Self-Defense in Philadelphia

Is legal self-defense becoming more common in the Blue Cities, or am I just noticing it more? Police: Man shot dead after forcing his way into Northeast Philly home

How should the law-abiding citizens of Philadelphia react to someone breaking into their homes at about one o'clock in the morning? This incident happened at ten minutes past one.

Investigators believe the shooting happened after the victim forced his way into the home and a struggle ensued with someone inside the property, during which, the man was shot.

Officials said the man -- who police did not immediately provide additional identifying information on -- was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced at about 1:39 a.m.

The cops haven't said that this is self-defense, but then those determinations are made by the District Attorney's office, and I have no understanding of where the current Philadelphia DA stands on the issue of self-defense. The description they provided makes this incident sound like justified self-defense to me, but I'm no lawyer.

Self-defense is a human right, and it just might be your legal right.

Free Markets Work

Politicians hate that they cannot command the economy to do their bidding. Honda Posts First-Ever Annual Loss After Pullback From E.V.s - The New York Times

Honda had a loss of $2.7 billion for the year ended 31 March.

The sharp downturn underscores the extent to which Honda — and many other automakers that poured billions into electric vehicles — has been buffeted by cooling demand.

Everybody who wants an EV has one. The rest of us don't, because of things like the 39% decrease in range in "cold weather," and really 20 degrees Fahrenheit is not that cold.

The hat tip goes to MGUY Australia and his video Honda posts first LOSS in 70 YEARS (thanks to EVs...)

The initial spike in EV sales has been uh driven by the Three Fs of Fanboys, Fleets, and Freebies. Fanboys who went out and bought a Tesla because they thought it was cool. Fleets who are forced to buy EVs by governments, who are offering massive incentives for them to to abandon their combustion fleets and and go all electric. And then we have the freebies, the tax incentives.

Anti-Gun Activist Guilty of 2nd Degree Murder (by Firearm)

The verdict came down at the end of April, but I only found out about it. Colorado anti-violence advocate guilty of murder at child’s birthday party

Sayers Sr., who ran the Heavy Hands Heavy Hearts Center, an anti-violence organization in Aurora, attended an event sponsored by Denver nonprofit Struggle of Love immediately before the killing. He drove from the anti-violence rally in Montbello to Pioneer Park, where surveillance video showed him park and walk toward Watson. The man was shot and killed seconds later, just out of the video’s frame.

He left an "anti-violence" rally to commit violence. No one appreciates irony anymore.

This is the Liberty Doll video Anti-Gun Activist Convicted of Murder at a Kid's Birthday

And you know what? If he had not dedicated so much of his life telling other people not to own guns and not to use violence in these situations, this wouldn't even be a story.

The video is just under 12 minutes.

Marketing Stunt Backfires on Disney

Disney and Hollywood keep trying to push Pedro Pascal on the world. Disneyland Pedro Pascal “Fan Surprise” Immediately Exposed as Influencer Marketing Stunt

Disney is once again getting dragged online after fans discovered that a Pedro Pascal "surprise" event at Disneyland was anything but authentic.

Over the weekend, Disney-affiliated social media accounts pushed a video showing Pedro Pascal appearing aboard the Millennium Falcon attraction at Disneyland to promote The Mandalorian and Grogu. The clip was framed like Pascal had randomly shocked unsuspecting park guests with “the surprise of a lifetime.”

Except of course those "unsuspecting park guests" turned out to be known shills for Disney, otherwise known as online "influencers."

Within hours, users on X identified several people featured in the clip as established Disney and Star Wars influencers with sizable followings and long histories of Disney promotional access.

What has become known as the "access media." They throw softballs in interviews, and love absolutely everything, so that they get access, like being invited to a meeting at a park with the star of the upcoming Star Wars movie.

If you're not aware, a new Star Wars movie is coming out this week, The Mandalorian and Grogu. It is based on a Disney+ TV show from a few years back, that was popular in Seasons 1 and 2, but died on the vine in season 3. So of course Disney decided to put a movie in theaters. It is the first Star Wars movie to be released in theaters in 6 or 7 years.

Here is what Christian Toto, of Hollywood in Toto, had to say:

Saw #TheMandalorian

Apologies to The Acolyte!

But seriously, it’s sub kiddie level storytelling that’s so afraid of itself it vomits up nonstop action rather than share Netflix dialogue that repeats key themes

Sigourney Weaver gives Razzie worthy turn

One late scene is a DEI…

— Christian Toto (@HollywoodInToto) May 19, 2026

The hat tip goes to The M4 Empire video Disney Has a Pedro Pascal Problem. It is a 20 minute video that covers this, and even more stuff featuring Pedro Pascal.

Now guys, Pedro Pascal is not the core issue here. Now, don't get me wrong, he's a weirdo creep, but he's not the real issue. Disney is, because Disney created this environment.

Wednesday Links - 20 May

William Teach at Pirate's Cove starts us off with Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Victory Girls Blog has Sunday morning cafe cocktails linkage.
Vlad Tepes has linkage.

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 05.18.26

Upstream Reviews: Of All The Gin Joints in the Universe (2/4), also, Vertical Run
Cedar Sanderson: Reviews & Maturity

EBL - The Odyssey Firestorm Gets Worse

ZeroHedge: The Odyssey looking like a woke disaster
Instapundit: Camp and Bad Feelings

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News stuff 16 May 2026: Dipole Edition

OpenAI wants ChatGPT to access your bank accounts. (The Verge)
Not their bank accounts. Just yours.

Political Hat - News of the Week (May 17th, 2026)

A Private Call Reveals Democrats’ Desperation Over Tossing of Map
A conversation involving House members from Virginia and the top House Democrat reflected the fury and desperation that has gripped the party after Friday’s ruling

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - A Light Flow Day

At NottheBee, Listen to this trucker explain how “foreign” drivers are being sidelined just days after SCOTUS said companies are liable for them. GRANDPA’s FREE ADVICE @GOP_is_Gutless, "It took less than 24 hours for brokers to tighten the belt ..."

Don Surber - HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEWS

ITEM 4: Daniel Greenfield reported, “Canada: Pro-Migration Pol Loses Election to Bangladeshi Pizzeria Owner.”
The loser helped import the voters who voted him out.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 05.19.26

Power Line: From Saint Paul to San Diego, All he is saying, ICE officer charged, The word from Aimee Bock, and Failure In Iran?
Shark Tank: Pinellas County Officials Endorse Byron Donalds For Governor

Small Dead Animals - Sunday On Turtle Island

The Democratic Party’s America: California hearing aids. Chinese spy scandal.
Conman Carney’s Canada: Francis Widdowson speaks out.
Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC: Paul Joseph Watson – The worst one I’ve seen.

