Here's an obit. A good fellow.

Eighth grade student kills 9 people, wounds 13 in Turkey’s 2nd school shooting in 2 days [More] Boy, that’s a lotta “commonsense gun safety laws.” [Via Roger J]

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California Democrats Advance ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ to Shield Fraud From Citizen Journalists [More] Only Authorized Journalists here… Why should people who get away with eviscerating the Second Amendment be afraid to trash the First? [Via Michael G]

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Striking union workers at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant demand better wages and stronger contracts [More] International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, eh…? [Via bondmen]

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Trump’s DOJ Is Still Fighting Us — And It’s Time to Call It What It Is [More] And when the grumbling gets too loud, he launches a tee-shirt and the crowd goes wild. Works every time. [Via bondmen]

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Audience Erupts in Laughter After Comedian David Cross Says He Looks Forward to President Trump’s Death [More] Meaning, if you voted for Trump based on the agenda he campaigned on, they’re looking forward to your death. [Via bondmen]

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DODGE COUNTY, Wis. (WLS) -- Law enforcement officials are saying a Chicago-area woman's claims of being detained for two days were a hoax.

A Wisconsin sheriff is now suing Sundas "Sunny" Naqvi for defamation, claiming she lied to the public last month, when she said she was held in the Broadview U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility and transferred to Dodge County, Wisconsin....

Schmidt, in his lawsuit, outlined what he calls a hoax allegedly carried out by 28-year-old Naqvi.

Naqvi's supporters spoke out last month, after the Evanston native claimed she was detained at O'Hare airport by Customs and Border Protection for 30 hours.

Her family said she was then sent to the ICE detention facility in Broadview and later taken to a facility in Dodge County, where they said she was released Saturday, March 7.

According to the lawsuit, Sheriff Schmidt says Naqvi was actually staying at a hotel near O'Hare and allegedly sending text messages from her room.

"She checked into the Hampton Inn and Suites in Rosemont, Illinois for the entire duration of this alleged event, traveled from the Hampton Inn and Suites in Illinois to the Holiday Express in Beaver Dam, (Wisconsin), was done to complete this hoax. She scammed a victim out of thousands of dollars in pursuit of this hoax against the federal government and the Dodge County Sheriff's Office," Schmidt said.

And given the intersection of gun rights and immigration reform, there should be a LOT more attention paid to the issue by America’s gun owners. [More] Not that gun group/influencer “leaders will ever admit it. Well, one did.

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So that’s how they get away with it! And their “solution”? Then again, even blind pigs can find the occasional acorn: [Via Jess]

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Sudden GOP infighting explodes over bipartisan immigration reform bill [More] How undignified! Vichycons for Haitian Hammer Killers… ? But wait! There’s more: While the Salazar-Lawler bill is the worst of it, there are other efforts afoot from the same cabal of anti-MAGA “Republicans.” Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa.) has reintroduced H.R. 5494, the Essential Workers for … Continue reading "Cabal News"

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Bring back Project Exile (1997) since this law remains on the books. We need to enforce the laws we have, there seems to be little need for new laws , in my opinion. [More] No and no. The problem is, louder subsidized voices with longer reach dominate the discussion, and us niche-within-a-niche guys don’t even … Continue reading "Enforce Existing Intolerable Acts?"

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From plumbingpermts@delair.com

New York Lawmakers Move to Restrict BB and Pellet Guns – Proposed legislation would redefine air guns as ‘imitation weapons’ and impose new regulations. [More] In other words, I had more freedom as a boy in the Shah’s Iran than Americans do in the Land of the Second Amendment. [Via Jess]

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The Democratic governor’s changes to House Bill 217/Senate Bill 749 remove the word “fixed” from part of the bill’s definition of an assault firearm, which could sharply expand the range of semi-automatic rifles and pistols swept into the ban, Republicans say. [More] It’s good that DOJ is going to fight this, but let’s be careful … Continue reading "The Fix is In"

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 4/15/26 KETV. Police responded to a kidnapping:

Investigators said officers arrived at the location and immediately found 31-year-old Noemi Guzman near the southern parking lot entry, standing by a shopping cart with the child inside.

Omaha police said Guzman was making multiple threats with the knife, and officers gave multiple verbal commands for her to drop the knife. She refused to drop it and cut the boy, officials said.

