Don't Bring a Knife to a Gunfight

Things will probably not work out for you. Moore County homeowner holds knife-wielding robber at gunpoint until officers arrive

According to the Aberdeen Police Department, the homeowner called 911 just before 11 p.m. to report a burglary in progress in the 200 block of Campbell Street. He said he was at home with his wife when a man armed with a knife came to his porch and attempted to break into the house.

When cops arrived they found the homeowner holding the would-be, bad guy at gunpoint. Cops took control, disarmed the bad guy, and arrested him.

Police said the suspect was identified as 21-year-old Tylee Keyshaun Cannady of Aberdeen. He is charged with the felony offenses of first-degree burglary and breaking and entering with intent to terrorize, along with the misdemeanor offenses of first-degree trespass with entering/remaining and possessing marijuana paraphernalia.

Moore County, North Carolina is about a 65 mile drive southwest of Raleigh.

The homeowner was not charged because North Carolina is not New York. Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0. (Hat tip to USA Carry)

The BBC Lied About Pete Hegseth Speech

I'm shocked that the BBC would lie about anything. OK, so I'm not shocked. From The Telegraph: BBC altered Pete Hegseth speech on Iran war

The BBC mistakenly altered a speech by Pete Hegseth on the war in Iran, making him appear to say the United States was targeting the Iranian “people”.

BBC Persian, which broadcasts to audiences inside Iran, mistranslated remarks by the US secretary of defence, telling viewers Washington was bringing death to the Iranian “people”.

What Hegseth actually said was that the US is targeting the regime, and NOT the people.

Even The Telegraph seems reluctant to claim the BBC is biased.

The mistake was seized upon by pro-Israel media campaigners, who claimed that it cast doubt on the BBC’s impartiality. It also triggered a backlash on social media.

Some (probably desipised) group thinks this shows the BBC is biased. Now maybe there is some part of British law that would open The Telegraph to a defamation suit. My opinions are protected by the 1st amendment, and I believe that the BBC is a group of lying bastards that are deep in the throws of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

It is "claimed" to be a part of long-standing bias in covering the Mideast.

In January, the BBC was embroiled in a row with the Israeli embassy after the broadcaster was accused of obsessing over Gaza while “largely ignoring” the protests in Tehran.

Gee, the BBC wouldn't be antisemitic, now, would it?

That is on top of the suit by Trump against the BBC for lying about stuff during the election.

Florida Takes Aim at HOAs

‘Failed experiment:’ Florida committee unanimously OKs plan to scrap HOAs

After a state lawmaker brought up eliminating HOAs last year, a new Florida bill would allow residents to do exactly that, according to a report from our sister station WKMG in Orlando.

The bill — HB 657 — was filed back in December by state Rep. Juan Porras (R-Miami), who blasted HOAs as a “failed experiment.”

It sounds good, but I think it is going to be tough in practice. Click thru for the details.

If you are wondering why people would love to get rid of a Homeowners Association, see The Fat Electrician on HOAs being Diet Communism. That clip is about 1 minute long. I can recommend the entire video, which is on Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Van T. Barfoot, and his fight with an HOA.

AI Update and Musical Interlude

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony has some tech news, and song of the day. Daily News Stuff 7 March 2026: Sleepless In Santorini Edition

Artificial Intelligence is NOT a bubble. Why would you say that?

AI startup Hayden AI is suing its former CEO over alleged instances of fraud and theft and pettifoggery and exaggerating on his resume. (Ars Technica)

The mopery and dopery appears to go back a ways:

According to Carson's LinkedIn profile, he completed a doctorate from Waseda University in Tokyo in 2007.

"That is a lie," the complaint states. "Carson does not hold a PhD from Waseda or any other university. In 2007, he was not obtaining a PhD but was operating 'Splat Action Sports,' a paintball equipment business in a Florida strip mall."

Did he use Cluely to get the job?

Click thru for more Tech News and "Avalon" by Roxy Music. It is the title song to their 1982 album.

