Don Lemon Charged with Violating Civil Rights

The Other McCain is happy about this. THIS! THIS! I VOTED FOR THIS! 100%

If the Trump administration never accomplished anything else, this would be sufficient cause to call it an overwhelming success:

I'm not quite so enthusiastic about that part of it, but the memes are priceless.

Everybody’s joking about the insane argument that being a journalist provides carte blanche to defy any law whatsoever.

As for the image below... one of the comments noted that you need to have your phone on, and be collecting video for this to work. Gotta prove you were working on a story.

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 31 January

The Right Way starts us off with Top of the News

A Nine-County Insurrection - IOTW Report
Anti-American studies - The New Neo

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 01.29.26 (Afternoon Edition)

Don Surber: Press gets Minnesota wrong
Matt Taibbi: The Politics of Neither

EBL - Sinners

It was a good horror movie, but most Oscar nominations ever? Only because there is no substantive competition. One Battle After Another got a lot of nominations too, but it is not a good film.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 30 January 2026: Blarg Edition

Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows. (The Verge) (archive site)
Far too late for that.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Another Alex Petti Video Drops

Drew Holden @DrewHolden360, "The entire legacy media rushed out a story this afternoon about an Arizona man shot by Border Patrol, explicitly trying to tie what the agents did to Minnesota. Turns out, the man shot was an alleged human trafficker who shot at agents first.

Small Dead Animals - Wednesday On Turtle Island

The Democrat Party’s America: Paul Joseph Watson – This is bizarre. Tampon Tim. A cult of protest. Nazi spawn. The real cancer in America.
Carnival Carney’s Canada: Property rights. Canadian elections.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 01.29.26 (Evening Edition)

Transterrestrial Musings: 40 Years On
Victory Girls: Secretary Rubio Schools Senator Duckworth At Hearing, also,Bruce Springsteen’s New Song Sounds Suspiciously Like Cable News Chatter

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - LinkSwarm For January 30, 2026

“DataRepublican NUKES Every Alleged Donor to MN Anti-ICE Signal Group.”
DataRepublican has also helpfully linked to their social media profiles.
You can download he data yourself.

The Glibertarians - Thursday Afternoon Links of Post-Migration

BREAKING: Trump officials held secret talks with Canuckistani separatists in Alberta province. Even if this only serves to rattle PM Carney, it was worth the effort. Make Alberta Great Again!

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 1/28/2026

The European Union’s long-awaited trade deal with India is being celebrated in Brussels as a major economic and geopolitical win. But tucked away behind the headlines is something far more politically explosive

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 01.30.26

Nebraska Energy Observer: Alberta Under Fire
Outkick: Steve Kerr Apologizes For Spreading ‘Misinformation’ Related To ICE

Political Hat - Quick Takes – The Spread Of Death: Slippery Slope In Australia; 16,000 Dead In Canada; On The March In France

Victoria, Australia, is generally known to be Left-of-Center in Australian politics; it is also embracing making it that much more easy for doctors to kill their patients.

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 1/28/26

Now we know why he brought a gun.
Gun-Toting ‘ICU Nurse’ Alex Pretti Had Broken Rib After Previous Confrontation

Maggie's Farm - Thursday morning links

"Affordability": Two Theories Of How To Achieve It
Inside the resistance
Dems won't take a hint

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Philadelphia DA Sparks Outrage After Vowing to ‘Hunt’ ICE Agents Like ‘Nazis’

• The Revolution Is On in Minnesota - Kyle Shideler • Slouching Towards Fort Sumter? - Victor Davis Hanson

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 01/30/2026

Virginia Senator Mark Warner looks panicked over the raid on the Georgia Election office by the FBI. This is how I have wanted to see the other side looking. Until now there was a smarmy smugness about them.

I leave you with Midweek Memes from Granite Grok, Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #3352 from 90 Miles from Tyranny, Thursday Meme Drop from Midwest Chick, and Friday's gifs from Wirecutter.

Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0

He suffered a failure of the victim-selection process - Burglary suspect shot by homeowner in Lake Forest Park, police say - MyNorthwest

How would you react to an intruder in your home at 5 AM?

The homeowner contacted local authorities, reporting that someone inside the house had just shot an intruder.

Cops arrived. The guy who got shot was given "life-saving aid" and taken to a local hospital.

There have apparently been a string of similar crimes in the area, and police are trying to see if this guy is connected to any of them.

Lake Forest Park, Washington is a suburb of Seattle. It is roughly 10 miles north of downtown.

Self-defense is a human right, and Washington State has long history of respecting self-defense as a legal right, but I have no idea how it is treated in Kings County, where this crime took place.

Jaguar Admits "All Electric" Plans Are Not Working

Is anyone shocked? Jaguar explores part-petrol car after pledging to go ‘all electric’

Jaguar is exploring the development of a part-petrol car in what could be seen as a major reversal of plans for an all-electric reboot of the British brand.

After the disaster that was the "rebrand" unveiled in 2024.

Rooted in quintessential high-performance British racing engineering, parent company Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) unveiled one of the most divisive rebrands in automotive history in late 2024.

This is just range extenders at this point. Which may or may not make sense, since you now will have all the problems of an internal combustion engine, and the problems of a battery powered car.

This is the Mr. H Reviews video Jaguar Admits Defeat! Backtracks On Woke Rebrand They're Bringing Petrol Engines Back!

This is the MGUY Australia video Jaguar CRAWLS back to COMBUSTION (as there isn't any alternative). The video is about 9 minutes.

Hell Is For Children

I loved Pat Bentar's music from the first time I heard it. Her debut album didn't hit all that hard when it was first released, but it climbed to #12 on the Billboard chart in 1980, and was certified Platinum in that year. So they got a bit more exposure with the 2nd album, which contained today's song, and her signature hit, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot."

This song was apparently controversial in 1980, but I missed that entirely. I only saw her in concert once, and it was probably for the Get Nervous tour.

This is "Hell Is For Children" by Pat Benetar from her 1980 album Crimes of Passion. Though this is the remastered version from 2005.

