Did He Doubt That It Was a Lethal Weapon?

A weapon that is at least 9,000 years old, and was only "replaced" by the firearm in the last 500 or 600 years. Missouri boy cites self-defense after killing tractor theft suspect with bow & arrow

He was apparently trying to steal a lawn tractor and a log splitter.

A kid with a bow and arrow saw the thief and called his father. The father confronted the miscreant, but decided he didn't want to tangle with an adult, and ran toward the youth.

The attorney said the juvenile warned Stotts several times. When Stotts didn’t stop, the juvenile fired the arrow.

Self-defense is a human-right.

Chinese-made Phones Can Automatically Censor Your Texts

At least according to Lithuania. Lithuania's defense ministry told people to throw away Chinese-made phones, claiming they can automatically censor people's texts

• Lithuania told people to trash their Chinese-made phones "as fast as reasonably possible."
• It said some phones, like Xiaomi's Mi 10T 5G phone, can censor terms like "democracy movement."

The features are "turned off" outside of China, but can be turned back on remotely.

Discussions about the pro-independence movement in Tibet, sovereignty of Taiwan, and pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong are highly sensitive subjects in China. Those terms are heavily censored on Chinese social media, and people who discuss these topics are punished.

Sounds disturbingly like what the Left says should happen to people who question the Sacred Vaccine™.

Renewable Energy - The False Promise

Renewables are fine if you aren't trying to run an industrial society. Renewable Energy Crunch Comes To The UK

In just the past few days, an early version of the crunch has begun to hit the UK. Unfortunately for the Brits, this is happening on the very eve of their big “climate summit,” sometimes going by the name COP26, set to kick off in Glasgow on November 1. Likely, you have not read about the UK energy crunch, because the last thing that mainstream US news sources are going to devote their space to is information on how jurisdictions that have been the most enthusiastic in adopting intermittent electricity generation are starting to run into major problems.

The UK has already seen fertilizer plants shut, and steel makers are saying that they won't be cost-competitive soon. Because of energy costs. Because renewables, and the shutting of traditional power plants, are making the energy costs in the UK unmanageable.

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 25 September

Wombat-socho at The Other McCain starts things off with In The Mailbox: 09.22.21

American Power: Iowa Poll – Nearly Two-Thirds Can’t Stand Biden, also, Democrats In Danger
American Thinker: Repeal The 17th Amendment

The Right Way - Top of the News

Mike Rowe on What Works and Best of the Web - Proof Positive
Our Daily Dose of Poison... - Adrienne's Corner

EBL - BIDEN ADMINISTRATION BANS HORSES IN DEL RIO 🏇🏻🐴 : They are sending Joe Biden's German Shepherds Instead 🐕‍🦺

The Last Refuge: White House Announces DHS No Longer Permitting Border Patrol to Use Horses
American Greatness: Biden Regime Suspends Border Patrol Mounted Unit Over Debunked Claims Haitians Were Whipped

Daley Gator - Your CCW News Update For Thursday (09/23/21)

In a stunningly blunt warning to senators, fake President Joe Biden’s just-departed Border Patrol chief is accusing the administration of intentionally eroding security to bring illegal aliens into the country and misleading Congress

A View from the Beach - Election 2020: Feds Reluctantly Release Some Jan. 6 Video

Twitchy has a long thread of funny tweets in Judge orders federal prosecutors to release new collection of Capitol surveillance videos from January 6. No wonder 538 whines that Jan. 6 Has Given The Right Hundreds Of New Martyrs.

Battleswarm Blog - LinkSwarm for September 24, 2021

Duh: “Biden aides set up a ‘wall’ to shield him from unscripted events.” Like reporters questions…
“Hillary Clinton Is The Most Systemically Manipulative Politician Of Our Lifetime.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 09.23.21

First Street Journal: Killadelphia, also, Journolism
The Geller Report: Now We Know Why Administration Hid 1/6 Videos From Americans

Vlad Tepes - Israel asks other nations to help coerce its citizens to take another experimental mRNA shot: Links 2, September 22, 2021

1. Israel said asking US, EU: Apply our new rules on boosters to Israeli arrivals
(I’m no journalist or anything, but shouldn’t the headline read: “Israel asks EU, US to help coerce its citizens into taking booster shots by refusing entry unless proof of 3rd dose presented”?)