So We Got a Lanterns Trailer

So DC is producing a TV series based on the Green Lantern comic books.

Lanterns, because it features both Hal Jordan and John Stewart, will be streaming on HBO+ or whatever it is. The trailer landed to near universal mockery.

This is Kaida's video DCU Lanterns Already Let Me Down

But I'm done, 8 minutes, 44 seconds dude. I'm done complaining about the DCU. I'm done complaining about the lanterns. I am now apathetic. I don't give a [ __ ] man. Do whatever you want 8 minutes, 53 seconds to do. You want to keep doing your Green Lanterns with [ __ ] gray, go for it.

The video is 10 minutes.

There isn't a lot of green. The show seems to violate some basic properties of how the Green Lantern series works. Or worked. But that is basically what DC has been reduced to.

This isn't the only reaction, of course.

• Ryan Kinel at RK Outpost: Lanterns Trailer DISAPPOINTS! | James Gunn Is Running Out Of Time With The DCU!
• Film Threat: LANTERNS TRAILER REACTION
• JLongbone: 'Lanterns' Looks Like 💩
• Tyrone Magnus: Lanterns | Official Teaser | Reaction!

I think Tyrone M. summed it up.

The trailer didn't do a damn thing for me. Like a damn thing. I'm not excited. I'm not intrigued.

It will probably be better than Peacemaker, though that is not a high bar.

A Miguel Gonzalez Musical Interlude

Miguel Gonzalez brings us Sunday Repose

March 5th was the anniversary of the death of John Belushi. I figure this is appropriate.

Click thru for "Soul Man" from the Season 4 (1978) of Saturday Night Live.

Miguel Gonzalez has a musical interlude most Sundays.

Could It Be That Self-Defense Is Legal in Connecticut?

I would be quite shocked if that was the case. Darien homeowner fires shots at people who illegally entered his home: Police

"Illegally entered?" Aren't they "undocumented visitors?" Why can't you just call them home invaders?

Police later said the people involved were able to get into the house after finding a key hidden outside. When they entered, they were confronted by the homeowner. Another family member called 911 when they saw the suspects on the front porch.

Don't hide keys. And if you feel the need to, then don't put one under a mat, or under a pot near the front door.

One of the home invaders was armed, and so the homeowner shot in their direction. He may have done more than that.

"During our initial investigation, Darien Police Detectives determined that a male juvenile potentially matching the description of one of the suspects arrived at the Bridgeport Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound and was rushed to surgery," Darien police said in a Facebook post.

Darien, Connecticut is about 15 miles southwest of Bridgeport, and about 10 miles northeast of the New York State line.

The guy who got shot is in stable condition.

No talk of any charges, but it appears that police did not arrest the homeowner.

The investigation has a long way to go, and I have no idea what the DA for that area of Connecticut is like self-defense in general, let alone when it comes to issues of self defense.

Self-defense remains a human right. Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0.

Can We Talk to Each Other Across the Divide?

From Professor Yamane at Light Over Heat, we get some details on an effort to bridge a divide on guns. What Happened When Guns Rights and Gun Violence Prevention Advocates Spent 80 Hours Talking to Each Other?

I believe that getting beyond the firearms ownership VERSUS public safety false dichotomy can be facilitated by having civil conversations about guns with those with whom we disagree.

I take these opportunities whenever possible, from the Vail Symposium to the California Rifle and Pistol Association and many others.

Now this is good, and I hope it works. I have my doubts, but let's have the grace to let Professor Yamane have his say.

The most ambitious of these opportunities came in the fall of 2024, when Dr. Michael Siegel from Tufts University made me an offer I couldn't refuse: to engage in an extended deliberative dialogue with a diverse group of stakeholders representing a truly broad range of perspectives on firearms in America.

The group's name is “Bridging the Divide on Firearm Policy,” but in my mind, we were actually bridging the divide between gun rights and public safety. We were engaging in simultaneous proponency by overcoming the idea that the two are somehow fundamentally incompatible, by getting beyond the notion that we can only advance one at the expense of the other.

