Tuesday Links - 12 May

Alice Jones Webb at Take It Outside is up first with an observation about outdoor equipment. Everything at Bass Pro Sounds Like a Military Operation: Why does outdoor gear sound like it comes with a mission brief and unnecessary aggression?

A folding camp chair had the word “elite” stitched into the backrest like it was preparing for CQB instead of holding a middle-aged man scarfing down Little Debbie Christmas tree cakes in some pre-dawn box blind.

Andy Ngo of Ngo Comment - Antifa Activist Who Celebrated Charlie Kirk Murder Arrested on Child Sex Crime Charges in New York

His social media is filled with violent leftist posts. After Charlie Kirk was murdered, Stroup wrote, “Rest in PISS you dirty fucking fascist.”

The Silicon Graybeard reminded me of the 555 timer chip. A technogeek anniversary to celebrate

Originally designed at Signetics corporation, it's the 555 timer circuit, AKA "the triple nickel" timer. Ironically, the triple nickel has outlived Signetics itself, which was bought by Philips Semiconductor in 1975 and Philips is now part of NXP semiconductors.

Washington Free Beacon - The Hope Goes On Forever and the Vibes Will Never Die

Few things were more inevitable than an Obama musical. What better way to commemorate the Hamilton presidency than with a vibes-drenched, profanity-laced sing-along for liberals who stopped being proud of their country on Nov. 8, 2016?

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: Waiting for the Winter Meetings

So apparently we’re having a little trouble in Pete’s league getting people to play their playoff games, which is kind of annoying since those of us who didn’t make the playoffs would like to get on with the draft for the 1975 season.

The Other McCain - It’s a Long Way to Hope. I love a good car chase story.

She then returned to the Mercury, informed Washington that he needed to “exit the vehicle,” at which point he put it in drive and floored it, starting a pursuit that reached 100 mph and lasted six minutes before Washington ran off the road, crashed the car and was arrested.

American Family News - NYT making its own news with witch hunt for aggrieved white employee

Leftists in the media cannot stand the idea that Team Trump is coming to the defense of white males at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. They believe white males should never file a complaint, given their centuries of massive white male privilege.

Again from Wombat-socho - Rule 5 Sunday: Chocolate

One of the nice things about seeing more Japanese X users is that there’s more cheesecake being posted.

No One Was Injured

Journalists and Leftists most impacted. Shooting at Summit Mall: Teen arrested no one injured, say police

Maybe we should pass a law making it illegal to shoot guns in the air for no reason. Oh, wait a minute...

Also I want to note, that if you cannot name the problem you have, or even admit that you have a problem, then you have no chance of fixing that problem.

Fairlawn police said a 17-year old was arrested Friday, accused of firing a gun twice in the air after an argument with a group of teens in the parking lot of Summit Mall.

Investigators said no one was injured, but the mall was locked down while police searched for the shooter and potential victims.

Fairlawn, Ohio is about 5 miles northwest of downtown Akron, or about 25 miles south of Cleveland.

It is hard to characterize this incident. "A group of teens" had an argument in a mall parking lot. At least one of them was armed. What does that bring to mind? If we can't address the elephant in the room, we can't fix problems. But the Left doesn't want to fix problems.

No one was hurt, though the shooting was certainly a crime. Is this news? Probably.

Oh, and people were shocked that bad things could happen at a mall.

"Terrifying, I'm ready to leave," said [a mall worker] as she got into her car to go home.

Guns at Home and Around the World

Professor David Yamane, at Light Over Heat, posted a collection of links a while back, that got stuck in my drafts folder. They are still worth looking at. (More timeless than timely.) Illuminations #7. Curiosity: An Idea Worth Spreading

There is also another link to his recent TEDx talk. It is a 15 minute (or so) video, once you get past the YouTube ads. I thought it was interesting. The video is “Escaping the Gun Debate Trap,” TEDxWakeForestU (26 March 2026). Click thru

From The Christian Science Monitor: More liberals are buying guns. Why?

In the last couple of years, a growing number of women and people of color have begun training with Mr. Mills. His clients are conservatives, moderates, liberals, and those who defy simple labels altogether.

