BLASTING SCHUMER IS A START, BUT IS HE REDIRECTING CAMPAIGN DONATIONS?  Marvel Studios founder Avi Arad rips Chuck Schumer over his criticism of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

YOU KNOW WHAT’S REALLY ABSURD? HAVING A SENILE INFLUENCE PEDDLER IN THE PRESIDENCY:  Merrick Garland says it would’ve been ‘absurd’ to strip special counsel’s report of references to Biden’s faulty memory.

SHE’S BEEN MEASURING THE DRAPES:  Inside Trump’s 370-acre Seven Springs estate and golf course Letitia James aims to seize first.

I HAD BEEN RELIABLY ASSURED THE BORDER WAS ‘SECURE’:  Newly arrived migrants with crown tattoos that likely reveal gang membership spotted in El Paso.

TELL ME AGAIN WHO THE CIA WORKS FOR?  CIA blocked feds from interviewing Hunter Biden’s ‘sugar brother’ Kevin Morris during five-year tax probe.

… Or at least who funds the bastards.

THIS TRAIN HAS TO BE STOPPED:  Biden’s Border Blowup.

AND WE’RE FLYING IN FOOD AND MEDICINES…  Poll: 71% of Palestinians Support October 7 Massacre, Majority Wants Hamas Returned to Power in Gaza.

They need spanking hard until they become human again. Or for the first time.

YEAH. SOMEONE’S GONNA DIE:  Biden Border Crisis: Illegal Immigrants Overrun Texas National Guard.

If I know the way the left stages these things likely a pregnant woman.

THEY KEEP DIGGING IN DEEPER:  Heads in the sand over vaccine links to cancer and disabilities.

SO WHAT IF THEY’RE MORE EXPENSIVE AND HAVE SHORTER RANGE?  The climate scaremongers: Electric ambulances will cost patients’ lives.

THE RIDE’S JUST STARTING:  Have we reached peak insanity? Nowhere near!

IF YOU HAVE TO SQUASH FREE SPEECH TO WIN, YOU’RE NOT THE GOOD GUYS:  Excessive free speech is a breeding ground for more Trumps.

AFTER ALMOST A CENTURY OF DEMONIZING REPRODUCTION, THE WEST IS NEXT ON THIS TRACK:  China’s birth rate has fallen so much that many hospitals are simply giving up on delivering babies.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE PROBLEM WITH OUR MEDICAL SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW… Woke doctors thought a tool that accounts for ethnic differences in kidney function was racist, so they removed it and screwed up the entire kidney transplant database.

REST IN PEACE: Via Brad Templeton, I hear that Vernor Vinge has died. Here’s the podcast interview that Helen and I did with him for the late and lamented Glenn & Helen Show. Note Helen’s skepticism re virtual sex.

And Rainbows End is looking pretty plausible post-Covid.

OPEN THREAD: Rev ’em up.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX’s Starship could fly again as soon as early May.

KEITH RICHARDS’ BLOOD CHANGES LOOKING BETTER: Your Blood Could Be Aging Your Brain, Increasing Risk of Dementia.

“MIGRANTS” ON PARADE: “Here we have the video of the day. It depicts a horde of illegal aliens breaking through the razor wire (mounted, I assume, by Texas authorities) and overrunning Texas National Guard soldiers seeking to resist them in El Paso. The video raises many questions, among them how many many ‘migrants’ does it take to mount used to be known as an ‘invasion’? We have now entered year four President Biden’s open borders program. Why does Biden refuse to see that the law is faithfully executed? Why does he support the invasion of the United States? When do we get to defend ourselves? How long can this go on?”

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Federal Judge: Bragg’s Star Witness in Trump Trial May Have Committed Perjury … Again.

HMM: Harvard/MIT Study: Schizophrenia and Aging May Share a Common Biological Foundation.

NOT A BAD IDEA, THEY USUALLY KNOW MORE ABOUT DRUGS THAN DOCTORS: Let Pharmacists Prescribe.

LONELINESS: Social isolation linked to biological age gap, higher mortality rate. “A new study from Mayo Clinic finds that socially isolated people are more likely to show signs of being biologically older than their age and more likely to die from a variety of causes. The research, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Advances, suggests that social connection plays an important role in overall physical health and longevity, and it should be addressed as a necessary part of the social determinants of health.”

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