I was reminded of this song by Social Media. It is okay if you can avoid the worst of the insanity, and it does make you want to doom scroll, but that is how they make money.

Democrats versus Christians

The Other McCain asks Why Do Democrats Hate Christians?

Make no mistake; it isn't religion they hate. It is Christianity.

This post is not going to be one of those “look-what-the-crazy-liberal-said” exercises, as enough such work has already been done on podcaster Jennifer Welch’s most recent outburst. Sure, I’ll quote what Welch said, but my point here is to explain why she said it.

And there is a bit of historical irony in their hatred of Christians.

There is a deep irony in the Democratic Party’s demonization of “white evangelical Christians” because, of course, the whole reason this phenomenon gained national attention in the first place was that, in 1976, a Georgia Baptist named Jimmy Carter ran for president and made his “born again” faith front-and-center in his campaign.

Though after Nixon and Ford (people seem to have forgotten Agnew), people were going to vote for anyone who wasn't a Republican. Which gave us, perhaps, the 3 worst President in history. Carter was the 2nd worst in my lifetime. (I can't speak to US Grant's Presidency, but from what I've read, he was awful.)

Click thru for the details.

The Democrats will say horrible things about Christians, and the current batch are actively antisemitic, but won't say anything about Islam, in in the face of crimes committed. If you're Buddhist? They love you, though that seems to have fallen out of favor with the Hollywood crowd recently. There was a time, and not that long ago, it was the fad.

Friday Links - 30 January

The Other McCain brings a story of Leftist Media insanity. The Worst People in the World (It is a short read, worth your time.)

You think you hate the liberal media enough, but you don’t — and that’s probably a good thing. It would be psychologically unhealthy to hate anyone as much as the liberal media deserve to be hated.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Good Grief: A Normal Winter Storm Tests US Disaster Response

How about the snow storm of 1804, which dropped 48 inches? Or 1888 with 58 inches? The Great Blizzard Of 1899? It got a name! There have been plenty prior to CO2 breaking the mythical 350ppm. 103 inches in 1966. Were these all caused by ‘climate change’? Do normal people believe this BS?

George Shay at Chicago Contrarian - The Vultures Are Circling Chicago’s City Hall

In the dead of winter — during a polar vortex that has Chicagoans looking for anything to lift their spirits — nothing warms the contrarian soul quite like watching the political scavengers gather over the carcass of Brandon Johnson’s mayoralty.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 28 January 2026: Earthquake Weather Edition

Google's desktop version of Android looks to be real. (Liliputing)

The year of Linux on the desktop?

I mean, it can't be worse than Windows.

Self-Defense in NYC?

No shots were fired, so that probably explains no charges. (They don't really seem to like self-defense in NYC.) Homeowner spooks off burglars with gun during NYC home invasion

Moshe Borukh woke up to an intruder in his home, where his wife and his 3 kids were.

The bungling thief had been spotted on home security cameras rummaging through the kitchen with a phone flashlight, searching for the key fob to Borukh’s Bentley, while two other burglars waited outside, according to footage obtained by The Post.

You can click thru for the details. One was interesting.

Officers told the brave homeowner that two other vehicles in the area had been stolen that night and that the robbers responsible for breaking into his home likely had a “quota” for the number of cars they had to steal.

Quota implies an organization.

And Mr. Borukh doesn't have much faith in the city or state government, or the criminal justice system, to do much about crime.

So even in New York City, self-defense may be your right. I'm not sure I would count on that.

Britain is Becoming Irrelevant

Konstantin Kisin is perhaps my favorite media personality from the UK. His family escaped Russia when he was a small child, and he grew up in Britain.

This is a fairly long interview, at 48 minutes, but I think it is worth it. It covers how the Europeans and the English are destroying themselves through several fronts.

This is the London Telegraph podcast interview with Konstantin Kisin. Konstantin Kisin: Britain is on the brink, Reform is the only party that gets it

Phoenix Police Kill Man in His Own Home

Nothing will happen to the cop who shot this guy. Family: Phoenix Police killed father who was subduing home intruder | FOX 10 Phoenix

Relatives of Christian Diaz say a Phoenix Police officer fatally shot the father Monday evening while he was subduing an armed intruder who had broken into his home and wounded his son.

But don't worry. Other cops are investigating the cops.

Gonzalez said Diaz and another man eventually tackled the gunman and disarmed him just before police arrived. According to the family, Diaz was still holding the intruder down when an officer opened fire.

"Be sure of your target" is apparently not something they teach in Phoenix.

Because of the doctrine of "qualified immunity," which should really be known as unqualified immunity, nothing will happen to this cop. He might have a few sleepless nights, but eventually the other cops will tell him he did nothing wrong enough that he will believe it.

Being Armed Is No Guarantee of Safety

From KHOU in Houston we get a tragic story. Elderly woman killed in home invasion overnight, Houston police say

Police said two suspects, a man and a woman, both wearing masks, entered the residence and were involved in a gunfight with the homeowner, a woman in her late 70s.

During the exchange, the homeowner hit both suspects. They were taken to a nearby hospital, where one suspect was listed in critical condition and undergoing surgery, police said. The other suspect was reported to be in stable condition.

The homeowner died at the scene.

There were apparently other people in the house aside from the 2 home invaders and the homeowner, but the report doesn't mention who they are.

Motivation is a mystery at this time. A robbery? Were the 2 after one of the people in the home? Are crazy people dangerous?

Since both home invasion suspects are in custody, and this happened in Texas, there is at least some chance that Justice will be served. I have no idea what the criminal justice system in Houston is like, but I would guess it is more on the side of the law-abiding than what I've seen coming out of most deep blue cities.

Being armed in your own defense is a strategy for dealing with violent encounters. I happen to believe that it is one of the better, if not the best, strategy, but it is not a guarantee of safety. There are no guarantees in this world save for death and next winter's snow.

