran Mamdani’s New York?

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 2/10/26

The report proves a large majority of the illegals detained by ICE are known threats to the American public.
CONFIRMED: Majority of Illegals Detained by ICE Have Criminal Records.

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: The SAVE Act: Why Are Senate Republicans Dithering?

• Here Are The Top 5 Takeaways From Georgia’s Suspect 2020 Election M.D. Kittle
• California Has Become Uninvestable David Strom

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 02/10/2026

Israel has moved to tighten its control over the West Bank, approving a policy overhaul that has drawn condemnation from the Palestinian Authority (PA), Arab and Muslim countries, and the EU.

I leave you with Sunday Funnies For 02-08-26 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Sunday Funnies from Flopping Aces, Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #3392 from 90 Miles from Tyranny, and It'sTuesday ~ Watch Out For The Libturds ~ PM from Woodsterman.

Florida Is a Bad Place for Bad Guys

The bad guys keep not figuring that out. Tallahassee homeowner shoots 'uninvited' man who threatened him

Also, don't enter someone's home, unless you have an invitation.

Detectives later learned that the man entered the home and "refused to leave after multiple requests from the homeowner," [Leon County Sheriff's Office] said in a social media update. "The suspect then threatened the homeowner with a weapon while advancing toward him. The homeowner fired a single round from a semi-automatic handgun, striking the suspect."

Leon County, Florida is home to Tallahassee, which is sort of where the panhandle splits off from the main part of the state.

The guy who got shot is in critical condition in a local hospital.

Super Bowl Weekend in Chicago

HeyJackass! brings us the stats from the weekend. Super SAFE-T Bowl Weekend

In years past, we’d usually get several shooting-free hours because of the super-duper sportsball game. However, because this year’s game was so boring, some decided it was more entertaining to shoot someone rather than watch the game. Next year’s game will be much more entertaining when the Bears are in it.

The weekend total, which in the world of HeyJackass!, runs from noon on Friday through 6 o'clock in the morning on Monday, fell out as follows: 1 murder, 13 people were shot and wounded.

That was actually down from the past few, insane years, and down a bit from the average since 2015.

Swamp Groove

Justin Johnson is a musician I have featured a couple of times. I really like the music he produces.

This song is "Swamp Groove" by Justin Johnson. It was released to YouTube on Saturday the 24th of January. He subtitled it Classic Acoustic Blues Guitar.

Tuesday Links - 10 February

Impro Guns is up first with Faux Colt Python. Click thru for the photo.

Looks to be another copy of this DIY design.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Swedish Yutes Sue Government Over Climate Crisis (scam)

Will this be the time when the kiddies are asked in court if they have made their own lives carbon neutral?

Lone Star Parson - Nicki Minaj Rules

Talented, successful and loved pop star Nicki Minaj came out and said it, you can't vote Democrat and be a Christian.

The Other McCain - ‘A Perfectly Good White Boy’

The reason I mentioned those “trees draped with Spanish moss” in Citrus County is because the pursuit of Travis Lovett was captured on a Florida state trooper’s dashcam, and it’s one of the most harrowing chases you’ll ever see, despite the verdant scenery:

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 7 February 2026: Bedraggled Edition

US tech stocks lost an aggregate $1 trillion as a little air was let out of the AI bubble. (Tom's Hardware)
It definitely hasn't popped, but it's a trillion dollars smaller than it was.

Irons in the Fire - They're also idiots, but the WHO is a bunch of bastards

They still say we don't have their permission. I say "The Marines didn't blow up the place or hang any of you on their way out, so you'd better go with that."

Moonbattery - AWFLs Out of Control at Minneapolis Yoga Studio

Pandering to a malevolent mob is the price of doing business. Those who do not comply will be punished.

Again from William Teach - Democrats Suddenly Upset Over ICE Having Body Cams

That’s strange, especially since Democrats cheered when Judge Sara in Chicago demanded all immigration agents wear them. And how Dems demanded all cops wear them post-George “Fentanyl” Floyd

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: Better Late Than Never

The Senators took two out of three from Pittsburgh and Boston last week, so now we’re 44-52, tied with Pete’s Brewers for second in the division, 5.5 games behind the Twins.

Again from Wombat-socho - Rule 5 Monday: Boots & Bikinis

Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt.

Woman Defends Herself from Two Men

Mississippi is not a good place for bad guys. The bad guys are still not getting that memo. Jackson police investigating ‘justifiable’ homicide on Ridgewood Road

I wish the gun-hating part of the Left would explain what a woman should do, if she was disarmed, when 2 masked men break into her home in the middle of the night. (I'm not holding my breath.)

And also, Mississippi has the idea of felony murder. If someone dies, as a result of you committing a felony, then you are responsible for the consequences of your actions. (The Left hates that, because no one should be personally responsible for anything.)