Two officers shot the woman, Noemi Guzman, after she cut the boy and refused to drop a knife she had stolen from the store, the police department said in a news release....

Omaha police said Guzman is the same woman accused of stabbing her father and breaking into the rectory of an Omaha church.

In 2024, investigators said Guzman doused her father with a flammable liquid and cut him with a knife.

That previous crime ended up:

Guzman pleaded not guilty to charges of assault, arson, burglary, and criminal mischief. She was later found not responsible by reason of insanity. The case is still open. KETV Investigates is continuing to examine the court documents.

I understand that there may have been good reason to find her not guilty by reason of insanity. (This incident seems to confirm it.) But why would you put someone out on the street with a history of insane violence? She could not lawfully buy or possess a gun, but as she demonstrated, getting hold of deadly weapons is not hard. In addition to risk to others, it is hard to imagine that she would be safe on her own. She certainly was not in this situation. 

On April 10, 2026, a three judge panel published an opinion in Morris v. DOJ. In it the Court re-enforced the standing precedent: A tax which does not require a person to pay money to the federal government is not a tax.  The precedents cited in the case apply to the cases challenging the constitutionality of the Federal Firearms Act regulation of silencers, short barrelled rifles, short barreled shotguns, and any other weapons.  For those items, the tax has been reduced to zero.

The case in the Fifth Circuit is Morris v. DOJ. It is about the ban on home distilleries in federal law, put in place in 1868. The ban does not require a person to pay a tax to produce distilled spirits in the home. Instead, the law prohibits home distilleries altogether.  The relevance is there is no tax to be paid. From page 12 of the decision:

  “Congress’s authority under the taxing power is limited to requiring an individual to pay money into the Federal Treasury, no more.” 

The National Firearms Act (NFA) has always been justified under the authority of the Congress to raise taxes. It has not been justified as authority given to Congress by the interstate commerce clause. This was emphasized by Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Attorney General, Homer Cummings, as shown in a previous article on AmmoLand:

Then-Attorney General Cummings was clear about this in his testimony to Congress during the debates over the bill in 1934:

Courts have consistently upheld the NFA, and its registration provision, on the grounds that it was a tax.

Another Fifth Circuit case is directly challenging the constitutionality of the NFA registration requirements now that there is no tax on silencers, short barreled rifles and short barreled shotguns. Brown v. ATF is at the district court level. Issues of standing are being addressed. If the case proceeds to the question of constitutionality, Morris v. DOJ, the home distillery case would be binding precedent for the NFA zero tax case.  Because the home distillery case opinion was filed on April 10, it is possible an appeal to the case will be filed. If an appeal is filed, the case would not have as much precedential value until the appeal is completed.

Analysis:  The congressional power to tax was used as a work-around in 1934 to avoid the Second Amendment. The NFA has always been justified as a tax act, not a use of congressional power under the commerce clause. In 1934, the commerce clause had far less reach than it has been given in later years. In 1934, the Supreme Court had yet to rule the power to tax could not be used to subvert the Bill of Rights. In 2026, there is long standing precedent the power to tax cannot be used to destroy the Bill of Rights, and long standing precedent the taxing power has to actually have a tax in order to be legitimate. The NFA tax has been eliminated for silencers, short barreled rifles, short barreled shotguns, and any other weapons. The question is: how long will it take for the Supreme Court to recognize this? This correspondent is not a lawyer. The contents of this article is not legal advise.

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Brewer is accused of making verbal threats toward family members at the residence and then later firing a gun multiple times.

Troopers said Brewer, who was shot by his father in reported self-defense, was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a local hospital and booked in Southwestern Regional Jail. No charges have been filed against the father.