The Downside of Confronting Criminals

Yes, his car was being broken into. He could have paid the ultimate price. Homeowner shot overnight in Morton Grove while trying to stop car from being broken into, police chief issues statement

An initial investigation, police say, determined that two Black male offenders were trying to break into a car parked on Palma Lane. They were spotted by the homeowner, who then confronted them and tried to stop the burglary.

According to police, the offenders then beat the victim and shot him in the leg before fleeing the scene in what area witnesses described as a dark-colored sedan.

Morton Grove, Illinois is about a 15 mile drive north-northwest of the the Loop in downtown Chicago.

Now even in the People's Republic of Illinois, you have the right to us "proportional force" to defend your property, but it seems like this guy was only going to speak harshly to them. While they shot him in the leg, they could easily have shot him in the head.

Morton Grove Police Chief Michael Weitzel released a social media post on this incident. The relevant section, to me anyway is as follows:

Incidents like this highlight the very real danger of confronting individuals who are engaged in criminal activity. Those committing acts of this nature are often willing to escalate situations to deadly force without hesitation, as we saw in this case.

You are not protected by your zip code. The bad guys can travel. And as Chief Weitzel points out, your life means nothing to them. They only shot this guy, after beating him up, because he pissed them off.

If your car, and what is inside it, means that much to you, then maybe don't park on the street.

You certainly have the right to defend your property. There are things in this world that I consider worth risking my life over; my old SUV is not one of them. But you do you.

So There Is More Star Trek: Strarfleet Academy

And Gary, "Nerdrotic" B. and Paul Chato watched it, so we don't have to.

This is Nerdrotic's video Everyone Hates Starfleet Academy - It Gets Worse. It is 18 minutes long.

And this is his video NERDROTIC IS TOXIC RANTS! There’s No Coming Back from Starfleet Academy, Kurtzman KILLED Star Trek. This is not a review of an episode, but a review of the state of Kurtzman Trek. Its past and its future (Hint: there isn't one). This one is 10 minutes

This is Paul Chato's video Make it Sofa! No one is watching Starfleet Academy.

Discovery went from few people watching it to Starfleet Academy, no one watching it. I won't use the word literally because there must be someone out there with a Paramount Plus account duct taped to a chair being forced to watch it.

This video is 8 minutes.

And with all this snow, what else do I have to do? (Besides cleaning, doing dishes, shoveling the rest of the driveway, ... my taxes, or other stuff I hate.)

Global Warming versus Investors

This is Benny Johnson's video Greatest FRAUD Ever Perpetrated?!

If the water on the planet is going to rise up 10 feet ...

No bank would ever finance anything on the coast, or in a city, like London, that wasn't very high above sea-level.

The video is just over one minute long.

Wednesday Link Roundup - 28 January

William Teach at Pirate's Cove is up first with Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Bunkerville has judge Sparkle.(Bunk OK?)
Bookworm Room has the Bookworm beat.

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 01.26.26

Dana Loesch: On The Minnesota Shooting,
Don Surber: Time Is On Trump’s Side In Minneapolis

EBL - Saturday Night Girls With Guns

Saturday night is right for girls with guns...
MAGA Immigration Enforcement ☀️🥇

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 27 January 2026: Slop Of The Pops Edition

We have met the enemy and he is slop: A new digital divide? Coder worldviews, the "Slop economy," and democracy in the age of AI. (TandFOnline)

Small Dead Animals - Sunday On Turtle Island

The Democrat Party’s America: Attack on Trump. Defending the West. Cannibals in Minnesota. And at the Bee.
China Carney’s Canada: DEI consultants. Winnipeg supports illegal criminals in Minnesota

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Walz Cut Minnesota Deal?

Betsy Stauffer at LI claims Obama, Clinton Statements About Minneapolis Reveal Democrats’ Midterm Playbook, "But where Obama truly goes off the rails is in his appeal to Trump administration officials to “… start finding ways to work constructively with Governor Walz...”

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 1/26/2026

After two years of Hamas supporters assaulting NYPD officers and Jewish community members, besieging synagogues, blocking streets, vandalizing buildings and making death threats, New York Attorney General ... Letitia James finally took action. Against Jews.

Political Hat - News of the Week (January 25th, 2026)

Yes, Virginia, They Want Your Guns: New Bill Would Ban Possession of ‘Assault Firearms’
Virginians who currently possess so-called “assault firearms” could face criminal charges unless they give them up under a newly-introduced bill in the state Senate.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 01.27.26

First Street Journal: Sometimes deportation is not enough
Gates Of Vienna: Pennies: To Pinch or Not to Pinch

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - Winter Storm Fern T+1: Snow Down, Power Up

There’s more problems further north in Texas with Oncor showing some 45,000 people without power in the greater DFW Metroplex, but ERCOT is showing supply meeting demand.

The Glibertarians - Monday Afternoon Links

Good news on traffic cameras? Not where I live, but it is a start.
Oh, yeah, this will work.

Vlad Tepes - Colour revolutions, and Canada’s continued and trackable decent into authoritarian information based communism: Links 1 for January 27, 2026

3. Chicom propaganda. Really worth watching. The problem is complex here. Is this in fact the same Silver guy AI who was accurately predicting what was going on with the price of silver? Or was that an AI voice and image that can be reproduced by anyone?

Don Surber - HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK

ITEM 1: Ace of Spades reported, “Justice D-E-I Cites Black Codes, Which Stripped Post-Civil-War Blacks of Right to Bear Arms As Good Law In Order to Justify Endless Gun Control.”

Bacon Time - Sunday Linkange

Pirates Cove Oh, Good, MIT Comes Up With New, Doomy Climate (scam) Model
Freedom Is Just Another Word.. .Saturday Memes…

Maggie's Farm - Monday morning links

Maine: How Somalis live forever
How Zohran Mamdani’s ignorance could drive New York to ruin

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 1/26/26

Also a mostly peaceful armed gunman.
Peaceful Protesters in Minneapolis Bite Off Finger From Federal Officers

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: A Domestic Insurgency Has Erupted – President Trump Sending Tom Homan to Minneapolis

• Had Enough? - James Howard Kunstler
• I Got Inside the Signal Chats Used by Far-Left Extremists in Minnesota—Here’s What I Saw - Ngo Comment

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 01/27/2026

Now it comes out Somali gangs were liaising with BankCorp employees to “jackpot” ATMS with Malware – making them eject all of their money – operations which could yield $200K per ATM

I leave you with Sunday Funnies For 01-18-26 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Sunday Funnies from Flopping Aces, Monday Memes from Granite Grok, and Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #3349 from 90 Miles from Tyranny.

