Wednesday Link Roundup - 31 July

William Teach at Pirate's Cove is first with Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

9. Jihad Watch covers women killed in Iran
10. Irons In The Fire notes another civil rights victory

Tam at View From The Porch - Tab Clearing...

Awaiting the Apocalypse With Elon Musk
Space debris lands on Canadian farm.
U.S. and Japan strengthening military ties.

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 07.29.24

Don Surber: The Twilight Zone predicted this
First Street Journal: Hamas delendum est, also, Welfare for the well-to-do

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 30 July 2024: Don't Make Me Tap The Sign Edition

AI has been determined by the State of California to cause rats in laboratory cancer: SB-1047 - legislation introduced by Scott Wiener, so you know it's bad - aims to make it illegal for AI to do things which are illegal in the first place and which it cannot possibly do in the second place.

EBL - Paris Olympics

Chunky Lady Gaga Opens The Paris Olympics, Maria Andrejczyk, Girls with Guns, Injun Jim Blues, Fake Women Barred from Olympics, Yaraslava can jump, and Parisians Pooping
Instapundit: Backlash over Opening Ceremony

Small Dead Animals - Saturday On Turtle Island

Blackie’s Canada: University education in Ontario. 126 billion dollars for big screen TVs.
Woke World: The Stepford Smile. In a Barbie world.
The Planet Is Boiling News: The climate scaremongers. And cancelled at Forbes.

Political Hat - News of the Week (July 28th, 2024)

Spanish Government Plans to Okay Euthanasia for Mental Illness
Once a society generally accepts killing as an acceptable answer to human suffering, the categories of “suffering” permitting termination continually expand.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Weird, Preznit Biden Calls Speak Johnson DOA

Pete van Buren at Am Con, sees The Biden Coverup Comes Back to Bite the Dems. "There are no good options." RNC Research@RNCResearch "Pete Buttigieg confirms they were "ALL AWARE" of Biden's obvious cognitive impairment — including Kamala Harris — but lied to the American people

Vlad Tepes - No media for arson on Jewish targets in Canada and the liquefication of the mass stabbings of young girls at a Taylor Swift event to nothing: Links 1 for July 30, 2024

1. Yet another Jewish target is attacked by arson in Toronto
Note that there is no CBC there, or other Canadian enemy propaganda media. Also no police presence.

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 7/30/2024

The US National Debt Just Surpassed Another Milestone: $35 Trillion
The US national debt topped a psychologically important milestone of $35 trillion in recent days and has risen by $1 trillion since January — mounting by nearly $5 billion every day so far in 2025.

Small Dead Animals - Tuesday On Turtle Island

Harris supports Biden’s fascist war on the Supreme Court. Don’t look Kamala in the eye.
Blackie’s Canada: CBC reports racism running rampant in Justin’s Privy Council Office. Montreal replaces crucifix with hijab.

Don Surber - Highlights of the week

ITEM 11: DC_Draino tweeted, “Zelensky finally changing his tune?
“He now says ‘We have to end the war as soon as possible.’ ”
Daddy’s coming home to the White House. Better stop fighting.

Bacon Time - Sunday Linkage

The Air Vent - No More Trump Rallies Outdoors
Watts Up With That? - East coast wind turbine fiasco in the making

Cafe Hayek - Some Links

GMU law alum, and former Acting Chairman of the FTC, Maureen Ohlhausen – writing at National Review – decries “the FTC’s usurpatory noncompete ban.”

Maggie's Farm - Saturday morning links

Racism And Sexism: The Campaign Theme Of The Harris-Whoever Ticket
A country that picks its leader on DEI grounds is doomed

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 7/29/24

REVIEW: ‘NextGen Marxism: What It Is and How to Combat It’
The Riots Are Part of the Plan

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Media’s Version of Harris is Unburdened by History

• Ivermectin Has Surprising Potential Against Cancer - James Stansbury
• Sunday's Energy Absurdity: California Fire Shows How 'Green' Energy Really Isn't Green at All - Blackmon

I leave you with Sunday Funnies For 07-28-24 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Sunday Strip: Trust in The Socialist Agenda From Robert Malone, and Monday's memes from Wirecutter.

Self-defense in Small Town Indiana

ISP: Homeowner shoots and kills man breaking into Indiana home

As I have mentioned before, Indiana is a state that recognizes the right to defend yourself, and your family. Two adults and a child were in the home when this guy broke in.

Indiana State Police tell Local 12 news that a homeowner on Searcy Ridge Road, shot Aaron Snyder, 41, after Snyder allegedly broke in through a door Sunday night.

Patriot, Indiana is a town on the Indiana, Kentucky state line, which is the Ohio River. It is about 20 miles southwest of downtown Cincinnati, though it is about 52 miles by car, according to Apple maps, if you take the back roads. The trip is longer, but faster, if you stay on the interstates as much as possible. ^‡

Although the cops are treating this like self-defense, it will be the Switzerland County Prosecutor's office that makes the final call.

Self-defense is a human right, and this did not take place in New York City.

‡ There is this thing in Cincinnati, where roads cannot go in a straight line, due mostly to the river, though I'm convinced they take a perverse joy in making sure that people are lost as much as possible.

More Lies From the Dems and the Media

They told you that Biden was mentally sound, and a lot of people believed them. Now this from the Post Millennial. NEW: Kamala campaign spreads hoax that Trump promised to ‘End American Democracy’

What can they do but lie? And besides, a lot of people will believe them.

The Kamala Harris campaign posted a statement spreading a hoax that Donald Trump promised to "end American democracy" during a speech on Friday. The campaign used a clip that omitted key context in Donald Trump's speech, suggesting the GOP nominee wants to end elections.

Click thru.

Dust In The Wind

A classic 1970s song that is covered by a non-classic group. I quite like it.

This is "Dust In The Wind" as covered by Gabriel & Dresden featuring vocals by Molly Bancroft. It was originally by the band Kansas and written by band member Kerry Livgren, first released on their 1977 album Point of Know Return. Gabriel & Dresden included this song on their 2006 studio album Gabriel & Dresden.

