FORGET FIXING AMERICA, LET’S KEEP TRUMP OUT OF ARLINGTON CEMETERY: That’s the mindset of the 13 House Democrats co-sponsoring H.R. 484, the “No Glory for Hate Act of 2021” that bars former President Donald Trump from being buried at Arlington National Cemetary.

SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: People with different personalities have different risks of dying. “The study sheds new light on why people who are more conscientious tend to live longer.”

WHY ARE DEMOCRAT-MONOPOLY INSTITUTIONS SUCH CESSPITS OF SEXISM? Biden’s Alma Mater Bans Men From Posts And Scholarships, Just For Being Men.

PROCUREMENT: How Colombia’s drug cartels almost bought a Soviet submarine.

In 2019, footage of a U.S. Coast Guard interdiction of a homemade drug smuggling submarine took the world by storm, and for good reason. As we watched one of the baddest dudes we’re ever apt to see anywhere outside of a movie pounding on the hatch of the mostly submerged sub, many of us were shocked to learn that drug cartels actually have their own submarines.

What may surprise you more is that these amateur submarines were really a consolation prize for drug smugglers out of Colombia. Their first choice? An actual Soviet Foxtrot-class submarine. What’s even crazier, however, is that the Russians seemed to be more than happy to sell them one.

None of this is at all surprising to anyone who’s been paying attention, but many of the details are new and interesting.

GOOD: Study: New approach to 3D printing of human tissue closer to reality.

CHARLES LIPSON: Earmarks rise from the dead in the Democratic Congress.

EXTENDED LOCKDOWNS ARE SUCH A BAD IDEA EVEN THE W.H.O. HAS DENOUNCED THEM: Philadelphia study links COVID-19 lockdowns, gun violence spike.

BIDEN VOTERS POSTING THEIR L’s ONLINE: Biden’s ‘Conservative’ Supporters Need To Defend His Partisan, Hard-Left First Month.

(Classical reference in headline.)

THE NEW ANTI-RACISM LOOKS AN AWFUL LOT LIKE THE OLD RACISM: NYC Principal Urges Parents to Become ‘White Traitors,’ ‘White Abolitionists.’

GOOD: British study will infect volunteers with COVID-19 to test vaccines, treatments.

WE DON’T NEED NO EDUCATORS: Open schools or give the money to parents. “If a district offers only remote classes, parents could use public-school funds to move their children to a school of their choice, according to legislation introduced in Maryland, Illinois, Utah and Georgia, reports Patrick Hauf of Capitol News Service.”

A BILLION HERE, A BILLION THERE, AND PRETTY SOON, YOU’RE TALKING REAL MONEY: New ‘COVID’ Legislation Contains $300 Billion in Unrelated Spending, Budget Watchdog Warns.

VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: Is That a Mask in Your Pocket Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

Insanity Wrap needs to know: Is there a point where the public’s right to know and the public’s desire to know could collide like one of those Extinction Level Event asteroids into the Earth?

Answer: Yes, and the only thing we’re missing is Bruce Willis.

Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.

• CNN gently factchecks “four false statistical claims” by Joe Biden
• Rahm Emanuel to go from CCP booster to ambassador to the CCP?
• The true threat: “Super-sized” carnivorous mice

Bonus Sanity: The disastrous truth about Texas.

And so much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.

“IT’S THE MOST INNOCENT FORM OF WHORING I KNOW:” How Orson Welles Became the Most Infamous Pitchman in Booze History.

BECAUSE HE’LL SAY ANYTHING. NEXT QUESTION? Why Did Biden Say ‘We Didn’t Have’ a COVID-19 Vaccine When He Took Office?

CHANGE: FAA Releases Remote ID, the Largest Regulatory Change for Drones In Years.

The FAA has long wanted to equip drones with a digital license plate. The idea is that government agencies, law enforcement and the general public should be able to track drones that are flying overhead. . . .

The drone will broadcast its serial number during flight. It will also include information on the location of the drone, its altitude, speed, and direction of flight. In addition, either the takeoff location or the controller’s location will also be made available as part of what the FAA calls the “message.” Most likely, either Wi-Fi or Bluetooth will be used to broadcast the signal.

