Friday Links - 4 October

Miguel Gonzalez starts us off with Hurricane Helene: Lessons to learn?

When Helene hit Florida, it was at its most powerful and by the time it arrived points north, it had been downgraded, but it was still damaging rain-wise. Still Florida managed to have few casualties, and I can only point out that the reason might be simply preparation based on past experiences.

Chicago Boyz - He Who Must Not Be Named

Now that Mark Zuckerberg has admitted to caving to government pressure to censor Facebook users’ remarks about COVID policy and to suppress the story about Hunter Biden’s laptop and its incriminating emails, maybe it would be a good idea to revisit the policy of Facebook, YouTube and others to ban the mere mention of the name Eric Ciaramella, the CIA analyst rumored to be the whistleblower involved in Trump’s first impeachment.

Don Surber - Israel's ceasefire plan

Communists and Nazis are sad because Israel lives. The Iron Dome turned the barrage of bombs into a nationwide fireworks display.

The American press never understood how impotent Iran is.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 2 October 2024: Rat Attack Edition

A Chicago lab scooped up $83 million in federal payments for fake COVID tests. (Ars Technica)

The DOJ gave the lab owner a deal where he pled guilty to a single count of wire fraud.

I wonder who he knows.

Professor David Yamane - Free Public Webinar on Ten Essential Observations on Guns in America – Full Set of 7 Recordings

This past spring, I offered a free public webinar version of my Sociology of Guns seminar at Wake Forest University. This post contains links to full recordings (presentation plus Q&A) of all seven sessions available on my Light Over Heat YouTube channel.

Granite Grok - Please Stop Feeding the RINOs

Donald Trump has been continually battling establishment Republicans. There are many, including Gov. Sununu, who attempted to defeat Trump during the 2024 primary. Sununu campaigned for Nikki Haley in a attempt to defeat Trump even after Trump won the NH primary.

Pirate's Cove - Woah: Israel Bans United Nations Head Antonio Guterres From Entering Israel

And, really, Antonio shouldn’t be taking long, fossil fueled trips to start with. Anyhow, this is another case that shows Israel is no longer playing, they are going hardcore to defend the nation and her People since October 7th

The Other McCain - How Badly Did Tim Walz Lose?

The undeniable fact of Walz’s debate flop was, of course, a subject that CNN (I watch, so you don’t have to) didn’t want to spend much time discussing Wednesday. Insofar as they couldn’t avoid it, CNN spent most of their time highlight a couple of what they imagined to be “gotcha” moments involving abortion and the J6 “insurrection.”

Mike Rowe - Build Dakota

You know the stats by now, and the challenges of close the skills gap. For every 5 tradespeople that retire, 2 enter the workforce. That’s a 5:2 ratio, and the math is simply not sustainable. Part of the problem is an aging workforce, but the bigger issue is a lack of enthusiasm for millions of good jobs, fueled by decades of myths and misconceptions surrounding the trades.

Adaptive Curmudgeon - Motocamping On A PC800: Pics Or It Didn’t Happen

The Honda Pacific Coast 800 has a huge bedonkadonk. S0me folks love it, some folks hate it, the motorcycle buyer’s market of the 1990’s rejected it, but I love it. Without spending a lot of effort optimizing gear I just stuffed a bunch of camping shit in the bedonkadonk.