American Politics Is Not a Horse Race

But that is how too many people - and most of the media - treat it. From The Other McCain - Issues? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Issues!

America has a lot of serious problems, and we are living a very dangerous world, but the people who will vote in this election are being ill-informed by the media, who care only about helping election Democrats.

It is a little depressing, really. But then Democracy is the theory that the people deserve to get the government they want, good and hard.

Go read the whole thing.

Tuesday Links - 30 July

The Other McCain is first with a discussion of the Dems campaign plans. ‘Return America to a Dark Past’

One of the things every liberal must believe is Progress, a quasi-religious faith which G.K. Chesterton mocked as “people who prefer Thursday to Wednesday because it is Thursday.” The apostles of Progress would have us believe that 1959 — the year I was born — was a nightmare dystopia, despite those snazy new Chevy station wagons, and that if Donald Trump gets elected in November, we are all going back to 1959.

Irons in the Fire - In the category of "Should be flogged before hanging" we have two entries

Disturbing allegations are detailed in a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) against a large Texas-based nonprofit organization tasked and funded by the federal government for years with housing unaccompanied minor children (UMC) who are not legally present in the country.

Matt Margolis at PJ Media - James Carville Drops A Truth Bomb On Democrats About Kamala Harris

After weeks of pressure, Democrat elites successfully blackmailed Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race, and Vice President Kamala Harris was quickly coronated as the presumptive nominee. There is no denying that Democrats are in the middle of a honeymoon phase with their new candidate.

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: A Glimmer of Hope

Last but not least, indy writer J.M. Anjewierden has put his reputedly excellent space opera trilogy The Black Chronicles on sale for 99 cents each to help defray the costs of his wife’s surgery. Help a brother out.

Again from The Other McCain - ‘Ghost’ Gets 28 Years in Federal Prison

I’m old enough to remember when Hollywood made movies like Pretty Woman, which portrayed prostitution as glamorous, and I’m also old enough to remember when rock stars like Glenn Frey sang songs that depicted drug trafficking as an exciting adventure. The squalid reality at the Victory Inn ought to be turned into a movie, as a warning to anyone who might be deceived by such myth-making.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 28 July 2024: Rat Tart Without So Much Rat In It Edition

Decrappifying Windows with Windows. (Notebook Check)

This is something you need to do at install time, and if you install a lot of Windows systems you'd already know this, but by dropping an Unattended Windows Setup file onto your install drive you can get rid of almost all of the crap Microsoft wants to shovel at you.

Disclaimer: But only almost.

Lone Star Parson - Beware The Rainbow Pony

The same parties who are paying for this deconstruction of Christian virtue are also baying for war. Go figure, their Father was a murderer from the beginning, but would you fight for that, put your life on the very line for this grotesesque mockery?

Meep at Stump - Chicago Is My Kind of Town To Beat Up On: Previews for the DNC

Before last week’s to-do, I started writing some new stuff on Chicago for the run-up for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago over August 19-22. All sorts of people will be running comparisons to 1968, though the last time it was in Chicago was 1996 (and that went well, if I remember correctly…. but that was Clinton/Gore for a second term, and they were young & full of vim & vigor… and I will stop there.)

The Other McCain again - Aspiring Rapper Update

Readers will note that “Julio Foolio” resembled “Sideshow Bob” from The Simpsons, which is probably not relevant to the act of “urban terrorism” that ended the rapper’s career, What is relevant is that there are now three fewer criminals on the streets of Florida and, once the two fugitive suspects are apprehended — or die in a shootout with police — the public will be that much safer.

Guam Extends the Right of Self-Defense Slightly

Guam is a part of the United States, after all. Former Chief of Police calls for public education on expanded castle doctrine.

Guam is an unincorporated territory of the United States in the Mariana Islands, located in the Western Pacific Ocean. It is about 1400 miles south of Japan, and about 3700 miles west of Hawaii.

The Castle Doctrine in Guam has been expanded to include the curtilage of your home.

We think of curtilage as an extended area outside your house that you take care of,” [University of Guam legal studies faculty Frank Ishizaki said].

It is not a Stand Your Ground law.

“What are your rights? When can you use force? Just because you piss me off is not a sufficient justification to hurt somebody,” Ishizaki said.

“You have to have this reasonable fear of peril, death or serious injury….”

Not a big step, but a step toward liberty.

Is Intel Headquartered in Mos Eisley?

They are certainly scum and villainy. There is no fix for Intel’s crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs — any damage is permanent

So Intel produced chips that are both rusting from the inside, and that self destruct if you push them a little too hard. Under certain conditions, they will ask the computer's motherboard for a voltage high enough to fry the chip. Once fried, it is done. The rust doesn't help either.

So what is Intel doing to fix this? Nothing.

Intel has not halted sales or clawed back any inventory. It will not do a recall, period. The company is not currently commenting on whether or how it might extend its warranty. It would not share estimates with The Verge of how many chips are likely to be irreversibly impacted, and it did not explain why it’s continuing to sell these chips ahead of any fix.

Well they are apparently doing one thing. They seem to be pretending that none of this is their problem. If you buy one of their chips - which cost in the neighborhood of $500 or so - and that chip self destructs, well too bad. You were stupid enough to buy from Intel, or something.

They will be producing a firmware fix in August for the voltage problem.

But if your 13th or 14th Gen Intel Core processor is already crashing, that patch apparently won’t fix it.

The rust issue was apparently taken care of, quietly, last year. It was a manufacturing issue. They won't be doing any recalls of the known bad chips. (Do you know how much that would cost?) They have apparently been pushing back on warranty claims, though that may be for the voltage issue.

Hat tip to Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony and Daily News Stuff 27 July 2024: Takin My Chances With Lamarck Edition.

If you have one of these chips and it's not dead yet, it's probably a good idea to update the BIOS. Of course, updating your BIOS is not risk-free either, but in this case not updating your BIOS may be worse.