Click thru for the details.

My doubts are mostly encapsulated in this post: Liberals Distressed That Things Are Not What They Hoped

In Yamane's post that I am responding to, he quotes Ross Douthat, a "Conservative" that writes for the NY Times, asking the following question.

How do you love your country when it’s governed by a man you hate?

No Conservative who conscious when Biden was President would ask that question.

My concern is that his conversation "across differences" to bridge the divide, is really the divide between liberals who hate guns and gun owners, and the membership of The Liberal Gun Club.

I have not read the entire paper; it is 60 pages. What I have is more reasoned than I feared. So, at this point I have concerns, and not objections.

Of course nothing will come of this in terms of laws enacted, or policies adopted. It is an interesting exercise, but it will not satisfy the people on the Left who hate all gun owners, think all gun owners are criminals at heart, and want to magically wipe firearms from existence. (The powers-that-be in Brazil are struggling with that.)

But then the Professor says that it is about the journey and not the destination. If we can start talking to one another, then maybe, someday, we will come to some agreement. I am more cynical than that.

Microsoft Has Ways to FORCE You to Use Edge

The Register brings us the latest insanity from Microslop. Microsoft Copilot to hijack your browser... for your own convenience: Embeds Edge into AI assistant, ignores questions about opt-in

Microsoft is rolling out a Copilot update to Windows Insiders that embeds web browsing directly into the assistant, opening links in a side panel rather than launching your default browser.

The plan is that users of the Copilot app in Windows will show content in the assistant's window "so you don't lose context."

This is all because they want you to do what they tell you to do. Do you want to use the Brave broweser? Do you want to use Firefox? No. They will force you to use Edge.

Do I care? NO. I gave up on Microslop.

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 7 March

Wombat-socho is up first with In The Mailbox: 03.04.26

Dana Loesch: Operation Epic Fury
Don Surber: A bombing nine years in the making

The Right Way - Top of the News

Netanyahu 'Tip' Call to Trump Sparked Attack - NewsMax
Iran's mullahs find out the hard way that joining the Axis of Evil is no way to acquire allies - American Thinker

EBL - Dan Crenshaw Loses His Primary

Good. Tillis too. Next Cornyn. And we have to get rid of Thune.
It is time to settle all family business.
Instapundit: Reality Check

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 5 March 2026: Fish Fingers And Custard Edition

Your car can be tracked everywhere you go by your tire pressure sensors. (Dark Reading)
Which transmit unique identifiers, unencrypted, readable by anyone withing a 50-meter range.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Noem Out Mullin In at DHS

Capt. Ed cites WaPo: Here Come the Kurds?, Dave Strom notices the UK is Becoming a Pariah in Gulf and Have You Noticed That Gulf States Are Implicitly Allied With Israel?

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 03.05.26 (Afternoon Edition)

The Abbey of Misrule: Walk Away From The Sea
Cedar Sanderson: On A Subway Express

Flopping Aces - The Week in Radical Leftism, 03/06/2026 – Let’s keep celebrating the Death of The Washington Post!

However much you may hate The Dinosaur Media, you don’t hate them enough.
A professor challenged the Smithsonian. Security shut the gallery.

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 3/5/2026

Europe Edges Into Iran War as Bases and Fleets Mobilise
The war between Israel, the United States and Iran has rapidly reshaped the strategic landscape of the Middle East.

Vlad Tepes - Condi on the Iran war, Rebel asks Ayatollah mourners about virgin goats, Carpay on how Indians now own Vancouver, High school teacher on the destructive sexual material forced on children in schools: Links 1 for March 5, 2026

2. Brampton Shiia mosque gathers to mourn the death of the Iranian leader.
“Would some of those virgins be goats perhaps?”
The video is worth the watch for that moment alone.

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - Iran Strikes: Day 5

U.S. submarine torpedoes Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off Sri Lanka:
It blew up real good and sank quickly.

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 03.06.26

CDR Salamander: The Sinking of the Dena Was Textbook, also, Fullbore Friday
Da Tech Guy: The US Finally Goes to War With Iran

Small Dead Animals - Wednesday On Turtle Island

Conman Carney’s Canada: No results. Secret deals. Dictators don’t need budget officers.
Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC: Paul Joseph Watson – Why is he here? Brendan O’Neill – Leftist sympathy. The colonization of Britain.

The Glibertarians - First Friday Afternoon Links of March

Embrace the cleansing fire.
“After a full investigation, we’ve identified that the rat was not 21 years of age.”

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 3/4/26

American feminist organizations rally to help Iran keep killing women.
Feminists for Killing Feminists

Maggie's Farm - Thursday morning links

Strength Training May Be the Biggest Factor in Healthy Aging
Why Universities Keep Losing the Argument - They have responded to public skepticism with appeals to their own authority. It’s not working.

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: While Democrats rage against the American/Israel war on Iran, the PEOPLE celebrate

• Why didn’t we do this to Iran long ago? - Neo
• Iran and the anti-American left - Robert Stilson

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 03/04/2026

Rep. Dan Crenshaw ousted by primary challenger to his right.
Jasmine Crockett has LOST the Democratic Primary for US Senate in TX, putting an END to her career in Congress.

I leave you with Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #3457 from 90 Miles from Tryanny, Wednesday Memes … from MaddMedic, Thursday Meme Drop from Midwest Chick's Place, Friday's political and current event memes from Wirecutter, and Midweek Memes from Granite Grok.

Another Failure of the Victim-Selection Process

They apparently thought that breaking into a home in Florida was a good idea. It wasn't. Teen arrested after attempted burglary leads to shooting in Nassauville, deputies say | FirstCoastNews

[The Nassau County Sheriff's Office] says that at around 8 p.m., deputies responded to a residence on Clearwater Road after a homeowner reported that two individuals had attempted to break in. The homeowner told deputies that he had "heard voices and movement" outside his home, before one suspect is said to have "forcibly opened the front door."

Since this took place in Florida, the homeowner opened fire, striking one of the intruders. The guy who got shot is a juvenile, so we have no information about him, except that he is in stable condition.

The second suspect, who had been identified as 18-year-old Anson Shawn Drew, fled the scene after the shooting but was located shortly afterwards by deputies. He was arrested and charged with two counts of burglary and is currently held in the Nassau County Jail.

Nassau County, Florida is just north of Jacksonville. It borders against Georgia on the north, and the Atlantic Ocean on the east.

Self-defense is a human right, and this didn't happen in New York City.

Antisemitism Continues Its March Across Canada

The New York Times has the details.Toronto Synagogue Is Damaged by Gunfire on Night of Jewish Holiday

A Toronto synagogue was damaged by gunfire on Monday night, the beginning of the Jewish holiday Purim, the police said.

Police officers responded to calls of gunfire at Temple Emanu-El in the North York neighborhood just before 11 p.m.

North York is an "administrative district" in Toronto. It apparently used to be independent, but was absorbed in the way cities always gobble up surrounding suburbs.

A Purim celebration had ended about an hour before the attack.

The Canadian government issued some statistics about hate crimes, but could not, or would not, detail how many were antisemitic.

B’nai Brith of Canada Foundation, a civil rights organization, said antisemitism incidents reached records in the country in 2024, with 6,219 reports.

Is anyone surprised?

Also sprach Zarathustra (2001)

I found today's song by way of a YouTube channel I listen to once in a while. Not quite social media, but not too far off.

"Also sprach Zarathustra" was composed in 1896 by Richard Strauss, inspired by Nietzsche's work of the same name. Most people know it because it was used in the "Dawn of Man" sequence of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. A film that you should definitely see at least once. I have seen it many times.

This song is "Also sprach Zarathustra (2001)" by Deodato from his 1973 album Prelude.