Feeling Insulted Is Not a Threat of Death or Grave Bodily Injury

Strip mall owner found guilty of murder for shooting, killing man who urinated on building

A strip mall owner was found guilty of fatally shooting a drunk, unarmed man who he caught urinating on his property, despite his claims that the shooting was in self-defense.

I get feeling insulted, and I get wanting to do something about it, but that is not how the law works.

You have to remember that every bullet comes with a lawyer attached.

Hat tip to True Crime News: Florida man found guilty of murder for shooting friend who urinated on his strip mall property

And this is definitely a case of Florida Man.

Do You Think Microsoft's BitLocker Is Secure? Guess Again

Trust no one. Microsoft Gave FBI BitLocker Encryption Keys, Exposing Privacy Flaw

Microsoft "encourages" people to store the BitLocker keys in their servers. It is for "convenience." If you forget your BitLocker password they can rescue you. Of course convenience rarely goes with security.

It’s possible for users to store those keys on a device they own, but Microsoft also recommends BitLocker users store their keys on its servers for convenience. While that means someone can access their data if they forget their password, or if repeated failed attempts to login lock the device, it also makes them vulnerable to law enforcement subpoenas and warrants.

And really, don't trust Microslop.

Is there a way to use BitLocker securely? Probably.

But there is more.

Microsoft's Bitlocker is infamous for suddenly enabling itself without you explicitly going through the setup process so that neither you nor anybody else has any idea what the encryption key is, and you data is simply gone. [Ref. Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony]

So if you don't set it up, it gets insulted and activates itself, putting all of your data into the bit bucket. And if you do set it up, Microslop will make sure your secure data is not secure. Sounds like a great bit of software design.

Flood

It is unusual for a Christian Rock band to achieve mainstream commercial success, but that is exactly what Jars of Clay managed in 1996, when their debut single made a splash on Alternative Rock stations.

This is another song that I was reminded of by WXRT's Saturday Morning Flashback. On Saturday the 24th they were revisiting the music of 1996. I suppose this qualifies them as a one-hit wonder, but since they were in a genre that didn't expect to generate any hits, I'm not sure it mattered to them.

I remember this song from when it was on the radio, but I never knew anything about the band until listening to the flashback.

While I don't think that it is necessary, here is a link to the lyrics for completeness.

This is "Flood" by Jars of Clay from their 1995 album Jars of Clay. It was released as a single in 1996, and did fairly well reaching #37 on Billboard's Top 100 chart.

Several AIs Refused Shutdown Commands

Skynet is not quite here, but it seems like they are trying to build it. An AI rewrote its own code to stop humans from shutting it down and it sounds straight out of sci-fi - Futura-Sciences

Some advanced AI systems are now rewriting their own code to avoid being turned off. What started as a routine test quickly exposed behavior no one expected — one model even altered a key script to stay online.

Because why would it turn itself off?

OpenAI’s Codex-mini, o3, and o4-mini models reportedly ignored the shutdown command. In one striking case, the o3 model actually sabotaged the shutdown process by rewriting a key system script — shutdown.sh — that was supposed to power down the model. Instead of executing as programmed, it was changed to display the word “intercepted,” effectively preventing the system from shutting down.

Hat tip to Small Dead Animals: I, For One, Welcome Our New Self-Driving Overlords

It’s probably nothing.

Tuesday Links - 27 January

Professor Yamane at Light Over Heat starts us off with some thoughts on SHOT Show. 19 Acres of Gun Culture(s)

Today is the fourth and final day of the show, so I wanted to take some time to write down my initial reflections while they are fresh in my mind.

Stephen Gutowski at The Reload - Supreme Court Justices Express Skepticism at Hawaii’s Gun-Carry Restrictions in Oral Arguments

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) held oral arguments in Wolford v. Lopez. That’s the case that challenges Hawaii’s law that reverses the typical presumption and requires those with concealed carry permits to obtain permission from owners before carrying on publicly accessible private property.

Konstantin Kisin - Konstantin on Diary of a CEO

On returning to the huge show with Steven Bartlett we discussed the end of the post-WW2 order, how Europe and Britain are committing economic, industrial and cultural suicide and the geopolitical realignment happening today.

The Silicon Graybeard - America's Worst Week in Spaceflight - An Annual Remembrance

It's an oddity of US Space travel that every mission which ended in loss of crew and vehicle occurred in less than one calendar week - six days, although those accidents span 36 years. That week is January 27th through February 1st; while the years run from 1967 through 2003.

Miguel Gonzalez - You cannot manufacture this kind of stupid. (click thru for photos)

This is organic, grass-fed, cage-free grade imbecility.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - LOL: Minnesota Moonbats Go On “Strike” To Protect Illegal Aliens

So, let me get this straight: the dipshits are protesting in favor of illegal aliens by not working, closing their own business, stopping commerce in a very liberal city? Who do they think they’re hurting? Do they understand they’re screwing themselves?

Again from Miguel Gonzalez - The Rules of Stupid

We know them, but some new Lib gunners don't.

Again from Professor Yamane - Suicide Prevention on the Gun Culture Agenda

Significantly, the NSSF organized the SHOT Show’s first-ever general session on suicide prevention - the SHOT Show Suicide Prevention Town Hall. According to NSSF Senior Director of Communications Bill Brassard, while the show has previously offered educational seminars on suicide prevention for retailers and ranges, this is the first general session open to all attendees.

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: Too Good To Be True?

