Friday Links - 31 January

The Other McCain starts us off with story of media and social indifference. Unarmed Suspect Shot to Death by Police in Tampa, and Nobody’s Protesting

Most importantly, no statues have been toppled and nobody’s looted Best Buy in “mostly peaceful” protest of this shooting, because when a career criminal gets killed by cops, nobody cares, as long as he’s white.

Impro Guns is up next with a story of liberty from the UK. British 3D Gun Printer Walks Free

VICTORY declared for 3D Printed Gun nerds in the UK as Gun Maker walks out of court a free man. A jury heard how 19 year old James Maris had assembled the FGC-9 9mm semi-automatic carbine using a 3D printer he received for Christmas as a fun technical curiosity, having developed a fascination with firearms after watching The Royal Armouries’ Youtube channel. Judge Lady Hood ruled that it was acceptable for a young man to have an interest in firearms and that no harm was intended by his hobby.

Pirate's Cove - Doomsday Clock Moved Due To Global Boiling, Other Things

Of course, this is really more about what happened in 2024, primarily Biden’s bad policies.

Clayton Cramer - In Other Startling News..

Elephants are not people. 1/22/25 BBC:
"A bid to free five elephants from a Colorado zoo has been rejected after a court ruled elephants are not people."

Again from Impro Guns - Nut & Bolt Zip Gun (Argentina). Click thru for the photo, and consider if you could ID this as a firearm.

A zip gun confiscated by police consisting of a pipe with a nut welded to it and a barrel made from the threaded section of bolt drilled out to accept a .22lr cartridge.

Town Hall - Good Lord, Tim Walz Is Insane

I realize you probably haven’t given Tim Walz, the Governor of Minnesota and former running mate of Kamala Harris, much thought since the election. Hell, most people didn’t give him much thought during the election either. He’s crazy. More than that, he’s incoherent, which is a side-effect of literal crazy. His recent appearance on The Rachel Maddow Show demonstrated not only this, but just how awful the judgment of Kamala Harris was to have picked him in the first place. Bullet-dodged, America.

Second City Cop has a story about the Mayor of Chicago. Rules for Thee, Not for Conehead

Gee, a Chicago democrat not following the rules?

Chicago Contrarian - ICE's Immigration Mission Will Return Chicago to Normal

Governor J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson used Reverend Jessie Jackson’s Operation PUSH Martin Luther King Day luncheon to intensify their demonization of the Trump administration, focusing on immigration of all things. The irony should not be lost given the impact the state and city’s sanctuary polices have had on their ability to address the critical needs of Illinois' black residents.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 30 January 2025: Big Steps And Little Ones Edition

Federal government workers unions, which rely for their funding on the number of federal government workers, are against plans to reduce the number of federal government workers. (The Register)

That follows.

Again from The Other McCain - Vegan Transgender Death Cult Update: Zizian ‘Anti-Law Enforcement Ideology’

All of these “geniuses” were drawn into Ziz’s orbit because of his blogging about artificial intelligence (AI) and related topics. This includes Zajko, whose elderly parents were murdered at their Pennsylvania home in January 2023. At her blog, “Plum of Discord,” Zajko had written about suffering abusive treatment from her parents. Zajko also wrote a post, in February 2022, about being afraid that Ziz would murder her.