BEN RHODES SMILES: Reviving Iran nuclear deal will make Joe Biden the ‘number one funder of terrorism in the world,’ says Sen. Ted Cruz.

WHILE WAR, FAMINE, AND PESTILENCE STALK THE LAND, OUR RULING CLASS FOCUSES ON THE IMPORTANT ISSUES: The House of Representatives approved new legislation on Friday that would ban discrimination based on hair texture and style. It now heads to the Senate floor for consideration.

Rep. Jim Jordan: “Fourteen months of chaos and we’re doing a bill on hair.”

AT AMAZON, 20 lb. bag of long-grain rice.

Plus, 25 lb. bag of black beans.

OPEN THREAD: It’s knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving.

UH, OKAY: Eddie Vedder joins forces with NASA for ‘Invincible’ Artemis music video.

NOT WITHOUT REASON: War in Ukraine Sparks Concerns Over Worldwide Food Shortages.

UPDATE (From Ed): Ukraine-Russia: Implications on cattle market. “In this article, I want to discuss the far-reaching implications of the Ukraine war for cattle markets. Inflation, grain markets, and energy markets are the main focus. Fertilizer is another big one. There are also domestic beef demand concerns that we need to discuss. Cattle markets are reacting to all of these.”

(Updated and bumped.)

HOW LONG WOULD IT HAVE TAKEN A GOVERNMENT AGENCY TO DO THE SAME THING? Elon Musk’s Starlink Helping Ukraine Win Drone War.

WELL, GOOD: Antabuse may help revive vision in people with progressive blinding disorders.

I remember when talking about off-label use for prescription drugs was dangerous misinformation.

AT AMAZON, Future Essentials Canned Rice.

WHEN BIG FIRMS REPRESENTED AL QAEDA TERRORISTS, we were told that everyone has a right to representation.

Yet big firms were bullied into dropping Trump as a client, none of them appear to be offering pro bono representation to the January 6 defendants, and now we see this: Harvard, Yale, And Stanford Law Students And Faculty Pressure U.S. Law Firms To Cut Ties With Russian Clients.

So given that lawyers apparently are morally responsible for their choice of clients, I think it’s fair to criticize Ketanji Brown Jackson for representating accused terrorists.

OF COURSE IT WILL: 2023 BMW i7 Will Have Massive, Pointless Grille.

THE PERILS OF OPEN CARRY. These objections are valid, but while a visible gun makes you a target, it’s also a deterrent. The relative values of those depends on circumstances. And of course, many open-carriers to it to normalize firearms carry and move the Overton Window, which is a decision based on a different set of tactical concerns.

I QUIT MY REGULAR COLUMN AT USA TODAY BECAUSE THEY SPIKED MY HUNTER BIDEN COLUMN: Glenn Greenwald thread shreds media’s journalistic malpractice over the Hunter Biden laptop story.

But it wasn’t just a refusal to cover. Remember that Twitter even blocked sharing the story by DM.

Related: The ‘cabal’ that bragged of foisting Joe Biden on us must answer for his failed presidency.

GET AN IN-DEPTH TOUR OF GIBSON’S FORMER KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN FACTORY IN THIS RECENTLY UNEARTHED 1967 DOCUMENTARY:

Now, 55 years after it was shot, Gibson has finally released the footage to the public via its YouTube channel. You can see it for yourself above.

Over the course of 20 minutes, the film shows viewers just about every step of the guitar build process – from its beginning as a nondescript piece of wood to the final quality checks the finished instrument endured before leaving the factory.

Toward its end, the film also touches on Gibson’s guitar amp and pickup divisions, and shows how the company made its acoustic and electric guitar strings at the time.

Interestingly, because it was shot in 1967, Instrument of the People doesn’t feature a single Les Paul. It would be another year before the legendary model returned to the Gibson catalog, after its iconic single-cut design was axed in favor of the SG in 1961 and discontinued.

The band rocking out at near the end of the video in matching sports jackets are a hoot:

RULES ARE FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE: TSA finds firearm in anti-gun California lawmaker’s luggage. “Democrat California Assemblyman Jim Cooper, who authored anti ‘ghost-gun’ legislation and receives an F rating from the NRA-ILA, apparently forgot on March 3rd that he had a loaded firearm in his purse. TSA found it during the X-ray screening of his messenger bag, which, according to Cooper’s own office, ‘looks like a purse.’ If you think he got in trouble for this, you’d be sadly mistaken.”

Well, to be fair, rules are for the little people.

IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR: TurboTax Deluxe 2021 Tax Software, Federal and State Tax Return with Federal E-file [Amazon Exclusive] [PC Download]. #CommissionEarned

HOLLYWOOD WANTS YOU TO PAY MORE AT THE PUMP: Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Stiller and more stars sign letter protesting Canada Gas Pipeline.

ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: Google is accused in lawsuit of systemic bias against Black employees.

FASTER, PLEASE: New technique improves detection of cancer DNA in blood.

SENDUNGEN AUS DER BILDUNGSAPOKALYPSE: Germany: Critical research results on Islam banned and criminalized at universities.