Advice for Good Friday

Some good advice. Today is Good Friday. - by Miguel Gonzalez

Before you go to church, leave the Cannoli & take the Gun.

Or as the old saying goes: In God We Trust, everybody else keep your hands where I can see them.

West Virginia Expands Constitutional Carry

The Gateway Pundit has a story about West Virginia recognizing that 18-year-olds are adults. West Virginia Expands Constitutional Carry to 18–20-Year-Olds

In a massive win for the Second Amendment and constitutional freedoms, West Virginia’s governor has signed legislation expanding “constitutional carry” to include 18- to 20-year-old adults.

Click thru for the details.

It always seemed insane that legal adults in this country didn't have every legal right. But then when I was 19 or 20 years old they raised the legal drinking age from 18 to 21. As you can imagine, that didn't go over well in all sections of society.

Friday Links - 3 April

The Other McCain starts us off with ‘Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof’

Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trump v. CASA Inc., involving the president’s executive order challenging the prevailing interpretation of the so-called “birthright citizenship” clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Jews Can Shoot - The Four Questions — A Jews Can Shoot Haggadah for This Moment

4. On all other nights, we say “never again”—why on this night do we speak instead of readiness?
Because words alone have never protected Jewish lives.
On this night, we focus not on slogans, but on preparedness, responsibility, and the ability to act if needed.

Stephen Green at PJ Media - Europe Needs to Hear This Harsh Truth

So Trump's message to Europe, more implied than explicit for once, is this: If you need the Strait of Hormuz opened, come and open it yourself. There's also the implication, as Konrad noted, that if we do someday soon control Hormuz, maybe we'll charge Europeans a toll to keep it open.

Stately McDaniel Manor - Fixing The Secret Service Is A Long, Slow Process

The SS Director, a forgettable woman, was focused at making the SS 30% female as quickly as possible. A DEI true believer, for her competence was meaningless in the face of DEI goals.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - 9th Circuit Limits California Judge’s Ruling On Mass Detention Of Illegal Aliens

The same judges keep over-reaching and keep getting smacked down.

James Bosco at Chicago Contrarian - Illogical Chicago

Ben Shapiro is famous for always saying: “Facts don’t care about your feelings.” Unfortunately, facts are not terribly persuasive.

Whether greater or lesser known, Scott Adams more accurately told us: “Feelings don’t care about your facts.” What Scott was trying to tell us is that, feelings are more persuasive than facts.

Glenn Harlan Reynolds has some thoughts on the current mission to the moon: On Our Way

To quote Joe Biden regarding a much less significant program, “This is a big fucking deal.”

Floridians Are Heavily Armed

The bad guys haven't gotten that memo. One man shot by homeowner, arrested following February break-in

This incident happened in February, but the bad guy was in the hospital for some time before being arrested recently. This occurred in greater Tallahassee, Florida.

On February 6, [Scott] Scruggs allegedly broke in to a home in the 5400 block of Touraine Drive.

Detectives found Scruggs with a gunshot wound, according to LCSO.

Detectives determined Scruggs entered the home uninvited and refused to leave after several requests from the homeowner.

If a homeowner who is armed with a gun asks you to leave, you should probably leave. This guy didn't leave. The homeowner shot him.

Cops showed up and had him taken to a local hospital.

The article linked above doesn't specify the charges, but those were listed a F*c*book post from the Leon County Sheriff's Office.

Following a thorough investigation, Leon County Sheriff’s Office deputies have identified and arrested 42-year-old Scott Scruggs on charges of Burglary of a Structure While Armed and Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.

Scruggs is now in the county lockup.

Hat tip to Blaze Media: Armed male enters Florida home, won't leave — then threatens homeowner while advancing toward him. But victim also is armed.

You Can't Have a Modern Civilization Without Electricity

Los Angeles is finding this out. Some Los Angeles neighborhoods are without power as thieves steal copper wire (you'll never believe the mayor's solution) | Not the Bee

The theft of copper wires from street lights, internet cables, and even power lines (as dumb as that seems) has left parts of Los Angeles without power, reliable internet, and street lighting. Believe it or not, this is a pattern in Los Angeles.

The mayor's solution is to have the street lights replaced with solar lighting. She is responsible for street lights. She doesn't care if your refrigerator doesn't work, or you have no internet or phone service. That is not her department.

No joke, some residents have reportedly gone months without consistent internet connectivity due to these repeated crimes.

And Mayor Bass wants to solve the problem by going solar!

And yes, solar might work for street lights in Los Angeles. It is a desert with limited cloud cover, but it might not work all the time. The rest of the issues are not the Mayor's problem.

Australian Gun Control Failure

Can you kill an idea? From the Brisbane Times: Dozens of 3D-printed guns allegedly found in car, Brisbane men arrested

The alleged discovery of dozens of 3D-printed handguns on the Gold Coast has led to the arrest of two Brisbane men.

Dozens. Because once you are set up to produce them, produce them you can.

Officers allegedly found 34 Glock-style 3D-printed guns, 800 rounds of nine-millimetre ammunition, handgun magazines, rifle magazines, plastic rifle trigger guard assemblies and a hard drive containing blueprints for printing 3D firearms inside.