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 5/16/2026

Netherlands: Police Arrest 3 at Apeldoorn Asylum Protest for Second Night
Police arrested three people after intervening for the second time at a protest in Apeldoorn against plans for an emergency asylum shelter

The Glibertarians - Saturday evening Links

You want Skynet? Because this is how you get SkyNet.
Womp, womp.

Bacon Time - Sunday Linkange

Pirates Cove SCOTUS Denies Virginia 10-1 Redistricting Appeal
Freedom Is Just Another Word.. .Saturday Memes…

Maggie's Farm - Monday morning links

A bad day to be a terrorist or drug kingpin ....Trump is knocking them over, one after another, like bowling pins.
Democrat voters keep making the same mistakes

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 5/ 18/26

It is time to bring closure and victory to our conflict with Iran.
In War, There Is No Substitute for Victory

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Trump’s Cleanup Crescendo

• The ‘Free Trade’ Tax on Americans - Thaddeus G. McCotter
• The Last Privilege - The Rustbelt Reader
• Americans Face The Highest Memorial Day Gas Prices On Record - ZHp

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 05/16/2026

There is a rumor Trump is preparing a pardon for Snowden in return for testimony against Comey, Clapper, and Brennan, but it is unsourced.
US Supreme Court rebuffs Virginia Democrats in bid for new voting map

I leave you with Saturday Meme Drop from Midwest Chick's Place, Sunday Funnies For 05-17-26 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Sunday Memes … from MaddMedic, and Monday Memes from Granite Grok.

How Should a Woman Defend Herself?

If not with a firearm, how should she defend herself? Home invasion thwarted by armed homeowner - AOL

A man is accused of breaking into a woman’s house, only for her to confront the intruder with a gun, leading him out of the home. He was later arrested.

Given how this started, I think she should have shot him. Maybe more than once.

The suspect, Sergio Ruiz, 21, and the victim’s first interaction seemed innocuous as he texted her wanting eggs, as she had a sign outside saying she was selling them. However, the messages reportedly escalated into sexual and vulgar comments.

Although she blocked his number, Ruiz allegedly started texting her from a different one.

This doesn't sound like a guy who can take a hint.

Mesa County, Colorado, is on the state line with Utah, roughly 130 miles west of Denver.

Cops eventually located and arrested this guy, after he left.

Ruiz was booked in the Mesa County Detention Facility for stalking, second-degree home burglary and attempted non-consensual sexual assault. He was given a $100,000 bond, which the sheriff’s office stated, “has gone untouched.”

So I would like the gun-hating part of the Left (it isn't all of the Left, though it often seems that way) to explain exactly what this woman should have done, without a firearm? I am not expecting them to explain.

Self-defense is a human right.

The Justice System in Chicago is Broken

The inmates are running the show in Cook County. Releasing suspected cop killer on an ankle monitor wasn't a mistake, top judge says - CWB Chicago

You have to work hard to be this tone deaf.

The decision to release a five-time felon with four pending felony cases, including two violent robberies, on electronic monitoring was not a mistake, Cook County’s chief judge says, even though that man is now accused of going on to murder a Chicago police officer and gravely wounding the fallen officer’s partner.

He said, basically, how could you know what he would do?

Retired Riverside Police Chief Tom Weitzel had a response to Beach’s rhetorical question: “How do you predict another person’s actions? Start with the obvious—his criminal history.”

Click thru for all the details, including how he ended up shooting two police officers.

Hat tip to Second City Cop: The Chief Judge said What???

The fact that an asshole judge can say thing like this without any fear of political (or other) repercussions is truly a crying shame.

Could it be a factor that the top judge quoted in the article, and the judge who released this monster are friends?

Carry On

Here is a song I had not thought of in many years, when it came up on a YouTube channel I watch occasionally.

This song is "Carry On" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young from their 1970 album Déjà Vu. The harmonies this band produced were amazing.

NY Post Can't Call a Felon a Felon

I usually like the New York Post, but they can't get things right with this story. Why? Because the credentialed class can't stand the idea that "college grads" are subject to FAFO, and Karma, like everyone else. ‘Exceptional’ NY college grad killed when boat taken without permission crashes in Boston Harbor

The original title to the article seems to have been "Student-athlete killed, three injured in Boston Harbor boat crash." They couldn't even say that the boat was "taken without permission." Most people call that stealing, but the NY Post is talking about a "college grad."

Here is what they want you to remember.

An “exceptional” New York college graduate was killed when a boat she and her friends were riding in without permission crashed into a pier in Boston Harbor, according to officials.

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Dankert, who played soccer for Union College in Schenectady, was killed when the recreational boat smashed into pier 4R, just off a runway at Logan International Airport, around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Massachusetts State Police.

If someone was "riding without permission" in my vehicle, I would consider it to have been stolen. Maybe that is just me.

"Smashed into pier" sounds to me like the boat was traveling at high speed. This tells me that whoever was driving probably had limited-to-no experience piloting a boat.

If you get far enough in the article, you get to some inconvenient facts.

“The vessel involved was taken without authorization and operated outside the knowledge and control of the Club, well after the Club had closed for the day,” the club told WCVB. “We are cooperating fully with all relevant authorities.”

Freedom Boat Club is a way to get access to boats, without owning one outright. Sort of like cross between a timeshare and car rental agency. The club never interested me, so I can't tell you much about it.

Dankert graduated from Union College in 2024. It is odd that they don't mention anything about what she has done since then. Or maybe not so odd. The job market, if you're a "student athlete" from "a small liberal arts school in Schenectady," is probably a tough market.

Hat tip to William Teach

Exceptional? Boat taken without permission? Seriously? She and her friends stole the boat. Little Miss Exception committed a felony, the FAFO to the extreme

Tuesday Links - 19 May

William Teach at Pirate's Cove is first with Bummer: Washington Sees Drop In SNAP Enrollment As “Immigrants” Ditch Program

Per Washington law, Basic Food is restricted from illegal aliens. I wonder how many were on it? Any chance of an audit is pretty much nil in uber-Leftist Washington. Legal immigrants are allowed to get it.

