The Spotify Top 10 - "Other than that, it sounds great."

Rick Beato listened to these songs, so you don't have to. The Spotify Top 10 Got Even Worse

This is what he had to say about number 10 on the list.

There's just nothing interesting here.

The melody is not interesting, the lyrics are not interesting, and the chord progression isn't interesting. I don't think the production's that good.

Other than that, it sounds great.

Number 9 didn't do much better...

Honestly, that song had everything but what it needed.

There are a few songs that he can say good things about, and maybe even one song that is good, though it isn't a genre I like. (American country music.) Most of it is schlock.

The video is 15 minutes long. You can either laugh at popular music, or weep for the state of music in America.

Friday Links - 17 April

We start with Chicago Contrarian, and a critique of the Chicago political mess. How to Address Chicago’s Affordable Housing Needs

Mayor Johnson’s affordable housing plan is an expensive mirage that will do nothing to address the city’s housing crisis. A strategy that unleashes the housing market and caps housing costs is what’s needed

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: Grinding Forward

Another good week to be a Senators fan!

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Today’s Yutes Still See Massive College Loan Debt As Pathway To “Purpose”

A college degree is worth what the degree is in, and, too many of the yutes are not looking for hard sciences, hard disciplines. It’s mostly squishy stuff, degrees ending in “Studies” and such. How many are getting degrees in installing solar panels, building hydo-electric dams, making wind turbines? Sciences in order to create actual cleaner energy sources?

The Silicon Graybeard - Three years from now...

So here's just an interesting look at April 13, 2029 - three years from now, but a Friday not a Monday, that we will get the closest known flyby of an asteroid in history, and of the biggest body to ever approach Earth.

The Other McCain - NY Times Keeps Lying About Everything, Including the Basic Facts of Life

The Upshot is a section of the New York Times that advertises itself as providing “analytical journalism in words and graphics,” which is to say, this is the part where they try to add the aura of statistical certainty to their dishonest propaganda: “See? Here’s a chart — numbers don’t lie!”

Sarah Anderson at PJ Media - When 'If We Need to Die, We'll Die' Doesn't Quite Mean What He Says It Does

That's what Cuban "president" Miguel Díaz-Canel said on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday. He was talking about the fact that Cubans would defend their homeland should the United States invade militarily. (More on that interview in a moment.)

"What does he mean by 'we'?" has been the response of most of the Cuban people.

Bayou Renaissance Man - Points to ponder about small handguns

First, as a general rule small handguns are harder to shoot well than larger handguns. There are several reasons:

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 14 April 2026: Greasy Spork Edition

Sam Altman's home has been targeted by violent idiots for the second time in a week. (SF Standard)

That's not it, guys

Again from The Other McCain - Crazy People Are Dangerous

Say hello to Noemi Guzman and, while you’re at it, go ahead and say good-bye, because Omaha Police on Tuesday saved Nebraska taxpayers the cost of incarcerating Guzman forever:

And again from The Other McCain - Thanks to All the Tip-Jar Hitters!

That is a 200-gram firework “cake,” a multi-shot repeater that shoots 20 aerial bursts in about 24 seconds. We just ordered a case of 18 of those — $154.90 wholesale, but with the 25% Early Bird discount, we paid just $116.18 to add 360 shots into our Fourth of July finale.

Again from William Teach - LA Mayor Karen “Failure” Bass Has New Climate (scam) Plan Or Something

Does it involve failing to have the firefighting infrastructure in place, letting it burn, and screwing with homeowners, making it hard to rebuild, and then trying to get them to sell so they can build “affordable” housing, making sure NGOs, friends, and donors get a cut?

A Misleading Headline in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Does this make it sound like he was shot, while lying on the ground, under the car? Man shot in Arlington while stealing catalytic converter | Fort Worth Star-Telegram

He wasn't lying on the ground, under the car.

The shooter stayed at the scene, and police said they detained him for questioning. He told officers he’d heard a noise outside and found a man who was trying to cut and steal a catalytic converter from his vehicle.

“During their interaction, the shooter fired a shot, striking the man,” police said.

Police didn't arrest or charge the shooter, though the investigation is just beginning.

The would-be bad guy was taken to a local hospital.

If you think you can only read the headlines, and maybe the first paragraph of an article to determine what happened, you are kidding yourself. Even in Fort Worth, Texas, the Professional Journalists™ appear to be biased against guns and gun owners.

Do I need to say that Arlington, Texas is between Fort Worth and Dallas?

Self-defense is a human right, and this didn't take place in New York City.

Anti-ICE Liar Facing Defamation Suit

Good. Make it extremely expensive to fabricate evidence. Wisconsin sheriff sues Skokie woman for defamation in ICE detention claim | WGN-TV

A Wisconsin sheriff is now suing a Skokie woman and a Cook County politician for defamation after she claimed she was held at an out-of-state jail after being detained by immigration enforcement officials.

The stupidity is amazing. She apparently doesn't realize that there are security cameras in airports, or in hotel lobbies, or that if you use a credit card you leave a paper trail. She claimed she was held by the Dodge County Sheriff's office in Wisconsin. The Dodge County Sheriff, Dale Schmidt, launched his own investigation.

“At no point was Sundas Naqvi in the custody of the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office,” Sheriff Schmidt said. “This is not a misunderstanding or a minor discrepancy. This is not a violation of the constitutional or civil rights of Sundas Naqvi or those allegedly with her. The timeline being claimed is not physically possible based on the evidence we have, and that matters.”

She claims she was held by DHS, but security video shows her leaving the screening area by herself.

She claims she was held in Wisconsin, hotel records show Naqvi stayed at a Rosemont hotel.

Schmidt said Friday that while he has no evidence that Naqvi broke the law in Wisconsin, he would like to see charges filed in Cook County since Naqvi allegedly used someone’s credit card without their permission.

Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison is also named in the suit, because he jumped on the bandwagon, and held a press conference "denouncing" the situation.