Brisbane is capital of Queensland, Australia. It is on the west coast of that island/nation.

I always think of the FGC-9 when the subject of 3D printed firearms comes up, but the Not-a-Glock is a thing.

“Detectives are committed to disrupting and taking action against the possession and supply of unlawful firearms to make our community safer,” detective acting inspector Adrian Sala said in a statement.

Really?!? You think you can stop an idea? (Hat tip to Bearing Arms)

Self-Defense Is Legal in Maryland

This also brings up the question of, "How old do you need to be to defend yourself?" Charges Against Juvenile Shooter Dropped: Shooting Death of Hancock Man Ruled Self Defense

In late February there was a shooting Washington County, Maryland. Brian Keith Lavoie Jr. was shot, and he later died in a local hospital. The shooter was a juvenile.

The sheriff’s office reports that following an “extensive investigation” conducted by the department’s Criminal Investigations Unit, the juvenile who discharged the firearm acted “in defense of self and others” during the incident.

The Washington County State’s Attorney’s Office agreed with that determination and on Wednesday a Washington County Grand Jury also determined that the juvenile’s actions were justified and declined to return an indictment.

The Left wants to make it impossible for a juvenile to legally defend himself. "Safe Storage" means that trained teenagers are to be held defenseless in the face of violence.

Washington County, Maryland is about a 70 mile drive west of downtown Baltimore.

So self-defense remains a human right. Whether or not it is a legal right in Maryland seems to be up in the air, or seems to be at the whim of the DA.

The Secret Service: Not the Best and the Brightest

This is sad, and funny at the same time. So, That's the Story Behind How a Secret Service Agent on Jill Biden's Detail Shot Himself

The Secret Service continues to make headlines, though not always for the right reasons. In 2024, the agency’s actions, particularly its failure to protect Donald Trump during the July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, fueled calls for its dissolution. Moreover, there were serious security breaches involving Biden officials. In 2023, a drunk individual entered the home of then-National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, managing to bypass his Secret Service detail.

And now, an agent on Jill Biden’s detail shot himself in the butt while escorting the former first lady through Philadelphia International Airport on Friday.

This is so problematic and so many levels. His gun fell out of his holster, and he had a negliget discharge re-holstering the gun.

Hat tip to Midwest Chick's Place: If I was on that detail, I’d take a bullet to the keister also

But it would be worth it to me to take a bullet to get away from her.

Gluten Free Beer

Several years ago, I discovered that I needed to remove gluten from my diet. That is harder than it sounds, as gluten is added to everything. The local supermarket chain adds it to their house-brand coleslaw and potato salad in the form of "modified food starch." I guess it is even cheaper than corn starch as a thickening agent.

As you can imagine, this created a problem when it came to beer, which is a wheat or barley product. The early brands available convinced me to drink hard cider, and whisky on those occasions when people were drinking.

Stone Brewing, out of California, has several options of "gluten reduced" offerings. They can't claim gluten free status, because they employ a brewing process to remove the gluten via fermentation, but they meet the  Celiac  recommendations. (Or they have, whenever I actually checked the numbers.) But they have been hard to come by in Ohio recently for reasons known only to the gods of logistics.

I have always maintained that the very best gluten free offering is "Space Rock" from Short's Brewing in Michigan. But they are a craft brewery, and they produce extremely limited quantities. I have not seem "Space Rock" in a number of years.

So the lack of Stone, has caused me to try some other options. Some of them are good, if a bit expensive. But this weekend I tried Daura Damm's gluten free reduced IPA. Daura Damm's lager has been a staple in the gluten free beer arena for a while, but I've only seen their IPA recently, and had not tried it. Until this weekend.

Is it the best gluten free beer/IPA/whatever of all time? No. But it is solid. It holds a decent head (which GF beers struggle with) and it tastes like a real IPA. If you need to eliminate gluten, you could do worse.

April Fools Link Roundup

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

1. Independent Sentinel: Manhattan Can Be Cuba Too Without Lights & a New Law
2. This ain’t Hell…: Stupid people of the week

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 03.30.26

The Political Hat: Leviathan’s Hardware
This Ain’t Hell: Korean War era Navy Vet James Tolkan , 94, passes

EBL - Musique à la cour d'Aliénor d'Aquitaine

31 March 1146 : Eleanor of Aquitaine and Bernard of Clairvaux
Eleanor of Aquitaine

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 29 March 2026: Spin Gauge Edition

AI chatbots won't slap you upside the head and tell you you're an imbecile no matter how badly you need it. (Tech Crunch)
Which for many users is very badly indeed.

Don Surber - HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEWS

ITEM 2: Just the News reported, “General McKenzie, top commander during Afghanistan debacle in 2021, named president of The Citadel.”
He’ll also teach a course called, “Surrendering Without Dignity 201.”

