BEN RHODES WAS RIGHT: Katie Couric, the ̶b̶u̶b̶b̶l̶e̶h̶e̶a̶d̶e̶d̶  bubbly journalist is mocked for showing her intimate knowledge of people in European cities, telling us rubes that people in Amsterdam skate everywhere all the time:

“As you all know, it has lots of canals that can freeze in the winter,” Couric said, “so for as long as those canals have existed, the Dutch have skated on them to get from place to place, to race each other and also to have fun.”

Now, this. Either the guys in the control room were really hungry for generic Chinese food, or they need to buy an atlas. Ben Rhodes was right: they don’t know anything.

GET WOKE, GO BROKE: CNN, DESPITE TRUMP BUMP, PREPARES FOR DOZENS OF LAYOFFS.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Hmmm: Susan Rice Sent An Email To Herself On Inauguration Day Memorializing A Chat Between Obama And Comey On Russiagate.

THAT’S BECAUSE THEY’RE A BUNCH OF ILLITERATE FOOLS: AG Jeff Sessions Used The Phrase ‘Anglo-American’ In A Speech And Left Is Freaking Out. Illiterate. Fools.

WHAT IT TAKES TO GET YANKEES EXCITED ABOUT STATES’ RIGHTS: ‘All bets are off’ in NYC if federal gun law passes: NYPD head. But, of course, the federal government has always had an important role in protecting citizens against states that would deny their constitutional and civil rights.

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MY USA TODAY COLUMN: Who’s going to stop the rise of the killer robots? Some lessons from science fiction.

With references to Bolos, Berserkers, and Terminators.

FASTER, PLEASE: Report: Nunes to Target Former CIA Director John Brennan Next in RussiaGate Probe.

OKAY, I ACTUALLY KIND OF LOVE THIS PLACE, even if it does look like something out of James Lileks’ Interior Desecrations. And what’s not to love about an indoor pool and sauna, plus an 8 car garage for $350,000. Some updating may be need.

THERE’S GOING TO BE A SHOWDOWN IN DALLAS IN JUNE: Pitting the aging liberal leaders of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and its younger legions of radically pro-gay and transgender activists, according to Al Mohler. The former still believe the Bible is relevant, if only as a collection of interesting historical myths and moral suggestions. The latter don’t give two hoots in Hell what the Bible says, they demand an end to Baptists being judgmental, unless wealthy white conservatives are under examination.

CHRISTIAN TOTO: One ‘Animal House’ Alum Is 100 Percent Wrong About Hit Comedy.

Tim Matheson seems to be bemoaning the fact that Animal House couldn’t get made today, while embracing the mindset that would prevent Animal House from getting made today.

IT SAYS IT’S FULL OF NO-GOOD BUSYBODIES WITH AN EXAGGERATED SENSE OF THEIR OWN IMPORTANCE: “The police were called on us because my son was having a bad hair day. What does this say about our society?” But, you know, modern-day Austin is full of self-important busybodies.

THESE ARE HEINLEIN’S CRAZY YEARS — WE JUST LIVE IN THEM: Meet the 10-Year-Old Drag Prodigy Who Just Stole the Show at Gypsy Sport.

THESE ARE PRETTY MUCH THE END TIMES FOR CALIFORNIA: Invasive 20-pound rodents increasingly burrowing into California.

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Does Legalizing Marijuana Threaten Wine (And Beer) Consumption?

Pot has been legal here in Colorado since 2014, and I’m happy to report that the Green family’s liquor budget has only increased in all that time.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. “No foreign leader has enjoyed coverage as good as North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong since Vogue profiled Asma al-Assad, first lady of Syria, back in 2011. (That was right before Assad’s regime killed tens of thousands of people and used chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war,” Jim Geraghty writes in today’s Morning Jolt, with plenty of gory examples that would make Walter Duranty blush.

HANS A. VON SPAKOVSKY: How the Criminal Referral on Christopher Steele Corroborates the Nunes FISA Memo.

NANCY PELOSI, MEET NANCY PELOSI: To be honest, shooting fish in a barrel is far more difficult than this.

WELL, HUGH HEFNER IS DEAD, SO THINGS WERE BOUND TO IMPROVE: Herpes Is Slowly Retreating, but the Infection Remains Common.

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MY USA TODAY COLUMN: Who’s going to stop the rise of the killer robots? Some lessons from science fiction.

BARACK OBAMA’S PORTRAIT FAITHFULLY CAPTURES HIS ADMINISTRATION: The longer I look at this thing, the worse it gets.

SERIOUSLY, REUTERS? Head held high, Kim’s sister returns to North Korea.

One man’s Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers’ Party of Korea is just another man’s Yankee Imperialist-Defying Superwoman.