AS IF WE DIDN’T ALREADY KNOW THIS:  New Testimony Reveals an IRS Contractor Stole Much More Than Trump’s Tax Returns.

What’s the difference between conspiracy theory and reality?  I think we’re down to two weeks.

OH NOES! WHO EVER SUSPECTED THE DATA WAS MANIPULATED!!!  We’re Not Curing Cancer Here, Guys.

I remember the days when even smart people believed scientific reports.  Maybe my grandchildren will live long enough to see trustworthy science be the only science again. I’d like to believe that.

IF ONLY SOMEONE HAD CALLED AN ALARM, EVEN SOMEONE NO MORE REPUTABLE THAN A MID-LIST SCIFI AUTHOR!  How low birth rates could threaten our civilization.

Yeah, so twenty years everyone told me I was nuts.  Mind you, population is already falling worldwide. Has been falling for a while. No? Oh, you believe the numbers governments PFA. That’s a curious choice. (Salutes.) You do you.  You just do you.

HOW MUCH OF A COLLAPSE IN THEIR REAL ESTATE MARKET CAN NY CITY HANDLE?  The Businesses Fleeing Corrupt New York Amid $355 Million Trump Verdict.

“We invest for 14,000 investors at Cardone Capital that depend on cash flow. And if I can’t predict the cash flow because of some ruling, or because of the migrants, or because I can’t evict people, New York City just keeps doing every single thing they can to sell real estate in Florida, not sell real estate in New York,” [Cardone Capital’s Grant Cardone] said.

I’LL BE IN LEBANON, TN OVER THE FIRST WEEKEND OF MARCH:  Confinement 5.

Somewhat to my surprise, I’m the guest of honor.  (Yes, yes, nepotism!) Anyway, if you have the time and are nearby come say howdy.

NEW GOOGLE SLOGAN: BE EVIL!

I just typed in a Google query on my phone and the top two choices are pro censorship! pic.twitter.com/NC9nIi2GcV

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2024

OPEN THREAD: It’s there. It’s there for you. It’s what you want.

OH NO! ANYWAY . . . Vice to Layoff More Employees, Shutter Primary Website.

Vice did some good reporting in its early days, and when Helen and I covered the Men’s Rights Conference in Detroit, we hung out with the Vice reporters, who were not at all woke or hostile or closed-minded. But overall it’s been pretty sad, and, well, get woke, go broke.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Private Varda Space capsule returns to Earth with space-grown antiviral drug aboard.

THIS MUST BE WHY I ENJOY DIVING SO MUCH: An awkward family reunion: Sea monsters are our cousins.

MARK JUDGE: The Left and ‘the fury of the fatherless.’ “All of the men in my town were married and had jobs, and the ones on my street felt comfortable giving me advice about how to be a man. Today’s boys don’t get that from video games.”

TOUCHDOWN: “Intuitive Machines reports that its IM-1 lander Odysseus has landed on the moon and is transmitting a faint, but definite, signal.” “The first moon landing by an American spacecraft in 50 years.”

IT’S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY: DNA analysis reveals Down syndrome in prehistoric people.

BRITAIN AFTER OPEN IMMIGRATION: Muslim Extremists Intimidate Parliament. “Speaker Lindsay Hoyle was trying to save Labour members from potentially having to vote against a resolution by the Scottish Independence Party that ‘called for an immediate ceasefire [in Gaza] and condemned the “collective punishment” of Palestinians.’ Why was Hoyle trying to avert the necessity to vote on that resolution? Not just for political reasons, but because a Muslim mob had gathered in Parliament Square and members were fearful for their safety.”

DISAPPOINTING: FDA warns against using some smartwatches, rings to check blood glucose levels. “Smartwatches and rings that don’t pierce the skin are unreliable when it comes to reporting blood glucose levels, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. An FDA news release warns consumers and caregivers that smartwatches and rings that don’t pierce the skin might cause errors in managing diabetes and taking the correct dosages for various medications.”

PAULA BOLYARD: Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Only We Can Stop It.

THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE, THEY CARE ABOUT TAKING AWAY GUNS: How Joe Biden’s Office of Gun Violence Prevention is Directing the War on Guns.

ANYTHING BUT GIVE UP THE NARRATIVE: Disney Exec Blames Woes on Racist, Sexist Fans.

WOEING: Bye, Bye Boeing: Here Comes China’s Comac. “Maybe it will take longer than Boeing hopes for the Comac C919 to gain widespread acceptance. But now that Boeing has consigned itself to Airbus’s crumbs, it’s a matter of when not if Comac squeezes Boeing from the bottom just as hard as Airbus does from the top.”

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Pocket Holster Roundup.

MY HOMETOWN: Colorado town unanimously declares non-sanctuary status as nearby Denver grapples with migrants: ‘No room.’ “‘The goal is to make sure that Denver knows that we will not be accepting any busloads of migrants into our community. The main reason is that we don’t have a budget that matches theirs, and we won’t utilize taxpayer funds for the support of what they’ve decided to take on themselves as a self-declared sanctuary city,’ Mitch LaKind, the mayor of Monument, Colorado, said Wednesday.”

STAY COMFORTABLE: FORTEM Chair Cushion/Seat Cushion for Office, Lumbar Support for Chair, Car. #CommissionEarned

WILD: China’s Abandoned Levittown McMansions. “Another dispatch from one of China’s ghost city developments, but this one with a twist: All the homes were theoretically designed for rich people, but I’m having a hard time figuring out why they would want them.”

IF YOU CAN’T DO IT, BUY IT: Blue Origin has emerged as the likely buyer for United Launch Alliance: Pairing of two launch companies could provide more robust competition to SpaceX.

Blue Origin is mostly a potential launch company.

IT’S NICE TO HAVE CHOICES BUT THIS STILL ISN’T MUCH OF ONE: Beyond Meat Promises Their New Fake Meat Will Suck Less.