BUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GRAFT IS A SURE THING: Industrial Policy Is a Bad Bet. Biden’s spending bills will lead to lower growth and more risk.

JUSTICE: Jen Psaki Refuses to Condemn Maxine Waters’ Jury-Tampering Threats.

LOCKDOWNERS’ FAVORITE ARGUMENT: The Great Barrington Declaration and Ad Hominem Argumentation. The personal attacks on critics of lockdowns shows how weak the lockdowners’ case is.

SO THE STORY WAS ALWAYS A LIE:

But notice how the lefties are going after Glenn Greenwald for pointing it out:

All the talk about racism, etc. is just a tool for silencing opposition. It’s literally never about doing anything about racism, etc.

Greenwald seems to have figured it out:

(Bumped).

KAROL MARKOWICZ: Parents should ‘speak up on behalf of their kids.’

NOBODY CARES. GO AWAY. Demi Lovato picks fight with woman-owned L.A. shop over ‘triggering’ low-fat yogurt. “Ms. Lovato, has been outspoken about her struggles with eating disorders, accused the yogurt shop of making ‘excuses’ and lectured the owners on how to make their business more inclusive.”

Celebrities need to stop picking on normal people who earn their livings through actual work.

UPDATE: From the comments: “So many of these unstable personalities come out of the Disney grooming laboratories.”

LORDING IT OVER THE REST OF US IS THE ENTIRE POINT: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer traveled to Florida to visit her ill father.

Earlier: Top Gretchen Whitmer Aide Takes Spring Break Trip to Florida, Ignoring MI Gov’s Warning.

Really nice of the Whitmer administration to keep giving Ron DeSantis bipartisan approval of his handing of the COVID crisis. But as Stephen Kruiser suggested: Let’s Start Jailing Lawmakers Who Violate Their Own COVID Restrictions. “Imagine the pure, poetic justice of seeing Newsom, Cuomo, and some of the other Hitler youth (stole that from Animal House) cooling their heels in a holding cell after being caught with their masks off and their pants down.”

RIP: Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter’s vice president, dead at 93.

ANALYSIS: TRUE:

OPEN THREAD: It’s the one thread to have, when you’re having more than one.

JUSTICE OR MOB JUSTICE? Derek Chauvin’s Fate Is Now in the Hands of the Jury.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China to launch a pair of spacecraft towards the edge of the solar system.

MAKE THE ENEMY PLAY BY HIS OWN BOOK OF RULES: MTG To Introduce Resolution To Expel Maxine Waters From Congress for Her ‘Incitement of Violence.’

MARK JUDGE: Substack: A Crack in Our Media’s Berlin Wall. That’s why the Legacy Media apparatchiks hate it.

THE MOLE HUNT WILL BE FUN TO WATCH: Antifa Mole Leads To Multiple Arrests: Several Antifa members charged in Portland Arson Attacks.

FOR MOST OF HUMAN HISTORY, THIS BASICALLY DIDN’T HAPPEN: Viewing your own face, even subconsciously, is rewarding.

But then why does it cause “Zoom fatigue?”

CORRUPTING INFLUENCES: Who Killed Adam Toledo? How did a 13-year-old boy end up in an alley with a gun at 2:30 on a Monday morning? Chicago police say that he was apparently out on the street with a 21-year-old member of the Latin Kings gang.  Video footage appears to show that one or both of them fired eight or nine shots at a passing vehicle. The gunshots brought police to the scene — and the fatal chase in the alley.

SCIENCE: NASA Names 2 Asteroids after Israeli Arab Technion Student (She Discovered Them). Nice pic.

“BREAKING BAD” IS SUPPOSED TO BE FICTION, YOU GUYS: Teacher killed in ‘old Western shootout’ after trying to rob Mexican drug cartel, authorities say.

SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Study: High number of meals consumed in U.S. have low nutritional value.

“COMPLIANCE” ISN’T WHAT PARLER IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT: Parler Is Coming Back to Apple’s App Store. “In the period since Apple removed the Parler app from the App Store, Apple’s App Review Team has engaged in substantial conversations with Parler in an effort to bring the Parler app into compliance with the Guidelines and reinstate it in the App Store.”

WHAT TO DO when the asteroid comes. Stay away from windows: “Most of the injuries in Chelyabinsk occurred when the shock wave from the blast sent broken window glass flying into the faces of spectators.”

Duck and cover is still good advice.

ANNALS OF JUNK SCIENCE: Why Americans Are Suckers for Quick Fixes From Psychologists. Nick Gillespie of Reason talks to Jesse Singal about the self-esteem movement, the implicit-bias test, and other follies chronicled in Singal’s new book, The Quick Fix. 

BUT THEN HOW COULD BLM AND THE SPLC KEEP RAISING MONEY? The Case for Black Patriotism. Glenn Loury on why blacks should embrace the country that is the greatest force for human liberty on the planet.

SORRY, THAT’S RACIST AND STATE REP. ANN JOHNSON NEEDS TO APOLOGIZE AND RESIGN: Texas Democrat Warns of ‘Wild West Pimp-Style’ Gun Carry.