DISOBEY ILLEGAL ORDERS; DISOBEY IRRATIONAL ORDERS; DISOBEY TYRANNICAL ORDERS:  Real pushback: Defiance from all sides to New Mexico’s unlawful suspension of the 2nd amendment.

The life you save might be your own.

THE FRAUD IN CHIEF OF THE US:  Biden’s 9/11 Speech in Alaska Was a National Embarrassment.

THE LEFT HAS BEEN AGAINST THE SECOND AMENDMENT MY ENTIRE LIFE; TURNING AGAINST THE FIRST HAS BEEN INTERESTING:  The Government Censored Me and Other Scientists. We Fought Back—and Won.

TRYING TO SAVE A DYING INDUSTRY BY GOVERNMENT FIAT ALWAYS KILLS IT:  Bill meant to save media would hurt new media more.

WE DON’T DESERVE DOGS:  Walk with me and get to know the goodest pups of all.

AS THE DAY IS DONE: In The Name of God. [VIDEO. MUSIC]

HEADDESKHEADDESKHEADDESK:  A Civil Rights Catastrophe at New College of Florida.

ON SUNDAYS I RUN A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY INDIE) WRITERS:  Book Promo and Vignettes by Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

IF YOU’RE IN A CLASS THE LEFT LOVES, REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO WHALES:  The Wind Industry Is Killing Whales.

If big brother decides something is more important, anything is on the table to be destroyed and thrown under the bus.

WELL, OUR IDIOTS HAVE BEEN STEALTH-DOING-THIS FOR A WHILE:  New Law in China Bans Online Content That ‘Hurts Chinese Feelings’.

BIDEN IS WORKING FOR THE HIGHEST BIDDER. AND YOU, GENTLE READER, AREN’T IT:  “Who Is Biden Working For?” Admin Under Fire For ‘Illegal, Reckless’ Cancellation Of Alaska Oil Leases.

TRUMPISH? WELL, OFF WITH THEIR HEADS:  Today in Insanity: O’Keefe exposes New Jersey school board that called cops on citizens who looked ‘Trumpish’…

GOOD ON THEM:  Florida Embraces ‘Classic Learning Test’ in Higher Education Admissions.

THIS OUGHT BE PAID FROM THE COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIALS’ POCKETS, NOT THE TAXPAYERS, POCKETS:  Judge Orders Michigan County to Pay $10,000 to Election Integrity Group Over FOIA Practices.

THEY’RE NOT MIA. THEY’RE MAKING IT WORSE:  Schumer battles back against claims he and Jeffries are MIA on migrant crisis.

ALL THE ILLEGALS WITH SCHOOL AGE KIDS SHOULD BE TOLD ABOUT THIS:  CA Lawmakers Pass Bill Punishing Parents Who Do Not ‘Affirm’ Trans Children in Custody Battles.

UH. HOW INTERESTING. TELL US HOW THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IS SUPPOSED TO COPE:  Mayor Adams doubles down on controversial claim migrant crisis will ‘destroy’ NYC: ‘Financial tsunami’.

I HAVE BEEN RELIABLY INFORMED THE SCIENCE IS QUITE SETTLED ON THIS:  Secret Service agent who was with JFK raises new questions about assassination.

WHEN PEOPLE START WONDERING ABOUT THE PHONE NUMBER OF THE VILLAIN SO THEY CAN CALL HIM AND OFFER HELP, YOUR MESSAGE ISN’T SELLING:  Latest James Bond Novel Makes It Abundantly Clear The Villains Are White Men Who Oppose Wokeness.

My favorite part of the quoted passages was James Bond being shocked the villain had made no effort to hire a “diverse” workforce.  No, seriously.  The idea that there should be a percentage of disabled villain-henchmen made me laugh so hard I started coughing.  Seriously, people. This is what leftism does to minds. They start thinking everything is a sort of TV commercial where you have to have the right signaling.

I DON’T THINK CHINA CARES:  UK prime minister Rishi Sunak slams China for meddling in British affairs after Parliament staffer accused of spying for Beijing.

COMMUNISM, BEING A KIND OF COUNTERFACTUAL CULT, CAN PASS AS INSANITY:  AOC’s constituents slam her claim inflation is propaganda: ‘Is she crazy?’

THIS IS VERY MUCH THE LEAST OF MY WORRIES ABOUT HER:  Kamala Harris mocked for ‘granny moves’ at White House hip-hop party: ‘Pure cringe’.

BEHOLD MY SHOCKED FACE:  Afghanistan now world’s fastest-growing meth manufacturer despite Taliban ban on narcotics.

ON 9/11/01 I WAS ONLINE IN A CHAT: with an Austen fanfic group I belonged to at the time.  (Bear with me.) I was also online with other communities I belonged to which had members in NYC. People were checking in.  One of the check-ins in the Austen group was the first one to talk about Rick Rescorla rescuing people.  This woman, whose name I never knew, outside the group handle, was one of his co-workers and had been saved by Rescorla.

Perhaps because of that or because we, different as we were both were Americans who found our way “home” and naturalized, (though I claim no part of his innate heroism) I try to remember him on 9/11 every year.  He was a hero. He was an American. He did us proud. Happy nation that attracts such men.

Link to Men of Harlech, one of the songs he sang while rescuing people.

We remember.

LET’S HOPE:  Smoking gun documents can help rein in Biden’s climate lawlessness.