Friday Links - 7 August

William Teach at Pirate's Cove starts things rolling with Oh Noes, MAGA Seizes On Mamdani’s Grocery Stores Requiring ID

According to Democrat Talking Points requiring government identification is raaaaacist, because People Of Color!!!!! cannot get an ID.

The Gun Writer - From fixing fighter jets to helping veterans

Robert Russ spent more than 20 years in the U.S. Air Force fixing fighter jets around the globe while away from his family.

Again from William Teach - Narrative Fail: Washington Man Arrested For Arson

They were blaming this all on ‘climate change’. I guess not. Of course, now they’ll just say the fire was “made worse” from the climate crisis.

George Shay at Chicago Contrarian - The “Root Cause” of Food Deserts in Chicago

The root cause isn’t the lack of grocery stores. It’s the disappearance of the conditions that make grocery stores possible

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 4 August 2026: Teratornia Edition

Only about 10% of memory sold at retail is DDR4. (WCCFTech)

This despite it being significantly cheaper than DDR5.

The advantage of DDR4 comes from the fact that you already have it, and don't need to buy it.

Miguel Gonzalez - Do not diminish our culture!

You marry a Hispanic girl, you get the whole family included in the price plus as extra-bonus, 3 dozen cousins, all the godparents and even the bodega owner whose known your wife since she was in cloth diapers.

Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane - Illuminations #10. Guntry Clubs, Grandkids, and Gun Divestment

I continue to try to find time to work on my Gun Culture 2.0 book. Even though I have written a lot about the topic over the years, it still takes a long time and a great deal of effort to bring those ideas together into a coherent package.

The Other McCain - IQ Voodoo and Other Errors

One of the problems with American politics is how the two-party system tends to foster a Manichean duality on every issue. The Democrat “borg” (which includes media and academia) pushes whatever its policy agenda may be at any moment, and demonizes anyone who dissents.