But wait, there's more! It turns out that Intel has problems with EVEN more chips, that they won't recall. Intel's CPU instability and crashing issues also impact mainstream 65W and higher 'non-K' models — damage is irreversible, no planned recall.

Intel has now divulged that the crashing issue affecting 13th and 14th-gen processors impacts all 65W and higher CPUs, meaning even more mainstream un-overclockable models are impacted. Intel announced Monday that, even though it still continues to investigate, it had finally gotten to the bottom of crashing issues plaguing its chips. As we reported on Monday, the microcode update is coming in mid-August, but if the bug has already damaged your CPU, you’re out of luck — the damage is irreversible, and the chip will need to be replaced. Intel has no plans to do a recall, but it is replacing impacted processors.

Again by way of Pixy Misa - Daily News Stuff 29 July 2024: Bit Rot Edition

So everything from the past two years could be toast, except the entry-level 13100 and 14100.

And the Mos Eisley reference is at this link.

And the moral of the story? Buy AMD.

German Crime and Immigration

This is not what the Germans are used to. “Refugee Youth Gang” Who Arrived To Germany Last Year Responsible For Over 280 Crimes In Hamburg, Including 101 Cases Of Assault

A gang of migrant youth have been terrorizing Hamburg since their arrival in Germany last year. The group, which consists of minors as young as 11, has committed nearly 300 crimes since 2023.

The boys, two of whom have been identified as a 16-year-old from Tunisia with dual citizenship and an 11-year-old from Morocco, have had run-ins with police over 280 times in the past year.

So not quite once per day, but close.

Their lengthy list of crimes feature 101 cases of physical assault, 29 cases of drug use, 30 attacks on refugee shelter staff, 35 instances of property damage, and over 40 investigations for threats.

I'm sure these statistics are racist, or something, because they contradict the narrative.

Eris (to the Fairest One)

Circus of Fools or CoF is a German Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band that has a lead soprano and a singer doing the Death Growl. (Not to be confused the band Circus of Fools based in Pennsylvania!)

This is how they describe themselves on their Bandcamp page...

These anarchistic clowns are the filthy reflection of our society and an incredibly energetic band.

I'm not sure if I like them, though they claim they are more about live performances with elaborate stage makeup, etc.

This is "Eris (to the Fairest One)" by CoF from the January, 2020 album Contracult. At 30 minutes is it an album, or an EP?

It Isn't Self-Defense Just Because You Say It Is

You can't shoot someone over stuff, not in Ohio anyway. Jury doesn't believe self-defense claim, convicts gunman in fatal Cincinnati shooting

Williams and Harris, who were neighbors but didn't know each other, exchanged gunfire and Harris was also hurt.

Harris claimed he thought Williams was breaking into a car.

It turns out he wasn't breaking into a car, but even if he was... You have the right to defend yourself (or another) from a reasonable threat of imminent death or grave bodily injury. Someone stealing a car does not apply. Someone who stole your television yesterday, does not meet that criteria. You can't shoot someone because of what they did yesterday, or what you think they might get up to in the future. You can only shoot someone if in the immediate now, they are a reasonable threat.

And yes, I know that in some states the rules are different. One of the states lets you stop someone trying to burn down your house, but I can't remember which it was, or if they were changing that rule. This incident took place in Ohio.

You may or may not agree with the way things are set up in Ohio. I agree with some stuff, and think other stuff is crazy, but overall, I like Ohio, more than either The People's Republic of Illinois, or Commie-fornia, two other places I have lived. I like the laws in Florida, but not some other stuff so much.

How Is That Criminal Justice Reform Working Out?

Counting the number of victims, I don't believe it is working too well, but maybe chaos was the goal all along. Man beat, stabbed victim to death 3 days after being put on felony pretrial release: prosecutors - CWB Chicago

For nearly five months, an arrest warrant was active for Cleophus Polk because he stopped showing up for court in a pending stolen motor vehicle case. Officials caught up with him a couple of weeks ago and hauled him before Judge Michael Clancy on July 12. Clancy released him again.

Three days later, prosecutors say, Polk beat a man to death with a board on a West Side street.

The courts in Chicago, and in other Blue Cities, refuse to hold criminals in jail until they kill someone.

He is the 21st person accused of shooting, killing, or trying to shoot or kill someone in Chicago this year while on felony pretrial release. The crimes involved 34 victims; seven died.

There are more details at the link. Click thru.

I'm going to miss civilization when it's gone.

New Hampshire Protects Privacy of Gun Owners

From AmmoLand we get the following: Shout Out to N.H. Gov. Sununu For Signing Firearm Purchaser’s Privacy Act

The law prohibits financial institutions from requiring the use of a firearm code, also known as a Merchant Category Code (MCC), from being assigned to firearm and ammunition purchases at retail when using a credit card. Additionally, the law gives enforcement authority to the state attorney general for any business entity found in violation of the law.

Banks, with the blessing of the anti-gun-owner, federal government, was going to use the codes to build a database of gun owners. (Moral of the story: Pay Cash!)

Why would banks do this? Because they hate gun owners, and want to help future authoritarians confiscate guns.

The Musician Whose Music Is Known By the Most People

OK, there are spoilers after the break. If you get here by way of a direct link, just avert your eyes. Or just don't scroll down too quickly.

He might not have sold the most albums, or have the most streams on Spotify, but you know his music, and can most likely hum some of it, and you might even remember when you first encountered it.

I'll give you a hint, he writes music for movies.

This is Rick Beato's video The MOST Well-Known Musical Artist In History?... It's Not Even Close.

Rick made the point that his 11 year-old daughter knows these songs, not because she has seen all of the movies, but because the music shows up in other places, including cartoons and advertisements.

Every single two hour movie is about an 800 page score.

 

The list of movies (partial list anyway) is after the break.

Jealousy Leads to Death

Take a breath and think about what you are doing. Intruder shot and killed after breaking into Taylor County home, according to Sheriff’s Office. And also, people in Florida are heavily armed.

