Tuesday Links - 18 February

William Teach at Pirate's Cove has another story of government waste. Surprise: HHS Wasted $22 Billion On Getting Cars And Homes For Fake Asylum Seekers

And how much of that money disappeared into the pockets of the folks at those NGOs? See, what DOGE and the rest of the Trump admin have been finding out is just the tip of the iceberg. There needs to be an accounting of what happened to that money after it was given to the unaccountable outside organizations. How much made it to the “migrants”, how much went to overhead, how much disappeared?

The Other McCain - The ‘Red Pill’ Remains Undefeated

One sees a lot of young women bragging online about having “high standards” for men — the imperious Ice Queen posture — but on closer examination, this boast is usually just an excuse, a rationalization for why they don’t have a boyfriend. Oh, they’re too good for the available men, and can’t lower their standards by dating any man who might actually be interested in them.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 15 February 2025: Soap Box Edition

Feel-good story of the day: The technical staff of Elizabeth Warren's unconstitutional plaything the CFPB has been "gutted". (The Verge) (archive site)

Cue the utterly predictable wailing that all the information collected by the CFPB is no longer in the hands of incompetents and thieves.

Miguel Gonzalez - Where did the Abortion Backers fail?: My uniformed opinion and a warning for Gun Rights supporters.

Those who come from my old blog will remember how bad Chest Thumpers managed to screw up Open Carry in Florida time and time again and the state is one of the few which still specifically has laws against it and we can’t seem to get rid of it because public opinion only sees idjits going fishing armed openly (which is legal) to the local pier kitted up like they are going to go against a Mexican Drug cartel rather than catching pompano for supper.

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: Scalped. Though he's talking about a different topic entirely, this completely sums up last week for me:

What a wretched week that was.

Jews Can Shoot - Abolish the ATF is Now a Normal Political Idea

The 119th Congress provides gun owners a unique chance to go on offense and advance pro-gun legislation. Donald Trump’s victory in November, coupled with Republicans’ retaking of the Senate and their continued control of the House, puts gun owners in a good position to get on the legislative scorecard, at least on paper.

The Other McCain - Radical Vegan Transgender Death Cult Gets Mainstream Media Coverage

Well, you can read the whole thing, but you won’t learn much that I didn’t already report in my five blog posts on the topic, beginning January 27. Basically, three weeks after I start blogging about something, the mainstream catches up, and they don’t even hat-tip me (or Andy Ngo, who was the first to put this story together). The important thing, however, is that at least three members of the “Zizian” cult are fugitives at large, whereabouts unknown, considered armed and dangerous.

Pirate's Cove - Democrats Upset Republicans Running Circles Around Them Online

Well, it’s not really hard when Democrats are supporting keeping fraud, waste, worthless federal employees, and so much more that the American citizens do not want

Again from The Other McCain - BREAKING: Cult Leader Jack ‘Ziz’ LaSota and Michelle Zajko Arrested in Maryland

Radical Vegan Transgender Death Cult members now behind bars:

Lone Star Parson - BUSTED

There they were, sitting on an unelected deep state slush fund, their causes paid for by you, the US taxpayer. How do you feel about your hard earned cash going to fund the rainbow? I don't like it, though you might.

The Other McCain again - MUGSHOTS: Jack ‘Ziz’ LaSota, Michelle ‘Jamie’ Zajko, Daniel ‘Hastur’ Blank

No fewer than six people have been killed in connection to this “cultlike group,” with the victims including two cult members, as well as the parents of Zajko and a U.S. Border Patrol agent. The fact that these radical vegan cultists were arrested about an hour’s drive away from my house led my brother to jokingly suggest that they were on their way to kill me, so I’m grateful to Trooper Jeffries for apprehending them.