If you are wondering WHY you should see 2001: A Space Odyssey, I cannot explain that better than Danika. Her video 2001: A Space Odyssey EXPLAINED in 2001 Seconds does contain spoilers if you haven't seen it, and 2001 seconds is about 34 minutes.

Friday Links - 6 March

Miguel Gonzalez starts us off with A thought about the future of Iran.

It is time for the Trump administration to plat Lord of War in an accelerated matter and that can be done via a simple deal: We go gun shopping in Mexico.

For those who do not know, the Mexican Military has many warehouses filled to the A-frames with all kinds of weapons confiscated from decades of fighting the Cartels.

Clayton Cramer - Progress on Waiting Periods

If New Mexico wanted a waiting period to do that, then completion of the FBI's background check should be enough time. But really, what drives this is a belief that guns are icky and any barrier we put in the way, makes us righteous and pure.

The New Neo - Alas, we’ve seen the likes of these stories before: “reimagining”crime and punishment

The prosecutors say they dropped charges because the victims often had no fixed address and couldn’t be located. Seems that, in addition to robbing liquor stores, this guy may have usually preyed on the homeless, but until now he never killed anyone.

Theo Spark - We never knew, they never told us ..............from Rico

Cigarettes, when they were only tobacco, were actually much less harmful that the modern version that added chemicals for flavor, habituation, yadda-yadda...you know the drill: the same thing that was done to natural food was first done to natural tobacco.

One thing that flew under everyone's radar was the addition of cigarette 'filters' to make them safer/healthier to smoke. [read: asbestos]

Juvat at Chant du Départ - One of the true Heroes in my life! (On flying jets...) You know it's gonna be a good story, when it basically starts with...

So, there I was…

Irons in the Fire - How messed up are things across the Atlantic?

A British Jew decides he wants German citizenship in case he has to flee Britain...

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 4 March 2026: Tiger Stripe Edition

Drones launched in Iran's attempt to make as many enemies as possible before it expires hit an Amazon datacenter in the UAE, and took out power to another of its datacenters in Bahrain. (Tom's Hardware)

Born just in time to have my servers blown up in the sandbox.

The Other McCain - Violence Against Women Update

I created the Violence Against Women category specifically for the kind of “violence against women that feminists will ignore.” You can call it “intersectionality” or just call it hypocrisy, but if you pay attention a while, you’ll notice that there seems to be a double standard regarding this issue that feminists claim to care so much about.

The Gun Writer - Gun control in Iran was failing even before our first strike

Iranian civilians certainly have a legitimate need to arm themselves. It is difficult to understand the horrors they face under the current Islamic regime. They can be arrested, jailed and tortured on mere suspicion. Their security forces can shoot them dead on the street for no reason without any fear of a legal response.

Freedom Is Just Another Word… - How to Legally Build Your Own German Panzerfaust: DIY Build

Everyone should have one!!!

Alcohol Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

It can cause you to do stuff that results in you getting shot. South Dakota Resident Awakes to Noises, Shoots Alleged Intruder

A Rapid City, South Dakota, resident awoke to noises shortly before 3:30 a.m. and shot an alleged intruder who was attempting to make entry through a window.

The homeowner called police to report the situation, and while they were on the way the homeowner shot the would-be intruder.

Police spoke with the resident of the home and “later determined the injured man was intoxicated and had mistaken the residence for the home of an acquaintance who lives next door.”

Rapid City, South Dakota is roughly 300 miles north of Denver Colorado, or about 480 miles west of Minneapolis.

The guy who got shot is expected to survive, but really, it could have ended for him.

There is no explanation for why he was trying to break into his friend's home through a window. Chalk it up to alcohol and poor life choices.

Self-defense is a human right. Also, don't be stupid.

Adorable?

Alice Jones Webb at Take It Outside - Don't Call Me Adorable: A Basecamp Dispatch on grit, blood, and making things marketable. I wouldn't describe her as adorable.

Alice Jones Webb is a hunter. She writes for several magazines, but that isn't why she hunts.