Holly MathNerd - The People's Republic of Vermont: update on a previous prediction

The political center of gravity in Burlington has moved. Not because conservatives won an argument — they did not — but because the conditions on the ground became impossible to defend from inside the coalition that produced them.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Bummer: DHS Going After Shady Green Card Holders

Oh, wait, this is a pretty straight article, noting why DHS is looking to strip green cards, which is not something that is actually unusual. In fact, thousands lose their green cards every year.

Clayton Cramer - More Fraud Convictions

A million here, a billion there, to paraphrase Sen. Bayh, after a while, it adds up to real money. If all this welfare state funding was making poor people better off, you might excuse the good intentions.

Disparu - The BBC is DYING and That's a Good Thing. (Video)

The BBC is dying and I'm here to piss on its grave.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 15 May 2026: Octopole Edition

The open source and right-to-repair community has declared war on leading 3D printer maker Bambu Labs. (Tom's Hardware)

At the core of this is Bambu's move to restrict access to its open-source software.

Again from William Teach - Huh: Democrats Upset Over Companies Making Money Off Stopping Illegal Immigration

They aren’t just upset over rounding up illegal alien criminals, they’re also upset that all that government money isn’t coming their way so they can skim it off

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: Marking Time

No baseball stuff this week, just a poke at Nolan’s inane, politically-correct version of the Odyssey.

Meep at STUMP - Congressional Morbidity: Two Representatives Are Absent

As some of you may know, I have kept tabs on members of Congress (Representatives and Senators) who die while in office.

What about those who are absent?

(There is no leave-taking, as you will see, so I can’t call it AWOL.)

Echo Chamberlain - How To Critique Race-Swap Casting

How many steps are involved in race swapping Nick Fury to Samuel L. Jackson? Basically one – the character is black now, otherwise every fundamental of the character is coherent and in synch.

Now, Let’s look at Lupita Nyongo’s Helen.

The Other McCain - What’s the Over/Under on How Soon Barrett Brown Gets Arrested Again?

Given all the trouble in the world right now, my hunch is that Barrett Brown is somewhere near the bottom of the list of federal law enforcement priorities. It’s been nearly five years since I last devoted a post to him here (“Oh, Dear God: Barrett Brown Again!” July 13, 2021), after he’d gotten himself arrested in England.

Again from Wombat-socho - Rule 5 Monday: Everything Stops For Tea

Apologies for the late, late posting. Things were weird and difficult this weekend.

Australians Are Trying to Take Back Self-Defense

Or self-defence, as they spell it. I wish them luck, but the state will not want to relinquish the power that it has taken. ‘Everybody’s fed up’: Two home invasions, two intruders dead and the moral dilemma facing Victorians

The story covers a recent decision not to prosecute, and a similar case from 2015. Click thru for those details.

The problem for Victorians caught up in a youth crime crisis that has seen home invasions skyrocket to record levels in the past few years is that they don’t know whether the law supports them protecting their homes.

Under Victorian law, homeowners are allowed to defend themselves during a home invasion. But the amount of force they use must be proportionate and reasonable to the threat they face.

Which might sound good in theory, but how is a woman homeowner (the case from 2015) supposed to defend herself from a large man trying to choke her? Spoiler, she didn't defend herself, because firearms would be "disproportional," so her neighbor had to come to her aid. He was charged with murder.

In reality it means that the Monday-morning quarterbacks get to second guess the decisions you made at 3AM Saturday, when someone kicked in the door to your home. The state doesn't like self-defense, because it doesn't respect state authority.

Victoria, Australia, is a state in the southeastern portion of the mainland. It is home to Melbourne.

There is more, on the state of crime in Victoria, Australia, and some on the push to reform the laws around self-defense. Click thru.

Licenses Delayed = Rights Denied

Mark W. Smith, of the Four Boxes Diner channel on YouTube, and Rumble, had an article published in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy: Licenses Delayed, Rights Denied: How Contemporary Firearm Carry Licensing Regimes Continue To Violate the Second Amendment. It is from the fall of 2025, but I only recently ran across it.

The Supreme Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen¹ was meant to vindicate the Second Amendment's text and historical traditions against discretionary state licensing schemes that denied ordinary citizens their constitutional right to bear arms in public. Yet three years after Bruen, a predictable pattern has emerged: jurisdictions hostile to gun rights have responded not with compliance, but with sophisticated resistance.

Click thru for some examples of the delaying tactics, which Smith calls "Obstruction By Design."

Mark W. Smith doesn't talk about if any lawsuits are directed at this resistance, he only mentions that the Supreme Court noted such lawsuits could be brought. Even so, I'm a bit surprised to see this in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. Maybe I have misjudged them. It isn't so much a "Pro-2A" article, as an article exposing how "Progressive" states are fighting against Bruen.

NYC Chases Wall Street South

Or I should say Mamdani chases Wall Street firms away from NYC. Mamdani won't be happy until he drives every financial business out of NYC, and he won't be happy then, because he won't have any money for his programs. Wall Street giant Apollo aims to open ‘second headquarters’ outside NYC — in latest fallout from Mamdani’s war on the wealthy

Yet another major Wall Street firm is poised to expand outside New York City – the latest blow to the Big Apple’s tax coffers thanks to Mayor Zohran Mandani’s war on wealthy residents and businesses, The Post has learned.

Private equity giant Apollo Global Management, headquartered in Manhattan, has decided to open a new business hub — internally dubbed its “second headquarters” — in either Florida or Texas with an official decision likely to be made public in the coming weeks, people close to the matter say.

I can't help but think "expand outside NYC" is really "we are moving, but we don't want to say that." They probably also have employees who don't want to leave NYC, though why, given what is going on anyone would want to stay in NYC is beyond me.

Apollo paid a whopping $1.276 billion in income taxes in 2025, up from $1.062 billion the year before. While filings don’t break down how much of that went to the Big Apple, the city stands to lose a hefty revenue stream as the firm looks to expand elsewhere.

I don't understand the Left. They want to provide all kinds of services, except police apparently, but they don't want the businesses that provide the funds for those services. I guess math is hard.

Apollo isn't the only firm looking to ditch NYC. Ken Griffin was singled out by Mamdani, and who did that help? NY leaders desperately try to stop billionaire bigs from fleeing city over Mamdani.

Most are not being that visible about the moves.