Quintavion Myles, 18, has been charged with murder after 15-year-old Kaden Young was pronounced dead at the scene. According to Jackson police, the incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. Sunday when two men wearing ski masks broke into one of the units. Fearing for her safety, police said the woman living there grabbed a handgun and fired multiple rounds, hitting one of the masked men.

And since this happened in Mississippi, the neighbors were not shocked.

"To be honest, they got what they deserved. They broke into her house. She had the right to defend herself," said Tre Ingram, a resident of the complex.

The woman who did the shooting was taken into custody are released, because this did not happen in New York City. A grand jury will decide if charges are filed, or if this is justified.

Self-defense is a human right.

More Improvised Weapons

Impro Guns brings us Evidence table

Click thru for the Photo

Our friend the airsoft SCAR monstrosity making an appearance alongside what looks to be some sort of pump-action shotgun thing.

I think this is from Brazil, because that is where the "SCAR monstrosity" came from.

Netherlands Climate Institute Un-Edits Climate History

Well, not exactly, but it is a first step. From Climate Depot - Dutch climate skeptics vindicated: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute reinstates seven pre-1950 heatwaves after long battle

The Netherlands Metorological Institute had edited climate history to REMOVE old heat waves, that did not fit the narrative.

Seven years after Dutch skeptics first challenged KNMI’s temperature adjustments, the institute has reinstated seven “lost” pre-1950 heatwaves at De Bilt — validating claims of over-correction that had erased 16 out of 23 historical extremes.

What were the edits?

In 2016, KNMI homogenized their daily temperatures for the period 1901-1950 because of a change in measurement method in 1950 (Pagoda screen to Stevenson screen) and a displacement 300 meter towards open field in 1951. They had parallel measurement for the change in screens but not for the displacement and therefore they had decided to homogenize De Bilt statistically by comparing it with a station 150 kilometers northeast (a place called Eelde) from De Bilt. The homogenization had a negligible effect on the average temperature. However the hottest days of the year (In The Netherlands this means Tmax of around 30^oC) in the period 1901-1950 were corrected downwards by up to 1.9oC. Because of this, 16 out of those 23 heatwaves vanished from the official records.

KNMI is not the only "scientific organization" to do such editing. Because otherwise the narrative wouldn't be as easy to defend.

The way to fix this was to publish a peer-reviewed paper. Click thru for the details.

Scales Are Falling

Another round of my (fruitless) quest to make people understand that a lot of what goes by the name of Heavy Metal today is what we called Rock & Roll back in the dark ages of the pre-Walkman 1970s. But then most people think that Thrash is all of Heavy Metal. (It isn't.)

Alter Bridge is made up of guitarist Mark Tremonti (Creed, Tremonti, etc.), vocalist and rhythm guitarist Myles Kennedy (vocalist for Slash's backing band), bassist Brian Marshall (Creed), and drummer and keyboardist Scott Phillips (Creed).

Mark Tremonti is a member of both Creed and Alter Bridge. He also has (or at least had) his own band, Tremonti. Myles Kennedy, as vocalist for Slash, has been on my radar for a while. I assume that I found Alter Bridge by way of one of these two, though it could have been that it was served up by one of the streaming services I use. Based on when I found this band, it was probably Spotify, because I hadn't switched to Tidal that long ago.

This song is "Scales Are Falling" by Alter Bridge from their January 2026 album Alter Bridge. It is their eighth studio album.

It is good to know about new music, especially when it is music I like. As I type this, I've heard very little of this new album. It came to my attention by way of the Tidal streaming service, and their playlist The Metalist: Best New Metal & Hard Rock.

Armed Self-Defense - International Edition

From the Philippines. Manila Bulletin - Man hurt after being shot by homeowner during robbery in Antipolo

A man was injured after being shot by the homeowner whose house he was allegedly robbing in Antipolo, Rizal on Friday, Feb. 6.

I would like to say that this sounds pretty good, but the Philippines seems to share views on self-defense with Canada.

The suspect is now in police custody and is facing robbery charges, while the victim has also been arrested for frustrated homicide.

Authorities said further investigation is ongoing to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting, including the legality of the firearm’s use.

Still, it sounds like the jury may still be out.

And whatever the governments of Canada and The Philippines believe, self-defense is a human right.

Ham Radio Fox Hunting versus Anti-ICE Protestors

It seems that the insurrectionists in Minneapolis are upset that someone infiltrated their Signal communications. Ian at The Bugscuffle Gazette has the details. Bunny Hunting

Last couple of days my private comms have lit up with various folks informing me that protestors have apparently decided that since their Signal chats have been infiltrated, they should switch to ham radios.

The fact that the folks informing me of this were giggling as they did so should be indicative of how good an idea this is.

Hunting for illegal transmissions, and it is illegal to use coded transmissions on Ham Radio bands, is something that the federal government used to be quite good at. Not sure if they are in practice or not.

But who IS in practice for hunting down transmissions are the Ham Radio operators of the world.