You can vent your righteous indignation by hiring a lawyer. You don't need to break-and-enter to get your point across.

Officials said the homeowner woke up to the sound of glass breaking, as someone was forcing their way through the front door.

TCSO reported when the intruder came into the bedroom - where the homeowner and a female-friend were located - the homeowner grabbed his legally-owned gun and shot him.

That man was, later, identified as the female-friend’s husband, according to deputies. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Taylor County, Florida is in the Big Bend area on the northwest corner of The Gulf of Mexico, south and east of Tallahassee, and it is west and a bit north of Gainsville.

So he was angry. He was probably justified, though we don't know all of the details, or even if the couple had been estranged. But his anger got him killed. I'm sure he intended to beat her up or beat him up or kill them or whatever. Even if he only meant to "confront" them, it didn't work out to well for him in the end.

Self-defense is a human-right, and this took place in Florida, not Manhattan. (Hat tip to Concealed Nation.)

F*c*book - Guns Are Bad

No Olympic coverage for you! Facebook and Instagram Have Decided That Olympic Shooting Sports Are Dangerous and Glorify Violence

So no Olympic shooter can be shown with their guns.

The future is stupid.

Hat tip to EBL and Saturday Night Girls With Guns.

Last week had women Olympic shooters, but given this new policy not to show firearms...

Saturday night is right for girls with guns.

Click the EBL link for some great photos.

Reason Number 97 to Lock Your Car Doors

To keep the bears out. Wild black bear, cub trapped in car shred vehicle to pieces

An adult bear and a bear cub got into a car, probably by opening a door. The door then closed trapping them inside, while a 2nd cub ran around the car in distress.

The incident in Winsted, in the [Connecticut]’s northwest corner not far from Massachusetts, was documented in photos and video taken by the car’s owner, who captured images of the bears in the car and the resulting destruction on a cellphone.

State environmental conservation police were called by the startled vehicle owner on the morning of July 15.

They opened a door, and the two bears ran off into the woods safe and sound with the third bear.

The interior of the car was completely trashed. (Click thru for the photos.)

As the bear population increases, interactions with people and their stuff is going to become more common. You might want to consider what you would do if confronted by a bear.

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 27 July

Animal Magnetism starts things rolling with Animal’s Hump Day News

JD Vance: If Biden Not Cognitively Fit for Re-Election He Can’t Be President
Yeah, they’ve already lost.

The Right Way - Top of the News

Welcome Back My Friends to the Show that Never Ends - IOTW Report
All hail Kamala the Great! - The New Neo

Wombat-socho - In the Mailbox: 07.24.24

Chicago Boyz: Automation and Ice Cream
Da Tech Guy: Ireland Gets The Post-Catholic Country It Deserves

EBL - Disney Is Burning 🔥

AoSHQ: Disney Is Burning🔥
Disney management is burning down the Magic Kingdom. Stock price is crashing.

Political Hat - Quick Takes – Supporting Euthanasia Together: Federally Subsidized Homicide; Nurses Supporting Homicide; For The Non-Terminally-Ill, Doctors Supporting Homicide

Looks like people in Congress want to join in on the medical murder mambo!
Palliative care has gone from making dying people comfortable to just killing them and getting it over with.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 25 July 2024: Oopsed Edition

In cheerier news OpenAI is expected to lose $5 billion in 2024. (Datacenter Dynamics)
Couldn't happen to a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 07.26.24 (Afternoon Edition)

CDR Salamander: Diversity Thursday
Don Surber: Democrats side with Hamas
michele catalano: sinking & swimming on long island

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Wray Testifies in Assassination Probe, Hamas Democrats Trash DC

Capt. Ed, thinks 'This Is Peak Kamala': Downhill From Here? and notes the Emerson Poll: The Swing-State Impact of the Harris Anointment Is ... "... the same as in the national polling since Sunday. Which is to say, not much at all."

Vlad Tepes - China engages in aerial brinksmanship with US, Canada, ANTIFA LARPers arrested in Portland and more covid truth that makes no difference: Links 1 for July 25, 2024

3. Eugyppius offers us another tranche of data showing that the entire Covid/Vaxx line of effort was a political effort where health agencies where told what to say.

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - LinkSwarm For July 26, 2024

Israel hits the Houthis. Looks like Israel is kicking just about all Iran’s catspaws in the nuts…
Ukrainian drones hit Tuapse oil refinery and Morozovsk air base.
They also hit Millerovo air base.

Flopping Aces - The Week in Radical Leftism, 07/26/2024

7/23 – Who’s in Charge: Pelosi, Obama, or the Clintons?
7/24 – Democrat Lies And Incompetence Make Conspiracy Theories Great Again

Small Dead Animals - Friday On Turtle Island

Cackling Kamala’s America: Victor Davis Hanson on democracide. Giggles replaces Bozo. Jan. 6 was an inside job. The false narratives around Kamala Harris. And Harris copies Trudeau.
Blackie’s Canada: Never let a tragedy go to waste. Hamas supporters granted visas to Canada.

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 07.26.24 (Evening Edition)

Cafe Hayek: An Open Letter to American Compass
CDR Salamander: Fullbore Friday
Chicago Boyz: Retribution

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 7/25/2024

92% of Voters Blame Kamala Harris for Biden Health Coverup: Poll
What did the vice president know about President Biden’s health issues and when did she know it?

Cafe Hayek - Some Links

David Henderson makes quick work of exposing the ‘priceless’ economic illiteracy of a recent apologia for minimum-wage legislation legal restrictions on the ability of the lowest-skilled workers to bid for employment.

Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links

WSJ: Dem Cover-Up of Biden Senility Began in October 2021
Anointing Harris Completes Divorce Between Dems, Working Class

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 7/26/24

Is Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro ruled out as VP — because he’s Jewish?
Kamala’s Anti-Semitism Problem

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Everything connected to Washington and the Democratic Party stinks like a rotting corpse

• Did Democrats Conduct a 'Palace Coup'? - Ed Morrissey
• Black Lives Matter Demands DNC Host Instant Primary To Protest ‘Anointing’ of Kamala Harris - DC

I leave you with Wednesday's gifs from Wirecutter, Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #1905 from 90 Miles from Tyranny, and Wednesday Memes … from MaddMedic.