Hat tip to Pirate's Cove: Sheriff Sues Women Who Falsely Claimed She Was Held In ICE Detention

Why did she do this and drag others into it? To demonize ICE? To add Islamophobia into it? Because liberal women are broken? Too bad all the news outlets who jumped on the story and ran with it instead of doing Journalism 101 can’t be sued, as well

Cops Save 3-Year-Old Kidnap Victim

This is a case of crazy people are dangerous. Woman who allegedly cut, tried to kidnap toddler at Walmart is fatally shot by police

Police fatally shot a woman who they said cut a 3-year-old boy in the face during an alleged kidnapping attempt at a Walmart in Omaha, Nebraska, Tuesday morning.

She took a knife from the store, threatened the child's "caretaker" and tried to leave with the child.

When she was confronted by police, she sliced the child across the face. Cops shot her.

The child was taken to a local hospital, and is recovering.

Hat tip to Miguel Gonzalez: Absolute Righteous Shooting.

Not the most Christian thing for me to say, but I hope it hurt her all the way to Hell. Yes, she was a mental case and she previously (2024) cut her own father and then tried to set him on fire only to go to a local church with the knife, break in and destroy property inside.

We need to stop turning people who cannot face trial free on the street to create more mayhem.

Atlanta Isn't What It Used to Be

Another story of people with blinders on... The Dumbest White Liberal in Georgia : The Other McCain

Because I’m a native of Atlanta, I’m old enough to remember when DeKalb County was nice — affluent, prestigious, even. But the DeKalb County of 40 or 50 years ago has ceased to exist, and the only white people who live there now are those too stupid to understand their imminent peril.

Pretending otherwise...

So what would you do, if you called 911, and no one bothered to respond to your situation?

This is the story of a woman caught in a "chaotic street takeover" in DeKalb County. Click thru.

It is probably worth quoting John Farnam's Rules of Stupid, even though nothing bad happened to her. Well, 45 minutes after her initial call, when she was "safe at home," she did get a text message from 911 asking if she still needed help.

“Don’t go to stupid places; don’t associate with stupid people; don’t do stupid things.”

That's by way of the The Bugscuffle Gazette

Now there are 2 things to note about the 911 call. The first is that she was scared when she called 911, and the situation was such that if the crowd turned violent, she would have been screwed. She was, however, not being attacked, so it wasn't a high-priority call. The second thing to note, is that 45 minutes is a really long time to wait if something bad happens, and if the crowd did break open her car window, she probably wouldn't have had time to call 911 back. So she would have been screwed, and been on her own.

Which brings me to the Graham Combat Killhouse Rules, because our whole modern world seems to be predicated on the idea that you are not responsible for your own safety.

The Graham Combat Killhouse Rules:

1. NOBODY IS COMING TO SAVE YOU.  Whether an event lasts a few seconds, a few hours, or even a few days – you have to work as though nobody is coming to save you.

2. You are your savior, so start working because EVERYTHING IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.  You are your security, you are your medic, you are your rescuer.

3. You are your own best resource to SAVE WHO NEEDS TO BE SAVED.  Nobody wants to save your life more than you, so set yourself up for success by having the simple tools and knowledge to do so: do what you can with what you have.  Recognize that nobody is in a better position to start saving your life than you.

4. Sometimes saving lives means you have to KILL WHO NEEDS TO BE KILLED.  It has been almost 15 years since I first wrote “the more effective you are at taking a life, the more successful you’ll be at saving one” and nothing in the intervening time has changed my mind.  Be swift, be decisive, be final.

5. Mostly, ALWAYS BE WORKING.  There is always something you can be doing to improve your position.  Always.  Because nobody is coming to save you.

The Defender Didn't Need to Fire a Shot

The Bad Guy showed up with a gun, and the bad guy ran. Armed Suspect Robs Victims In Their Yard, Shots Fired: New Haven Police | New Haven, CT Patch

He showed up in a backyard, and tried to rob people who were outside the home.

When another resident of the house saw what was happening on their surveillance camera, he went outside with his own legally registered gun to challenge the suspect, who then fired two shots before fleeing on foot, police said.

No one was hit by gunfire.

Police arrested someone who was wearing the same clothing, at a nearby store the next day. He was detained, and searched. It was discovered that he had a gun.

[He] is charged with interfering with an officer, carrying a pistol or revolver without a permit, criminal possession of a firearm/ammunition, illegal possession of a controlled substance, and stealing a firearm.

The investigation is in early days. It still sounds like Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0.

SWAT Raided Her Home Looking For Someone Already in Jail

Not only was he in jail, he had been in jail for 4 months. A simple Google search could have shown that. Atlanta Woman Sues Officers, U.S. Government for Wrongly Raiding Her Home in Search of Man Already in Jail - Institute for Justice

I have covered cops not knowing how to read a map. I have covered cops lying. This is perhaps the stupidest thing I have seen cops do. Perhaps.

Before the sun came up, Cathy George heard a loud pounding at her door. When she answered with her small, frightened dog in her arms, she found a heavily armed SWAT team of U.S. Marshals and DeKalb County sheriff’s deputies. After officers pulled her into the hallway and surged into her home, it became clear that they were searching for a man named Joshua Smiley.

But Smiley had been in jail for months, and the raid on Cathy’s home was both a terrible mistake and a violation of the U.S. Constitution and Georgia laws.

This doesn't even cover the fact that Cathy George had lived in her apartment for 3 or 4 years, and had never heard of Joshua Smiley.

So how did cops screw up so badly? All they will say is that they "made a mistake."

This is the Institute for Justice video He Was Already in Jail—So Why Did SWAT Raid Her Home?

And as stupid as this is, the record for the most useless SWAT team in America is still held by our friends from Uvalde, Texas. (Don't they look snazzy in their outfits?)

Who Benefits?

Mike Rowe asks the obvious question about Climate Science. Cui bono?

Paul Ehrlich was a distinguished evolutionary biologist who spent most of his career at Stanford University. He was also a highly respected environmentalist with all the proper credentials, and a media darling. (Johnny Carson alone had him on over a dozen times.) The Population Bomb was read by millions of people and reprinted no less than 20 times, making it one of the most consequential environmental books of the 20th century. And, just like An Inconvenient Truth, it was complete and total fiction.

Opportunists like Gore and Ehrlich have always been with us and always will be. The most charitable thing we can say about them today is that they were wrong, but I’m not feeling charitable these days. I’m looking instead, for the next grifter who wants to prosper by scaring me about the coming apocalypse, in whatever form it might take.