People on the ground who are equipped with a smartphone will be able to use an app to receive the message and find information about the aircraft and the pilot. The FAA, law enforcement and other federal agencies will also have the ability to cross-reference the license plate number and access the pilot’s personal information. The general public won’t be able to do that.

Most existing drones can likely receive a firmware update and be able to broadcast the signal without additional cost. Older noncompliant drones can attach a module to their drone that will broadcast the signal.

What do you think?

SO VERY WOKE: Amazon changed traffic light timing during union drive, county officials say. “As part of its ongoing fight over an Alabama warehouse’s efforts to unionize, Amazon reportedly changed the timing of a traffic light outside the warehouse, according to reporting by More Perfect Union. Union organizers at the site had previously accused the company of altering the timing so that pro-union workers would not be able to canvass workers while stopped at the light.”

BIDEN’S RETURN TO NORMALCY: Nearly 5,000 National Guard troops to stay in DC over concerns of potential violence in March.

POLITICS IS VIOLENCE: Politics Is Seeping Into Our Daily Life and Ruining Everything.

21st CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Are People Falling in Love With Their Peloton Instructors?

QUESTION ASKED: Will Boeing Become The Next McDonnell Douglas? “It has been nearly 25 years since Boeing and McDonnell Douglas merged. Given Boeing’s significant engineering cuts, program execution problems, clear prioritization of shareholder returns, extremely uncertain product development road map and deteriorating market share outlook, it is time to consider whether Boeing Commercial Aircraft (BCA) is destined to share Douglas’ fate. Three criteria are key.”

Put the engineers back in charge.

SHUT UP, THEY EXPLAINED: Valparaiso shuts down Facebook comments amid backlash for ditching Crusaders mascot.

RAY BRADBURY DIDN’T WRITE FAHRENHEIT 451 AS A HOW-TO GUIDE: BLM Activist Working At Library Fired After Allegedly Burning Library Books By Trump, Coulter. Now He’s Claiming Racial Discrimination.

IMPERMANENCE OF THE PAST: “Fully recovered lawyer” Mark Pulliam, writing at Law & Liberty, cogitates about how quickly freedom can be lost when parents don’t pass along to their off-spring knowledge of and appreciation for the facts of the nation’s history.

But the passage is made doubly difficult by systematic and sustained efforts to erase the heritage and its memory. Pulliam’s observations about the campaign led by Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush to “reimagine” the Alamo, the remarkable shrine of Texas liberty, are thus especially on point:

“Alamo defenders, adamant that the shrine to Texas valor needed no ‘reimagining,’ ultimately thwarted Bush’s plans after an extended fight — at least for now. Revisionist historians risibly demonize the Alamo as a ‘symbol of whiteness’ and even ‘the largest statue to the Confederacy in this country.’ The battle is not over.”

OUCH: Ex-Stadia developers dish on Google’s mismanagement and poor communication.

Google recently killed its only in-house Stadia game development studio, Stadia Games and Entertainment (SG&E), after building up the studio for only two years. In an industry where even established game studios take several years to ship a product, this was a breathtakingly fast pace for building and tearing down a game development studio. Kotaku got in touch with some of the 150+ staffers who were dismissed from Google’s studio, and they paint a picture of a dysfunctional work environment plagued by dishonest communication and mismanagement.

According to the report, developers at the studio were “shocked” by the sudden shutdown, since, only a week earlier, Stadia’s leading executive, game industry veteran Phil Harrison, told the group “[SG&E] has made great progress building a diverse and talented team and establishing a strong lineup of Stadia exclusive games.” The one-week flip-flop was “part of an apparent pattern of Stadia leadership not being honest and upfront with the company’s developers,” according to Kotaku, adding that many developers “upended their lives and careers to join the team.”

The report says Stadia’s developers found out about the studio closure at “almost the same time as everyone else.” Stadia’s developers had to wait three days before Harrison was available for a Q&A conference call, which the report describes as “contentious.” The most chilling line in the report details Harrison’s response to a question asking why the Studio was “making great progress” one week and then fired the next: “When asked what changed from the week prior, Harrison admitted nothing had and told those on the call, ‘We knew.'”

Nobody should be shocked when Google cancels anything out of the blue.