How Old Do You Need to Be to Have the Right of Self-Defense?

Or the right to defend your family? Texas sheriff: Juvenile shoots stepfather to protect mother | WFAA

His stepfather was assaulting his mother, so he shot the stepfather. He then called 911.

The Johnson County Sheriff's Office said deputies interviewed the juvenile, his mother, and other witnesses. According to those interviews, the juvenile said he shot his father to stop him from continuing to assault his mother. The juvenile was later released to his grandmother, according to the sheriff's office.

Johnson County, Texas is about about 15 miles south of Fort Worth.

They are releasing very few details to prevent identification of the kid in question, but since this happened in Texas, where they take self-defense, and defense of others, seriously, I doubt he will be charged, unless something turns up to discredit the witnesses. For example, there is no word on the mother's condition. Was the kid released to the grandmother because of injuries or other reasons? We don't know and probably won't know. (Hat tip to concealed nation.)

All Your Love

John Mayall passed away this week, shortly before he was to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. That induction is scheduled for October. He is known as the Godfather of British Blues, and was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2016. He is known for his band The Bluesbreakers. He was 90 years old.

According to Classic Rock History, when you include live albums on compilations, he released more than 100 albums over the course of his career.

This is "All Your Love" by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers featuring Eric Clapton on the guitar, from the 1966 album Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton. (And yes, the album and the band name are spelled differently.)

What Happens When Companies Outsource So Much of Their Tech to a Few Companies?

Last Friday's CrowdStrike instigated outage is an example of what happens when you adopt a single point of failure for your infrastructure. One single problem takes down a whole lot of your infrastructure.

Given that Microsoft is about to force ads on us AS PART OF the operating system, and steal all of our data for Artificial Intelligence, I'm in the process of getting out from under Windows. I already use LibreOffice, for my office software. There is literally almost nothing I really need Windows for.

This is Louis Rossman's video Blue screen of death decimates multiple industries: why the world shouldn't run on windows

Friday Links - 26 July

The Other McCain is first with Snopes Attacks ‘Unfounded Rumor’ of Biden’s Medical Emergency in Vegas

Last Wednesday, I reported (“Exit Strategy? Biden Tests Positive for COVID, Retreats to Delaware”) about the official reason given when Joe Biden abruptly canceled an event in Las Vegas. He was seen boarding Air Force One and hasn’t been seen in public since then. What happened instead was that on Sunday afternoon, the Biden campaign issued a statement from Biden stating that he was ending his reelection campaign and endorsing Kamala Harris.

OldAFSarge at Chant du Départ - Fighting Foos ...

I might be getting too old for that. Well that and standing for three straight hours. (I mean seriously, who sits down at a rock concert. Not this geezer.)

A bunch of photos from the concert, kind of in order, does that really matter?

Clayton Cramer - Things to Come (1936)

This is the movie adaptation of H.G.Wells' novel. Considering it was made in 1936, the special effects are pretty amazing. The city of the future is what the most optimistic futurists could imagine.

Again from The Other McCain - The Coronation of Queen Kamala: Why Are You Peasants Such Racist Sexists?

It’s difficult for me to describe what’s on MSNBC except to say that there is zero skepticism being expressed toward the idea that Kamala Harris is eminently qualified — nay, perhaps uniquely qualified — to be President of the United States.

Mike Rowe and The Way I Heard It - Examining Rising Deaths: Who's Really Responsible?

Mike Rowe and Gavin de Becker delve into the realities of excess mortality in America on this episode of The Way I Heard It. They explore critical issues surrounding unexpected deaths and examine the factors contributing to this concerning trend.

Wombat-socho FMJRA 2.0: The Regrettably Necessary Midweek FMJRA

Son of Silvercon II was a lot of fun, even if we didn’t get the attendance we hoped for. Going to do a longer writeup on the Friends of Fission-chan blog later and link it up.

Disinformation Expert Ace at Ace of Spades HQ - Disney Stock Falls to $91 and Change On Reports of Declining Attendance At Their Groomer Theme Parks

So now Iger and his board of yes-men cronies -- and his huge leftwing backers at BlackRock and Vanguard -- have Disney all to themselves, and don't have to fear any hostile takeovers and do not have to accede to any demand to put directors on the board who will actually stand up for the shareholders.

In the Middle of the Right - So who, exactly,

Was the Secret Service Agent-In Charge at the Trump rally where the Shot was Heard Around the World? What is their name and work hisotry? We should ahve heard by now…..

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 25 July 2024: Oopsed Edition

Meanwhile in security failure news after causing billions of dollars in damage worldwide, CrowdStrike has sent out $10 Uber Eats gift cards to its affected partners. (Tech Crunch)

No, there aren't any digits missing there. Yes, that will just about cover a medium fries from McDonalds.

Armed Self-Defense - St. Croix Edition

St. Croix is a part of The United States, in the US Virgin Islands. Police: St. Croix homicide may have been self defense | For the Record

The Virgin Islands is the most beautiful place I have ever been. Like being inside a picture postcard. I have never been to St. Croix, but I doubt is is less beautiful.

For the geographically challenged, The Virgin Islands is a group of Islands in the Carribean Sea just east, and a bit south, of Puerto Rico. The islands are divided between the US Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands, and the Spanish Virgin Islands. The USVI is a territory. (See the map, below.)

A preliminary investigation indicated that Ventura was in an argument with another man, and Ventura “made multiple threats to the male individual and his family,” according to the statement from police.

“While the male individual was in his vehicle with his family Mr. Ventura approached the vehicle on the passenger side window extending his arm into the vehicle with his other arm reaching for something at the rear of his waist. The male individual then shot Mr. Ventura in his upper chest,” according to police.