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On April 15th, 1621, Hugo Grotius arrived in France after escaping prison in a book chest. Grotius is renowned primarily for his work in philosophy, political theory, and law. This work laid the groundwork for an international law rooted in Grotius’ understanding of natural law, stemming from his Protestantism. His books with the most significant impact were De jure belli ac pacis (On the Law of War and Peace) and Mare Liberum (The Free Seas). — April 15th, 1912, is the anniversary of the sinking of the “unsinkable” Titanic. 1,517 people lost their lives on the ship’s maiden voyage. — …

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(Continued from Part 3.) Health considerations There is a saying which encapsulates a large percentage of the preparation: “If you don’t have your health, you don’t have anything.” Health is much more critical for a young woman versus a young man. I have known of individuals whose fathers died before they were born as the female’s time contribution to pregnancy is on average 65,000 times greater than the man’s contribution. In nature, male bees (drones) do not live that long after successfully mating with the queen as the insemination act if successful is the male’s swan song. Even if they …

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Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — At Clark Howard’s site: Food Expiration Dates: What You Need To Know.  The included charts are quite useful. Here is an excerpt: “Here are the most common terms you’ll see: Best If Used By/Before: Peak flavor or quality, not a safety deadline Use By: Last date for best quality (safety only applies …

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“In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.” – William Penn

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A Rebuttal to Cam Edwards’ Article ‘Should 2A Groups Make Opposition to Legal Immigration an Issue? A Response to David Codrea’ By disparaging thoughts on what a “pathway to citizenship” means for future “gun votes,” widely followed “gun rights influencers” are discouraging even discussing the issue.

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 89.9K views this last week.

 Let's talk about Eric Swalwell, the California congressman who is recently the subject of an intense sex crime investigation. I believe that five women have provided evidence to the police recently.  Last week, Swalwell was the leading candidate in the California governor's race. Now, he has resigned from Congress and has dropped out of the race.  How quickly we fall from grace.

I would remind everyone that he is accorded the same presumption as any other accused.  He is presumed innocent until convicted in a competent court.

I would also remind everyone that I worked with sex offenders during the 1990s Everything I have heard this far fits a standard pattern.  Sex offenders are always serial offenders. If someone is convicted of only one offense, it is because the prosecutors can only prove one offense. This far Swalwell has five accusers.

But, he is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

 4/14/26 Science Alert:

Adults who have never been married are at a significantly higher risk of developing cancer than those who are married or have been in the past, new research suggests.

A team from the University of Miami found that incidence rates of cancer were 68 percent higher in never-married men and 85 percent higher in never-married women.

Interesting especially when you get into the details:

Some of the biggest differences were seen in anal cancer for men (around five times the rate in never-married men, compared to men who were married or who had been previously), and cervical cancer in women (nearly three times the rate in never-married women, compared to women who were married or who had been previously).

Why do single men get anal cancer. Because some single men get something that carries HPV in close proximity to their anus, just like women who are single and get that same high-risk HPV carrier in intimate areas. 

I know it is unpopular to say this, but STDs spread with the square of the increase in sexual partners per period of time. Double the number of different partners per month and you quadruple the STD spread rate. Quadruple the number of partners and it spreads at 16x the rate. 

I would not make a means-end argument for the constitionality of traditional laws against sodomy and extramarital sex. But the left keeps making the means-end argument for gun control laws. I rather doubt that they would find this argument persuasive.

Trump has just announced thanks to Gun Owners America that they are going to reconsider the Biden era frame and receiver rule. Is this a shock? Should we have freaked out last week? Well, we’re going to talk about it because as I said last week in another video, I told you so. [Watch] If … Continue reading "Once More Unto the Breach"

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I guess the homeowner not having a gun and having to grab a shovel while his “pregnant wife and 5-year-old child hid in the garage” is his choice. Seems kinda irresponsible to me.

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Dem-led push to extend protections for Haitians faces outrage after brutal hammer killing – Four Republicans crossed party lines to join Rep Ayanna Pressley in forcing a vote to extend TPS for three years – – Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., and Don Bacon, R-Neb., crossed party lines in … Continue reading "Attack of the Vichycons"

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Told ya. May she be as successful with this as she was at accomplishing nothing over at 97percent. And here she is praising a ‘No Kings’ rally. Her journey to the dark side is complete. Be interesting to see her gun platform when she gets a campaign website up. [Via Michael G]

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Decades of national and state-level data on violent crime, homicide, and mass shooting show no consistent evidence that stricter gun laws reduce overall crime rates. [More] Right, but as anyone with a brain knows, that’s just an excuse to give the suckers while they’re swindling them out of their rights, and never was what they’re … Continue reading "That’s Why It’s Called ‘Fraud’"

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GRASSROOTS NC IS MOBILIZING — AND WE NEED YOU IN RALEIGH ON APRIL 21st [More] I wonder how many excuses not to participate are bull$#!+.