Then from Open Source Defense: OSD 370: Let me show you the gun of my people, we get a look at gun ownership in Japan and in Europe.

This video is about an American guy who moved to Japan and then did the obvious thing: figure out how to buy a gun.

The requirements are bonkers, including $2100 in fees. The crazy thing is that the US government wrote the Japanese constitution, and didn't give them the 2nd amendment.

Professor Yamane includes a partial translation of the Danish article »Automatgeværer er fede«: Millioner følger ham på YouTube. Nu vil han have deres stemmer in What a Danish Newspaper Got Right About American Gun Culture. It is about guntubers generally, and Branden Herrera (The AK Guy) in particular.

Professor Yamane includes more, but click thru and see for yourself.

The Other McCain v Communism

I think I know how to answer this question. Do You Hate Communism Enough? : The Other McCain

Is Karen Bass, Mayor of Los Angeles, a Communist? I'm shocked!

Too many of our Republican friends dismiss Bass as a dimwitted clown, dangerous only because of her incompetence. However, Bass has held positions of major influence, and was among the finalists in Biden’s search for a VP pick in 2020. It was when she was under consideration for that choice that her early involvement in the Venceremos Brigade attracted critical scrutiny.

Click thru for more.

The answer to the question in the headline is obviously no — it is impossible that any of us could hate Communism as much as we should. Unless you were a Chilean helicopter pilot back in the day, perhaps, you could almost certainly use a booster shot for your anti-Communism.

The Extremist

Today's song sounds more straight up Rock than Rock/Jazz Fusion. Maybe even a bit like Metal. The guitar is certainly screaming, a bit. Satriani was not known for Metal, but since I make the rules...

This is "The Extremist" by Joe Satriani. It is the title song to his 1992 album.

Texans Are Still Armed

The bad guys keep not getting that memo. Harris County burglary suspect shot, killed by homeowner: constable

Constable Mark Herman reports deputies were called early Wednesday morning to a home on Spring Creek Oaks Court in the Spring Creek Oaks neighborhood.

A homeowner reported the suspect entered their home through the backdoor and the homeowner fired shots during the incident.

The suspect was found nearby in a bayou area. He did not survive his wounds.

Harris County, Texas, is the county that includes Houston.

The homeowner was detained as the investigation got underway.

When asked if the homeowner would face charges, the police answered as follows.

The Harris County Sheriff's Office said no one else inside the home was hurt. When asked whether the homeowner could face charges, investigators said that decision will be up to the district attorney's office.

I'm no lawyer, but it is my understanding that every homicide in Texas is referred to a grand jury.

Self-defense is a human right, and this took place in Texas.

Late Stage TDS

The Other McCain brings us a story of politics and insanity. Trump Derangement Syndrome Reaches Terminal Stage as Democrats Seethe

Are you tired of all this winning yet? If you were on X (née Twitter) Friday, you could see Democrats raging vehemently (and ignorantly) against the Virginia Supreme Court decision, which held that last month’s referendum to redraw the Commonwealth’s congressional districts violated the Virginia constitution.

This is, of course, about the recent Virginia State Supreme Court's ruling nulifying the gerrymandering of the state's Congressional districts.

As has been explained, the Virginia state constitution spells out a very specific process by which the constitution can be amended. Just five years ago, the Commonwealth ratified an amendment that set up a non-partisan commission to draw the state’s districts. Last month’s referendum sought to amend that, providing a “temporary” exemption so that the legislature could redraw the map.

So they tried to cheat, and got told no, and like a two-year-old who did not get his way, they are throwing a tantrum.

Go read the whole thing.

The State of Criminal Justice in Chicago

Chicago Contrarian has a story about the previous Illinois State's Attorney for Cook County. Why Did Kim Foxx Secure ‘Certificates of Innocence’ for Men She Believed Were Guilty?

During a deposition last month, Foxx admitted she believed Gabriel Solache and Arturo DeLeon-Reyes were guilty of the brutal 1998 Bucktown stabbing murders of Mariano and Jacinta Soto and the kidnapping of the couple’s two young children. This was a head-scratching admission, given that in 2022 her administration agreed to award COIs to both men, after years of opposing them.