I was asked for a profile photo this week.

I sent the one I’ve used for years, the one that’s been good enough for major publications and legacy brands. It’s my public face.

I’m standing in the woods with a spring gobbler slung over my shoulder. You can’t see much of the bird. Just a sweep of tail feathers and the weight of him against my back.

Some marketing idiot was apparently offended by the photo. They called it "adorable" but wanted something else. She gave them another photo, but it wasn't quite what they expected.

So I sent another photo. One as far from adorable as I could get. Me with an elk, face lit up and wildly alive.

And it was fine. For a moment. That I could use that photo. That people would see that bull. In some ways, it felt more honest than the turkey photo.

And of course they had problems with that photo, and asked someone to Photoshop out the blood. Maybe the person upset by hunting photos should find employment where they won't see hunting photos.

Click thru for the photos, and for more commentary, and for Alice Jones Webb. She seems like an interesting person.

Wasn't F*c*book Penalizing People Who Doubted Global Boiling?

What about sea level rise? Mark Zuckerberg Buys $170 Million Miami Mansion

The Meta cofounder and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have allegedly closed on a waterfront estate on Florida’s Indian Creek Island, according to a source with knowledge of the deal. Sources familiar with the deal say Zuckerberg ultimately purchased the waterfront mansion at 7 Indian Creek Island Road, a two-acre property located a few doors down from Jeff Bezos’s expanding holdings on the guard-gated enclave.

I would have to look it up to be sure, but my guess is that the highest point on Indian Creek Island is less than 3 feet above high tide.

Isn't Global Boiling, or Climate Change, or whatever going to cause catastrophic sea level rise?

DC's Magazine Limits Unconstitutional

This is news worth thinking about. BREAKING NEWS! DC's ban on magazines over ten rounds is unconstitutional | Jews Can Shoot

Magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition are ubiquitous in our country, numbering in the hundreds of millions, accounting forabout half of the magazines in the hands of our citizenry, and they come standard with the most popular firearms sold in America today. Because these magazines are arms in common and ubiquitous use by law-abiding citizens across this country, we agree with Benson and the United States that the District’s outright ban on them violates the Second Amendment.

Very interesting.

This decision is from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and NOT the US federal government Court of Appeals.

The case is Benson v. United States, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. I'm reasonable sure that Washington DC will appeal to wherever this is appealed next.

Microsoft Got Their Knickers in a Twist

From Windows Latest we get the latest from Microslop: Microsoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlash

Microsoft’s aggressive AI push in Windows 11 through 2025 brought upon themselves the title Microslop. Unfortunately for the company, it’s everywhere on social media, and there isn’t a way to stop the spread, unless, of course, it’s their own Discord server.

First they censored the term, and then when that blew up in their faces, they locked the entire Discord server.

Because people are pissed off that Microsoft is more interested in shoving AI down everyone's throats than actually making Windows efficient, secure, not annoying with ads, ...

Once the censorship became known, people started getting around the filters by misspelling Microslop, using the standard l33t substitutions at first, and then Microsoft shut the whole thing down.

Microsoft’s brand image might already be at an all-time low, and even as the company announced plans to fix Windows 11 with performance improvements and less AI, the software giant can’t risk getting more hatred towards their expensive investment in Copilot.

Go read the whole thing. Not quite a Bud Light/Jaguar moment, but I am reminded of them. It also has echoes of Disney/Lucasfilm producing stuff no one asked for, actually hate, and are left wondering why their brand has been destroyed, to the point of being a laughingstock.

And so we have today's vocabulary word.

Schadenfreude

enjoyment obtained from seeing or hearing about the troubles of others

Hat tip to Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony and Daily News Stuff 3 March 2026: Mineralogical Edition

Microsoft did not ban the word "microslop" from its official Copilot Discord forum and then shut the whole thing down when people kept using the offending term, or, well, they did but they say it was due to spam. (Windows Latest)

Sure, Microsoft. I believe you.