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Migrants Overrepresented in German Violent Crime Data [More] Saying it like that is one way to obscure who’s responsible for it. Kind of like saying “The Disproportionate Impact of Gun Violence on Black Americans”… [Via Michael G]

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Ammo serialization has nothing to do with solving crimes [More] You have to wonder what kind of useful idiot thinks it does. And that reminds me– I never did get my question answered, and most likely never will. [Via bondmen]

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We’ve identified at least ten cases in which chatbots, primarily ChatGPT, fed a user’s fixation on another real person — fueling the false idea that the two shared a special or even “divine” bond, roping the user into conspiratorial delusions, or insisting to a would-be stalker that they’d been gravely wronged by their target. In some cases, our reporting found, ChatGPT continued to stoke users’ obsessions as they descended into unwanted harassment, abusive stalking behavior, or domestic abuse, traumatizing victims and profoundly altering lives.

Though Dr. Marzbani didn’t know it, Joe was routinely asking questions about his cancer to several generative A.I. tools, which often struggle to give accurate medical advice. He told them to list the early signs of Richter’s, interpret his lab results and explain complicated research about the treatment his doctor recommended. He knew not to trust A.I. unilaterally. He often read the scientific papers the tools cited and — as best he could without medical training — tried to verify that they aligned with what the tools had said.

He came away feeling so confident in his understanding of the science that declining treatment seemed to be the obvious choice.

YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE TO PROPAGANDA

One theory about defending against bear attacks is this: Defenders must be careful not to shoot a bear without immediately killing it, because wounded bears are more likely to attack. The theory has been put forward for many decades. One of those who put the theory up for consideration was Stephen Herrero in his book: Bear Attacks: Their causes and Avoidance. On page 241 of the 1985 edition, Herrero writes:

Of course, if an aggressive bear actually attacks you or a companion, a firearm may be a lifesaver, or it may cause a wounded bear to intensify its attack. 

Herrero puts forward the theory.  He does not appear to have data to determine how common such reactions may be. His speculation is shared with numerous others over the last hundred years. With over 200 documented incidents where a handgun was fired in defense against bears, this correspondent has numbers which indicate 21% of bears continue to attack after they are shot. Of 175 incidents where bears were shot, they stopped attacking in 138 cases and persisted in 37 cases. Warning shots were effective in 23 of 44 cases. In 8 of the 23 cases the positive effect  of the warning shot(s) was temporary. There were four cases where it could not be determined if the bears were wounded or if the shots were effective. Of the 175 incidents where bears were shot, 29 were shot after a person was already injured by the bear. Of  the 146 incidents where shooting the bear occurred before a person was injured, the bears persisted after being shot in 31 cases, also 21%.

Bear attacks are often complicated. Some incidents fall into multiple categories.  For example, two experienced outdoorsmen were archery hunting in Montana in 2019. A grizzly bear attacked without provocation in dense cover. One of the hunters was being mauled before any shots were fired. The other hunter fired a shot from his 9mm and drove off the bear, wounding it. The bear persisted in coming back, twice, and the mauled hunter fired his 9mm, driving the bear away. Those shots probably missed, but stopped the persistent attack. In some cases, shooting can precipitate an attack.

In cases where bears persisted after being shot, over half the attacks were stopped before a person was injured. In the cases of persistence, the defense was successful in stopping the attack in all cases, even after a human was injured, except for one, the case of the .22 rimfire defense against a polar bear. To put it another way, when you only look at cases where the bear was shot, the success rate rises to 1 failure in 175 cases, or over 99%.

In the three other failures of handguns fired in defense against bears, it seems likely the bears were not shot. One was a failure of warning shots fired to drive off a polar bear. No humans or bears were injured. In the other two cases, it seems likely the bear was not wounded. Extreme speed and accuracy are not required for a successful defense in most cases.