The splashy one-two punch of Citadel CEO Ken Griffin and Apollo Global Management honcho Marc Rowan pledging to expand outside New York City has been coupled with a silent wave of businesses “quiet quitting” the city over its hostile environment, insiders told The Post.

Wall Street firms typically don't want the publicity. I think Apollo only spoke out after Mamdani targeted Citadel. But it didn't start with Mamdani. New York (City and State) has impossibly high taxes.

Even before Mamdani, the Empire State has steadily watched its standing as a business haven slip.

New York lost $660 billion in economic growth over the past decade, leading all 50 states, according to economic data from the Committee to Unleash Prosperity.

Red states, particularly Florida and Texas, have started to scoop up disaffected New York residents and businesses.

There is more. Statistics on people leaving NYC. Some info on the business that have left. The effort to get Bloomberg to run for mayor. Again.

The loss of Wall Street business could deal a major blow to New York City’s finances, which are buoyed by taxes on bonuses from the sector.

Math and politics. Probably not a winning combination.

Robotaxis Do Crazy Stuff

I think we can say that self-driving cars are still not ready for Prime Time.

We start with the serious bit. The Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis after vehicle drove into flood

Have they lost their Way-mo?

They weren't programmed to understand flooded streets, so it drove in. One of the most dangerous things you can do is drive into flood waters.

According to the NHTSA, which is probing the mishap, the software recall applies to Waymo vehicles that use the company’s fifth and sixth generation automated driving systems (or ADS).

The recall was prompted by an incident that occurred on April 20, when a self-driving car drove into a flooded creek in San Antonio amid inclement weather and was swept away, CNBC reported. Thankfully, there were no passengers aboard at the time.

That could have been a tragedy.

Waymo said that they have “identified an area of improvement."

Gee, ya think?

Now for a bit of levity from Atlanta. Empty Waymos won’t stop circling this cul-de-sac in Atlanta, unsettling residents. And while it is ridiculous, the people in the neighborhoods impacted (it is more than one) are not laughing.

A seemingly unending stream of Waymos have been rolling through a quiet, dead-end street in Northwest Atlanta in recent weeks, looping around the cul-de-sac — usually early in the morning — and clogging the road when residents tried to stop them.

The residents of that neighborhood contacted Waymo (a division of Alphabet/Google) and were ignored.

You can find the video of the Waymo taxis invading that Atlanta neighborhood at this link: Empty Waymos invade Atlanta neighborhood, circle cul-de-sac for hours with no passengers

The hat tip for all of this goes to MGUY Australia and his video Hilariously BAD week for Waymo.

The Tactical Rabbi in the News

I don't love this guy's videos, but I do watch them from time to time. NJ rabbi promotes gun ownership, offers weapons training to US Jews | World Israel News

Rabbi Raziel Cohen, 29, has built a public profile around teaching Jews how to use firearms, respond to active-shooter scenarios and organize security teams for synagogues and community institutions. His National Defensive Firearms Academy, founded in 2019, says it has trained thousands of people, including more than 5,000 over the past two years, according to Ynet.

The fact that he is in New Jersey doesn't make it easier. He is reaching a group usually associated with the Progressive Left; that has to make the Leftists a little crazy, all on its own.

You can find his YouTube videos at this link.

Sincerity (You Were Never There For Me)

I love knowing about new music, especially when I like the music. It isn't hard today, but most people are still only listening to the 200 songs that were popular when they were in high school.

Today we have an interesting song that was released in November, so maybe not that new. New-ish?

This song is "Sincerity (You Were Never There For Me)". It is a collaboration between Butcher Babies, Saliva, Harper, Lyric Noel, and Judge & Jury. That collaboration released an Extended Play in November.

Texans Are Still Armed

Bad Guys still are not getting that message. Texas Homeowner Fatally Shoots Intruder Through Front Door After He Smashed Glass and Reached Inside - USA Carry

A homeowner in northern Hopkins County shot and killed an intruder who smashed the glass on his front door and reached inside the home, according to the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office.

Hopkins County, Texas, is in the extreme northeastern corner of the state.

Deputies and investigators responded to the residence on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, after reports of a shooting. Ring doorbell footage at the home captured the encounter. The video shows a man, later identified as Buck Clary, striking the glass front door and yelling.

Self-defense is a human right, and while the investigation is just getting started, this did not take place in New York City.

Electric Bus Fire in Scotland

Electric vehicle fires are usually dramatic. This one is no different.

This is a YouTube short that captures the bus on fire, and the aftermath. Dramatic moment First bus bursts into flames on Scots road as fire crews race to tackle blaze. It is less than one minute.

The article, referenced below the embedded video, does not make mention of the fact that this is, or was, an electric bus. MGUY Australia figured that out by researching the registration of the bus. The bus was apparently manufactured by BYD, a Chinese electric vehicle company, that also sells batteries separately.

This is the MGUY Australia video Electric bus BURNS to ground in Scottish town

Here is the article referenced; it is from The Sun in the UK. BUS BLAZE Dramatic moment First bus bursts into flames on Scots road as fire crews race to tackle blaze

Firefighters were scrambled to Merkland Drive in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, at around 7.55 am today [29 April] after the alarm was raised.

Sweden Votes for Free Speech

I think it too little to late. Sweden Drops 'Islamophobia', Votes for Free Speech :: Gatestone Institute

Sweden's Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard recently announced that the Swedish government would be dropping not just the word but the entire concept of "Islamophobia," out of a preference for freedom of speech.

Sweden has been so worried about being Progressive, that they have let terror organizations set up shop.

In May 2025, a French Interior Ministry report, "Muslim Brotherhood and Political Islamism in France," cited evidence attesting "to [the organization's] active presence" in Sweden.

Hat tip to Pirate's Cove.

The Origin of Woke

And how Woke took over academia. From The Other McCain: ‘There Is No Truth … Only Power’

Any argument must stand or fall on its own merits. As every educated person knows, attempting to refute an argument by attacking the personality of its proponent is a logical fallacy known as ad hominem. Nonetheless, it has been my observation that advocates of unusual arguments — ideas that seem destructive or counter-factual — generally have something in their biography which helps explain their motives.

tl:dr on that - "Bad causes attract bad people."

The 3 people (that this article attributes) that formed the basis of woke:

1. Foucault taught that truth does not exist, only power exists. (Your truth)
2. Derrida taught that texts have no stable meaning (redone for a "modern audience")
3. Deleuze taught that we should prefer desire to the law, becoming to being, difference to identity. (feelings)

From three philosophers imported from France, we get the state of higher education today, which for the most part doesn't educate, but indoctrinates. We get a generation of "writers" who have no idea how to write a story that anyone is interested in; they can only write for themselves.