After that, they went on to sue several police officers.

So why did Foxx do that? I mean aside from the fact that she hates cops, anything to do with law and order, etc?

The Solache-Reyes case is not an aberration. It is one of many wrongful conviction lawsuits that have been brought by individuals who, despite substantial evidence that they committed murders, received dismissals of their charges, COIs, and lucrative civil settlements.

Click thru for the details.

At least the new State's Attorney seems to be sane. I have my doubts about the sanity of Kim Foxx.

Palisades Fire Aid Money Laundering?

Is anyone surprised that people are not spending money raised for the Palisades fire victims, on everything BUT the Palisades fire victims?

California Rep Kevin Kiley says they have learned the $100 million dollar pacific palisades Fire Aid concert money was laundered to nonprofits

“What we have learned is absolutely beyond belief — Tens of thousands of people donated raising a hundred million dollars for what they… pic.twitter.com/7vBGCaVeui

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) May 6, 2026

Did we really expect the Democrats in California to do what they said they were going to do?

Hollywood's Failure Spreads to Saudi Arabia

If you don't follow pop culture as much as I do, you might not know that Anthony Mackie (Black Captain America/Falcon from the MCU) starred in an "Epic," historical movie set in the Middle East, titled Desert Warrior. It was a disaster from a financial point of view. I haven't seen it, but the reviews are insane.

It seems that Saudi Arabia is trying to create its own version of Hollywood. Unfortunately they have hired a bunch of people from Hollywood, and those folks are making all the same mistakes.

This is a girlboss movie set in the Historical Middle East. Who exactly would want to see that? Americans, and the folks in the West generally, are sick-to-death of girlboss movies. And why would conservative Middle Easterners want to see such a thing?

This is Disparu's video Desert Warrior - The Biggest FLOP of All Time. It is about a 19 minute video, so plan accordingly.

Defensive Gun Uses During September 2025

A round up of incidents. Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 31 Cases During September 2025 - Crime Prevention Research Center

It is just a list of incidents without commentary. Click thru.

Self-defense is a human right, and it is catching on as a legal right in a lot of places.

Anti-Gun Group Hates Concealed Carry

From Lee Williams at The Gun Writer: Fearing expanding gun rights, anti-gun group creates absurd concealed-carry policy

Times are good and possibly getting even better for those who value guns, gun rights and the Second Amendment.

And so the anti-gun crowd is becoming hysterical.

So, it’s understandable that those who want to restrict and subvert the Second Amendment are getting desperate. In fact, they’re willing to try almost anything to restrict access to firearms while President Trump is in office. It’s as if they never even heard of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.

Enter the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.

These egg-headed goons want to roll back the clock to the late 1980s. Their just-released “Public Carry Permitting: Model Policy Guide” is pretty much what some states offered decades ago. It’s laughable—a trip back in time. Nowadays, it’s likely too restrictive for even the bluest of blue states.

Click thru for the details.

Cancer and the Jab

I'm shocked that experimental vaccines have unforeseen side effects. The Cancer Signal They Told Us Not to See

For six years, those of us who questioned the official COVID story were told to wait, defer, trust, and stop noticing what the data was already suggesting.

We watched it with the lab leak. We watched it with masks. We watched it with school closures. We watched it with natural immunity. We watched it with myocarditis. We watched it with vaccine injury reporting. We watched it with DNA contamination.

The frustrating part was never just that institutions got things wrong. Everyone gets things wrong in a crisis. The deeper wound was that the people asking reasonable questions — parents, physicians, data analysts, small-business owners, vaccine-injured patients, and dissenting scientists — were treated as if their questions were a threat.

And wouldn't you know it, some of those questions had merrit. (That is where the censorship machine came into play.)

Click thru for info on several studies that point to the same conclusions. Not everything was a "safe and effective" as advertised, and some of the policies were clearly stupid. (6 feet?)

Hat tip to Sarah Hoyt at Instapundit.