Bears do not like to be shot. Most bears stop attacking when shot, or they are killed. Most bears which persist in attacking after being shot are killed. One of the societal advantages to killing these aggressive bears is their genes are removed from the gene pool. Bears in their generation learn that attacking humans is dangerous. The site where a human killed a bear is like scent version of a neon billboard in the woods. As the erudite Valerious Geist has written, this is a valuable outcome which protects everyone who uses wildlands in bear country. It must be noted, hunting bears is different from defending against bears. Hunters who wound bears are morally bound to follow the wounded bear to finish it off. Defenders are not so bound. A wounded bear is more likely to attack a hunter which is following it after it has been wounded. This is a different situation than a wounded bear continuing to attack when the bear initiated the attack.

Bear spray has been widely touted as more effective than firearms. The studies used to the compare the two were not designed for such comparison. The studies have serious problems with selection bias, acknowledged by the authors. A better comparison is the number of people who have been killed when bear spray was sprayed against a bear compared to the number of people killed when a handgun has been fired in defense against a bear. These incidents tend to be widely reported, reducing or eliminating selection bias. This correspondent has found eight documented cases where nine people were killed by bears where bear spray was used during the attack.  This correspondent has found one documented case where one person was killed by a bear where a handgun was used during the attack, the polar bear incident with the .22 rimfire handgun in the Svalbard archipelago.

Warning shots can work.  In one third of instances, their effect is temporary.  They buy time for the defenders. Seconds can be precious in preparing a more effective defense.

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The victim said they heard a backseat passenger asking questions, but could not understand exactly what was being asked. The person reportedly asked why he was being so hostile by displaying a handgun with a red laser.

As the victim is said to have tried to walk away, he heard gunshots, with him claiming he returned gunfire as the vehicle fled. The vehicle then turned back around and proceeded south, the victim said.

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By Dave Workman A new Rasmussen survey shows overwhelming opposition to the “weaponization” of government to punish political enemies, and underscoring this threat is a quote from Susan Rice, national security advisor to former President Barack Obama, warning companies who “take a knee” to President Donald Trump can expect to be “held accountable” if Democrats […]

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By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Patrick “Tate” Adamiak is serving 20 years in federal prison even though the ATF found nothing illegal during a search of his home. All Adamiak possessed were legal guns, gun parts and collectibles. Prosecutors originally sought a 30-year federal prison sentence by introducing questionable evidence—977 uncut pieces of […]

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On April 14, 1849, Hungary declared itself independent of Austria, with Lajos (Louis) Kossuth as its leader. — On this day in 1865, just after the effective end of the American Civil War, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending a production at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., and died the next morning. — April 14, 1881: The famed Four Dead in Five Seconds gunfight in El Paso, Texas. — Today’s feature article is a guest post from a long-time SurvivalBlog reader. Because it is partly self-promotional, it is not part of the writing contest …

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(Continued from Part 2.) Give Up the Fantasy A daughter may need to move, bend, compromise, and pivot. Those are all signs of maturity and embracing reality. A successful farmer looks at changing conditions across soil health, larger economic forces, and continues to refine their decisions onwhat crops are planted, and when. Young women and their families need to give up on fantasies and embrace reality. Fantasies are very dangerous delusions that often leading to negative long term consequences. When preppers think their food supply is adequate, but it would not feed a 19th Century waif for a fortnight, it …

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This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. Today’s feature photo: The Blitzen River Wilderness Study Area (WSA) is located 60 miles south of Burns (less than 1 mile south of Frenchglen), in Harney County, Oregon. Frenchglen is named after Pete French, with whom my Shirk family cousins had a well-publicized range war. The northwestern edge of the WSA is adjacent to Oregon State Highway 205. (A public domain photo, courtesy of the BLM.)  The thumbnail …

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“If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.” – Michel de Montaigne

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 Over the past several days, the usual contenders have issued their annual hurricane forecasts for the2026 season.  This year is supposed to be less active than normal with maybe nine (9) named storms and up to three (3) major storms.

We'll see.

The thing to remember about hurricanes is that it takes only one to completely screw up your weekend.

For those of you who take procrastination as seriously as I do, tax day is upon you.  This is the first year in many that I have not yet picked our my BAG day gun.  Perhaps because I already have my guns.  I have heard good things about Springfield Armory's clone of the Browning Hi Power.

 Let's say you want to cut a piece of aluminum angle in 1.5" segments on a chop saw with a 100 tooth blade. It is rough on blades but cuts well.) I would prefer 1.5" wide -0", +.05". Can anyone suggest a method of doing this? Yes, I should use a band saw but I do not have one right now.