First off, if you want to see a pack of folks what put the “‘tism” in “weaponized autism”, may I introduce you to the amateur radio underworld? Ham radio operators lovingly build their own kit, get certifications and licenses, and build entire social communities. Bunch of loud weirdos crashing their frequencies, ignoring their mores,1, violating their courtesies, and trampling their protocols is likely going to get a whole bunch of feathers ruffled.

Which brings us to "Transmitter Hunting." It goes by several names, including Fox Hunting.

Let me restate that: A bunch of radio nerds find a great deal of pleasure in discovering which of them can locate a transmitter the fastest — and will venture out from their lairs to do so. Not the military. Not the police. Not the government. Private citizens doing “speed radio direction finding” for bragging rights, the fun of it, and minor prizes.

And remember: no matter how good the government is at something, a pack of enthusiastic amateurs will leave the government in the dust.

Click thru for the details.

And let me see if I have this correct. Your operational security is SO BAD that you can't maintain private communications on a system designed to be secure,  but  you think using a system, designed and legislated to avoid all coded messages will work out better. OK then.

5 Largest U.S. Cities Are Essentially Broke

Are we shocked that Democrats can't manage money? Report: 5 largest U.S. cities don’t have enough money to pay bills

The five largest cities in the United States, all led by Democrats, did not have enough money to pay their bills in 2024, according to a new Truth in Accounting report first provided to The Center Square.

Its Financial State of the Cities 2026 report examines the fiscal health of the cities of Los Angeles, Houston, Philadelphia, Chicago and New York City, with New York City again leading the U.S. with the greatest taxpayer burden.

The level of dysfunction is sort of amazing.

According to the data, New York City residents have the highest taxpayer burden of $61,700, followed by Chicagoans’ $42,600, Philadelphians’ $17,000, Houstonians’ $4,800 and Los Angeles residents’ $1,300.

At least LA and Houston are not insane. Well, Houston is bordering on insane. NYC is far past insane, they can't see insane in the rear-view mirror.

Gregor Mendel Blog - The 5 biggest cities

If you need money managed well, you never go over a person on the Left. Steer clear of them, because Leftists are terrible about spending public funds.

Gang Converting Airsoft SCAR into SMG Caught

Impro Guns has a long post on a Brazilian police operational success. Airsoft SCAR SMG conversion gang caught | Impro Guns

Police in Brazil finally busted the gang responsible for churning out 9mm SMGs stuffed into spring powered airsoft SCAR bodies following raids conducted yesterday.

Opening up the clam-shell bodies reveals crude blowback smg innards made from square tubing. They must have been selling like hotcakes as they had been showing up frequently in weapon & drug seizures.

The photos are interesting, because for once the Brazilian police have shown how the guns are constructed.

Click thru for a lot of those photos, info on the magazines, a statement from those Brazilian cops, and a look at the original Airsoft rifle.

Do we think that the capture of this one gang will upset the supply for long?

'Grassroots' anti-ICE Campaigns Are Not Grassroots

From the New York Post: 'Grassroots' anti-ICE campaigns funded by left wing billionaire donors: sources

It is surprising that this appeared in a mainstream outlet, even the Post.

A so-called “ICE Out” march drew an estimated 15,000 left-wing political activists to a frozen, snow-covered Minneapolis on Friday, with attendees chanting “ICE out now” and demanding an end to federal immigration enforcement in the city.

Although framed as a spontaneous uprising of concerned, everyday people, the demonstration — like countless that have regularly metastasized during President Trump’s terms — featured a familiar cast of politically obsessed activists and terminally online characters.

Click thru for the details.

Hat tip Clayton Cramer: The Strongest Argument Against Billionaires

This is the downside of capitalism. It creates pockets of guilt-dominated wealth intent on making sure no one else gets that rich.

They Told Me Cable News Was Over and Done

Maybe not so much. Fox News Posts Highest-Ever Second Quarter Ad Revenue

Inflation certainly had something to do with that, but it is hard to write off.

Fox News delivered its highest second quarter advertising revenue in the network’s history, Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch announced Wednesday during the company’s earnings call.

The record haul was fueled in part by an influx of new advertisers. Murdoch said Fox News added roughly 200 new advertisers in the first half of the fiscal year—on top of the 350 new advertisers the network brought in last year.

Maybe the "cutting the cable" fad has faded, now that people realized it isn't as cheap as it was advertised to be.

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups

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

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

The Right Way - Top of the News

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

EBL - Minnesota update from Border Czar Tom Homan

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

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

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

Small Dead Animals - Wednesday On Turtle Island

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

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

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

The Glibertarians - Thursday Afternoon Links

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

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

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

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

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

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 02.05.26

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

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 2/5/2026

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links

Phil Connors' Purgatorio
Chilly weather is in your imagination?

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

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

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 02/05/2026

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

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

Good Guys 2, Bad Guys 0

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

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

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

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

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

Police caught up with Drew at his home later.

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

Self-defense is a human right.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11:11

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

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

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