Are we shocked, that after 20 years, the doom and gloom from An Inconvenient Truth turned out to be wrong?

Sindarov Wins 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament with Round To Spare

Chess is just something I am interested in. 2026 FIDE Candidates Round 13: Sindarov Clinches With Round To Spare; Women's Still Wide Open

Javokhir Sindarov, age 20, is an FIDE grandmaster from Uzbekistan.

GM Javokhir Sindarov has won the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament with a round to spare after a draw against GM Anish Giri in round 13. More important than the €70,000 prize, he will be the next challenger to GM Gukesh Dommaraju for the world title.

€70,000 is a pretty good payday.

FIDE stands for Fédération Internationale des Échecs, or in English, The International Chess Federation. It is the governing body for chess.

Sindarov doesn't have much time to celebrate or even to rest, as in two weeks he'll play in the Grand Chess Tour's Super Rapid & Blitz Poland. Not to mention the preparation for the most important match of his life.

As I type this, there is one more day left in the tournament, thoug Sindarov has won. The remaining players are playing to determine how the purse will be distributed. The timing and the venue for the World Championship between Javokhir Sindarov and Gukesh Dommaraju has not been announced.

Wednesday Link Roundup - 15 April

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: 04.13.26

Upstream Reviews: Engines of Liberty
L’Ombre de L’Olivier: A Weekend In Geopolitics Is A Long Time

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 12 April 2026: Is It Real Edition

My [AI] baby deer plushie told me that Mitski's dad is a CIA operative. (The Verge)
Nobody ever expects the Butlerian Jihad.

EBL - How is Democrat Eric Swalwell doing?

Instapundit: Democrats forcing Swalwell out of CA Governor's race...
TOM: The Christine Blasey Ford Standard and the Sudden Destruction of Eric Swalwell

Don Surber - HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEWS

ITEM 13: Morad Vaisi, a Senior Analyst at Iran International, reported, “52 senior Iranian officials and commanders killed in US and Israeli attacks.”
52 dead. Zero funerals or there would be more dead.

Vlad Tepes - The Pope, the Irish counter-revolution, and acid tests for how communist your polity actually is: Links 1 for April 14, 2026

2. I really wanted to address what is taking place in Ireland as a separate post, and even started one, but it looks like I won’t be able to manage it. So I’ll post a few data points and the thesis here.

Small Dead Animals - Saturday On Turtle Island

The Democratic Party’s America: California’s Barbie bigot. Victor Davis Hanson – NATO free riders. Douglas Murray – Crush Iran. Deluded Trump haters.
Conman Carney’s Canada: Ban on biblical truths. Muslim values are Canadian values.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 04.14.26

Chicago Boyz: Worth Pondering, also, When David Met Leo
Da Tech Guy: Pintastic NE 2026 Video of the Day Some New Games
Don Surber: Rooting for Iran

Political Hat - News of the Week (April 12th, 2026)

‘A wow moment’: Democrats make big gains in key battlegrounds
They notched a landslide victory in Wisconsin and cut into the GOP’s margins in Georgia’s reddest House district.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Swalwell Rape Saga Breaks Out

Rod Martin notices Chinese Weapons Failed in Venezuela and Iran. Now Beijing Faces the Consequences. "Battlefield humiliation did more than embarrass the CCP. It exposed the rot in Beijing’s military model, badly set back its bid to become a major arms exporter."

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 4/14/2026

Disney to Eliminate 1,000 Positions
Walt Disney new chief executive Josh D’Amaro announced layoffs in an email to employees on Tuesday, as he looks to streamline the company’s operations.

The Glibertarians - Sunday Morning Financial Devastation Links

TACO Sunday. Which is not a Mexican dessert.
Commie Pope has opinions.

Flopping Aces - The most abusive President in the history of the United States

Joe Biden demonized Republicans, calling them a “clear and present danger.”
And as a means of dealing with that threat Biden chose censorship, in part by floating a Disinformation Governance Board, a thinly veiled plan to shut down the free speech

Bacon Time!!!! - Sunday Linkange

Pirates Cove Japanese Metal Fan, And PM, Squees Over Deep Purple Visit
Freedom Is Just Another Word.. .Saturday Memes…

Maggie's Farm - Saturday morning links

Foreign billionaires reportedly fund millions to groups that oppose American AI infrastructure
Jacobin Confusion on Social Security

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Globalism is a Crime Scene: Iran is the Master-level Reset.

• Hormuz Update: U.S. Navy Clearing Mines in Strait David Blackmon
• Show Me the Money – The Trump Tax Cuts Benefit the Middle Class Stephen Moore

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report 4/ 13 /26

The Green Mountain State is a textbook case of how progressives employ social justice causes to drain the wallets and dreams of citizens.
How progressives rob working-class Vermonters

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 04/14/2026

CIA Director John Ratcliffe: “Adam Schiff covertly conspired with the fake whistleblower Eric Ciaramella in an attempt to overthrow the sitting President.”

I leave you with Sunday Funnies For 04-12-26 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Sunday Memes … from MaddMedic, Sunday Meme Drop from Midwest Chick's Place, Monday Memes from Granite Grok, and Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #3574 from 90 Miles from Tyranny.

Defensive Gun Uses During July 2025 - a List

A collection of stories from The Crime Prevention Research Center. Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 35 Cases During July 2025 - Crime Prevention Research Center

Yes, the stories are from July of last year, but since there is more than one per day, I'm sure I missed some of them. While I haven't checked, I'm sure there is some overlap with what I did cover.

Take Public Transit? Maybe When It Is Safe

Didn't NYC just institute a tax for driving to force people onto transit? Exclusive | NYC train, bus robberies climb 21% from same period last year

There were 128 muggings on trains and buses as of April 5, a 21% surge over the 106 from the same period last year and experts fear it will get worse.

Felony assaults ticked down 6% in the same period, from 171 to 160, but that sum does not include the three horrific attacks on innocent straphangers Saturday by an unhinged, machete-wielding maniac. Assaults are up 60% when compared to pre-Covid 2019.

Mamdani's solution? Cut the NYPD budget.

Under former Mayor Eric Adams, the NYPD deployed 300 additional officers for train patrols in January 2025 to combat crime and improve the perception of safety. The cops specifically targeted overnight shifts with two officers per train.