The Glibertarians - Saturday evening Links

Oh hey, look who’s at the top of the list.
If you have ever seen two male hummingbirds go at it, you already knew this.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - No Kings Bikers Arrested Attempting to Block Golden Gate

How These Patriots Responded to the Dems' 'No Kings' Protests Was Fantastic. One played the Trump victory speech through a loudspeaker. Kentucky Girl @Notwokenow, "“No Kings” they say. Let me remind you about: The government requiring you to stay home or face jail time.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 03.31.26

Gates Of Vienna: Rémi Brague: Islam is Above All a Legal Religion
The Geller Report: Hamas Isn’t Disarming — The Narrative Is

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 3/28/2026

Russian Strikes on Ukraine Kill 4 as Deal to End War Dims
At least four people have been killed and more than a dozen others wounded after Russia struck two Ukrainian cities

Political Hat - News of the Week (March 29th, 2026)

Euthanasia Claims More Humans Than Dogs in Canada In a chilling echo of the 1970s science fiction movie Logan’s Run, Canada now euthanizes more humans through its Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program than it does dogs

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - Iran Strikes: Day 31

“The USS Tripoli and USS New Orleans arrived in the Middle East, carrying with them 2,200 Marines — with more on the way — hours after an Iranian strike left dozens of U.S. service members hurt at a Saudi air base.

Small Dead Animals - Sunday On Turtle Island

The Democrat Party’s America: A just war. Muslims in Florida. Stalinist revisionism. Hate America rallies.
China Carney’s Canada: Michael Ma. Solar wind bust. A polite pogrom

Bacon Time!!!! - Sunday Linkange

The Midwest Chick Saturday Meme Drop………….
Pirates Cove LOL: No Kings Protest Hits 3rd Time

Maggie's Farm - Saturday morning links

Texas and Florida Shatter the ABA’s Gatekeeping Power
American Bar Association has ‘100% Opposition Rate’ To Trump

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 3/31/26

Communist flags. Iranian regime banners. Weirdos in frog suits. It got weird.
All the 'No Kings' Crazies the Media Didn't Show You

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Susan Kokinda Give a Recap of the Latest U.S. Distancing from EU/NATO Alliance

• The End of Politics - Chris Bray
• The Left's Love Affair With Islam Is, Perhaps, Our Greatest Threat - David Strom

Anonymous Conservative News Briefs – 03/29/2026

Over at American Stasi – Foreigners Are Replacing Americans In Medicine Through The American Stasi’s School Operations

I leave you with Sunday Funnies For 03-29-26 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Sunday Funnies from Flopping Aces, Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #3536 from 90 Miles from Tyranny, and Monday Memes from Granite Grok.

It Took This DA a VERY Long Time to Decide Self-Defense Is Legal

Could it be because DAs HATE self-defense? Butler Island Road shooting death ‘justified’

The May 2025 shooting death of a 19-year-old Autryville man has been ruled a justifiable homicide, 5th Prosecutorial District Attorney Ernie Lee said earlier this week.

Ten months. I doubt it took the cops 10 months to complete their investigation. I doubt it took 10 months for the autopsy to be completed. I believe that it took 10 months for the DA to make this determination because the DA hates self-defense, and in that time he was looking for any excuse to bring charges.

What follows is from a statement from 5th Prosecutorial District Attorney Ernie Lee.

The general rules of self-defense and defense of others in North Carolina allow for the use of deadly force when the individual actually, or honestly, believed in the need to defend himself or others from death or great bodily injury and the individual’s belief is reasonable considering the circumstances as they appeared to him at the time. From the facts and circumstances of this case, the individual who shot the fatal shots was justified in using deadly force to defend himself and others from death or great bodily injury by Guin, who had already shot and wounded one individual.

Self-defense is a human right.

How Is That Criminal Justice Reform Working Out?

The Other McCain has an update on North Carolina. Because You Asked: ‘What in the Actual Hell is Happening in North Carolina?’

A pregnant woman with a toddler was stabbed in the parking lot of a grocery store, apparently because the stabber objected to families. Or something.

Readers will recall that Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., who fatally stabbed 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on a light rail train in Charlotte, also had an extensive criminal history. It is natural that readers wonder why such leniency toward habitual offenders — a “revolving door” policy — has become standard practice in North Carolina. One word: DEMOCRATS.

You thought North Carolina was a conservative state? You would be wrong if you thought that, and even more wrong in some locations.

In the 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump carried North Carolina by a three-point margin, 51% to 48%, over Kamala Harris. However, Harris got 80% of the vote in Durham County, 75% in Orange County, 65% in Mecklenburg County and 62% in Wake County.

Hence the revolving door. Because keeping criminals in jail is unfair. Letting criminals stab pregnant women is apparently fair, according to the Left.

The grocery store where the pregnant woman was stabbed is in one of the “nice” parts of Charlotte.

Read the whole thing.

Eleanor Rigby

I have a cousin who is really into The Beatles, so I heard a bit of their music growing up. I never really cared for the most of the stuff I heard, but lately I have been revisiting some of their work, because a YouTube channel I follow is covering every Beatles album in order. I still don't like all of it, but I never do like everything a band or an artist produces. I thought that I should highlight a few of the ones I do like.

This song is notable because it doesn't make use of any of the usual rock-song instruments, but is only backed up by a string quartet.

This is "Eleanor Rigby" by The Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver.