BECAUSE SUFFICIENTLY ADVANCED MALICE IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM STUPIDITY:  Two plus two: why did Ilhan Omar post an audio that disproved the claim she was trying to make?

OH DEAR LORD. THIS IS WHY BLONDS TELL OCCASIONAL CORTEX JOKES:  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Steps On Rakes When Questioning Wells Fargo CEO,

Seriously, she can’t be this stupid. No one can. She’d forget to breathe. This is a case of sufficiently advanced malice being indistinguishable from stupidity.

WHERE ARE THE HEADS ON PIKES? THERE SHOULD BE HEADS ON PIKES POUR ENCOURAGER LES AUTRES:  Lisa Page: DOJ told FBI not to charge Clinton.

YOU MEAN LIKE THOSE WHO FALSELY CLAIM MINORITY STATUS SO THEY CAN REACH WAY ABOVE THEIR ACADEMIC WEIGHT? THOSE SCAMMERS, LIZZY?  Pot Meet Kettle: Elizabeth Warren Has No Sympathy For College Scammers.

I SMELL SOME SMOLLETTING GOING ON:  Hijab Wearing Army Sergeant Screams Discrimination.

I REALLY SHOULDN’T HAVE TO LINK TO THIS: But evidently there are people these days who really think that the federal government can fund every project that tickles its fancy just by printing up more money. They don’t get the connection between that and inflation. I wonder why they think the federal government has been bothering to tax people all these years if it could have gotten what it needed just by printing more money.

I have one of those one hundred trillion dollar bills from Zimbabwe. It’s a nice reminder of how bad things can get.

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BOB MCMANUS: Classroom chaos — de Blasio’s poisonous ‘gift’ to NY kids. “Disorder is endemic in New York classrooms. Teachers and staff complain bitterly to The Post of schoolhouse anarchy; the head of the city teachers’ union is raising alarms — and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, ­obsessed as he is with peripheral social issues, once again is out to lunch.”

SHE’S A REAL PIECE OF WORK: Marc Thiessen: Gillibrand wanted to destroy Kavanaugh’s career but ignored sexual misconduct in her office.

This sort of behavior cost Elizabeth Esty (D-CT) her congressional seat. Why shouldn’t Gillibrand have to resign?

IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME: A huge sun storm hit Earth in ancient times. If it happens again, we could have big trouble. Scientists say a large solar event could wreak havoc on power grids.

This is the beginning of William Forstchen’s new novel, 48 Hours. I’ve bought it, but haven’t read it yet.

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CULTURE WARS: Hispanic Parents Face Condescension, Spite As They Fight California’s New Sex Ed Curriculum.

HOT SUBCONTINENT CORNER: India between China and Pakistan. A StrategyPage podcast.

CHANGE: Confirmation of Lowenstein’s Paul Matey Flips 3rd Circuit to Republicans.

I PREDICT THAT DEMOCRATS WILL SOON LOSE THEIR ENTHUSIASM FOR FAR-RANGING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS: Facebook is reportedly under criminal investigation over deals that gave Apple, Amazon, and other companies access to user data.

OPEN THREAD: ‘Nuff said.

JUSTICE: Lisa Page testimony means DOJ might want to re-open case against Hillary Clinton.

CUSHY: Lori Loughlin’s daughter was spending spring break on a yacht owned by the USC Board of Trustees Chairman when the college bribery scandal broke – and the YouTube star has now returned home to face possible expulsion from the school.

GET WOKE, GO BROKE: NASA boss says first Martian astronaut ‘likely to be a woman.’

STACY MCCAIN: The Hypocrisy Of The Rage Mob.

I HOPE IT’S NICER THAN A COROLLA: Japan might get an awesome new Moon rover built by Toyota. This made me think of what a friend wrote me about the base-level rental Corolla her insurance company stuck her with after her sports car was wrecked: “It has new tech that beeps really loud when you don’t put on your seatbelt. Which is helpful because driving a Corolla one does start to lose the will to live.”

I mean, they’re good practical transportation, but when you’re used to a fancy sports car, well. . . .

UPDATE: When one of my colleagues got her car backed into, they gave her a Corolla and her husband called up the insurance company and demanded “a car suitable for a law professor.” They replaced the Corolla with a Dodge Charger hemi.

FRONT RANGE SNOW BOMB: 97MPH gusts reported at the Colorado Springs airport, 40+ sustained winds here on Monument Hill, with 75-85MPH gusts.

And this is our trampoline and the top third of what used to be our tallest tree.

We’re hoping the big one next to it doesn’t take out the master bedroom, or maybe the kitchen or breakfast nook. If the winds don’t die down in the next few hours, Melissa and I will be camping out in the living room tonight.

If you look closely in the background, you can see where our backyard neighbors lost their tallest tree in toto.

ACADEMIA’S CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Forget incompetence, USC’s athletic department is simply corrupt.

OOPS: NYPD cop accidentally recorded oral sex with her boss on police bodycam. “The female officer can be heard gushing to her lover about the apparent sex act after they were done, according to sources. . . . ‘These claims are under internal review.’”

UPDATE: Now they’re saying it was a hoax.

SCATTERGUN UPDATE: The Golden Age of Tactical Shotguns. Well, maybe a silver age. It won’t be a true golden age until I can buy a full-auto 10-gauge with a 30-round mag over the counter.

Did I say 10-gauge? I meant 8 gauge.