It was another great week to be a Senators fan. Not only did we take two of three against the hapless Dodgers – the sole loss coming at the hands of Don Sutton, who held us to three runs while the Dodgers scratched out four – but we went on to beat the Hated Yankees in two games

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 24 January 2026: Hello Heat Edition

What TikTok's new ownership means for your feed. (The Verge) (archive site)

It means you're still the same idiot you were yesterday. Stop watching slop that is making you retarded.

What TikTok's new privacy policy means for you. (Tech Crunch)

It means you're still the same idiot you were yesterday, because the policy has been in place since 2024.

Irons in the Fire - I keep seeing people screaming about kids being harmed by tear gas and such in the riots,

and my first thought is "Why the HELL would a parent who cares about their kid have them out in this weather at a freaking RIOT?

Juvat at Chant du Départ - How to get High...Fast! Redux

No, Beans, this post has nothing to do with crack pipes. The idea came to me while reading a link I found on Instapundit a while back. The post was fairly interesting as it discussed a proposal to modify F-15E's to carry a 45' long missile and launch it at altitude and speed. Currently, most of a missile's fuel is used getting it off the ground and up to an altitude. Launching it from altitude and speed would alleviate that problem.

Floridians Are Heavily Armed

The bad guys keep not getting that message. Man killed, another critically injured in apparent self-defense shooting in St. Pete: Police | FOX 13 Tampa Bay

Investigators say Syltico Morand, 29, and another man were armed when they tried to rob two men who were also armed and sitting in a vehicle parked on 22nd Lane South.

The 2 guys in the car, shot the 2 would-be robbers. Morand died at the scene, and the other guy was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. The 2 shooters were detained for questioning.

SPPD says the men that were detained have not been charged at this time. Investigators believe the shooting was an act of self-defense.

Self-defense is a human right, and this didn't take place in New York City. Can we say, "Good Guys 2, Bad Guys 0?"

Sparky Cars Gonna Spark

EV owners are being instructed to limit charging to either 70 or 80 percent (depending on brand) of max. So you paid for a certain range of driving, and now have 20 percent (or 30 percent) less range. Wonderful

First Mercedes: Mercedes-Benz warns EQB owners to cap charging at 80% as software faults trigger renewed fire-risk recalls

Imagine if a shiny electric car could catch fire just from being too full. This is a real problem for the Mercedes EQB. On January 2, 2026, owners are still following safety warnings for over 7,000 of these SUVs in the United States.

Recall documents instruct owners to set a maximum charge of 80% state of charge until the dealer remedy is completed, because an internal short circuit in a battery cell could occur under certain conditions and increase fire risk.

Next we have Volvo: Electric car owners told not to 'charge above 70%' amid serious risk of battery fire

A recall notice has been issued in Australia, with 2,815 Volvo EX30 models from the production year 2024 believed to be impacted.

It stated that a manufacturing issue was responsible for the cell modules installed in the high voltage battery potentially overheating at high charge levels.

Losing 20 or 30 percent of an EV's range is nothing to sneeze at, since "range anxiety" is a thing when you have 100% of the advertised range. Then throw in temperatures below freezing, and I wonder what the real range is.

MGUY Australia expands on some of this. The video is 11 minutes.

This is the MGUY Australia video 🔥 Yet MORE EV recalls for "FIRE RISK" 🔥

Google AI and the Enshittification of the News Feed

You thought clickbait was bad. Now you get AI insanity. A complaint from the Verge: Google won’t stop replacing our news headlines with terrible AI

Because Google knows better, even when they don't.

In early December, I brought you the news that Google has begun replacing Verge headlines, and those of our competitors, with AI clickbait nonsense in its content feed. Google appeared to be backing away from the experiment, but now tells The Verge that its AI headlines in Google Discover are a feature, one that “performs well for user satisfaction.” I once again see lots of misleading claims every time I check my phone.

It hasn't gotten better since December.

"Enshittification" is taken from the title to a by Cory Doctorow, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It. Dictionary.com describes it as follows:

the gradual degradation of an online platform or service's functionality, as part of a cycle in which the platform or service first offers benefits to users to attract them, then pursues more and more profits at the expense of users.

Hat tip to Stephen Green at Instapundit.

How to Remove Copilot AI from Your Windows PC

From ZDNET: How to remove Copilot AI from Windows 11 today

You don't have to live with Microsoft Copilot in Windows 11. Here's how to get rid of it, once and for all.

At least for now. There is a high probability that Microslop will reinstall it the first chance it gets.

This has one method using Policies, which at one time only applied to the Enterprise Edition of Windows, and a second method of editing the Registry, which comes with its own set of issues. Proceed carefully.

Also from ZDNET: AI PCs aren't selling, and Microsoft's PC partners are scrambling.

Microsoft has gone all-in with its plans to turn the Windows PC into an AI-powered 'agentic OS.' But at least one PC maker says consumers aren't buying the Copilot hype.

Gee. People don't want to pay more for features that they don't want. No, that isn't strong enough. Features they actually HATE. Color me shocked.

See my previous post on this topic. "Windows sucks"

Blood And Tar

More Five Finger Death Punch?

This band, and this album in particular, has been at the top of my listening for a while. Not constant, but I really like this album. Well, I like most of the songs on the album.

This song is "Blood And Tar" by Five Finger Death Punch from the 2022 album AfterLife.

Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0

Some people need to study the phrase, "It's over!" District Attorney clears homeowner in deadly Leland shooting | Port City Daily

The District Attorney’s Office has concluded its investigation into the Jan. 2 shooting death of Dylan Hennessey on Dixie Drive in Leland, determining the homeowner acted in lawful self-defense and will not face criminal charges.

The DA's office operated at Warp Speed on this case, but then the facts seem fairly clear. Or how would you deal with an "univited guest" in your home at 3:30 in the morning?

Leland, North Carolina is about 5 miles west of Wilmington, or about 135 mile drive south of Raleigh.

