Friday Links - 3 October

The Other McCain starts the ball rolling with ‘The Best People’: MSNBC’s Podcast for Trump Derangement Syndrome Sufferers

You will probably not be surprised to learn that all “the smartest, funniest, wisest people” Nicolle Wallace knows are afflicted with terminal-stage Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Stephen Green the Vodka Pundit - Instant Karma's Gonna Get You — With ICE and Friggin' Laser Beams

A search of the residence uncovered the "laser device," as the FBI put it, and four of the stupidest human beings this side of a Florida Man Friday story.

Clayton Cramer - You Can Probably Hear Heads Exploding at Everytown

If your progressive friends ask why the national government is sticking its nose in to this, ask them theis hypothetical. It is 1957. The Supreme Court has just ruled that racial segregation of public schools violates the civil rights of black kids. Should DOJ file suit against discriminating public school districts?

Juvat at Chant du Départ - Another of my Heroes

What’s the difference between a fairy tale and a war story? A fairy tale starts with “Once upon a time” and a war story starts with “So there I was”.

William Teach - Feds Make Massive Bust In Minnesota For Immigration Fraud

It’s unsurprising this was mostly in Minneapolis, a hotbed of Islamic extremism and 3rd world mentality.

Again from The Other McCain - Chuck Schumer’s Sombrero Shutdown

Republicans are in no mood to kowtow to Schumer’s lunatic fringe party. So the response to Chuck and his demands was, “OK, you really want to shut down the government? Do it. Double-dog dare ya, you little sissypants.”

Meep at STUMP - RIP, Robert Redford (1936-2025) and Claudia Cardinale (1938-2025): The Death of Beauty (plus mortality basics)

Recently, two actors died who were known best at their peak for their incredible good looks:

Don Surber - Dems swing at Trump, hit themselves

AP and the rest of the press corps are acting as if without the federal government, people will live in pup tents and mill along city boulevards like zombies. I have news for the reporters, people already are and have for more than a decade with a fully operational federal government.

A View from the Beach - Hawai’i Day 1

We were scheduled to go to the Pearl Harbor Memorial, but somehow the government shutdown delayed that, so we visited Queen Emma’s summer home. I hadn’t known before that Hawain royalty had married into the British royal family.