There is much more, and if you start following links, the rabbit hole is pretty deep. Still, I think it is worth a bit of your time.

The Dam Collapse that Didn't Happen

Since there was no catastrophe, this story didn't make much news, or I didn't see much about it, in the news. From Madalyn Buursma at WLNS Lansing: Water levels at Cheboygan dam stabilized

This was a story that was all too similar to the Edenville Dam collapse on 19 May 2020.

A series of storms dumping a lot of rain upstream of the dam. The spillways not in the best shape. The powerhouse not able to pass water through the turbines. The water got withing a few inches (5?) of overtopping the dam. Emergency crews brought in pumps to aid in getting water out of the reservoir.

The power house, which could pass a lot of water through the turbine, had been closed since 2023 when a fire in a nearby factor had caused the powerhouse to be shutdown. In what has to be a product of "lessons learned" from Edenville and Sanford dams, an emergency effort was undertaken, to get the equipment tested, the generators reconnected to the electrical grid, and the powerhouse back on line.

The result: Crews restart hydroelectric turbine at Cheboygan Dam

The hydro dam at the Cheboygan Lock and Dam Complex is officially online and river water levels are dropping, according to Michigan State Police Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division.

The announcement comes after Department of Natural Resources officials worked with Consumers Energy, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to restore a former hydro dam powerhouse. The turbine hadn’t operated since a 2023 fire.

Using the turbine to generate power allows the people managing the dam to increase water flow by 30%. Taking that amount of control away from the dam operators was never a good idea. And while low-head hydroelectric power is deemed to be to expensive today, clearly that installation is capable of generating power, which since the infrastructure is in place is clean energy. While you might not build it from scratch today, why not use it for the rest of its lifespan?

Cheboygan, Michigan is on the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula. It is on the shore of Lake Huron, at the mouth of the Cheboygan River. It is about 19 miles southeast of Mackinaw City, Michigan, or about a 285 mile drive north of Detroit. The dam is right in the middle of the city, about 1½ miles from Lake Huron.

With the extra effort, and some dry weather, the situation came back under control, with the water levels falling.

You Can't Make This Stuff Up

If you put this in a movie 25 years ago, people would accuse you of being ridiculous. "That would never happen." Report: British student stabbed by Sikh man dies because police cuffed him on suspicion of being racist instead of treating stab wound

A Brit who was stabbed with an 8-inch blade was cuffed by cops and allowed to bleed out and die while the stabber told police that the white guy was being racist.

Click thru for photos, details, and links to even more details.

Does a Chicago Politician Breaking the Law Count as News?

Or is it just Tuesday? Chicago Mayor Sidekick Nabbed for Back Taxes After Years of Illegal Tax Breaks | Chicago Contrarian

Another member of Mayor Brandon Johnson's City Hall gang has been forced to pay back taxes after years of being a privileged scofflaw who felt she was above the rules under which the rest of us have to suffer.

The latest to get her tax dodge comeuppance is Mayor Johnson’s city budget director Annette Guzman, who for the last five years had been taking advantage of lower property taxes based on an illegal tax break she had wrangled. Now she is being forced to make up the difference and pay in what she should have been paying all along

Click thru for the details, some of the other people caught out in Chicago, for things like unpaid water bill, unpaid parking tickets, and all the rest.

It was a great city, even though it was always a little shady. People overlooked the shady because the city worked. Past tense.

F- Around, ...

What happens when you make threats of violence on public media sites? From The United States Department of Justice, Middle District of Florida: Sarasota Woman Found Guilty of Making Threats on TikTok Sentenced to 14 Months in Federal Prison

According to evidence presented at trial, on August 17, 2025, [Desiree Doreen] Segari posted a video on TikTok calling for MAGA supporters to be shot on sight. Segari stated, “so if we all get our guns and use our second amendment right…and you see somebody with a MAGA hat, ‘pew pew’ that’s what we do, that’s the way, it’s the only way.”

Then she went on TikTok the next day, and doubled down on the threats of shooting.

She was found guilty of "interstate communication of a threat to injure." She was found guilty in January, and sentenced in early May.

Hat tip to Miguel Gonzalez: Aaaand she found out.

Mugshot cameras do not have filters.

It is worth clicking thru just for the filter/no-filter comparison.

Airbnb Sued Over Party, Shooting

Airbnb destroys (some) neighborhoods. Woman shot in deadly 2025 Bath mass shooting sues Airbnb, homeowner - AOL

The suit claims there is a 2014 zoning law outlawing "short-term rentals." That would be Airbnb. Airbnb denies that they are banned from Bath Township.

"The violent shooting was a foreseeable consequence of operating and facilitating an illegal, unregulated short-term rental in violation of the Bath Township Zoning Regulation," the lawsuit states.

A digital flyer described the event as a "mansion" birthday party for two individuals. Social media advertising also promised free alcohol, the lawsuit said.

It does not appear that the part organizers are listed in the suit, as they are only listed as "John and Jane Doe."

Bath Township, is in Summit County, Ohio. It is a suburban area northwest of downtown Akron.

The woman bringing the suit was shot multiple times, and suffered physical and psychological injury.

Law enforcement arrested three people in the shooting: 18-year-old Derquan Edwards, 20-year-old Jashawn Stewart and 17-year-old Domonick Smith, court records show.

I assume that since we know the name, Smith is being charged as an adult.

I know I would not want to live next door to a house that was permanently listed on Airbnb, because sooner or later someone decides to throw a party.

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 16 May

The Right Way starts us off with Top of the News

Brennan Admits There’s a Deep State Still in Operation - IOTW Report
Don’t blame the boomers - The New Neo

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 14 May 2026: Thursday Edition

AMD has increased its share of the CPU market from 24% to 30% in the past year. (WCCFTech)
Ten years ago the company was on death's door.

EBL - UK Prime Minister Starmer Refuses To Go Away

Instapundit: Loser Starmer now banning more of those he disagrees with from the UK
EBL: Starmer previously banned Eva Vlaardingerbroek

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 05.15.26 (Afternoon Edition)

Hans Schantz: 2026’s Top Based Books – So Far
Ammo.com: The Easiest States In Which To Buy A Gun

Vlad Tepes - On Church fires, Canada, France and how to get past bans on seeing this site from the new Communist EU: Links 1 for May 13, 2026

1. A few questions for Grok that may give an idea about what Rule of Law was replaced with in Canada:
Q: How many Church fires were there in Canada from 2020 to 2025?