Cafe Hayek - Some Covid Links

David Henderson says to the many Covidocratic hypocrites: “preach what you practice.”
“College campuses have the craziest COVID-19 restrictions of all” – so reports Reason‘s Robby Soave.

Once more from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 09.24.21

Volokh Conspiracy: Can Cooper v. Aaron Save Roe v. Wade?
Weasel Zippers: “Life Is Always Full Of Tough Choices”, also, “We Don’t Use The Term ‘Illegal Immigrants'”

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 9/22/2021

“We Are Vaccinated Enough” — Croatian President Blasts COVID Hysteria, Media Fear Campaign
Croatians have been “vaccinated enough” and should be allowed to accept the risks of becoming infected with COVID on their own terms

Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links

Portland Activists Survey Themselves and Conclude Un-Woke Cops Are to Blame for Their Riots
Biden’s asylum policies for migrants at the border are insane

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Lara Logan - Freedom today in the US is an illusion

Democrat plan to bankrupt Medicare in a year: M. Dowling
White House Will Not Say How Many Illegal Haitian Migrants Released into U.S.: CTH

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 09/22/2021

If Joe Biden fails this week, his entire domestic agenda is done for at least 15 months.
Schumer slams door on the Senate passing Reconciliation by the 27th.

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report - 9/23/21

"Cure Found for Mask/Vaccine Mandates: Bad Polling."
Whitmer Miraculously Rejects Mask/Vaccine Mandates as Polls Show Her Trailing In Reelection Bid

I leave you with Thursday gifdump from Knuckledraggin My Life Away, The Afternoon of the Skipism from Wooderstman, Mouse tales from bluebird of bitterness, and Thursday Memes .. from MaddMedic.

Self-defense in St. Louis

He suffered a failure of the victim-selection process. St. Louis homeowner shoots and kills intruder | FOX 2

Police say a 40-year-old homeowner shot the intruder after he came into the home and tried to assault him.

The prosecutor's office declined to file charges citing self-defense, which is a Human-right.

Some Scholarly Writing on Gun Culture

David Yamane is a professor of sociology. In addition to teaching a seminar on Gun Culture in America, he has written a book on the Concealed Carry Revolution, and contributed a chapter to another book. New Book Chapter on Understanding and Misunderstanding American Gun Culture

The chapter is a revised version of my conclusion to the first edition of the book. It’s called “Understanding and Misunderstanding America’s Gun Culture.” Click on the title to download a PDF of the chapter.

You should be reading his work, and maybe buy the man a coffee.

Inca Roads

I haven't had much Zappa featured on the blog. Most people have heard his commercially successful songs, and if they were interested he isn't hard to find. Zappa was never my go to sound. I had an album or 2 on vinyl, and I still have at least one CD. You don't have to like everything.

Still, some of the stuff done by The Mothers of Invention is great. I particularly like the section of spoken word near the beginning in today's song. About today's song - it is almost 10 minutes long, so grab a beverage.

Prog magazine included it on their list of The 100 Greatest Prog Songs Of All Time, though it only made it to number 100 in the reader poll.

‘On Ruth!’ Catchy, complex, sweet, sarky and surreal, the fan favourite that kicks off One Size Fits All encapsulates everything good about 70s-era Mothers, including their marimba/xylophone/vibes player, the incomparable Ruth Underwood.

Here's a link to the lyrics. You're gonna need them.

This song is "Inca Roads" by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention. It was released on the 1975 album One Size Fits All, but this is a live recording from 1974 recorded at KCET in Hollywood, as part of the video project A Token of His Extreme. The video project was never released or broadcast in the US prior to Frank Zappa's death. It was broadcast in Europe.

The line-up exists of Frank Zappa—guitar, percussion, vocals; George Duke—keyboards, finger cymbals, tambourine, vocals; Napoleon Murphy Brock—sax, vocals; Ruth Underwood—percussion; Tom Fowler—bass; Chester Thompson—drums.