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 9 May

The Right Way starts us off with Top of the News

Users of House Slush Fund for Sexual Harassment Named - IOTW Report
Is there still a ceasefire with Iran? - The New Neo

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 05.06.26

Chicago Boyz: Ballots not bullets, also, Worthwhile reading
Don Surber: Hoosier Daddy? Donald Trump

EBL - LA Mayor Karen Bass Is A Disgrace : Vote for Spencer Pratt

Spencer Pratt for LA Mayor
AoSHQ: Morning Report 05.07.26

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 7 May 2026: Young Hannibal Edition

New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma came from the company's AI division, leading to unease among gamers. She just cancelled Copilot on Xbox and mobile. (The Verge)
The only way to win is not to play...

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam

The Wombat’s In The Mailbox: 05.06.26
JJ Sefton’s The Morning Report — 5/ 7/26

The Glibertarians - Friday Morning Links

“Oops, our bad!” But we should still be trusted, I promise you.
You dumbasses made your bed. Now you’re gonna have to lie in it.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 05.07.26

Shot In The Dark: Change In The Weather – For Now
The Political Hat: Quick Takes – Euthanasia In Canada: Catholic Hospitals Forced To Kill; More Accessible Than Healthcare; Less Than Dogs

Flopping Aces - The Week in Radical Leftism, 05/09/2026 – The Washington Post is Still Dying in Darkness!

This policy is at the root of unaffordable health care
You’re going to be surprised, but the article gets wrong the obvious answer: Obamacare

Political Hat - Quick Takes – Euthanasia In Canada: Catholic Hospitals Forced To Kill; More Accessible Than Healthcare; Less Than Dogs

Canada’s healthcare system is so bad, it takes years to get healthcare, but only days to be killed.
In Canada, healthcare is for dogs and euthanasia for humans.

Vlad Tepes - A few loose threads sewing together how communist lines of action are sold or hidden by Canadian media: Links 1 for May 6, 2026

1. Remember, the Detective Helen Grus story is a microcosm, or a rather an excellent data point for what has happened to our civilization. The replacement of Rule of Law and all that means, to a narrative based, dialectical system where the state determines what is true

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 5/7/2026

2020 Election Audit: 12.4% of Detroit’s Mail-in Ballots Were Invalid
A massive citizen-led integrity investigation into Detroit’s 2020 election has uncovered alarming irregularities involving absentee ballots ...

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 05.08.26

Nebraska Energy Observer: Templars and Freedom
Outkick: Some viewers disliked Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show so much they complained to the FCC

Small Dead Animals - Thursday On Turtle Island

The Democratic Party’s America: Victor Davis Hanson – The epilogue. I wish it wasn’t so.
Conman Carney’s Canada: Whiny Indian month. A partisan pick. Anti-Israel talk. ISIS recruiter.
Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC: Roger Watson – Linguistic gymnastics.

Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links

Iran Spox Blasts 'Unrealistic' White House 'Wish List'
Mass Migration Doubles Modern Day Slavery in the UK - "Slavery in the UK is at record levels"

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 5/ 7/26

An existential crisis for the SPLC and the left.
Why the Left Won’t Let Racism Die

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: From DOJ to Ballot Box: The Rise of Lawfare Candidates

• Canadian Prime Minister is Playing a Very Dangerous Game - CTH
• Honda Cancels EV Plant in Canada – Despite Prior Deal for Billions in Subsidies - CTH

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 05/07/2026

Epstein Suicide note released, but does not sound like something a quasi-educated Jewish finance guy would write

I leave you with Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #3654 from 90 Miles from Tyranny, More political and current event memes than you can shake a stick at from Wirecutter, and Friday Memes … from MaddMedic.

Father Deals with Carjacker with His Family Inside the Car

How would you respond to someone trying to steal your car, and kidnap your children in the backseat? From Fox News Dallas-Fort Worth: Texas father shoots carjacker attempting to steal car

A father in Garland shot and killed a carjacker who attempted to steal a vehicle while his family of eight was still inside.

There is cellphone video, and security camera video. I prefer The video below, because it contains commentary that makes sense, though there is a brief statement from the police, but nothing that you don't get from Colion Noir.