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 5/14/2026

Missing House Democrat Hasn’t Voted Since April 17
It’s been nearly a month since Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) cast a vote in the House of Representatives, yet there’s been no word on her whereabouts.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Democrats Seeing Red over Virginia Setback

Capitol Tantrums Come With a Bill — and Tennessee Dems Just Received It. Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck, "Tennessee’s Speaker of the House @CSexton25 just removed elected Democrats from ALL committees due to their disruptive, disrespectful behavior

The Glibertarians - Wednesday Morning Links

Marty Makary Out At The FDA
Kevin Warsh Cleared by Senate for 14‑Year Fed Board Seat

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - LinkSwarm For May 15, 2026

Right after the ceasefire expired: “FP-2 Drones Swarm Russian Positions: Multiple Hits on Multiple Targets–Ammo Dumps, Training Centre.”
“Ukraine Resumes Strikes Against Russia: Port Taman Hit Hard.”

Small Dead Animals - Wednesday On Turtle Island

The Democratic Party’s America: Trump’s leftie foes. Left-wing haters. Spanberger’s faceplant. Victor Davis Hanson – The four horsemen. Ballots to bullets. Go away Obama.
Carnival Carney’s Canada: Some gangland figures. Chow’s condoms. Climate cash burn.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 05.15.26 (Evening Edition)

Transterrestrial Musings: The New Democrat Party, Hamas’s Failure, SpaceX’s Louisiana Purchase, Blue Origin’s Finances, and The New Anti-Semitism
Victory Girls: Minnesota: Different Day, More Fraud,

Political Hat - Quick Takes – Nature Can Do Anything: Co-Author A Paper; Get Married; Be A Politician’s Constituent

When some legislatures try to stop you from having rights, you can count on the Governor of Wisconsin to protect you… if you are nature.

Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links

The ‘Very Fine People’ Were Paid - A decade-long distortion, a media megaphone, and the story that reshaped American politics.
Is Spencer Pratt the hero LA needs?

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 5/ 13/26

The Democrats are no longer a party with policy ideas.
Running On Rage

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Trump's Iran Card

• CIA Whistleblower Outlines COVID-19 Coverup - CTH
• CIA Whistleblower Testifies That Agency Covered Up Lab Leak at Behest of Fauci - David Strom

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 05/15/2026

Sanders and AOC introduced a bill to pause ALL AI data center construction.
Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey claims that the FBI is “under siege” and admits that he is still having active conversations with personnel within the FBI

I leave you with Midweek Memes from Granite Grok, Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #3678 from 90 Miles from Tyranny, Thursday Memes … from MaddMedic, and Catching you up on politics and current events through memes from Wirecutter.

Even In Houston the Media Lie About Self-Defense

The Evil Gun Owner shot him for trespassing. Or did he? Homeless man shot, killed by homeowner after trespassing in NE Houston neighborhood

That’s where investigators say the confrontation turned physical.

According to police, the homeowner told officers the man attacked him during the encounter. The homeowner then pulled out a pistol and fired at the man.

Now it is true that he was shot "after trespassing," because he was trespassing, and told to leave - and he did leave - before he came back and became confrontational.

But if you present the facts in that order, you can't cast the gun owner as being eeeevil. You have to get to paragraph 9 before you find out that there was more than simple trespassing involved, and the Professional Journalists™ know most people don't read that far, and I doubt an AI summary will get that far.

As for the guy who got shot, he ran off, and it took police some time to find his body. Would he have survived if he had stayed put, and been taken to a hospital? We will never know.

It is early days for the investigation, but this didn't happen in New Jersey.

Self-defense is a human right.

Is the Media Lying About ICE?

The media wouldn't lie to us, would they? So, I was finally asked about ICE - by Miguel Gonzalez

During my doings at work, a female client noticed my accent, asked where I was born and after that she asked if I was not scared about ICE. She seemed genuinely surprised when I replied that I was not.

Click thru for the details. Like people interfering with ICE, people violating the terms of their visas, and more.

From her reactions, she was not a hard-core Liberal but probably one that call herself one and trusts what the Old Media says because that was what she was told to do.

Lies of omission are still lies.

Gone Hollywood

This is a song I had not heard in a very long time. It is not one of the songs from this album that was on the radio, so when I got rid of all my vinyl before I moved aboard my boat, I stopped listening to the album from start to finish.

Supertramp was not a favorite/top 10 band, but I do like their music, and a few of their songs are in my playlists. This song came up by way of social media recently.

This song is "Gone Hollywood" by Supertramp. It is the opening song to their 1979 album Breakfast in America.

The Demand for Racism (on the Left) Versus the Supply

From Justice for Jussie, to the latest financial antics of the Southern Poverty Law Center, there seems to be some manufactured outrage on the Left. This Should Not Need to Be Said : The Other McCain

It has been remarked that the demand for racism now exceeds the genuine supply by such a great margin that there is an incentive to manufacture phony racism — thus explaining the frequent hoaxes wherein the alleged victims of oppression claim to be assaulted while, for example, going out to get a Subway sandwich in Chicago.

Click thru for the latest in Manufactured Outrage™

BitLocker Bypass Allows Access to Encrypted Drives

Because of course it does. Windows BitLocker 0-Day Vulnerability Enables Access to Encrypted Drives

Two new unpatched Windows BitLocker zero-day vulnerabilities significantly compromise Microsoft’s ecosystem. The exploits include a critical BitLocker encryption bypass called YellowKey and a privilege escalation flaw named GreenPlasma.

YellowKey is a bypass. BitLocker hasn't been broken. Windows can be fooled into letting you in through the side door.

GreenPlasma isn't less scary, but maybe I will get to that later.

YellowKey is a critical exploit that allows threat actors with physical access to entirely bypass BitLocker full-disk encryption in minutes. The vulnerability resides within the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) and exclusively impacts Windows 11, Windows Server 2022, and Windows Server 2025.

This is the Dave's Garage video Yellow Key: BitLocker has been Broken! Don't lose your laptop!

If you encrypt your laptop or desktop with BitLocker, you're about to be very surprised, and more than a little frightened because every once in a while, a security bug comes along that doesn't feel like a clever exploit so much as finding a labeled spare key under the front door mat.