Crime went down under that initiative, but overtime cuts in February under Mayor Mamdani’s new administration reduced those patrols.

Because things will magically get better on their own, or something.

Now I understand the NYC is broke, but maybe they should prioritize public safety a bit higher. I know the democrats won't do that.

Taxman

It is Tax Day in the USA. So here is something appropriate.

If you drive a car, I'll tax the street
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat
If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat
If you try to walk, I'll tax your feet

This song is "Taxman" by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble. It was released as a single in 1995. I can't find if this was ever a part of an album, aside from the 2014 Greatest Hits album. It is a song that was originally written and recorded by The Beatles.

CNN Is Distressed By the Truth

Because it doesn't support their favorite narrative. Trump posts graphic video of deadly hammer attack in Florida, putting renewed focus on immigration debate | CNN

A Haitian national has been charged with murder after officials say he repeatedly struck a woman with a hammer outside a convenience store in Florida last week, the latest immigration case thrust into the national spotlight by President Donald Trump.

Hat tip to William Teach at Pirate's Cove: Media Seems Upset That Trump Highlighted A Murderous, Violent Illegal Who Killed Woman With A Hammer

See, it’s not the problem for the Credentialed Media that an illegal murdered a lady with a hammer, nope, it’s that Trump highlighted this

You only think you hate the media enough. You don't hate them enough.

Tuesday Links - 14 April

William Teach at Pirate's Cove is up first with Tiny Fossil Fuels Reliant Nation Of Vanautu Pushes For End Of Fossil Fuels

Yeah, well, we’ll see if the rich, 1st world governments do so, probably over the objections of their citizens. The US will shut it down. Even if China votes for it they’ll ignore it. If Vanuatu votes for it they’ll have to revert to living like it’s 1499

MaddMedic at Freedom Is Just Another Word… - Canada Moves Toward Criminalizing Bible …

Canada, the UK, Australia…all on hell bound train.

American Thinker - Democrats Are Killing the Country with Racism

As Root repeatedly points out, Democrat-run states are destroying themselves. By electing “evil, communist madmen like LA Mayor Karen Bass, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani,” Democrats have ensured that their cities “will soon collapse and drown in a sea of crime and debt.”

The Silicon Graybeard - Hard to think of a better conclusion to Artemis II than that

For the last hour before splashdown and the first 20 minutes or so after it, I was watching the NASA feed as it happened. It seemed that Every Single Milestone they called out was good.

Alice Jones Webb at Take It Outside - Camo Is Not a Costume

So when I hear someone say camo is having a moment, I don’t know what to do with that. Because I’ve seen it stiff with cold. Torn on barbed wire. Soaked in blood. Dragged through mud. Laid across a tailgate while somebody catches their breath. Cut off a barely-breathing body.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 10 April 2026: Peterbyte Edition

Anthropic has lost an appeal in its attempt to stop the Pentagon from blacklisting it for being a bunch of - and I quote, or something like that - "treacherous idiot commie weasels who smell bad". (CNBC)

I'm not sure what Anthropic expects to achieve here.

The Other McCain - The Big Yellow Button Is Back Again!

We are now less than three months away from the 250th anniversary of American independence, which means that the “Early Bird Special” at my favorite fireworks wholesaler will soon be ending.

The Silicon Graybeard - Now that that's over with

All that to say, NASA has visibly improved since Jared Isaacman took over. I suspect (without good, direct evidence) that it's because of his experience with the modern space industry (Space 2.0 as we tend to call it), flying in SpaceX Crew Dragon capsules a couple of times, when we called him Rook Isaacman.

Again from The Other McCain - Stop the Gerrymander, Virginia!

If the election of Abigail Spanberger as governor of Virginia has proven anything, it’s that there are no more “moderate” Democrats. Since taking office in January, Spanberger has been ramming through a left-wing agenda that might be more suitable to Berkeley, California, than to the Old Dominion, and the very worst of it is the proposal to redistrict Virginia’s congressional map by an outrageous partisan gerrymander.

Once again from The Other McCain - Memo From the National Desk: Tales of Fear and Loathing in the Commonwealth

There’s a reason I don’t believe in quitting, because I have seen miracles with my own eyes. If you believe you can win, confidence is contagious, and a real grassroots effort can overcome even the most formidable odds. Such are the odds facing Republicans in this Virginia referendum battle, where the GOP has been outspent at least 3-to-1 by the big-money Democrats (including, of course, George Soros).

Crazy People Are Riding Public Transit

Crazy people are dangerous, and making NYC transit the kind of place to avoid. Machete-wielding NYC maniac who slashed 3 elderly straphangers at Grand Central Terminal called himself ‘Lucifer’

A criminal slashed three elderly people with a machete — while calling himself “Lucifer” — in an unprovoked attack and was fatally shot by cops at Grand Central Terminal Saturday morning, police said.

This is the backdrop of NYC taxing people for NOT taking transit.

But they have that communist mayor doing stuff like cutting the NYPD, because reasons.

Officers also “attempted to deescalate” and offer assistance, saying “We are going to get you help,” Tisch told reporters.

But Griffin advanced toward them with the blade extended, she said.

“One officer discharged his firearm striking the perpetrator twice,” Tisch said.

It is a good thing that legal, defensive weapons are not allowed on NYC transit; someone might have been hurt. Or something.

The Swedish Rape Crisis

The authorities are ignoring the crisis, because you are racist for even noticing. UPDATED: The TRUTH about the Swedish rape crisis

So the crime figures for 2025 in Sweden is now in. And once again, it is looking very bad.

This is a follow up to an article from a few years back.

Sweden has a rape crisis and it is not being talked about because it doesn’t fit the mainstream media agenda of Sweden supposedly being some kind of Socialist utopia.

In fact, would you be surprised if I told you that El Salvador now has much, much less reported rapes than Sweden? The truth may shock you.

Most of the article is behind a paywall, but enough is available.

Things are so bad that 17.9% of 15 year old girls report having been a victim of a sexual crime in Sweden.

Click thru.