This is Colion Noir's video This Carjacking Shows Why Fathers Carry Guns Caught On Video

Colion Noir breaks down all the video, and analyzes what is going on. The video is 10 and a half minutes.

Mark Hamill and the Assassination Sickness of the Left

The headline says it all. Hamill thinks political assassination is fine, as long as you only kill the people he doesn't like.

From Ed Driscoll at Instapundit: MARK HAMILL POSTS IMAGE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP DEAD IN A GRAVE WITH CAPTION “IF ONLY:”

In 2024, VDH explored, “Assassination Porn and the Sickness on the Left:”

VDH = Victor Davis Hanson

There are more references, with one dating back to 2009.

Lady Writer

Another blast from the past? Okay.

This is another song that comes to us by way of WXRT's Saturday Morning Flashback. Some stats from 1979, which was the year in question, at the end of January.

• A gallon of gas was 86¢
• Inflation was 11%

This song is "Lady Writer" by Dire Straits from their 1979 album Communiqué. It was their second album, and was generally panned at the time. Compared to the stuff we get today, it is a masterpiece.

Friday Links - 8 May

Andy Ngo of Ngo Comment is up first with Exclusive: Seattle Far-Left Activist Charged in Child Sex Abuse Case

A Seattle Antifa-linked anarchist and Black Lives Matter activist has been charged with child sex abuse crimes.

Chicago Contrarian - Progressives Are Accessories to Murder of Chicago Police

When you build a system that frees violent criminals, you don’t get to act surprised when it kills a cop

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 5 May 2026: Late Final Extra Edition

Can investors trust AI sales figures. (WSJ) (archive site)

Good question.

No.

Meep at STUMP - New York City & State Pension Watch: No, Don't Play With the Assets

Dammit, socialists, we can't keep our eyes off you

Miguel Gonzalez - PETA being funny stupid again. (They're protesting the use of oxen.)

As far as I know and from what I have seen, no sugar companies in the U.S. use oxen for the transportation of the cane from the fields to the mills.

Lee Williams at The Gun Writer - New pro-gun group challenging extreme gun control of U.S. Virgin Islands

Gun control in the USVI is the worst in the country, and as a result only the bad guys have guns. Civilians have no legal way to protect themselves, their family or their home.

Chicago Contrarian - Pritzker Lied Defending the SAFE-T Act, Now a Chicago Police Officer Is Dead. No Cash Bail was established by the SAFE-T Act

Progressives are wrong about many things but their opinions on criminals are particularly flawed. Fear of getting caught for committing crimes and the consequences after being arrested drive their actions. Talley, despite being a seven-time felon, has served only one day in prison for his crimes. That day in prison was a mere hiccup in his life.

Colion Noir - The Gun Was The Only Thing TMZ Thought Was Too Offensive. A video reacting to TMZ.

And out of everything they could have blurred…

They blurred the gun.

Clayton Cramer - Why Do So Many People Distrust Public Education?

I guess that i should be pleased that the teachers realized that indigenous rights claims mattered less than sexual depravity. Admittedly, it is Saskatchewan a fairly conservative part of Canada

The Silicon Graybeard - A look at the coming hurricane season

Since the usual space news stories are on the small side, I'm going to divert to a different sort of science - atmospheric physics and weather. That was driven by it being the time of year to ensure we're ready for the coming Atlantic hurricane season which starts on June 1.

Another Failure of the Victim-Selection Process

If an armed homeowner asks you to leave, or to stop breaking in, you should leave. Homeowner shoots, kills woman trying to break into North Philadelphia home, police say - CBS Philadelphia

It was the middle of the afternoon. She was trying to break into the house through a back window.

[Philadelphia Police Department Inspector] Pace said one of the people inside, who police believe is licensed to carry, warned the woman to stop, but she refused. That's when the homeowner shot the woman, Pace said.

She was declared dead at a local hospital at 2 PM.

Even in deep-blue Philadelphia, the police are treating this like it is justified, though the police are quick to point out that the DA makes the determination on charges.

Self-defense is a human right.