Friday Links - 7 February

Miguel Gonzalez is first with some harsh words for the Catholic Church. Unintended consequences of political religion

Do you know what really sets me off? After sixty years of Liberation Theology, the Catholic Church not only has scored zero in achieving any kind of social uplifting in Latin America but actually managed to make things even worse to the point we have masses of economic refugees (not political as they would like you to believe) invading the country and now the Church is directly part of the chain of human trafficking.

The Other McCain - ‘Shrill and Hysterical’: Michael Bennett, Tulsi Gabbard and Edward Snowden

Trump II: Sweet Revenge, this administration would be called, if it were a blockbuster Hollywood adventure flick, and I’m totally down for this agenda, let the debris land where it may. A populist disruption of the bipartisan D.C. status quo is long overdue, and I probably shouldn’t be surprised by unexpected reactions to this, as the disruptive impact has shaken and shifted the coalitions which make up the two parties.

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - Trump, Paxton Team Up To Secure The Border

It’s going to take years (at a minimum) to clean up the illegal alien border mess that the lawless Biden regime left behind. But having a Presidential Administration in office that’s willing to enforce the law is a huge start.

Again from The Other McCain - Pam Bondi Confirmed as A.G., and Why Did Democrats Vote Against Her?

Her “crime,” according to Democrats, is being a supporter of the guy who won the election. That’s it — period, end of sentence. Democrats are constantly telling us that Trump is a threat to democracy, and yet which party is it that doesn’t want to acknowledge the result of the election?

Clayton Cramer - I Never Knew Godzilla Could Go Into Swamps

Musk and his team (Godzilla to Democrats) are digging deep through Agency for International Development and the results are startling. Musk thinks we can balance the budget by stopping corrupt grants and spending.

SiGraybeard - Sometimes a Story is so Silly ...

The European Space Agency is concerned about SpaceX and how far ahead of everyone else in the space industry they are. The numbers are recognizable but still eye-popping when you read them.

Last year, for example, SpaceX launched 134 orbital missions. Combined, Europe had three.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 5 February 2025: You Can't Get Here From There Edition

Plugging a handheld gaming device into a dock with an Nvidia RTX 5090. (The Verge) (archive site)

First, it actually worked, and second, it worked pretty well for the most part. On Horizon Zero Dawn it saw a significant loss of performance compared with a desktop system with a 5090 [SNIP]

So if you really need to play Horizon Zero Dawn on your handheld device plugged into a desktop graphics card that it is not currently possible to buy, you may be limited to just 80fps.