158-year-old Home Distilling Ban Is Unconstitutional

News you can use. US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional

Writing for a three-judge panel, Circuit Judge Edith Hollan Jones said the ban actually reduced tax revenue by preventing distilling in the first place, unlike laws that regulated the manufacture and labeling of distilled spirits on which the government could collect taxes.

She also said that under the government’s logic, Congress could criminalize virtually any in-home activity that might escape notice from tax collectors, including remote work and ‌home-based ⁠businesses.

If they could outlaw something, just because that means they can't tax it, they could outlaw your garden, you fruit trees, whatever. You're eating veggies you didn't pay taxes on.

To say nothing of home brewing or winemaking.

Not an issue I'm invested in, but I am in favor of liberty. (Hat tip to M D Campbell on X)

The Weekend in Chicago

Warm weather, 70 degrees or more, came to the Windy City this past weekend. 30 people shot across Chicago this weekend, a 50% increase from last year - CWB Chicago

Warm weekend weather helped drive a sharp year-over-year increase in shootings across Chicago, according to information released by the Chicago Police Department. While only one homicide was reported, 29 other people were wounded by gunfire, with victims ranging in age from 13 to 46.

The killed versus wounded ratio says more about the state of emergency medicine in Chicago than the marksmanship of the bad guys. Before a trauma center was opened on the south side, or re-opened, an ambulance ride to the north side trauma centers added considerable amount of time to reach a hospital for half of the city.

Data compiled by HeyJackass, a website that independently tracks Chicago crime using public records and open-source reporting

The details are both at the link above, and at HeyJackass!

Who Will You Follow

Evanescence is a band I've liked for years, since hearing their breakout single "Bring Me to Life" back in 2003. The combination of Amy Lee's singing voice, and the Hard Rock chops of the rest of the band make for a compelling combination.

The rest of the band consists of guitarist Tim McCord, drummer Will Hunt, guitarist Troy McLawhorn, and bassist Emma Anzai.

They released a new song on Friday, that is worth listening to, aside from it just being new music. They have a tour announced that kicks off at the end of April, but really gets rolling in June.

This song is "Who Will You Follow" by Evanescence. It was released as a single on 10 April 2026. It will be a part of the album Sanctuary, which is scheduled to be released in June.

How to Eliminate Representation

The Other McCain has some background on "redistricting" in Georgia. Natives vs. Newcomers in Virginia: What ‘Spanberger’s Lobster’ Is Really About

The two basic principles of a good map are that districts should be (a) coherent and (b) compact. By “coherent,” I mean that the geography of a district ought to make some kind of sense; counties shouldn’t be split up unnecessarily and districts ought not to cross mountain ranges or major rivers if such distortions can be avoided. By “compact,” I mean that a district ought not to go sprawling over the countryside for no reason. The shape of the district should not resemble a lizard or a crustacean.

Go read the whole thing.

Neighbor Intervenes in Domestic Dispute

This is a tragedy, with little information. 'He was going to shoot the kids': Stepfather gunned down by next-door neighbor while trying to kill his stepdaughters during family fight that 'spilled outside,' cops say | Law & Crime

A stepfather tried to kill his adult stepdaughters. One of them was killed, one shot and injured. They ran outside where a neighbor intervened by shooting, and killing the stepfather.

Another neighbor later described the shooter as being in shock.

The investigation is in early days, but the cops did not arrest the shooter, because Washington State has a long history of recognizing self-defense, and defense of others, as a legal right.

Puyallup, Washington is about a 10 mile drive southeast of downtown Tacoma, or about a 30 mile drive south of Seattle.

Self-defense is a human right.

Is The Buffalo City School System Obstructing an Investigation?

There was an incident in the Buffalo City Schools system, where an outsider gained access to a school and tried to abduct two children. It came to light in April of last year when Buffalo Police Detective Richard Hy (Angry Cops) went on the Unsubscribe Podcast and blew the top off the cover-up.

Since then, it sounds like the Buffalo District Attorney's Office is saying that the school district, and their legal team, is obstructing the investigation.

Richard Hy states in this video that his children will never attend Buffalo Public Schools, apparently because he has seen too much.

This is the Unsubscribe Clips video Buffalo Public Schools Are REFUSING To Protect Children - SVU Detective Exposes Investigation. It is a 20 minute video, but I think it is worth your time.

That is the highlights reel. The full episode, Unsubscribe Podcast 256: Police Detective Breaks Down The Buffalo Public Schools Investigation, which is one hour and 28 minutes. I have not made it all the way through the full episode. Yet. But I intend to.

UN Judge Convicted of Keeping Slave in the UK

Why is the UN still funded? UN judge convicted of slavery offences at Oxford Crown Court

Lydia Mugambe, from Uganda, is apparently not a nice person.

A United Nations judge has been convicted of forcing a young woman to work as a slave.

No narrative support from this story. Don't expect to see it on the national media on this side of the pond.

Prosecutors said Lydia Mugambe "took advantage of her status" over her victim by preventing her from holding down steady employment while forcing her to work as her maid and provide childcare for free.

Click thru for the details. Sentencing will be on May 2nd.

MB&F - Insane High End Watches and More

In the world of insane, high-end watches, some of the most insane stuff is from Maximilian Büsser and Friends, or MB&F. The produce more sculpture than watches.

If you're interested in HM9, in the video below, you can have one for just over $245,000. Not in my budget, but I think they are fascinating.

HM9 stands for Horological Machine 9. MB&F HM9 Sapphire Vision 2023

MB&F doesn't limit themselves to watches. Reuge x MB&F MusicMachine1 Reloaded

The Show for No One

Hollywood needs to stop with the Reboots. They need to stop with sequels, prequels, re-imagining, new time-lines, whatever. But they can't. They are addicted to the idea of "mining IP," even though that idea hasn't worked in a while.

Marvin Montanaro the Movie Monster is editor for That Park Place and Geeks and Gamers. He showed up on a couple of podcasts/YouTube channels I listen to, and/or watch, and I've come to like his take on the entertainment business. While he doesn't hit the financials as hard as Valliant Renegade, he does cover the business.

This is the M4 Empire video NO ONE Wants This Harry Potter Series

Everyone picks a side. And yet somehow Warner Brothers has managed to unite both sides in saying, "Yeah, no thanks to this Harry Potter series."

