01 September 2023

Friday Links - 1 September

Chicago Contrarian starts us off with Native Chicagoans Pushed to the Back of the Line

The fact Chicago wrestles with illegals overwhelming the city, progressives, community organizers, and immigrants rights groups have expressed displeasure with Texas Governor Greg Abbott and accuse him of using human beings as pawns. Yet Abbott is not the architect of open borders. Instead, Abbott is merely trying to spread the wealth of his misfortune to those mayors who feigned compassion.

The Other McCain - Crazy Coaches Are Dangerous

Every Patriots fan — and no doubt a majority of sports writers covering the NFL — had the same thought: “What the hell is Bill Belichick doing?”

Professor David Yamane at Gun Culture 2.0 - When People Don’t See Themselves in the Work Scholars Do (Light Over Heat #63)

This week’s “Light Over Heat” video discusses gaps between scholarly portrayals of people and people’s own experiences and understandings. It was occasioned by the feedback I received from people about sociologist Harel Shapira’s depiction of defensive gun training courses in a New York Times opinion essay.

Jews Can Shoot - Tree of Life Synagogue killer sentenced to death

“I got very angry when I saw the candlelight and the vigils and all of that — I mean, it’s good, and people need a chance to heal — but the only thing that’s going to stop these people is a gun, is shooting them back.”

Granite Grok - Are They Really “Wildfires” if You Arrested 79 Arsonists for Starting Them?

The number of outdoor out-of-control fires set by arsonists worldwide could lead you to believe that there was a coordinated global eco-terrorist strategy to forcefully advance a false agenda about climate change. Man-made, sure, by arsonists.

Eco-Arson has resulted in considerable damage in the US, Australia, the Amazon, Canada, Italy, Sicily, and now Greece, where at least 20 people have died.

Tam at View from the Porch - Blogiversary? Oops.

A couple days ago while I wasn't paying attention, this blog turned eighteen.

That's right, View From The Porch is old enough to vote. That's a lot in blog years.

The Gateway Pundit - YouTube Demonetizes Channel Over Video of Democrats Challenging Election Results

A journalist named Matt Orfalea, who works with Matt Taibbi, created the video which intersperses clips of Trump questioning election results with Democrats doing the exact same thing.

Someone at YouTube clearly thought this was a problem and yanked the monetization for the entire channel.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 31 August 2023: Undeducted Edition

The EPA has removed protections for most of America's wetlands. (NPR)

Not because they are suddenly pro-development, but because they claimed control over every damp patch and mud puddle in the country, and got a Stinger missile to the face from the Supreme Court.

The Other McCain again - Dianna Survived the Hurricane

Hurricane hype in the media is, of course, politically motivated: Climate change is to blame for this devastation, the audience is told, and because hurricanes generally hit in the Southeastern states — the most Republican part of the country — the TV anchors are almost gleeful at the thought of nature taking its revenge on those ignorant racist Bible-thumping “climate deniers” with their big gas-guzzling trucks.

Tam at View from the Porch - Screwing up by the numbers...

Folks, for the umpteenth time, your gun is not a Batman Badge.

Here's my periodic reminder that "the basic standard of "A reasonable fear of immediate, otherwise unavoidable, death or grievous bodily harm to yourself or another innocent person" applies everywhere. In your car or in your yard, in your home, while you roam, or on a boat while afloat. Otherwise you may not shoot them, Sam I Am."

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