Friday Links - Friggatriskaidekaphobia Edition

Friggatriskaidekaphobia, from the Old Norse, is fear of Friday the 13th has to do with a particular dinner party held by 12 Asir, when the 13th arrived, Loki, the trickster. (That number 12, from the Asir, has other meanings as well.)

Washington Examiner is up first with How can we fight racialist insanity at woke universities?. Segregation at UNC.

Even aside from making a fetish of nonsense woke-speak words such as “tokenism” and “filtering,” along with misuse of other words such as “exploitation,” these semi-adults seem oblivious to the notion that what they are practicing is the long-standing dictionary definition of racism.

Granite Grok - Man in Wheelchair Scores Knockout. Something the media is trying to bury.

Abbott used the opportunity to chastise the President for ignoring the Border Crisis and told the President he was “Two years late and $20 Billion too short.” In answer to the President’s claim that the Republicans do not have any solutions to the crisis and that they are to blame, Abbott handed a one-page letter to Biden. This letter highlights five steps that we should take to curb the flow. Abbott’s appearance and this scathing letter are a one-two punch Biden would have liked to avoid.

Western Journal is up next with an important story. Gen. Flynn Exposes 'Secret' US Shadow Government: 'Parallel Supreme Court' Operates in the Shadows

Through repeated applications to the court, containing falsified information, the FBI was able to conduct surveillance on the Trump campaign that grew into the “Russia collusion” investigation that plagued Trump’s presidency and cost Flynn the national security advisor post he held briefly in the first days of the Trump administration.

“In the coming months, among other serious problems (& there are many), we are going to learn the FISC has become a parallel Supreme Court but operates in almost total secrecy,” Flynn wrote.

American Thinker has a bit of a history lesson, and current events: The Reality of War. You might learn something. (It will only hurt for a minute.)

In our interests, cold rationalism says that it is better to fight a war somewhere else rather than in our own land, on our own streets. That sounds callous, but the war is already on elsewhere, and the enemy must be contained as quickly as possible where he is, and defeated decisively. It won’t help the hapless victims over there if we wait for the enemy to crush them before moving on to our own shores. It’s a case of feeding the crocodile in the hopes it will eat you last, to paraphrase Churchill.

Impro Guns - The Private Eye: A 3D printed single-action .22 revolver

The Private Eye is a 3D printed six shot .22lr revolver currently in development. The design combines mostly printed parts with steel tube sleeve inserts present in the barrel and chambers.

Townhall The Left's Creepy, Out-of-Nowhere Crusade Against Gas Stoves

Wait, what now? That was my first reaction when someone asked my thoughts on some business about the federal government looking to ban gas stoves. I hadn't heard about it yet. A quick internet search revealed that a Biden administration official recently hinted that a federal ban on gas stoves could be in the works, due to the supposed dangers the appliances pose. Or something.

The Other McCain - Prince Harry: The Worst Member of the British Royal Family Since Richard III

Consider this: If it weren’t for the prominence of his family, nobody would give a damn about Harry Windsor. Which is to say, all the respect accorded to any member of the royal family is based on their inherited dignity. Why, then, would Harry go out of his way to trash his own family’s reputation?

Flopping Aces - Biden steals top secret documents having to do with Hunter and Ukraine

I’ve said it repeatedly. When Biden was in Congress and even when VP he could hide his incompetence and mendacity. At the top of the food of the food chain one can no longer hide. His incompetence is frightening and putting the nation in jeopardy, and his deceit is the stuff of legend.