Friday Links - 24 September

Pirate's Cove starts things with BLM Claims Vaccine Mandates As Racist

The Other McCain - Everybody Loves the $3.5 Trillion Boondoggle, Says Nancy Pelosi’s Pollster

Zelman Partisans - “Mootness” Strikes Again

Battleswarm Blog - Could China’s House of Cards Finally Collapse?

Don Surber - Biden's mandate cost him black support

19th Ward Chicago - Military Brass is more F----d Up than anyone thought

Former Joint Chiefs chair: Nothing unusual about Milley’s contacts with China, think about what this guy is saying

Vodka Pundit - Biden Is Desperate to Regain Bases, Intel, Allies He Threw Away in Afghanistan

Can no one in Washington read a damn map? Could no one see this coming from 12,000 miles away?

Small Dead Animals - The Colonel Goes Tony Soprano Guys arrested for smuggling KFC into Aukland, New Zealand. (Peak 2021)

Again from Small Dead Animals - When The FBI Does It, That Means That It’s Not Illegal On the Sussmann indictment...

Just One Minute - Scandal Watch The two scandals are Hillary Clinton's lawyer, and Hunter Biden's laptop.

Again from Pirate's Cove - The Nation: All You Peons Must Be Stopped From Resuming Your Pre-COVID Travel Habits It won't stop the "elites" from using their private jets.

If you are a certified member of the Cult of Climastrology you should stop flying. Will The Nation start shaming the big wigs, like Kerry, Biden, world leaders, celebs, etc? Does shaming even work?

Power Line - Climate Funnies!

Did you know that this week is Climate Week? I didn’t either.

The Feral Irishman - Jo Chi Min fires the first salvo against seven Southern states using biological warfare by denying them monoclonal antibodies

Again from The Other McCain - Fake ‘Right-Wing Rally’ in D.C. Attracts Mainly Media, Undercover FBI Agents

The Daley Gator - Remember When…………

The ACLU fought a vaccine mandate for school children

Wretchard - The NATO glue has gone

Once more from Pirate's Cove - Growing Problem For Businesses: Ghosting Coasting

Maggie's Farm - Fearful students

Half of college students fear expressing ideas in the classroom

Had Enough Therapy? California, a Failed State

Again from Power Line - Will “Green” Energy Destroy Europe? Food shortages in the UK, UK and European steel producers being priced out by energy costs, etc.

Professor David Yamane at Gun Curious brings us Exhilarating Normalcy (Fall 2021 Student Range Visit Reflection #3) and Guns Can Be Understood and Respected as Dangerous, Useful, and Recreational (Fall 2021 Student Range Visit Reflection #4). There are more than those 2, but you will have to find them on your own.

The Rio Norte Line - Self Governance in the Words of Burke, Madison, Acton and Hayek

The crisis we have today is very simple – where the strong internally validate themselves based on their compliance to their own morals and principles, unprincipled, amoral weak people are looking for external validation of themselves.

Lone Star Parson - You Wicked Old Fraud Woke Mountebank Fraud Milley

Smitty at The Other McCain - The Soul of Politics

Manhattan Contrarian - Checking In With The "Smart" People At Harvard

Ace of Spades HQ - Reason and Science or Alchemy?

Clayton Cramer - Annoy Your Favorite Critical Race Theorist A nice chart of...

Number of people shot to death by the police in the United States from 2017 to 2021, by race

Oklahoma Is Not a Good Place for Bad Guys

The bad guys have not gotten that memo. OSBI: Homeowner shoots burglar attempting to break-in through window

Investigators say 50-year-old Buddy Driver attempted to break into the home.

At that point, officials say the homeowner shot Driver several times from inside the home as Driver attempted to get into the house through a window.

He was declared dead at the scene.

The investigation continues with the aid of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Self-defense remains a human-right.

As for Oklahoma and bad guys, my previous post dealing with that state can be found at this link.

The State of Education in NYC

It sucks, in case you were wondering. Maspeth HS diplomas 'not worth the paper' they're printed on

Maspeth High School created fake classes, awarded bogus credits, and fixed grades to push students to graduate — “even if the diploma was not worth the paper on which it was printed,” an explosive investigative report charges.

It was the teachers' job to pass kids, who learned nothing. The "principal said thay could work at Taco Bell.

Even after whistleblowers came forward, it took the education bureaucracy two years to remove the principal, and even then left his assistant principals in place.

Hat tip to Instapundit, where it is noted...

We’re really seeing just how little public schools have to do with learning. And how little they care.

Convincing People to Not Learn Math

Isn't there a push to get more women and minorities into the STEM fields? Math is required. That is what "education research" and "social justice" is doing. Woke Education: Teaching Math Is Racist Delegitimizes Field | National Review

So you aren't going to understand engineering if you don't understand math. (Remember when the Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapsed?) Thousands of people die every year because of mistakes in medicine dosages. Mistakes of math.

The only cause being truly advanced here is the cause of employment for progressive consultants. The sophistry of their cringe-inducing lexicon is dangerous. Those who claim the mantle of protector have become the oppressors.

It seems to me that a lot of people who go into education apparently don't undestand math, so they believe that you shouldn't either.

Dems VS Healthy Lifestyles

The media hates Florida's governor; did you think they would love his appointees? Heads Explode Over Florida's New Surgeon General

But what has the media and the left at large absolutely freaking out is how Ladapo wants to handle things like mask and vaccine mandates.

Ladapo also had the temerity to suggest that people should try to be…healthy. Yes, I know, it’s truly scandalous stuff.

You can't talk about comorbidity, especially if that goes against anything related to social justice. (Fat Acceptance!) That is an "assault on the sacred vaccine," or something. (Hat tip to Irons in the Fire.)

Running 'Cause I Can't Fly has a Musical Interlude

A quite nice piece of music. Musical Interlude: Medwyn Goodall, “Eyes of Heaven”

Medwyn Goodall is listed on his site as composer of "New Age and Contemporary Instrumental" music.

The video is 8 minutes long or so; you might want a beverage.

How Should a 69-year-old Defend Herself from a 21-year-old?

If she doesn't defend herself with a gun, what should she do? Intruder shot, killed by North Olmsted homeowner

Once on scene, officers discovered that a 21-year-old woman had forced her way into the residence on Mastick Road and began fighting with one of the homeowners who is 79 years old.

The other homeowner, a 69-year-old woman, fired her gun and struck the intruder in the abdomen/chest area, police said.

The 21-year-old died at local hospital.

Without some means of leveling the odds, the old and infirm will be at the mercy of the young and violent. I wish a member of the gun-haters would explain to me how this is a good thing. I'm not holding my breath.

Oh, and this was an epic failure of the victim-selection process. I suppose she thought that an elderly couple would be no problem to rob.

Self-defense is a human-right.

Germany Reverts to Fascism

You can only read and write and say what the German government says is OK. Even if you have never set foot in Germany. Germany Wants To Force Gab To Censor, It’s Not Happening

This week we received a huge packet of documents with fines and legal threats from the nation state of Germany. Gab is refusing, and has refused for many years, to comply with the German Network Enforcement Act. Gab is a US company and as such we are under zero obligation to obey foreign laws from tyrannical governments.

They are expecting Germany to reach out to the fascists in the Biden administration to attempt to force GAB to comply with their censorship law.

For those unfamiliar, the Network Enforcement Act is a draconian German law aimed at combatting “fake news” on social networking websites. “Fake news” is of course, whatever the German Government says it is.

Some things never change.

Just shut up and do what we tell you to do. When we tell you to censor, censor. When we tell you to get into the boxcar... [That is basically the position of the German .gov]

F*c*book has apparently decided to go along with the fascist demands. I mean what do you expect? It's F*c*book; they are fascist in their own way, aren't they? They deleted 150 accounts that were critical of the German lockdown regime. Can't have people being critical of the German government; they might actually think for themselves.

And who would have thought that a B-movie staring "Rowdy" Roddy Piper would turn out to be somewhat prophetic? (That's where the photo above comes from.)