I'm not familiar with what the concealed carry laws are in the US Virgin Islands, but the police seem to be treating this as self-defense. The final determination will be made by the Attorney General's Office.

50% Failure Rate for Some Intel-Based Computers

That isn't good. Unreal Engine supervisor at ModelFarm blasts 50% failure rate with Intel chips — company switching to AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X, praises single-threaded performance

Dylan Browne, an Unreal Engine Supervisor and Feature Film VFX at the ModelFarm visual effects studio, posted on X that his company is experiencing a 50% failure rate for systems powered by Intel's Core i9-13900K and 14900K processors. As a result, the company is deploying AMD's as-yet-unreleased Zen 5 Ryzen 9 9950X processors in place of Intel-powered solutions.

Intel says they have a fix, but it won't be released until mid August. And the failures are actually destroying the chips. From Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony... Daily News Stuff 24 July 2024: Ameliope Morson Edition.

The Intel problem - as finally confirmed by Intel, is twofold:

First, the CPUs ask the motherboard for voltage levels high enough to fry their circuits.

Second, the chips rust from the inside.

If your chip has been fried, it will need to be replaced.

Intel has also been rejecting warranty returns despite knowing of these problems internally for some time.

Which is just plain mean.

They Don't Own Everything And They Are Not Happy

The Rich say, "You will own nothing, and you will be happy." But they aren't happy that they don't own the beaches in front of their homes. Fake 'private property' signs spring up on wealthy Calif. city's beach

There is apparently a TicTok video on the signs on one such beach.

The video is only the latest example of ongoing fights between owners of Malibu’s multimillion-dollar beachfront homes and beach visitors in the upscale coastal community of Los Angeles. Confrontations like these have become part of a broader pattern in California of wealthy homeowners living near California’s popular hikes, beaches and other natural attractions taking matters into their own hands to limit visitors. Last year, the California Coastal Commission penalized homeowners in Malibu who had spent the better part of four decades obscuring access to Escondido Beach. And in a separate incident posted to TikTok this week, a woman can be seen angrily roping off an area of Laguna Beach in front of her home and yelling at beachgoers to leave.

And as usual there is a homeowners association in the mix, and as we all know, homeowners associations are inherently evil.

“All beaches in California are public under the California Coastal Act. The line between public and private is the mean high tide line,” Matt Myerhoff, a spokesperson for the city of Malibu, wrote in an email to SFGATE. Guidelines posted to the city’s social media accounts this summer note that in addition to fully accessible beaches that have parking lots, bathrooms and staffed lifeguard towers, there are also “numerous public access paths to beaches that are between homes, where there are no bathrooms, trash containers, or lifeguards.”

The wealthy homeowners who bought property near those public access points don't like it. The city of Malibu cut down and confiscated signs posted by the state because "the state didn't get permits." It wasn't all because they hate the proles who dare take advantage of the public access.

Life is good when the rules get applied to everyone. Otherwise you don't live in a free society.

Editing the History of Kamala Harris - Proof We Live in Orwell's Dystopia

The Other McCain brings us Living in Interesting Times.

Border Czar? She was never the Border Czar. You made that up.

Since Biden ended his reelection bid on Sunday, as Matt Vespa says, there has been “a gaslighting operation, unlike anything we’ve seen, where the establishment media is re-writing history,” including the attempt to deny that Harris was ever appointed as Biden’s “border czar.” In fact, Harris “was tapped by President Biden to handle the migrant crisis” in March 2021 and while “border czar” was not her official title, it was widely used in media reports at the time.

Also Second City Cop notes that More Migrant Buses are headed for Chicago.

Just in time for the convention.

Interesting times? As Robert Stacy McCain points out...

Whatever the origins of the phrase may be, certainly we are now living in interesting times, although as Sarah Hoyt notes, bizarre and weird are suitable synonyms for “interesting.”

Kentucky Is a Bad Place for Bad Guys

Also breaking into homes is just a bad idea, because eventually you will find an armed homeowner. Man Killed In Trigg County Shooting | WKDZ Radio

Trigg County, Kentucky is a somewhat rural county on the Kentucky/Tennessee state line. It is about an 80 mile drive northwest of Nashville, Tennessee.

Kentucky State Police say during the investigation they have found that the man killed in the shooting was armed with a weapon and had forced his way into a room before he was shot and killed by the homeowner.

Cops say everyone involved is in custody. That says to me that there was a driver or an accomplice. But that is all they are saying at this time.

Self-defense is a human right, and it seems to be your legal right in Kentucky.

Suspect in ATV Attack on Elderly Man Dead

Democrats will tolerate anyone, as long as they agree with absolutely everything the Left says you must agree with. Elderly Trump supporter mowed down by ATV while putting up campaign sign in politically motivated attack

There were two incidents of vandalism of cars, and then he assaulted an 80-year-old man, for the horrible crime of putting up Trump signs in his own yard.

In all three cases, victims displayed political yard signs for former president Donald Trump and law enforcement appreciation flags and stickers.

Someone called to confess, and asked police to “send someone to pick me up.”

Hancock police and deputies with the Houghton County Sheriff’s Office arrived at the residence to find the man dead in an apparent suicide.

Deputies searched the home and retrieved electronic devices and found the ATV used in the incident as well as the clothing the suspect wore during the incident.

I'm guessing that he didn't think prison would agree with him, or that he would get caught. One article said that the cops had identified a suspect, but I don't know if that was before or after he called the police.

Wednesday Link Roundup - 24 July

First up is Pirate's Cove, with Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

7. Pacific Pundit shows Fauci being horrible
8. Moonbattery highlights what will replace drug stores

Bacon Time!!!! - Sunday Linkage

The Air Vent - Trump Ad…..
Watts Up With That? - Is the Chinese Three Gorges Dam in Danger of Imminent Collapse?

