Friend & Reader Quentin sends me this wonderful video, revealing how the Brits have handled their EVs during the recent cold snap Over There.
Or maybe “not handled” would be more accurate.
I can’t wait to see how people in Minnesoduh and Ill-Annoy are dealing with their EVs in their own oh-so temperate winter climate.
Found this jolly little missive in my Inbox last night, from simon @ domainservice.net.cn:
(Please Kindly send this message to your CEO because this is urgent. If you consider this has been delivered to you in error, please disregard it. Thanks.)
Dear CEO,
This is a official email. We are the Domain Registration Service company in Shanghai, China. I have an issue to confirm with you. An application was received by us from Baokang Ltd on January 13, 2026. They desire to register “kimdutoit” as their internet keyword and Chinese domain names (kimdutoit.cn, kimdutoit.com.cn, kimdutoit.net.cn, kimdutoit.org.cn). But after checking it, we notice this name conflicts with your business name or brand name. To deal with this issue properly, it’s necessary to send a message to you and verify if this firm is your distributor in China?
Best regards
Simon Liu
General Manager
Domain Registry
Tel: +86-2161918696 | Fax: +86-2161918697 | Mob: +86-13816428671
12F Kaike Building, No. 1801 Hongmei Road, Shanghai 200233, China
Seems all official and stuff, dunnit? The question, though, is why any person or organization would want to use “kimdutoit.anything” in China?
And just in case you’re interested, Bloomberg says this about the company wishing to use my name:
I truly thought that scammers and phishers were more creative than this.
On the ever-increasing irrelevance of Europe and the EU:
“It is not America that is leaving the world; it is Europe, in fact, that is leaving it.”
And this time, when the SHTF Over There and a rescue effort is needed (see: 1914, 1939), the U.S. won’t be late to the party; we may not even bother showing up.
Here’s one that got my teeth chattering with rage:
The man who has become the face of the many brave deeds by everyday Australians during the Bondi Beach attack has revealed why he didn’t shoot back at the gunmen.
Ahmed Al Ahmed, 43, skyrocketed to worldwide fame after he risked his life when he wrestled a firearm from mass shooter Sajid Akram on December 14.
Police alleged Sajid and his son, Naveed Akram, opened fire on a Jewish festival celebrating the first night of Hanukkah at Bondi Beach.
Police fatally shot Sajid and wounded Naveed, bringing an end to the horrific attack, but not before 15 innocent people had been gunned down and dozens more injured.
At one point during the attack, Mr Ahmed snatched a gun from Sajid and pointed it back at him. He refused to shoot, despite having been shot five times himself.
Wait: you disarm a guy who’s been shooting and killing total strangers, and instead of shooting the bastard dead with his own gun, you… let him go?
While in New York he was asked why he didn’t shoot when he had the weapon pointed at the gunman.
Yeah, I was kinda wondering that myself.
He said he didn’t pull the trigger because he was not seeking revenge.
‘I didn’t shoot him because I was doing it as humility, to stop him to kill more innocent human beings,’ he said, adding that he was also not concerned for his safety, but rather the people at the beach.
I hate to say this, you absolute schmuck, but letting him go simply allowed him to get another gun and shoot more people.
Your self-righteous “humility” came at the expense of more victims.
Let me tell you: a guy shoots me half a dozen times or whatever, I somehow survive and get hold of his (still-loaded) gun… guess what happens next?
If you guessed “the asshole’s brains are suddenly exposed to the open air and parts thereof become fertilizer for the lawn he’s standing on”, get a gold star and collect your prize at the door on the way out.
“Oh no, I’m too good for revenge” my aching African-America ass.
I need to stop now before I get really upset.
Here’s one that perked me up and made my morning brighter:
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a woman on Wednesday who allegedly attempted to run over law enforcement with her vehicle amid immigration enforcement conducting a crackdown in Minneapolis.
Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said that the woman was shot in her vehicle in a residential neighborhood in Minneapolis.
The woman in a Honda Pilot SUV appeared to be blocking the road in front of an ICE squad. As agents approached the woman, she backed up and pulled forward. While pulling forward, an ICE agent in front of the vehicle pulled his service weapon. The agent fired at least one shot into the vehicle as he sidestepped the moving SUV. The vehicle then crashed into a parked car.
Good. I’m sick of these assholes screwing around with ICE, and this was made all the sweeter by the fact that it took place in the People’s Soviet of Minnesoduh, which explains the reaction from local politicians:
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said regarding DHS’s explanation of the shooting, “So they are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense. Having seen the video … myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit.”
He added that he feels “this was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying.”
“We have been in contact with law enforcement leaders, the Attorney General, and the Governor’s Office throughout the morning and are pushing hard for a local investigation which is the only way to ensure full transparency and review by our office. We will use every available lever to ensure a local, transparent investigation takes place,” Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said in a statement, FOX 9 reported.
Frey posted on X, “I am aware of a shooting involving an ICE agent at 34th Street & Portland. The presence of federal immigration enforcement agents is causing chaos in our city. We’re demanding ICE to leave the city immediately. We stand rock solid with our immigrant and refugee communities.”
…against the cops, yeah, we get the picture, you Commie bitch.
Of course, if our hero ICE agent were to be treated in the same way that career criminals are ordinarily treated by Moriarty, he’d be released within minutes. As it is…
I want ICE to go into this festering cesspit of a city harder and yet harder, in greater numbers and with even greater resolve. And if the “residents” get out of control such as happened in this instance, I want to see more gunfire. Let’s see if these criminal supporters [sic] feel that strongly about their case then.
Honestly, I just don’t have time for this kind of bullshit anymore:
The NRA filed suit Monday against the NRA Foundation, alleging rogue leadership at the foundation misused about $160 million dollars.
FOX News reported that the NRA “alleged the foundation used its trademarks without authorization and diverted donations intended for NRA charitable programs.”
The lawsuit claims that the foundation is run by a group of former NRA board members who lost control of the NRA board and are now bitter. Reuters pointed out that the lawsuit describes the former board members as Wayne LaPierre “allies.”
NRA attorneys wrote, “The Foundation has been seized by a disgruntled faction of former NRA directors who lost control of the NRA’s Board following revelations of financial improprieties, mismanagement, and breaches of fiduciary duty and member trust.”
Disband the lot: the NRA, the NRA Foundation, and any of the rent-seekers on the periphery: the fund-raisers, the pimps who push “NRA-approved” life insurance policies, and whoever else I’ve missed.
Keep, but rename the youth- and training programs, because that’s all the NRA is good for.
Feel free to take me to task for all the great things the NRA is supposed to have done for gun owners over the years, because in the immortal words of someone talking about something else, taken all together it doesn’t amount to a bucket of cold spit. And that includes the NRA-ILA, which has a woeful track record in its stated purpose.
Forget about this lobbying group, and if you’re going to give money to the Cause, direct it towards the Second Amendment Foundation*, which does stuff like file successful lawsuits against the gun-grabbers — you know, things that actually work.
But the NRA? Drop them all down a nearby well, them and their fucking “Foundation”.
*full disclosure: I have nothing to do with the SAF and never have. I have over the years, had plenty to do with the NRA, and the experience has left me mostly underwhelmed and unimpressed.