Don't lose access to your laptop, for even a minute.

The video is short, by Dave's Garage standards, at less than 2 and a half minutes.

Friday Links - 15 May

Alice Jones Webb at Take It Outside is first with Last Calls and Loose Ends

This week was the final stretch of turkey season in North Carolina. I had one more tag burning a hole in my pocket, so I hit the woods, pulling out of the driveway well before the rest of the world woke up, zipping down two-lane backroads to some tucked-away public land.

Miguel Gonzalez - Vision Zero is actually an appropriate name.

From the get-go: if your plan is zero deaths, you are living in a world of fantasy and bulshitting those around you.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - NY Times: All You Blue Collar Workers Are Dummies For Not Believing In Climate Doom

Here’s the thing which is being missed by those proclaiming the end of the climate scam cult: it’s not going anywhere. They’re simply keeping quiet about it to win an election. And then it will come right back up, especially if they win the White House in 2028 and control Congress.

George Shay at Chicago Contrarian - Pulitzer Rewards Chicago Tribune for Propaganda and Lies

The latest Pulitzer Prize awards tell us less about journalism than they do about the ideological tastes of the people who now reward it.

The Silicon Graybeard - Starship test flight 12 slips out

In the past few days, the full Wet Dress Rehearsal found a few problems that cause it to slip out in time. What was originally set for this Friday, May 15, has now slipped out to next Tuesday, May 19.

Meep at STUMP - New York City Pension Watch: Balancing the Budget by Shorting the Pensions

Detroit was a city that went bankrupt — not directly due to the pensions, but in the bankruptcy workout for the city, the pensions got involved and payments for current retirees got cut, not just future retirees.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 13 May 2026: Booblegook Edition

Google's Googlebook is the company's answer to Google's Chromebook. (Tom's Hardware)

It's a laptop running Android.

Which raises the question: Why didn't the Chromebook run Android in the first place?

Clayton Cramer - If You Grew Up Watching the Roadrunner Cartoons

You will look forward to this movie: Coyote v. Acme in which Wile E. Coyote hires an ambulance chaser to sue Acme

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Wackos Sue Trump, Desantis, And More Over Gifting Of Land For Trump Presidential Library

What sound does a moonbat make when they bay at the moon?

Again from Miguel Gonzalez - Mocking creativity mocking Hollywood woke is high

There were rumors and comments that in new movie The Odyssey by Christopher Nolan, the role of Achiles is to be portrayed by Elliot Page…. and the jokes have begun to visualize everywhere thanks to the magic of AI.

Good Guy With a Gun Helps Stop Bad Guy

Isn't this one of the things that the Left says never happens? Good guy with a gun stops mass shooting - The Horn News

A Marine veteran with a concealed carry permit teamed up with a Massachusetts State Police trooper and stopped an active shooter on Cambridge’s Memorial Drive Monday afternoon.

The gunman had already fired more than 50 rounds at rush-hour traffic before the trooper and Marine combined to put him down.

And why say Crazy People Are Dangerous?

Brown had been released from McLean Hospital, a psychiatric facility in Belmont, just three days earlier.

This is the Liberty Doll video Gun Owner Stops Mass Shooting in Gun Control State

There are a lot of questions, but the local DA has apparently said that he helped to stop the incident early on.

The video is 10 minutes.

News Flash - EV Range Drops Cold Weather

The range drops BEFORE you turn on the cabin heater. The American Automobile Association ran a study. AAA Finds EV Range Drops 39% in Cold Weather and Costs Jump - Autoblog

The electric vehicle revolution was supposed to conquer the elements; instead, the elements conquered it. The industry has spent billions optimizing aerodynamics and fast-charging curves, but the latest data from the AAA exposes a significant problem: electric and hybrid vehicles are still fundamentally failing the temperature test.

The 39% decrease in range, is a problem if you computed the distance you need to travel for your daily commute, and then bought a car that seemed appropriate. It probably is not appropriate in the winter. The efficiency of the vehicle decreases just more than 35%. That translates into higher cost-per-mile, as the charge doesn't last as long.

EVs also lose range in extreme heat, but not so much as in the winter.

Hybrids also have issues, but the change in batter efficiency is mostly related to increased costs. You can still keep driving on the gas engine. You also don't need battery power to heat the cabin, as you have waste heat from the internal combustion engine.

So where are all the politicians who were pretending to be engineers just a few years ago?

This is the MGUY Australia video on the subject Electric vehicles are still TERRIBLE in cold weather 🥶

A Conversation About Firearms

Professor David Yamane has a new (to me) project. LET'S TALK GUNS: We Need to Have a Conversation

This experiment was inspired by reporter Michele Norris' Race Card Project. Norris asked people to distill their thoughts on race down to 6 words as a way of initiating conversations about a difficult subject.

In "Let's Talk Guns," I want to do the same for another topic we often have a difficult time talking about. So, to paraphrase Michele Norris:

GUNS. SEND SIX WORDS.

There is a Google Docs form, that is asking for 6 words.

What Do Guns Mean to You?
Use the form below to share your
[story] [ideas] [associations]
in just 6 words

Don't be insane. Think about it for more than 8 seconds. In fact, come back after lunch, or dinner, after you've thought about it for a bit. If you think it's a joke, pass it on by; it isn't for you.

Because Cutting Taxes Is NOT an Option

Democrats, or socialists/communists, cut taxes to deal with a budget deficit? Not on this planet. Gooder and Harder, NYC: Mamdani's Plan to 'Nickel & Dime' You to Death

It seems so long ago and far away [Steve, it was maybe last month —Editor] that New York City's Democratic Socialist Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, promised residents everything from free bus rides to universal child care to free groceries — because you just know that nobody was going to prosecute shoplifters at Mamdani's crony-run grocery stores.

Now, as the New York Post put it late Tuesday, comes the bill that will "nickel-and-dime New Yorkers with hidden fee hikes" to pay for all the free stuff that Mamdani won't actually, you know, deliver at all.

There is no money for free bus rides, extra health care for kids, or anything else Mamdani promised to get elected.

I'm old enough to remember the old Democratic Party. "Ask not what your country can do for you..." has morphed into "Free Stuff!" (OK, so I don't remember Kennedy. I did learn about him in school.)