EBL - Don Trump Jr. Meets With The Director of the Secret Service, Seeking To Protect His Father 😬

EBL: There is no real explanation other than they wanted Trump dead..., SECRET SERVICE FAIL and Director Kim Cheatle (Resign or be Fired), Why did the Secret Service fail so badly?

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 07.23.24 (Afternoon Edition)

Baldilocks: Short Take, Never Let Them Get Away With It, The List, and Painting
CDR Salamander: Assassination Attempts, Spin, Accountability, & A Culture Of Untruth

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Joe Still Out, Trump Still Recovering

Exit question: There’s a hidden message in Biden’s humiliating withdrawal letter that should terrify every American. And the shaming question: Who on earth is running the country?

Tam at View From The Porch - Tab Clearing...

Being a social media clout goblin is a fraught choice for a career path.
Home vet tips for the prepper cat owner.
94 year-old man finds and restores his dad's car.

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 7/21/2024

CNN’s Van Jones broke into tears on Sunday as he delivered an emotional reaction to the news that President Joe Biden was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.
The senior political commentator said he was heartbroken over the decision

Vlad Tepes - Missing Joe B, curious failure to record comms by the USSS and more: Links 1 for July 22, 2024

2. The Biden resignation looks kinda like that video of the woman in Brazil who wheeled a corpse into the bank and tried to withdraw all his money.
Eugyppius. Joe Biden Out in Apparent Palace Coup

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 07.23.24 (Evening Edition)

Transterrestrial Musings: The New Girl Disorder, The Democrat Party, The Weirdest Generation, Challenger, Commercial Space Conundrum, That’s A Shame, and Peace In Palestine
Victory Girls: Cheatle Resigns The Day After Her Brutal Committee Testimony

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 22 July 2024: Slow News Week Edition

Southwest Airlines escaped the CrowdStrike debacle because they are still running Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. (Tom's Hardware)
One small problem with this story: It's complete bullshit. (Twitter)

Don Surber - Highlights of the tweets

ITEM 7: Sean Davis tweeted, “Secret Service director says the decision to leave the roof unguarded was deliberate, because it was unsafe to have snipers on a sloped roof.”
Stupid OSHA.

Small Dead Animals - Sunday On Turtle Island

Dementia Joe’s America: Trump as Hitler. Democracy dying in darkness. – Victor Davis Hanson
Woke Britain: Senior Fellow in Mutilating Women. The fires of Leeds. And Paul Joseph Watson.

Cafe Hayek - Some Links

My intrepid Mercatus Center colleague, Veronique de Rugy, with an assist from Ryan Bourne, reminds us of Kamala Harris’s economic-policy ideas.
George Will counsels Democrats to hold an open convention.

Maggie's Farm - Saturday morning links

University DEI plan says individualism, timeliness, part of white supremacy culture
NYC schools will have universal dress code for first time

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 7/22/24

After the call, one group that had promoted it in advance apologized to its members for having done so.
It Looks Like Kamala’s Call with Democrat Donors Was a Disaster

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Biden’s legacy is a world in flames

• Kamala Harris’ record on Israel to the left of President Biden Insider
• France’s Far-Right National Rally Has Lost the Battle, Not the War The UnPopulist

I leave you with DEI Hard from Lone Star Parson, Sunday Funnies For 07-21-24 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Sunday Funnies from Flopping Aces, and You knew I was remind you it's Monday, right? from Wirecutter.

Defensive Gun Use - 24 Cases in the Month of April 2024

From The Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC). Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 24 Cases During April 2024

A collection of self-defense gun uses as collected by CPRC. Here's the first one they covered.

Deland, Florida, April 1, 2024 (WFTV.com)

Deputies responded to Dixie’s Gentlemen’s Club along US-17 near DeLand shortly before 2 a.m…

Detectives said Collins pulled a gun on another man outside the nightclub, and believe that man fired a shot at Collins’ vehicle in self-defense.

These are useful links to have access to, because the Left claims, with no data, that defensive gun use is a myth, even though there is plenty of data to show that it isn't. If you end up in one of those "discussions" you can supply this data, at which point the people on the Left will stop discussing and start in on the personal attacks.

Germany - Two Migrants Angry About Math Classes Stab Teacher

Because in the 21st Century if you don't like something you turn immediately to violence. That happens in California, in Washington State, in Oregon, and in Germany. GERMANY: Adult Education Instructor Stabbed In The Neck By Two Syrian Migrants Angry About Math Classes - The Publica

A teacher is in critical condition after being stabbed in the neck by two Syrian migrants. The crime took place in the northern town of Wedel at the community’s Volkshochschule – an adult education center that also offers integration and professional language courses for refugees.

The attack occurred on July 19, sending a shockwave through the small community. As a 67-year-old lecturer was walking in the parking lot of the school, he was attacked by two Syrian brothers – both in their early 20s.

Police in Germany never relase much in the way in information, but it doesn't appear that they stabbed the math teacher. They just stabbed some random teacher because Math is Hard.

And my favorite video on the subject of math: You're Not Bad At Math, You're Just Lazy.

More Democratic Party Violence

Tell me again how the Democratic Party is non-violent. Person on ATV Targeting Trump Supporters Sends 80-Year-Old to Hospital

A guy on an ATV ran over a 80-year-old man in his own yard putting out Trump signs. First the guy on the ATV pulled the signs out of the ground. When the homeowner went to put them back in the ground, the guy on the ATV ran him down.

Police in Hancock, Michigan, have identified a person suspected of committing three different crimes targeting former President Donald Trump supporters, including running over an elderly man with an all-terrain vehicle.

Just before 6 p.m. Sunday, the suspect reportedly drove an ATV onto the yard of an 80-year-old man who was posting a political sign in his yard. According to a Facebook post by the Hancock Police Department, the ATV driver intended to do harm.

This is The Daily Caller video Man Gets Ran Over by ATV While Putting Out Trump Signs?!?!

White Flag

It seems strange whenever WXRT's Saturday Morning Flashback is covering a year from the 21st century, but they were revisiting 2003 on Saturday. It has been more than 20 years, after all.

