EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY:

"Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers is right when he says that even if contagion fears can be doused, what we have here is a growing string of events … that keep coming on top of each other."https://t.co/XWKg80lD8K

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) March 15, 2023

RICHARD SANDER:  “Law-School ‘Mismatch’ Is Worse Than We Thought:  With the Supreme Court Poised to Rule on Affirmative Action in Admissions, the Time to Spread the Word Is Now.”

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY, MR. PRESIDENT: Dems Punt Confirmation Vote on Embattled Biden Judicial Nominee: Vote on Michael Delaney’s nomination canceled as Dems struggle with sidelined senators.

WORKERS ON OBSOLETE PLATFORM ACCELERATING OBSOLESCENCE: NYU Law Students Demand Compensation For Work On Law Journals.

I mean, nowadays I regard the real publication as when I put something on SSRN. The law review publication that comes months — or years — later is mostly for archival purposes.

HOW MANY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION POLICIES HAVE BEEN REVIVED BY A CHASTENED BIDEN ADMINISTRATION?:  “Biden may revive detention of migrant families caught crossing the border illegally.”  (My first-hand report on a quite nice family detention center in 2015 is here.)

THE USUAL BIDEN INCOMPETENCE: How did American weapons fall into TTP’s hands? “The weapons that America left behind in Afghanistan have now made their way into Pakistan. Reports say, the TTP is using American weapons to intensify terror attacks in the country.”

TRUNALIMUNUMAPRZURE! Biden Admits How Unpopular He Is, and Response of Vegas Audience Confirms It:

“It’s a hell of a lot more popular than I am!” Biden admitted. I agree. Most of his budget is probably unpopular but at least the left will like the radical parts. That already makes it more popular than old Joe who is unpopular across the board.

But if there was any sign of how unpopular he is and how people don’t like his policies, listen to the reaction here when he promises, “There’s a lot more coming.”

In a room full of a likely friendly audience, it sounds like one person claps. That’s what people think of his agenda. Not a good look for him for 2024. Indeed, you can hear far more in the silence — that’s the people who know “a lot more coming” from Joe Biden is something to be feared and concerned about.

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

EVEN CHINA WANTS TO DECOUPLE FROM CHINA: Foxconn says it’s looking to move away from China.

Foxconn, which is Apple’s major supplier for the iPhone, is based in Taiwan. But it is owned by Chinese firm Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. In announcing its latest Q4 earnings that showed a drop in profits, the firm says it is working to expand away from China.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Foxconn says that currently 70% of its revenue comes from China. However, Chairman Young Liu, said the proportion of revenue from outside the country will continue to grow.

US technology firms are working to leave China in part to end their over-reliance on a single country, especially one that implements intermittent power cuts. They are also looking to move because of continued US/China trade tensions.

Plus, Communist China is just an increasingly hostile place to do business.

BUT OF COURSE: Altman: Biden Is Effectively Nationalizing The Deposit Base Of The Entire U.S. Financial System.

LIGHTNING DEAL: SERMAN BRANDS Money Clip Wallet. #CommissionEarned

RON HART: The Woke, Still Going Broke: Slip-Sliding Down The Silicon Valley.

CHRIS RUFO: Shut Down Activist Academic Departments: Lawmakers have every right to defund ideologically captured disciplines in public universities.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT [VIP]: How to Lose the Entire Middle East with this 1 Weird Trick.

Perhaps the least-appreciated part of Donald Trump’s time in office was his two-track strategy for dealing with the Middle East. The first track was domestic, easing the regulatory brakes off of American energy production. The resulting decline in oil prices and our decreased reliance on Middle East imports gave Trump the leverage to activate the second track: Negotiating the Abraham Accords between Israel and a growing roster of Arab countries.

Those two tracks led to the same destination: Boxing in Iran and halting their imperialist ambitions to dominate the region.

More peace plus less reliance equals fewer foreign entanglements. And a stronger, safer, richer America, too.

Folks, that is called Grand Strategy and, at least in the Middle East, Trump and his people — like Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and special envoy Jared Kushner — were masters at it.

Flash-forward to January 2021 and Joe Biden’s inauguration when, immediately upon becoming president, he did just one thing wrong: literally everything.

Much more at the link, so don’t forget that VODKAPUNDIT promo code if you’ve been thinking of joining us.

AN IMPOSSIBLE GOAL:  Zero Tolerance.

RACIAL CLASSIFICATION IN AMERICA IS INSANE AND A REIFICATION OF THE OLD ONE DROP RULE:  The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America.

This wouldn’t matter so much if it were a matter of small talk at parties. But since we insist on running a system of racial spoils, it makes the whole thing stink.
I suggest we drop the perverse incentive of treating people differently because of their skin color. And then let people call themselves whatever they wish.

IT’S ROLL LEFT TO DIE:  Silicon Valley Bank Doubled Down on Far-Left Policies Despite Hundreds of Millions in Losses.

As I’ve pointed out before, this used to work great. You could destroy a company or institution through sheer incompetence, but if you went out as a hero of the left, other hard left places would pick you up and promote you. Now pickings for virtue signalers are slimmer. Not gone, but slimmer. But they still use the same strategy.

SORRY, PROFESSOR, NO. WE’RE AWARE. IT’S JUST OUR INSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN OCCUPIED BY THE ENEMY:  Are We the Byzantines?

THE CAT KILLER DESERVES A BIDEN EULOGY:  Biden Has Loose Lips Regarding Jimmy Carter.

IT’S ALL GRAFT AND CORRUPTION:  Gas Stove Ban Environmental Group Hires Stacey Abrams.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER OWNED SLAVES PAYING TO PEOPLE WHO WERE NEVER SLAVES IN A JURISDICTION THAT NEVER ALLOWED SLAVERY:  San Francisco Board of Supervisors Open to Idea of $5 Million Payouts for Reparations.

Clownworld!

AND I SUSPECT IN A FEW MONTHS HIS NEW THING WILL BE MUCH BETTER KNOWN THAN PROJECT VERITAS:  ‘I’m Back’: James O’Keefe Launches New Media Company After Project Veritas Ouster.

It’s not the institution. It’s the man.

I’M JUST TIRED:  It’s A Clown’s World. We Just live in It.

ROLL LEFT TO DIE!  Signature Bank Hosted Gender Pride Seminar, Wasted Money on Music Videos 5 Months Before Its Collapse.

ONLY HOUSTON?  Gov. Abbott Taking Over Houston Independent School District ‘After Years of Academic Failure’.

PERHAPS IT’S A GOOD TIME TO CONSIDER WHAT STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY LEARNING:  Full Audio Confirms Stanford Law School Students Shouted Down Conservative Judge In Violation Of Policy.