The biggest belly laugh was when Mamdani promised $368 million in savings from “improving the efficiency of public services” and another $947 million by merely "improving our financial management, claiming revenue that the city is owed, and accurately estimating expenses."

Oh yeah. That'll work!

How can one city spend so much money, and still not work?

Click thru for the whole thing.

Europe Seems Determined to Kill Its Auto Industry

Politicians demanded electric vehicles. The public said, "No thanks." Manufacturers are caught in the middle. Volkswagen Expects To Pay $1.7 Billion In Emissions Fines

Much like all traditional automakers, the Volkswagen Group is caught between a rock and a hard place. The European Union’s push toward electrification is forcing the German juggernaut to sell more EVs to offset the CO₂ emissions from its combustion-engine vehicles. Otherwise, it risks paying hefty fines for exceeding fleet targets.

The fines are calculated based on the number of vehicles sold (that is called consumer demand) that exceed the arbitrary emissions levels set by politicians pretending to be engineers.

European politicians have not understood that Command Economies NEVER work. Probably some American politicians as well. They also don't like to admit they are NOT engineers.

Automakers are struggling to meet the 2025–2027 fleet emissions targets, and the challenge will only intensify. Even stricter regulations will take effect in 2030, when car companies must cut CO₂ emissions by 55 percent compared to 2021 levels. From 2035, emissions will have to drop by 90 percent versus 2021 levels.

Good luck with that.

The hat tip goes to MGUY Australia and his video EV madness is STRANGLING the European car industry. And you should be watching his videos, they are relatively short. (This one is less than 7 minutes.) He has about 2 new videos per week, depending on what is in the news.

ABC News Censors Story on Disney Cruise Lines

Because Disney owns ABC. But the media are losing their minds because Paramount owns CBS. BLACKOUT: ABC News SILENT on Disney Employing Alleged Pedophiles

There are a raft of bad jokes in this story about Hollywood, but I will leave them to you to figure out.

Disney-owned ABC News still has not uttered a word on-air about the recent apprehension of as many as ten Disney cruise ship staff for their alleged participation in a child pornography ring. The arrests were first covered by a regional news station in Los Angeles on May 5, and by the following day, they had become a national news story — making this the sixth straight day that Disney’s flagship news network has concealed this scandal from their audience.

I'm typing this on the 11th, so not quite a week. National media covered it on the 6th.

On Friday the 8th Good Morning America found time to promote American Idol.

And on Saturday, May 9, Good Morning America also found time to for a nearly three-minute segment (175 seconds) on a New York City coffee shop that was attempting to introduce Americans to Cambodian culture.

I guess that was more newsworthy than the intentional harming of kids by folks working for Disney Cruises.

Wednesday Link Roundup - 13 May

William Teach at Pirate's cove starts things rolling with Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

1. The American Conservative: Zelensky and Ukraine Are in a World of Trouble
2. Powerline: U.K. Reform earthquake

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 05.11.26

Glenn Reynolds: The Gathering Storm
Hollywood In Toto: Charlize Theron’s Apex – Why Wasn’t This in Theaters?

EBL - VIRGINIA'S ABIGAIL SPANBERGER : CRY HARDER 😭

Townhall: Could California be next? and CNN host loses it over VA
RedState: Issues in Virginia not addressed in California

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 11 May 2026: Plastic Memories Edition

Fake DDR5 memory is "flooding" the PC market. (WCCFTech)
I put "flooding" in quotes because the example provided explicitly lists the memory as "completely junk".

Don Surber - HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEWS

ITEM 17: Yellow Hammer reported, “Alabama state troopers escorted disruptive protesters out of State House gallery during redistricting debate.”
It’s only an insurrection if MAGA does it.

Political Hat - News of the Week (May 10th, 2026)

Fifth Circuit Court Decision Blocks Telehealth Abortions
On Friday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a unanimous ruling that reverses existing FDA policy and prevents the mailing of chemical abortion drugs.

Flopping Aces - The Week in Radical Leftism, 05/09/2026 – The Washington Post is Still Dying in Darkness!

USDA will relocate most of its D.C.-based workforce
Sadly, the swamp is still quite resistant to draining. Am I the only one who would love to see some vacated government buildings transformed into a massive Buccees?

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 5/11/2026

Oil Climbs as Iran War Drags on; Stocks Set Records
Oil prices rose Monday as the war with Iran threatens to drag on for longer, but the U.S. stock market nevertheless inched toward more records.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 05.12.26

Victory Girls: Salon Wants To “Heal Through Conversations”
Watts Up With That: The California refinery crisis is a national security risk for America

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Dems Propose Slaughtering and Restocking Virginia High Court

@DataRepublican, "I am going to keep repeating this until people understand this. Karen Bass was not only a Castro operative and Communist, but she got elevated to Vice Chair of National Endowment for Democracy.

The Glibertarians - Saturday Evening Non-Spudular Links

“Don’t worry, it’s not like it’s contagious. Trust us, we have a great track record.”
Now that is a policy I can support.

Small Dead Animals - Tuesday On Turtle Island

The Democratic Party’s America: Jim Crow rhetoric. The elitist media. VDH – Strategies.
Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC: The ISIS Green Party. Our net-zero king.

Vlad Tepes - Looking at the NYT as a vector of Active Measures and Canada’s state of civilizational degradation: Links 1 for May 11, 2026

3. The number of laws being passed in Canada to grant massive Big Brother and even Leninist powers to the state is pretty amazing.

Bacon Time!!!! - Sunday Linkange

Pirates Cove Your Fault: ‘Climate Change’ Driving Hantavirus
Freedom Is Just Another Word.. .Saturday Memes…

Maggie's Farm - Saturday afternoon links

Coffee May Protect Against Aging, And Caffeine Isn't The Main Reason
Tracking Dr. Fauci’s Fallout

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 5/ 12/26

You have to be awfully smart to believe something this stupid.
The Young, Violent Political Left

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Do You Hate Communism Enough?

• The difference between helping and grifting - Tom Knighton
• How Our National Debt Jeopardizes Families’ Futures - Christopher Jacobs

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 05/11/2026

If they lower the retirement age to 54 all the justices will have to retire, and the CIA-Democrat governor will be able to fill the entire court with Democrat flunkies who will let Democrats do anything.

I leave you with The “Dems on a downhill slide” meme edition from Bookworm Beat, Sunday Funnies For 05-10-26 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Monday Memes from Granite Grok, and Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #3675 from 90 Miles from Tyranny.