Australian Unions Accuse Leadership of Selling Out

The unions think their leadership should have pushed back on the politicians. Like that was going to happen. Unions turn on Setka in rally against medical tyranny - Rebel News

Furious, the protesters heckled Setka as he emerged to confront them. Among the accusations were those claiming that Setka is 'owned by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews' after he failed to fight the premier on Covid regulations. Setka was barely able to get a word in under the tirade of abuse.

"Dan Andrews' b***!" was also shouted along with, "Sell out!"

But then they like to be "on the inside" and "friends with the right people." And the right people is a category that definitely does NOT include the union membership.

“Missing White Woman Syndrome”

Of course it exists. Joy Reid Is … Right?

Nearly all my fellow conservatives are shrieking in anger at MSNBC’s Joy Reid for saying something that is actually true: There is such a thing as “Missing White Woman Syndrome.”

Someone counted up how many native American women have gone missing in the state Petito disappeared. The number is not small, and yet there has been no national media attention.

That’s the thing about a Missing White Woman story — the damsel-in-distress angle only works, in terms of TV news ratings, if the missing woman is young and attractive, preferably blonde. Males can and do go missing, but those disappearances never dominate national news. It’s always a woman, and a young, attractive woman — if she’s old, fat or ugly, nobody cares if she goes missing. But the nubile blonde? Oh, yeah, that’s nationwide headline stuff, because she’s Prime Rape Bait, and sex is the secret ingredient in the Missing White Woman story.

And it helps that the media is trying its best to distract you from every travesty of the Biden Administration.

Or consider the complete failure of Democratic policies in Chicago.

During the month of August, when Gabby and her boyfriend were on their excursion across the West, 87 people were killed and 424 were wounded in Chicago. Did any of those Chicago victims make national news? Well, about 83% of the victims in Chicago were black, and none were blonde, blue-eyed 22-year-old “social media influencers.” Not newsworthy, you see?

And I love the fact that The Other McCain is using HeyJackass! for statistics. Anyway, click thru for more insights.

Hungary Seems to be Spying on Journalists

This article follows (mostly) one photojournalist who has been reporting on the leader of Hungary. From Direkt36: He has been uncovering the lavish lifestyle of Viktor Orbán’s circles. This summer, he was surveilled with Pegasus spyware

Pegasus is a system of spyware developed by the NSO group. It is sold to various governments and police organizations around the world so that they can track "bad guys." in this case the version allows governments to spy on iPhones.

The spyware, developed by the Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO, could access messages, photos and videos stored on the device, or even remotely turn on the phone’s microphone and camera.

And you should note that Pegasus is not the only such system used for spying, and NSO Group not the only player in that arena. They are just in the news because they stumbled out of the shadows and into the light. And you can also bet that Hungary is not the only country doing this kind of thing.

The problem is that some governments consider journalists who report on the questionable dealings of government officials, their families and friends to be bad guys. In particular, it was determined that photographer-journalist Dániel Németh had two of his phones hacked while in Hungary reporting on the Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, and his associates.

Amnesty’s forensic analysis showed that Dániel Németh’s two phones were successfully hacked with Pegasus spyware, one from July 1 to 9, 2021, and the other from July 5 to 9. During this period, Németh was in Hungary just after returning from the reporting trip to Southern Italy. He was in the middle of planning his next trip by observing the route of the luxury vehicles used by the Fidesz elite.

And this is just one journalist being the subject of one spyware attack by one government. "Tip of the iceberg" is phrase that comes to mind.

In July, a team of international journalists published stories as part of the Pegasus Project, which were based on a database of 50,000 phone numbers selected for monitoring by NSO’s customers. Forbidden Stories, a Paris-based journalism outlet, and the human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) had access to the database, which they shared with 16 other news organizations, including The Washington Post, the Süddeutsche Zeitung and The Guardian. From Hungary, Direkt36 was the only participant.

The ongoing battle between Apple and iOS on the one hand, and the NSO Group and others like them on the other is one of the reasons Apple released what was dubbed an "emergency" update to iOS recently.