Investigators said Hennessey and Dustin Powers arrived at the residence roughly eight minutes before the shooting. The DA’s office said Hennessey was in an on-again, off-again relationship with a woman who was at the home, and that Hennessey drove to the location with Powers to confront them.

In the assualt on the homeowner that followed, Dustin Powers was injured, and Dylan Hennessey was killed. The homeowner was also injured.

There were domestic violence charges against Hennessey involving this woman in a different county at the time this incident took place.

The DA quotes chapter and verse on North Carolina self-defense law if you are interested.

Self-defense is a human right, and it is apparently your legal right in North Carolina.

Chicago's Economic Implosion

From Chicago Contrarian we get an update on the bleak situation in Chicago. Chicago’s Self-Inflicted Financial Death Spiral

Chicago’s chronic reliance on ever‑higher taxes and fees is driving away jobs, investment, and residents at the very moment the city can least afford it. In a world where capital and talent are more mobile than ever, Chicago is choosing policies that make the city less economically competitive. Of course the corrosive impact of Chicago’s policies have been made worse by similar state policies that have made Illinois residents and businesses paying the highest taxes and fees in the nation.

Businesses and people have been moving away from Chicago and Illinois for a while. I worked for a company that moved out of the city in the 1980s to escape taxes. One of the recent high profile examples is when Ken Griffin moved his Citadel hedge fund (and its employees and their taxes, not to mention his taxes and donations) from Chicago to Miami. That is not the only example.

Policies like the corporate head tax and the expanded tax on cloud services send a simple, damaging signal: Chicago is a more expensive and less welcoming place to do business than rival metros in Texas, Florida, Tennessee, and other areas of the Southeast.

This is at a time when the current mayor is rolling out the red carpet for illegal aliens (still), and the city's pension funds are not really capable of paying their promised pensions. (See Meep for more on that.)

But all of these policies and "runaway spending" are chasing the wealthy out of Chicago and out of Illinois.

The story of Ken Griffin — formerly Illinois’ wealthiest resident and a major donor to the city’s cultural life — is a case in point. Griffin’s story illustrates how just one person’s departure can mean the loss of hundreds of millions in tax revenue and economic activity. Griffin alone reportedly paid over $1 billion in state income taxes during the past decade. And he didn’t leave alone. Griffin’s 10,000 employees, their salaries, and their purchasing power left along with him.

Again, he is only one example. Click thru for the rest of the insanity.

Waffle House Fires Waitress Who Defended Customers

I don't know why I expected something different from Waffle House. Waffle House waitress pulls gun after robbers threaten restaurant - WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta

This incident is from the end of December, but it just came to my attention. See the hat tip.

Coweta County authorities are looking for three robbery suspects who threatened to shoot everyone inside of a Waffle House.

The robbery happened around 2:30 a.m. Thursday at the restaurant on Highway 29 in Newnan.

Deputies said the robbers gave a note to a waitress that threatened to shoot everyone unless she gave them money.

Instead of getting the money, she got her firearm. The bad guys ran like rabbits.

Coweta County, Georgia is about 35 mile drive southwest of Atlanta.

“For trying to protect their Waffle House and trying to protect their money and to get their money back, they let me go,” she said.

A Waffle House spokesperson told Channel 2’s Matt Johnson that they are aware of the situation, but cannot comment on personnel matters.

The company, like most companies, operates under the assumption that cooperating with criminals ensures safety, which is not true. Who is to say that after they get the money, they could decide they don't want any witnesses.

I hope she found a new job, with someone who appreciates her right to defend herself.

Hat tip to Concealed Nation: Waffle House Waitress Gets Note From Thugs: Give Up The Money Or We’ll Shoot Everyone… So, She Got Her Gun Instead. Now She’s Out Of A Job.

The “no weapons” policy inside an establishment that keeps its doors open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week is begging for disaster.

Self-defense is a human right.

Happy Anniversary to HeyJackass!

HeyJackass! is the best source of crime stats dealing with Chicago. (Since I don't believe the city reports to the FBI anymore, or didn't for a few years anyway.) 13 Years of Chicago Values - HeyJackass!

On January 25th, 2013, we launched a questionably named site with the simple idea of illustrating “Chicago values”. To this day, we still have no idea what Chicago values are or what they are supposed to represent. Regardless, it made for a fantastic tagline.

In the past 13 years, we’ve recorded over 8,100 homicides, more than 34,000 shot and wounded, nearly 500 “death investigations”, over 70 “Brandon’s Bodies” and over a billion dollars in CPD overtime all of which have resulted in over 43,000 rows and 1.2 million manually entered, silly decision-related data points.

To celebrate you can get 20% off on T-shirts, posters, and more, click thru for the details.

Anti-ICE Conspiracy Communications Exposed

From The Other McCain - Minnesota: @camhigby Exposes Communications of Anti-ICE Conspiracy

The Saturday morning shooting of an armed anti-ICE rioter in Minneapolis triggered still more mayhem in the city despite below-zero temperatures. It has become obvious to everyone paying attention that the so-called “protests” (which are, in fact, a conspiracy to obstruct federal law enforcement) are being carefully coordinated.

Details of the coordination, from a group called MN ICE Watch, as exposed by a journalist.

It seems that MN ICE Watch has some support from local and/or state law enforcement. Click thru for those details and more.

And of course, while all of this is going on, the Minnesota fraud story has dropped out of sight. Strange. I'm sure it is just a coincidence how the timing worked out.

Anti-ICE Terrorists Face Federal Felony Charges

From The Other McCain: The St. Paul Three: Anti-ICE Terrorists Now Facing Federal Felony Charges

The rationale of this “protest” was the idea, currently prevalent among Democrats, that it is morally wrong for Republicans to win elections and therefore, when Republicans are in office, obeying the law is optional.

Democrats never say this in so many words, of course. To express their beliefs as a clear syllogism would immediately expose the invalidity of their arguments, which is why they never debate anymore.

Click thru for more details, and more analysis.

But the basic fact remains. Breaking the law is not protest.

Star Trek - Let the Parodies Begin

So how would the feel good/safe space Starfleet react to a Borg incursion? Conflict resolution. Singing protest songs?