Solution: dig through my scrap pile to find a 1.522" wide piece that I milled. Put it against the blade. Press a piece Delrin against and clamp it in place as a stop against the back fence. Remove 1.522" piece. Push workpiece against stop.

The first two slices after running over the belt sander were 1 517" and 1.509". Taking them down to 1.50" on the mill will be easy  

Steven emails in to ask if this is real.

1. Yes, this is a real vulnerability. 

2. It impacts all Windows 10 and 11 systems.

3. There is still no patch from Microsoft (i.e. a true Day Zero exploit)

4. A successful exploit results in exceptionally bad things happening (access to the SAM database, get password hashes, and Administrator privileges). 

5. The exploit code has been posted to Github.  This is Biblically bad - fire and brimstone, etc.

The only good news (and it is legitimately good news) is that this does not look like it can be exploited remotely.  Corporate IT departments will be pulling their hair out about their users gaining Admin access to their corporate laptop, but users at home shouldn't panic (you are already admin).

Microsoft has not covered themselves in glory here - heck Forbes has an article on this.  That's not good PR. In my experience, Microsoft was pretty good at disclosure, but that was a long time ago.

Also, the researcher did not cover himself with glory either.  There are something like a billion vulnerable systems out there and he uploaded the warez to Github?  Not cool. 

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Judge Roger T. Benitez, also known as "Saint" Benitez by supporters of the Second Amendment, has retired from federal service as of April 2, 2026. Judge Benitez was born in December, 1950, in Havana, Cuba. He fled the Castro regime in Cuba in 1960 with his brother, speaking only Spanish at the time. His family was reunited and eventually settled in the Imperial Valley of California.

Judge Benitez graduated from the Central Union High School in El Centro, California, then obtained an Associates degree from Imperial Valley Community College in 1971, a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Diego State University in 1974, and a J.D. degree from Western State University College of Law's San Diego campus in 1978. He spent 19 years in private practice in the Imperial Valley. He became a California Superior Court Judge from 1997 to 2001. Judge Benitez was appointed as a federal Magistrate judge in 2001. He was elevated to Federal District Judge in 2004, in spite of opposition from the American Bar Association. Judge Benitez assumed senor status on December 31, 2017

Judge Benitez first became known as "Saint" Benitez after his decision in  Duncan v. Becerra, later to be renamed Duncan v. Bonta.

 Judge Benitez was assigned the case before he assumed senior status. The case took nearly two years to adjudicate. In the case, Judge Benitez granted a motion of summary judgement against the State of California. The summary judgement was in effect from March 29 to April 5, 2019. It became known as "freedom week". Estimates suggest hundreds of thousands of magazines were legally purchased and shipped into California during that week.  Seven years later, the case is still under review. It has been appealed to the Ninth Circuit. The three judge panel affirmed Judge Benitez decision on August 14, 2020. Then the Ninth Circuit decided to hear the case en banc. The en banc panel reversed the decision of the three judge panel on June 22, 2021. The case was appealed to the Supreme Court. On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court vacated the Ninth Circuit en banc decision and remanded the case back to the Ninth Circuit. The Ninth Circuit remanded the case back to the District Court and Judge Benitez. Judge Benitez issued the decision on September 22, 2023. Judge "Saint" Benitez again found the law to be unconstitutional in a well written and argued decision. The state appealed this decision to the Ninth Circuit the same day.

The Ninth Ciruit, in an unprecedented move, voted to skip an appeal to a three judge panel, and to hear the case again, en banc. The en banc panel issued its opinion on March 30, 2025, again reversing Judge Benitez decision, with strong dissents. The case had become Duncan v. Bonta because of a change in the California Attorney General. The case is in the process of being appealed to the Supreme Court again. As of the time of Judge Benitez' retirement on April 2, 2026, the Supreme Court had not yet decided whether to hear the case for a second time.