The left has spent years trying to burn this franchise to the ground. And the right, well, they were still here, still buying, still supporting, and now they're walking away, too, because of decisions like Black Snape and the constant attacks on JK Rowling.

Which means that this show, this massive, expensive, years in the making reboot, has achieved something almost impressive in its failure. It's become a show for no one.

Warner Brothers, which is not the most successful Hollywood studio in existence, tried to appease the Left, and still do a Harry Potter show. In the process they pissed off everyone who wasn't on the far Left. They are left with very expensive show, that no one is interested in.

The video is about 14 minutes long.

The Downfall of Swalwell

The Other McCain brings us the details on the kerfuffle. The Christine Blasey Ford Standard and the Sudden Destruction of Eric Swalwell

Far be it from me to defend Eric Swalwell, now accused of rape and other “inappropriate” behavior by at least four women. If CNN is willing to vouch for the credibility of Swalwell’s accusers, then certainly I will not cast doubt on their veracity. However, I have never supported Swalwell, and have not voted for any Democrat for more than three decades, so my hands are clean — I bear no responsibility for Swalwell’s wrongdoing, and can applaud his destruction with a clear conscience.

Click thru for the details, and how it sits in the longstanding tradition of the Left of accusing folks on the Right, usually years after the fact.

Even in Deep Blue New Jersey, Concealed Carry Catches On

Bruen is the SCOTUS decision that made states open up concealed carry. NJ concealed carry: Toms River leads state in permits after Bruen

New Jerseyans are fully locked and loaded – and they have the all-clear to walk around in public with fully-loaded handguns.

In the three years since a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantled the state’s previously strict standards for concealed carry permits, the number of approvals has increased nearly tenfold after what gun rights activists describe as decades of pent-up demand.

Gun controllers and dictatorial politicians are most impacted.

New Jersey police departments issued just 667 new carry permits between December 2019 and June 2022, less than 1% of the permits issued from July 2022 to December 2025. The state passed that benchmark of new permits before the end of August 2022, within two months of the Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen on June 23, 2022.

Click thru for the details.

Your Home is NOT a Free Fire Zone

Everyone involved is an idiot. Senior Assassin Game in Louisiana Leads To Gunfire, Arrests

Senior Assassin is a game involving squirt guns. They were trying "eliminate" people in a guy's driveway. He called police, thinking there was a problem.

Before officers arrived, her son showed up and fired several warning shots into the ground out of fear for their safety.

This is not allowed in most places, and not allowed in Louisiana.

Authorities later located and arrested several of the students, who are now facing criminal mischief charges. The man who fired the weapon was also cited for illegal discharge of a firearm.

Don't be stupid. Everyone is stupid in this incident. The high school students I can almost understand, as it is sort of the business of high school students to be stupid, but with all of the coverage of Ding-Dong-Ditch recently, you would think someone would realize that acting like a threat is bad.

And just don't do warning shots. Or at least know where they are and are not legal. They are mostly not legal.

Kenner, Louisiana is in Jefferson Parrish, about 10 miles west of downtown New Orleans.

“Life’s hard; it’s harder if you’re stupid” — John Wayne

Only Citizens and Legal Residents Allowed at Obama Library Opening

From Paul Joseph Watson we get a bit of irony. Obama’s Tower Of Doom Is Harder To Get Into Than America Itself

In yet another jaw-dropping display of elite hypocrisy, Barack Obama’s Chicago Presidential Center – long derided as the “Tower of Doom” – now requires proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency just to enter a ticket giveaway for its grand opening ceremony on June 18, 2026.

I for one, am not surprised. Chicago politicians never have to live by the rules they expect everyone else to follow.

The answer to the following question won't surprise anyone...

HYPOCRITE: The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago — opening this June — is restricting entry to its grand opening ticket giveaway to only U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents.

Kayleigh McEnany: “Why do we have stricter standards for the Obama library than for voting?”… pic.twitter.com/SbIuZDVIxv

— RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) April 4, 2026

Are we shocked?

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 11 April

The Right Way starts things rolling with Top of the News

Israeli American Journalist Shelly Kittleson Released After Being Kidnapped in Iraq - Breitbart News
Bird Songs - Evi. L Bloggerlady

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 04.08.26

Don Surber: Trump trolls the world
Gates Of Vienna: Jihad Attacks on the Homeland Intensifying

EBL - The Road To Appomattox

9 April 1865 : Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse
AoSHQ: Morning Report 04.09.26

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 9 April 2026: Leapn't Year Edition

Iran is demanding payment in Bitcoin or iTunes gift cards for ships that want to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. (CoinDesk)
Do not redeem!

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - LinkSwarm For April 10, 2026

Speaking of Blue Grift: “Democrat PAC ActBlue appears to have LIED TO CONGRESS about accepting foreign money in their effort to help Democrats win elections.” Try to contain your shock.

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 4/8/2026

Anti-Israel Activist Admits to Torching 11 NYPD Vehicles in Arson Spree
A Brooklyn activist with a history of arrests at pro-Palestinian protests pleaded guilty Wednesday to setting fire to 11 empty police vehicles last summer.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 04.09.26

Transterrestrial Musings: Gavin Newsom
Victory Girls: The Amnesty Bill Of Maria Salazar – Don’t Be Fooled

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Ceasefire Lingers On

Clay Travis @ClayTravis, "Yesterday many “experts” told you we were headed for nuclear war & spent the entire day losing their minds. Today the Dow opens up 1300+ points, S&P rises nearly 3%, & oil has dropped $20 a barrel. As always, it pays to be rational.

Small Dead Animals - Wednesday On Turtle Island

The Democratic Party’s America: Keep the oil. Victor Davis Hanson – The left is baffled.
Conman Carney’s Canada: The Liberals want to educate us.

Flopping Aces - The Week in Radical Leftism, 04/10/2026 – The Economist is Begging for Iran to Win the War!

War in Iran is making Donald Trump weaker—and angrier
This was the “The MAGA base is abandoning him!” stage of The Radical Left’s cope.