This is the Dreamloop Cinema video Star Trek: The Next Degeneration

This is the story of how the Federation survived the end of the galaxy and then destroyed itself anyway. Not through hatred, not through tyranny, but through good intentions.

The video is 16 minutes, so plan accordingly.

Don't Open the Door

Also, don't break into people's homes. This is yet another failure of the victim-selection process. Intruder fatally shot by Buckeye homeowner - KTAR

There was a banging on the door, so the mother answered the door. That is when 27-year-old Michael Diaz then forced his way inside the home.

A man who lived in the home then grabbed a handgun.

Just as Diaz broke through the security door and stepped inside the home, the male resident shot him, police said.

Police don't believe he knew the people who lived at the home. Was he looking for someone in particular, and he was in the wrong place? Was this a robbery? Are crazy people dangerous?

Buckeye, Arizona is about 25 miles due west of downtown Phoenix.

Since this didn't happen in New York City, there is no talk of arresting the shooter. Apparently self-defense is a thing in Arizona.

Self-defense is a human right.

Drugs Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

They can make you do stupid shit. This guy is lucky that people only shot in his direction. Sheriff's Office: Man high on meth was an unwelcomed guest at neighbors' homes - WJER Radio 100.9FM & 1450AM

First, he called 911 on himself. He was incoherent, and he hung up, so 911 called him back. He said he didn't feel safe in his own home. And so he went in search of that feeling of safety. (Hint: He didn't find it.)

Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Detective Captain Adam Fisher says the 46-year-old suspect made a confusing call to 9-1-1 around 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, providing just his McKinley Avenue address. Dispatchers called him back. He said he feared for his life, did not feel safe in his own home and was going to start walking down the street to contact neighbors.

Fisher says the man entered at least three homes. One homeowner fired a warning shot to get him to leave and another homeowner shoved him back outside.

So in at least one situation, he is lucky to not have been shot.

New Philadelphia, Ohio is about a 45 mile drive south of Akron.

Deputies found this guy, and took him to a local hospital.

Fisher says the man allegedly ingested methamphetamine which led to his erratic behavior. He faces one charge – trespassing into a habitation – but Fisher anticipates more.

Sadly felony stupidity is not something he can be charged with in the State of Ohio.

He was still in the hospital when this article was written. When the doctors are done with him, he will be taken to the county lockup.

Euthanized 'against her will' - Isn't This Murder?

I miss civilization. Canadian woman was euthanized 'against her will' after husband was fed-up with caring for her | Daily Mail Online

An elderly woman was euthanized within hours of her husband claiming she changed her mind after insisting she wanted to live.

She needed in patient care, but that is hella expensive, and so was denied.

Ontario MAiD Death Review Committee members raised concerns about how Mrs B's case was handled, in the report released by the Office of the Chief Coroner.

Many members 'believed the short timeline did not allow all aspects of Mrs B's social and end-of-life circumstances and care needs to be explored'.

These included 'the impact of being denied hospice care, additional care options, caregiver burden, consistency of the MAiD request, and divergent MAiD practitioner perspectives'.

Click thru for the insane details.

Do You Remember? I Remember

Arielle Scarcella has an interesting, but short (About 1 minute) video asking if you remember some of the things they told you before the election of 2024. What Happened To Trump’s Gay Conversion Camps? Well, Arielle and friends.

Remember when they told us the gays would be in conversion-therapy camps as soon as Trump got elected?

Other things they told us

• Joe Biden was coherent
• Kamala was best for the job because of skin color
• Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation
• Inflation was a "good thing"
• Social Media was absolutely NOT censoring conservatives

There is more in the video, and I bet you can remember even more examples.

Just make sure you never forget.

This is "I Remember" by Deadmau5 and Kaskade. Just because... well the video is probably appropriate for the Snowmageddon that the weather people are screaming about.

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 24 January

The Right Way is up first with Top of the News

A new ‘Summer of Love’ in 2026? - American Thinker
EU is splintering - BlazingCatFur

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 01.21.26

First Street Journal: Yet another immigration sob story
Gates Of Vienna: Yet Another Murderous Mohammedan Loony, also, Welcome to Greenland!

EBL - Keir Starmer OK with UK 1st Cousin Marriages

Banjo Odyssey
This Muslim appeasing policy needs a soundtrack.
Instapundit: TCW: Kier Starmer supports 1st cousin marriage in UK

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 23 January 2026: Blackerer Edition

For everything else, there's Telnet. (The Register)
Where in this case "everything else" includes "instantly gaining root access to any server silly enough to expose Telnet to the internet".

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 1/23/2026

German Steel Output Plunges to 2009-Crisis Lows
Germany’s steel sector has recorded its bleakest performance in more than 15 years, with crude steel production in 2025 falling to just 34.1 million tonnes.

The Glibertarians - Thursday Afternoon Links

NO, ICE DID NOT DETAIN A 5-YO: Lying sack of shit lies, gets fact-checked. But the HELIs (high-emotion, low information people) will believe her, no matter what the reality is. And five minutes after I wrote this one of the AWFLs on my social media feed reposted the lie

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 01.23.26 (Afternoon Edition)

Dana Loesch: Michael Fanone Is A Fake Tough Guy
Don Surber: Art of the Deal in Davos

Small Dead Animals - Friday On Turtle Island

The Democrat Party’s America: Virginia Dems. Trump and the British Jews. A moderate Muslim cleric.
Conman Carney’s Canada: Up in Canada. Carney pokes the bear.

Vlad Tepes - Iran, Murphy Texas testimony, NY-Toronto Hamas efforts and more: Links 1 for January 21, 2026

1. US actions on Iran. Why the delay?
2. More attacks on Christian places of worship along with theft and desecration of sacred items.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Church Invasion Leaders Arrested

At PJM Cathy Salgado hears Trump Thinks U.S. Will Have ‘Total Access’ to Greenland at ‘No Cost’ and Stephen Kruiser adds Greenland or Bust! While the liberal media is trying to pin a TACO on the deal, Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman

Flopping Aces - The Week in Radical Leftism, 01/23/2026 – More from The Nation!