In addition to Duncan v. Becerra, later Duncan v. Bonta, Judge Benitez issued a decision that the California ban on the AR-15 and similar
firearms violated the Second Amendment, in 2021. The Ninth Circuit put that decision on hold waiting the final decision on Duncan v. Bonta. Judge Benitez decided a law requiring background checks to purchase ammunition was unconstitutional in 2024. In 2025, a three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit upheld Judge Benitez decision on the ammunition law.  The panel's decision was appealed to an en banc review, and is now being considered by the Ninth Circuit, en banc. In a case about the Second Amendment on short clubs "billies", Judge Benitez originally found for the State of California. The Supreme Court sent the case back to Judge Benitez after the ruling of the Supreme Court in Bruen. Judge Benitez, following the Bruen decision, found the California law to be unconstitutional. California has appealed the case, which is now pending, awaiting the final decision in Duncan v. Bonta.

Judge "Saint" Benitez has now retired from the court. He is 75 years old. He leaves a rich legacy of cases and decisions which are superbly argued and written. Coming from a family which suffered significant persecution by unlimited government in Cuba, he held limitations on government power in the United States to be clear and legitimate.  His story is one of the American dream, from fleeing communism to his assent to high office, against the odds. His presence on the court will be missed.

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The homeowner told police he heard a noise outside and went to check, where he said he found a man trying to cut and steal the catalytic converter from his vehicle, according to what detectives told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. During that encounter, the resident fired a single shot that hit the man. Investigators said they have not ruled out the possibility that the shooting was in self-defense.

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• Fortunately, that will buff right out: Photos of a visibly patched-up KC-135 transiting through RAF Mildenhall en route back to CONUS for repairs.


• The Click That Cost $11,000: Google placing ads for various third party travel agency intermediaries above the links to the actual hotel is a perfect example of enshittification.


• Europe about to feel jet fuel crunch.

By Dave Workman Tens of thousands of National Rifle Association members, families and guests will descend on Houston, Texas this weekend for the 155th annual meetings and exhibits, at the George R. Brown Convention Center. The NRA event will have special significance because the organization will also be observing the 250th anniversary of United States. […]

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On April 13, 1012: A ransom of 48,000 pounds was paid to a large band of Vikings, led by Danish warlord Thorkell the Tall, for the liberation of Canterbury, after a raid on the city and the capture of Alphege [Aelfheah] Archbishop of Canterbury — April 13, 1743, was the birthday of Thomas Jefferson. — And on April 13, 1933: First flight over Mount Everest, by Lord Clydesdale. — We’ve just started a two-week-long sale on all of our pre-1899 antique shotguns at Elk Creek Company.  There are some deep discounts. This sale will end on Monday, April 27th, 2026. …

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(Continued from Part 1.) Preparations for Daughters The number one thing that a parent can do for their daughter who wants her to have a great life is to prepare her for marriage. The preparations necessary for a young woman for success in life are extremely different than the preparations for a son or grandson. The easiest way for a young woman to be successful in life is to enter into an excellent marriage. The number one problem is that most parents and grandparents are doing a poor job at preparing daughters and granddaughters for this role because they think …

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The following recipe for Sweet Moroccan Lamb Stew is from SurvivalBlog reader Cartol in Delaware. It makes 4 to 6 servings. Ingredients 3 pounds lamb shoulder on the bone, trimmed of excess fat 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 large onions (about 2 pounds), grated or finely chopped 3 large garlic cloves, finely chopped 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (divided use) 1/2 cup sugar (divided use) 2 pinches of saffron threads, lightly toasted and finely crumbled or powdered in a mortar with a little salt Salt (to taste) Freshly ground black pepper (to taste) 1 cup water …

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Today’s graphic: Population density of the world. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail below is click-expandable.       — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted.

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“You win battles by knowing the enemy’s timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.” – Miyamoto Musashi

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Ironically, the special guest who made this suggestion during the Building a Stronger, More Competitive Canadian Economy panel which also featured federal ministers Mélanie Joly, Rechie Valdez, and Lena Metlege Diab, is a Canadian who left Canada for better opportunities himself.

Patrick Pichette was born and educated in Montreal and left Canada for work in the U.S. accepting a role as senior vice president and CFO of Google in California in 2008. He now lives in London, U.K., holds a Canadian passport and is a partner at Inovia Capital.

Inovai Capital says Pichette paid Canadian taxes continuously from 1989 to 2008 and paid an exit tax on all his assets at the time. Pichette currently pays both Canadian and U.K. taxes.