Vlad Tepes - The state of the Communist/Islamic revolution in Canada

3. Jamie Sarkonak: Serving Starbucks in English might be ‘racism,’ Saskatchewan court says
The dialectic negation of Canada at the linguistic level. It used to be French and English negating each other. Now it will be, well everything negating everything

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 04.10.26

Nebraska Energy Observer: Treason Day
Outkick: Is The Miami Marlins’ Hot Start Legit, Or Just A Mirage

The Glibertarians - Wednesday Morning Links

Damn, this was a heck of a scam. But it’s all over now.
This guy’s political trajectory is going the wrong way. He’ll be running for court clerk in the next decade, I suppose.

Maggie's Farm - Wednesday afternoon links

Marco Rubio tweets that Rep. Ilhan Oma ushered Somali fraudster 'refugees' into the U.S. for 'a nice fee'
CNN Fell for Fake Iran 'Victory' Claim — Trump Just Destroyed Them for It

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 4/8/26

The right and wrong way to rescue Americans and deal with an Islamic terrorist state.
A Tale of Two Rescues

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Predicting Trump; predicting the Iran War

• White House Dem Hopefuls Bow to Sharpton Daniel Greenfield
• FBI arrests ex-Special Operations Command employee for leaking classified info to media PM

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 04/08/2026

Iran war: Trump announces two-week ceasefire as Iran says talks to begin soon. Israel and Iran agree the ceasefire does not apply to their conflict;

I leave you with The fat of the land from Bluebird of Bitterness, Midweek Memes from Granite Grok, Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #3565 from 90 Miles from Tyranny, and Working with what you got from Wirecutter.

Self-Defense in Tehachapi, California

Another breakdown of the victim-selection process. From ABC 23, Barkersfield. Suspected burglar shot and killed by Tehachapi homeowner identified

Deputies responded to a home on Alta Vista Avenue on the evening of April 2. Investigators say Velasquez forced his way inside the house before the homeowner shot him.

The homeowner is cooperating with detectives

The police have not arrested the homeowner.

Tehachapi, California is about 120 miles east of San Luis Obispo, or about a 40 mile drive east-southeast of Bakersfield.

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

The Rest of the Story - Professor Yamane's BBC Interview

Professor Yamane recorded a 23 minute video in answer to questions from BBC. 45 seconds ended up being used by the news network. The Other 97%: My Complete BBC Interview on Guns in America

They asked me to re-record my answers and send them over. What you see here is the result: my complete answers, roughly 2 minutes per question, each answer thorough but concise.

It’s my director’s cut.

It was originally about a 1 hour video, but the recording died for some reason... He went the extra mile and recorded a 23 minute version.

The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing

Several music outlets refer to Joe Satriani as a virtuoso. I won't argue the point. He is one of my favorite guitarists, and his style is unique. I may not recognize the song, he has created a lot of them over the years, but his style stands out.

I had been listening to a lot of his recent work, from the past 5 or 10 years, but today we have something a bit older. It may have too much energy for this early in the morning.

This song is "The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing" by Joe Satriani from his 1989 album Flying In A Blue Dream.

The Media Runs Cover for Democratic Activist

The Other McCain has the details: ‘Independent Journalist,’ My Ass!

This story is just wild beyond words, but what infuriated me was the reference to “independent journalist Christopher Hale,” when anyone could have done a Google search and learned what I have told you about Hale, that he is a Democratic Party operative, with a shady reputation and no credentials whatsoever as a “journalist.” Furthermore — and I should hope my Catholic friends see this as I do — what are we to make of the fact that George Soros has expended vast amounts of money to influence (or perhaps a better verb is subvert) the Catholic Church?

Click thru for more details, and the insanity.

Friday Links - 10 April

The Other McCain starts us off with It Would Be Wrong to Say Democrats Are Going Completely Crazy Today …

[Krystal Ball is] basically repeating Iranian propaganda here, demanding a military coup d’etat against the President of the United States. To repeat what I previously said, nobody knows exactly what Trump’s rhetoric signifies, and while we could speculate about what Trump intends to do, my hunch is that it’s nothing that would justify the “military revolt” that Krystal Ball is calling for.

Daily Caller - Professor Of Islamic Civilization Says ‘Get Over It’ To Concerns About Rape Gang Crisis

A Georgetown University professor is under fire for telling people who share concerns about Muslim “rape gangs” to “get over it.”

George Shay at Chicago Contrarian - The Chicago Sun-Times Hits Rock Bottom

Neil Steinberg turns a murdered Loyola student into a prop for his immigration sermon — and calls it journalism

Professor Yamane at Light Over Heat - Illuminations #6. Lock, Stock, and a Lot Going On. (The video is interesting, espeically if you have not seen Professor Yamane's presentation on the 5 facts about gun culture.)

I returned virtually to my M.S. and Ph.D. alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to speak to students of Dr. James Bigham (see more in “Light Over Heat” below) about “Five Essential Observations on Guns in America.” I provided a broad overview of the central findings of my 14 years of study in about 30 minutes.

The Silicon Graybeard - Catching up a bit

The flood of data from the Artemis 2 flyby is being posted in glorious high definition, and large files to NASA's usual places: Flickr, and NASA's images page. Artemis II has its own "Mission Science Page" that features some nice photos, too, just not strictly the flyby pictures.

Again from The Other McCain - Trump Declares Ceasefire in Iran

During Tuesday’s liberal freakout, Democrats were denouncing President Trump as a genocidal maniac because of his threats to destroy Iran. Then, about an hour before the 8 p.m. deadline he’d given the Iranian regime, Trump announced that a deal had been reached for a ceasefire

Meep at STUMP - April 2026: Testicular Cancer Awareness Month

As long-time readers know, I support the Movember Foundation, primarily due to their association with prostate cancer issues.

However, they broadly support men’s health issues, which includes testicular cancer…

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 8 April 2026: Terabyte Edition

Anthropic has unveiled Claude Mythos, a version of its AI system aimed at security analysis. (Security Week)

This is good and bad.

Good because developers can use it to find security flaws in their code.

Bad because so can everybody else.

Midwest Chick's Place - Why the Afroman lawsuit was important

Fast forward to the early 2020’s and the local gendarme actually got a warrant to search for weed and a ‘kidnapping victim’ in Afroman’s home. It was a pretty destructive search and the coppers in question showed themselves on his video system to be, IMO, totally unprofessional

In the MIDDLE of the RIGHT - I think we should absolutely do it

Were it me, I’d pull all personnel and all equipment off the base, and destroy everything that the US had bult at those airports….buildings, refueling, fuel storage, and runways. Let the explosives engineers have fun. Leave nothing that the US built since the inception of NATO.