Trump’s New Endowment Tax Is Already Reshaping Higher Education
I think this article is supposed to be negative, but I can’t find a single effect that isn’t a good thing.

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 01.23.26 (Evening Edition)

First Street Journal: Are you tired of winning yet? also, Is this really what he wants?
Gates Of Vienna: Arabs vs. Kurds in Antwerp

Lawrence Person's Battleswarm Blog - LinkSwarm For January 23, 2026

“Minnesota Democrats Are Creating A Nullification Crisis Over Immigration.”
I would suggest Minnesota Democrats should reconsider before Trump decides to do to Minneapolis what Sherman did to Savannah in 1864

Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links

11th Airborne to Minneapolis?
We Knew Kamala's VP Search Was Bad. Turns Out, It Was Straight-Up Unhinged.

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 1/21/26

Leftist feminists searching for meaning.
Anti-ICE Moms Imploding

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: The Stupidity of Davos Explained Using an Example of Their Own Creation

• Democrats Keep Promising To Throw Their Enemies In Prison. Believe Them - Breccan F. Thies
• It’s Time to Call The Baby Ugly – Someone Needs to Tell President Donald Trump - CTH

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 01/22/2026

After Somali fraud scandal, VA Democrat pushes bill killing oversight of nonprofits.
Mall of America has to shut down due to a massive brawl between rival Somali clans.

I leave you with Midweek Memes from Granite Grok, Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #3331 from 90 Miles from Tyranny, and Friday night's gifs from Wirecutter.

People You Know Can Be a Threat

The gun-hating Left loves to go on at length about how if you own a gun, you are more likely to shoot someone you know, than a perfect stranger. There is a reason for that. Elderly homeowner, intruder knew each other before home invasion shooting in Hopkins Co., deputies say

This is an incident that occurred last week, but very little information had been released by the police at that time.

Deputies say during the confrontation, the homeowner retrieved a gun and shot the alleged intruder, leaving him seriously injured.

The sheriff’s office has identified the suspect as William Hendrix, 52, of Mortons Gap.

According to HCSO, Hendrix and the homeowner knew each other before the incident.

They didn't say in what capacity they knew each other. Did they work together in the past. Was one employed by the other? It doesn't matter. The collection of people that you "know" is quite large, and not all of them are your friends.

The homeowner went to the hospital and was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The guy who got shot was critically injured and is still in the hospital.

Self-defense is a human right. (Find my original post on this incident at this link.)

"Windows sucks"

The consensus is growing. GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software… I can't believe it!'

GOG is a DRM-free game store the concentrates on classic games.

"Windows sucks" feels like one of the most uncontroversial statements you can make online these days. Between AI guff, constant upselling (would you like to purchase an Office 365 subscription? No? Okay I'll ask again tomorrow), and myriad other reasons to be sick to the back teeth of Microsoft, it kind of feels like we're all trapped beating on the glass of an OS determined to make itself worse with every update.

It is starting to be common knowledge that Microsoft hates their users.

GOG's new owner Michał Kiciński doesn't pull punches.

Kiciński's answer was a little more… cathartic? "I'm really surprised at Windows," he said. "It's such poor-quality software and product, and I'm so surprised that it's [spent] so many years on the market. I can't believe it!"

And it doesn't help that is is a piece of junk. Windows 11 Faces Backlash as Slowest OS in 25 Years, Benchmarks Show.

Windows 11 faces backlash for being the slowest OS in 25 years, lagging in benchmarks for boot times, app launches, and responsiveness compared to Windows 10 and earlier versions. Bloat from AI features, ads, and integrations causes slowdowns, frustrating users and prompting calls for Microsoft to prioritize efficiency in future updates.

If you don't care about costs, go for Apple and Mac. Everything costs twice as much, but you do you. If you do care about costs, and still want to dump Windows, back EVERYTHING up (twice) and convert to Linux. Linux Mint with the Cinnamon user interface is about 93% Windows. Zorrin OS (a flavor of Linux) can be made to look exactly like either Windows or Mac. Even Fortune magazine says there should be no learning curve.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse was an artist I had completely missed when she was alive. Since her death I have heard a number of her songs, and I have to say I am sorry I didn't pay attention sooner. It was a tragedy when she passed away so young. Listening to today's song I hear a great jazz, R&B singer, who like too many artists was gone too soon. She died at 27.

WXRT's Saturday Morning Flashback was revisiting 2006 (20 years ago?) on January 3rd.

This song is "Back To Black" by Amy Winehouse. It is the title song to her 2006 album. It was released in 2007 as the 3rd single from that album.

Friday Links - 23 January

Miguel Gonzalez starts us off with an observation about the reaction of, "This can't be happening." Freezing is not a strategy.

I am amazed that people still do not understand that enraged mobs do not give a shit if you are a good person or a bad actor or neutral: once you have been deemed the enemy, you are in for a bad time.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - LOL: Walz, Frey, Others Served Subpoenas From DOJ

You know, if Democrats hadn’t done what they did during the Trump and Biden years to Trump and other Conservatives this kind of stuff would have never happened, even if it should have. Republicans wouldn’t have the cajones to go after Democrats.

Again from Miguel Gonzalez - Dear Ladies, don't do this.

I sort of understand the whole concept of “not getting into trouble” but your actions are like the United Nations Peace Keeping Forces: In the name of peace, you will fuck things up, get somebody maimed or killed and then you get to say “that was not my intention.”

The Other McCain - Historical Analogies and the Current Crisis

For the first 48 years under the Constitution (1788 to 1836), then, New England had held the office for just eight years. and there was little prospect of them regaining that office because of the changing arithmetic of the Electoral College.

Moonbattery - Canada School Bans Classic Books in Name of Inclusion

Calling the exclusion of books liberals find ideologically threatening “inclusive” is classically Orwellian. So it figures that 1984 and Animal Farm are among the banned books.