There are more stories of journalists being surveilled by Hungary using the Pegasus system at Direkt36, they are interspersed with a variety of other stories about Hungary, Orbán, etc. That news site helpfully translates everything into English. (Hat tip to Twitter.)

Wednesday Link Roundup - 22 September

Bacon Time!!!! - Sunday Linkage

Hogewash: An Interesting Defamation Case
Watts Up With That: Canada Election: Climate Skeptics Could Win The Balance Of Power

Pirate's Cove - Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

12. Moonbattery discusses using COVID to purge the military
13. Jihad Watch notes a jihad massacre plot stopped in India

Wombat-socho at The Other McCain - In The Mailbox: 09.20.21

American Power: The Sharp U.S. Pivot To Asia Is Throwing Europe Off Balance, also, Biden’s Bad Day
American Thinker: What If The FBI Threw An Insurrection But Nobody Came?

EBL - About Those COVID Vaccines... 💉☣️🤔😬

Instapundit: How Effective Are Those Vaccines and Project Veritas Exposes...
Hot Air: Project Veritas: The vaccines are "full of sh*t"

Political Hat - News of the Week (September 19th, 2021)

France Recalls Ambassadors over Zombie Submarine Deal
The U.S.–France relationship is in meltdown over a recently canceled submarine deal that Australian officials had cast doubt on for months.

Don Surber - Highlights of the News

ITEM 7: The Post Millennial reported, "Biden administration condemns Russia for lack of transparency in election marred by allegations of fraud."

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 9/20/2021

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday unveiled her 2022 budget proposal, which includes increased spending on law enforcement amid surging gun violence not seen in several years.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 09.21.21

Cafe Hayek: Quotation Of The Day
CDR Salamander: The Terrible 20s Emerge From The Fog
Da Tech Guy: Report From Louisiana – Podcasts

Battleswarm Blog - Have Texas Troopers Secured The Border at Del Rio?

Fortunately, the footage of the giant illegal alien camp in Del Rio was enough for the Biden Administration to resume deportation flights to Haiti.

A View from the Beach - Election 2020: Armed Fed 'Arrested' at Sept 18 Rally for Jan.6 Detainees Outed

But first, NYT is butt-hurt that The Republican leading Wisconsin’s 2020 inquiry defends its legitimacy and warns of subpoenas. DNYUZ, The Republican leading Wisconsin’s 2020 inquiry defends its legitimacy and warns of subpoenas.

Vlad Tepes - Sky News on the Wuhan Lab, and Melbourne riots go up several notches for good good reasons: Links 1 for September 20th, 2021

4. Melbourne braced for CHAOS and violent protests today as furious tradies vow to fight Dan Andrews’ shock shutdown of the $22B construction industry – after anti-vaxxers staged running battles with police and their own union bosses

Cafe Hayek - Some Covid Links

And those of you who still trust Covidocrats to act with competence, seriousness, and good faith should ponder this report, by Reason‘s Liz Wolfe, of San Francisco’s mayor London Breed.

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: A Hinge Moment of History

Thank You To Pakistan: Glenn Beck
Thousands of Victoria Construction Workers and Supporters Join in Protest: Riot Police Standoff: CTH

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report - 9/21/21

Get your kids out of school and get them the hell off line. Death to social(ist) media.
Students Protesting Severe Bullying, Suicides Hit With Mass Retaliation by New York School District

Maggie's Farm - Monday morning links

So how did 15,000 Haitians suddenly find their way to Del Rio, Texas?
Joe Manchin Is Realizing That His Party’s Spending Plans Are Absurd
Even Mainstream Sunday Shows Slam Biden's Blunders

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 09/21/2021

Georgia’s corrupt Secretary of State Raffensperger has a problem – he certified an illegitimate election result because he didn’t have chain of custody data for absentee ballots.

I leave you with Sunday gifdump from Knuckledraggin My Life Away, Sunday Funnies 09-17-21 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Sunday Funnies from Flopping Aces, Fowl play from Bluebird of Bitterness, and Sunday Memes … from Freedom Is Just Another Word…