The Silicon Graybeard - We're in the final 24 hours of Artemis 2

The crew is in the final hours of their mission, which will end Friday evening East Coast time, right around midnight UTC.

Use What Is At Hand

Though this is not what I would have ever expected to read about. Alabama burglary suspect beaten with dog gate after falling through ceiling at 3 a.m.

A south Alabama burglary suspect who fell through a ceiling during the break-in was discovered by the homeowner, who beat him with a dog gate, Dothan police said.

He entered the house through an attic vent, and was apparently in the house for 2 hours before falling through the ceiling. The article doesn't address, "Why?" Drugs may have been involved. He was arrested a short time later after being tracked by a K-9 unit.

Dothan, Alabama is about a 100 mile drive south-southeast of Montgomery, or about an 85 mile drive north-northeast of Panama City Beach, Florida.

Self-defense is all about attitude, and using the weapon or weapons that you have.

Chicago's Mayor Is Completely Out of Touch

From Warner Todd Huston at Chicago Contrarian we get the latest on the insanity coming from the mayor's office. Illegal Immigrant Murders Sheridan Gorman, but Chicago Mayor’s Concern Is with Safety of Illegals

Only about 10 days after the brutal and senseless murder of Chicago college student Sheridan Gorman, Mayor Brandon Johnson was heard expressing his fear illegal immigrants are feeling unsafe in Chicago.

What. The. Fuck.

But then if the Democratic Machine that runs Chicago cared about the safety of the legal residents, they would probably back up the police more, instead of hanging them out to dry at every opportunity.

Read the whole thing for a look inside the mind of the Democratic Party. (It isn't just one crazy mayor, it is the entire Party.)

Biden's DOJ Weaponized Against Trump

From Matt Margolis at PJ Media: Records Prove Biden's DOJ Ordered Mar-a-Lago Raid Over FBI Objections

The picture of the Biden administration's weaponization of federal law enforcement keeps getting uglier. New records that Judicial Watch obtained reveal that the FBI's own agents believed there was no legal basis for the Aug. 8, 2022, raid on Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, and they said so repeatedly.

The Biden DOJ didn't care.

Because it wasn't about Justice. It was about smearing Trump.

The records show FBI agents spent five weeks pushing back on the probable cause question, time they said was "counterproductive" to the stated goal of protecting classified information.

Click thru for the details, including the involvement of the Biden White House.

Professional Journalism at the NY Times and CNN

Or maybe not. The Left and the Media, but I repeat myself, love to tell us how accurate the legacy media are. They should be trusted; others should be censored. The legacy media have layers of editorial oversight, they are known for non-biased application of standards, and other stuff. In a pig's eye. Red State brings us all the details.

Last Friday, the "professional journalists" at the NY Times demonstrated their complete lack up understanding of anything to do with geopolitics. Gray Lady Faceplant: NY Times Apparently Doesn't Even Know What NATO Is in Pathetic Gaslighting Effort

The NY Times identified NATO as the North American Treaty Organization. It would be laughable it they weren't trying to lecture all of us about geopolitics and our roll in NATO.

NATO, of course, does not include the word “America” — it’s the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and it was created in 1947 with Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States being the founding members.

OK. So they hired a bunch of brain-dead theater kids, who weren't good enough to actually land on Broadway, and decided to go to journalism school, because the math requirements were nil. A simple web search for "NATO" would have turned up the correct info. (It is literally in the 1st line in the Wikipedia article.) But journalists are nothing if not sure of themselves.

“Fact checks? We ain’t got no Fact checks! We don’t need no Fact checks! I don’t have to show you any stinking Fact checks!” (With apologies to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)

If you can't get the simple facts right, why should I trust you about complex issues? If you are completely unaware of what NATO is, and you would need to be mostly clueless for this error, why should I listen to you when, through your editorial board, you try to tell me what to think about the issues of the day?

So after they made this error they tried to downplay it as simply a typo. It wasn't a simple typo. After That Embarrassing NY Times ‘NATO’ Headline the Press Opposes Applying Their Own Standards

After the typo thing didn't fly they kept at it. It wasn't that big a deal. Or something.

Anytime right-of-center news outlets have an error of this fashion, they become excoriated by those in the press gaggle. Accusations of a lack of editorial oversight and lax journalism are made, while at the same time touting their own fact-checking filters. At the Times, they have long established their own deeply strenuous editing process, declaring how this elevates their quality above all others.

They even explain those layers of oversight.

Somehow, when the most vaunted of news sources screws up to a level well beyond the errors leading to others getting scorched, it is excused away. And this headline debacle was hardly an isolated instance from the Times. Just a week prior, the paper had to issue multiple corrections in its report on recent proposals made by Undersecretary of State Jacon Helberg.

If it weren't for double standards, they'd have no standards at all.

Not to be out done by the NY Times, CNN, “The Most Trusted Name in News,” decided to do a similar face plant. Journalism Fail 101: Major Outlet Reports on Hollywood Star's Death, His Response Is Golden

Now CNN, which still occasionally uses its tagline, “The Most Trusted Name in News,” got in on the game Wednesday with its fond remembrance of the star of the Hollywood blockbuster Back to the Future movies. “Remembering the life of actor Michael J. Fox,” they played across the screen.

One wee bit of a problem here, though.

Michael J. Fox is very much alive.

Fox got into the fray by complaining to Variety. Michael J. Fox Speaks Out After CNN Sparks Death Scare: ‘How Do You React When You Turn on the TV and CNN Is Reporting Your Death?’

“How do you react when you turn on the TV and CNN is reporting your death?” Fox asked his followers. “Do you…A) switch to MNSBC, or whatever they are calling themselves these days, (B) Pour scolding hot water on your lap, if it hurts your fine, (C) Call your wife, hopefully she’s concerned but reassuring, (D) Relax, they do this once every year, (E) Ask yourself wtf ? I thought the world was ending, but apparently it’s just me and I’m ok. Love, Mike.”

Media. You only think you hate them enough.