CDR SALAMANDER: The Intelligence Community Is Not A Serious Community.

SPACE LAW: Space CSI investigates murder in microgravity.

Laura Montgomery notes that space falls under the “special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.” And it has for quite a while.

I AM SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED:  Yet Another Harvard Plagiarism Case.

REMEMBER, REMEMBER:  Preparedness Club: Reminder.

WE CAN HOPE. AND PRAY. A LOT:  Is the Republican Party finally doing the election due diligence it should have been doing since 2020?

LETHAL INTENT AND A CONCRETE SIDEWALK ARE A DEADLY COMBINATION. ALSO THE MEDIA OWES ZIMMERMAN AN APOLOGY:  A Concrete Sidewalk and the Head of Kaylee Gain: Shades of Zimmerman and Rittenhouse.

DUH:  Media ‘Bloodbath’ Hoax: No, Trump Did Not Say Civil War Would Break Out If He Lost Election.

THERE GOES COP-KILLER ICE-CREAM:  Unilever Dropping Anti-Israel Company Ben & Jerry’s as It Exits the Ice Cream Business.

TAKING OUT THE TRASH:  IDF Eliminates 90 Terrorists, Apprehends Hundreds in Raid on Gaza Shifa Hospital Complex.

LIGHTEN UP, IT’S GOING TO BE A LONG DARK PASSAGE:  That Reminds Me: Some more comic gems you might have missed.

WELL, WITH INFLATION THE WAY IT IS CASH LOSES VALUE FAST – AND YOU’VE GOT TO CARRY SUCH LARGE* BILLS!  Use it or lose it – the global battle to keep cash.

I DON’T BELIEVE. THE LEOPARD DOESN’T CHANGE HIS SPOTS, AND THE SOCIALIST DOESN’T CHANGE HIS SHORTS:  Rachel Reeves and the Thatcher dilemma.

SOMEBODY SHOULD BREAK THIS NEWS TO FANI WILLIS AS HER WHOLE INDICTMENT OF TRUMP AND HIS CO-DEFENDANTS IS PREMISED ON RICO:  AOC claims ‘RICO is not a crime’ in testy exchange with Biden impeachment probe witness Tony Bobulinski.

#TEAMHEADSONPIKES! CRAFT WITH FOUND DISCARDS!  Heads. Should. Roll.

THE BBC IS IN BED WITH HAM-ASS. WE HOPE METAPHORICALLY:   BBC Verify – a hostile land of make believe – part one.

MORE LIKE GOING THE CUBA ROUTE ON CARS. THE LEFT STILL WON’T WIN:  Say goodbye to choice in car buying.

OPEN THREAD: Disport yourselves in the comments.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX planning rapid turnaround for next Starship flight.

FASTER, PLEASE: Scientists Find ‘Switch’ That Stops Immune System Attacking Healthy Cells.

IN DEFENSE OF UNDERTAKERS: “‘It’s a shame/outrage/scandal to take advantage of people on the worst day of their lives!’ is the most common reaction from a conversational partner.”

Well, I’ve had the occasion to deal with undertakers in connection with a number of family deaths, and I’ve been impressed with their professionalism and thoughtfulness every time. As I’ve noted in the past: “I should note, though, that although hospice care gets good press, when my father-in-law was dying, the folks from the hospice were pretty awful. The funeral home people were much better, once he died.”

RIP: M. Emmet Walsh, ‘Blade Runner’ and ‘Blood Simple’ Actor, Dies at 88.

M. Emmet Walsh, a veteran character actor who appeared in more than 150 films including “Blade Runner,” “Blood Simple” and “Knives Out” and played Dermot Mulroney’s dad in “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” has died.

His manager Sandy Joseph confirmed that he died Tuesday in Vermont. He was 88.

In Ridley Scott’s 1982 “Blade Runner,” Walsh was Harrison Ford’s LAPD boss, while he played the vicious private detective Loren Visser in the Coen brothers directing debut “Blood Simple.” Wearing a sickly yellow suit, Pauline Kael said he was the film’s “only colorful performer. He lays on the loathsomeness, but he gives it a little twirl — a sportiness.”

His other roles included the corrupt sheriff in the 1986 horror film “Critters” and a small role as a security guard in “Knives Out.”

Walsh appeared in a string of memorable 1970s films, including “Little Big Man” with Dustin Hoffman, “What’s Up, Doc?” with Ryan O’Neal and Barbra Streisand, “Slap Shot” with Paul Newman and “The Jerk” with Steve Martin.

The prolific actor with the hangdog face and trademark paunch went on to appear in “Fletch,” “Back to School,” “Raising Arizona” and “Twilight.”

Film critic Roger Ebert created the “Stanton-Walsh Rule,” which held that no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad, though he admitted it wasn’t an infallible rule.

Although it was usually a good sign that you were in for at least a tolerable evening at the movies – and often a very good one.

KEVIN DOWNEY JR: Let’s Play Chicken: The Battle Against Woke Tyson Foods Is On.

DEFENSIVE SHOOTING: To Crouch Or Not To Crouch.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: What to do when it’s time for a parent or grandparent to quit driving: When it’s time to give up the car keys, an ‘advance directive for driving’ can help.

CRISIS BY DESIGN: Illegal Alien Released on Gun Charges, Shoots Trans Illegal Alien, Authorities Helpless.