Dido's first 2 albums did very well in the UK, and I remember today's song (from the second album) being on the radio. She has collaborated with Eminem, and had a song nominated for an Academy Award. She has done well in the UK since those first two albums, but not so much in the US. I may have to see what is on those newer albums, because her music is so much better than the stuff being pushed by the American music industry.

This song is "White Flag" by Dido from her 2nd album, Life for Rent, which came out in 2003. It did well on the charts, and since radio was still very much a thing in 2003 we all heard quite a bit of it.

The Democrats Have a Scapegoat for the Assassination Attempt

From the NY Post: Secret Service head Kimberly Cheatle resigns after shocking failures led to Trump assassination attempt

Now you will be asked to forget anything bad happened. The person "responsible" has resigned. What else do you want?

Cheatle, a 28-year veteran of the agency, faced mounting pressure to step down in recent days but insisted all along she would remain on the job. She announced her resignation in a letter to agency staffers on Tuesday morning.

There is a recap of everything that went wrong. But this comment was perhaps worst:

Among her baffling remarks was an admission to ABC News that the reason Secret Service agents weren’t posted on the roof from which Thomas Matthew Crooks fired on the rally crowd was because it was too “sloped,” creating an unacceptable “safety factor” for the agents.

Baffling because the roof in question had a slope of about 1 inch rise for every 12 inches of run. In other words you would be hard pressed to find a "sloped" roof closer to flat than the roof were Crook took his shot.

Hat tip goes to The Other McCain: Secret Service Boss Resigns After Disastrous Congressional Testimony.

Well, that was quick.

Tuesday Links - 23 July

Mike Rowe brings us A True Story, Brought to You By Elon Musk

The first clue that something might be amiss inside my friend’s lake house came in the form of a large pile of bear crap on the stone steps leading down to the front door. I’ve had some experience with bear crap over the years, (feces from every species, in fact,) and immediately recognized this particular pile of scat as coming from a member of the Ursidae family.

The Other McCain - The Detroit-ification Syndrome

Having written thousands of words on this subject — there’s a whole chapter in Donkey Cons about the damage that Democrats have inflicted on urban America — perhaps I mistakenly take it for granted that other people understand this problem as well as I do. But then I look at current trends and realize that white liberals continue to vote for Democrats who pursue the same path of destruction that made Coleman Young infamous.

Lone Star Parson - Some Kind Of Pathetic Joke?

The sheer level of lying drivel being spewed at us by our agitprop press and beloved rulers has reached dropped-on-head-as-infant levels of Soviet imbecility. Have you ever seen anything like it, here in the West. I haven't, this is a whole new stage of weirdness.

The Gateway Pundit - As Athletes Head to Paris, Israeli Olympians Threatened: “Prepare for the Intifada!”

The world is gearing up for the 2024 Summer Olympics as the July 26 opening ceremony in Paris, France, approaches.

Athletes from Israel, however, are facing increasingly violent threats and will receive additional security from armed Shin Bet agents.

Again from The Other McCain - A Near-Miss in ‘Killadelphia’

Probably in your neighborhood, such incidents are rare, but in the Holmesburg neighborhood of Philadelphia?

Tam at View From The Porch - AttackBot

A robotic scout dog that cops can use to knock the various "Internet of Things" devices in your house offline in preparation for a SWAT raid sounds like something out of a Terminator sequel, but here we are.

SiGraybeard - 55 Years Ago This Afternoon, Apollo 11 Was Leaving the Moon

At 9:44 AM, when Mission Control sent their wake up call to Collins, someone in Mission Control noted,"Not since Adam has any human known such solitude as Mike Collins is experiencing during this 47 minutes of each lunar revolution when he's behind the Moon with no one to talk to except his tape recorder aboard Columbia."

The Dossier - Exclusive: President Biden suffered an undisclosed medical emergency during his time in Las Vegas, police sources say

Several law enforcement officers on duty that day were informed over the radio that the president was dealing with an unspecified medical emergency. Far from a case of the sniffles, this was sent out on encrypted police airwaves as if something akin to a five-alarm fire had broken out.

Our sources estimate that it was “easily” hundreds of Las Vegas Metropolitan officers and employees who heard the broadcasts live, so a curious media shouldn’t have a problem reporting any follow-ups to this story.

You Are Not Protected By Your Zip Code

Self-defense is becoming more of a thing in Los Angeles. Homeowner in Southern California fires on home invasion suspects, injures 1

Two guys broke into a home in San Fernando Valley. Police believe a 3rd guy stayed in the car.

A shooting investigation was underway in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Valley Village after a homeowner reportedly shot an intruder Monday and police were searching for two additional burglary suspects, authorities confirmed to KTLA.

One of the two home invaders was shot by the resident of the home. The other guy, and the driver, took off. The guy who got shot was taken to a local hospital in critical condition.

The homeowner was also injured, but authorities have not said how, only that he was stable.

Residents are starting to see a problem in San Fernando Valley. Thieves target San Fernando Valley homes in destructive burglaries.

They dress as construction workers, or something that will let them blend in. They use WiFi jamming technology to disable security cameras.

Many residents are blaming local lawmakers for the increase in crime, citing a lack of serious consequences.

“It’s not really the fault of the police officers,” Godinez said. “’It’s the fault of the politicians. They are to blame.”

“It’s because the wrong people are in control of making laws that allow these people to break into homes and not suffer consequences,” another neighbor said.

Well, who elected those "wrong people?" And if you don't like the soft-on-crime policies from the city, county, and state, what are you doing to get those policies, and laws, changed?

This is Colion Noir's video on the home invasion: Armed LA Homeowner Faced Multiple Burglars With California Compliant Gun, Is in Hospital

Anti-gunners love to argue that no one needs more than 10 rounds. Well, tell that to the homeowner facing multiple attackers. Criminals don't play by the rules; they don't care about magazine limits. In a home invasion, Every, Single, Second, Counts, and the ability to defend yourself effectively shouldn't be restricted by some random number made up by a politician who has private security.