PRETTY MUCH: Is Administrative Law Unlawful?

SPREADING MISINFORMATION: New Study Shows McKinsey’s Studies Promoting DEI Profitability Were Garbage. They told management what it wanted to hear, which is more or less their business plan.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: ‘The Population Bomb’ was wrong: The world’s now struggling to make more babies.

REALITY ISN’T PLAYING BALL WITH THE “EMERGING DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY” HYPOTHESIS:

Don't call it the "Coalition of the Ascendant"! https://t.co/ufYxepXhqU https://t.co/8AIyrQQ8NM

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 3, 2024

I’M SO OLD, I REMEMBER WHEN DRAINING THE SPR WAS GOING TO LOWER PRICES: Biden administration cancels purchase for Strategic Petroleum Reserve, citing high prices.

How it started and where it is in one handy chart.

So, Biden drained the SPR in a midterm election year, promised to refill it, but has now stopped even the trickle into the SPR b/c refilling it might put upward pressure on oil prices during a presidential election year; Biden giveth, Biden taketh away (but mostly taketh)… pic.twitter.com/xxua6buHW5

— E.J. Antoni, Ph.D. (@RealEJAntoni) April 3, 2024

That’s a 17-day supply of oil left in our “strategic” petroleum reserve, courtesy of a cabal that can’t (or won’t) think past the next public opinion poll.

IMPLICIT IN THIS IS AN ADMISSION THAT THE DIARY IS GENUINE: DOJ seeks harsher penalty for Ashley Biden diary thief after missed hearings.

A MODERN MIRACLE: Let’s Talk About All the Ways People Didn’t Die in That Taiwan Earthquake.

TYPICAL LEFTY HYPOCRISY: Gavin Newsom Forces Fast Food Franchises To Pay Their Workers $20 an Hour. His Luxury Restaurants Pay Their Workers Less: Golden State governor’s Lake Tahoe cafe advertises job openings at $16 an hour.

TODAY’S DEALS: Men’s Shoes. #CommissionEarned

GURRI’S NEGATION: My term to convey Martin Gurri’s observation in his book, “The Revolt of the Public,” that the explosion of social media and information technology that coalesced to accelerate “The Fifth Wave,” has tremendous power to tear down institutions, ideas, and people, but, as of yet, very little ability to create or sustain.

GURRI’S NIHILISM: My term to describe the kind of nihilism Gurri describes in his book, in which negation is the primary approach and the lack of constructive or realistic suggestions or proposals amounts to a kind of de facto, and sometimes explicit, nihilism.

Martin Gurri’s “The Revolt of the Public” wins my highly-coveted “Prestigious Ashurbanipal Award” for the month of April!

JOHN LUCAS: The Long Jump: And whether to enforce or erode difficult standards.

WOULD YOU TAKE IN AN ILLEGAL ALIEN FOR $125 A DAY? New York, New York Is a Helluva Mess.

It’s interesting that hizzoner piped up about the idea just as Gov Kathy Hochul and the legislature’s Plus One ADU (Additional Dwelling Unit) legislation started humming along. That’s where the state gives a low or moderate-income homeowner up to $125,000 (plus all sorts of bennies like expedited permitting help, etc.) for upgrading an existing structure, converting a garage or attic, or just plain building a tiny house in the backyard into a habitable abode. For…gosh, whoever might need to live there. And if the homeowner wants to rent it out after the state foots part – or all – of the bill, why, that’s okay, too.

Neat how that works. The state is enticing and financing the middle and lower classes to make their lives more “affordable” by becoming basically migrant housing.

I’d be very careful what I wished for when a government as prone to Big Brotherism as New York starts waving cash for a piece of my property, though. Admittedly not being completely up on the niceties of rental law in New York still doesn’t stop my jaundiced eye from squinting at the “deal.” Particularly when you realize that these “migrants” are incredibly well-versed in whatever “rights” and handouts are to be awarded to them wherever they land. And that New York is one of the ground zeros for squatting battles.

The “unexpectedlies” are writing themselves well in advance.

THOUGHTCRIME: Pro-Life Christians Facing Prison Time for Peaceful Protest.

While criminals are running free across our borders, four pro-life Christians are staring down prison time for praying at an abortion clinic in Tennessee.

Eva Edl, Eva Zastrow, James Zastrow, and Paul Place had charges brought against them for being part of a peaceful protest on March 5, 2021. They gathered on the second floor of an office building in the hallway outside the Carafem Health Center Clinic. The group prayed, sang hymns, and urged women showing up to the clinic to not get abortions.

It seems as though Edl, the Zastrows and Place violated the FACE Act (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances) of 1994. They face up to a year in prison and thousands of dollars of fines. Their sentencing is on July 30, 2024.

First Amendment violation.

ANYTHING TO HELP THE DEMOCRATS WIN: Concerns raised over universities signing over students’ private FERPA data to voter data companies.

TAR, FEATHERS: Parents Under Investigation for Raising an Independent Seven-Year-Old.

FORTIFY YOURSELF WITH HISTORY:  Historical Research and Reading Suggestions for Eager Readers.

YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO SEE IT:  Climate the Movie, Part 2: Natural climate change and extreme weather.

THERE WILL BE MORE:  Watch: Detransitioner Calls Out Disney CEO for Promoting Transgender Ideology.

SHE’S JUST FIGHTING THE PATRIARCHY, CONFRONTING WHITE MALE PRIVILEGE, BEING A GRIFTING HO…   ‘How Dare You’: Chaos Erupts After Scandal-Plagued Dem Mayor Locks Residents Out Of Town Hall Meeting.

NO, IT’S REALITY THAT’S WRONG – THAT DATA IS A SOLID AS THE SOUTHERN BORDER IS SECURE:  EXCLUSIVE: ‘Blatant Violations’: Watchdog Challenges Key Data Used By Biden Admin To Push Sweeping Climate Agenda.

Brandon sits on a throne of lies.

WELL, OF COURSE IT IS:  October Surprise In March/April? Is the invisible hand of the Dark Powers working to install a Democrat House Majority before the November election?

IT’S ALL SHOW TRIALS AND DOUBLE STANDARDS:  The Hypocrisy Behind Trump Gag Order.

AND THEY WANT TO RUB OUR FACES IN IT:  Biden’s anti-Christian Easter proclamation means the Democrats believe their November victory is certain.

THEY’RE AT WAR WITH REALITY:  “There’s a real frustration growing among anti-Israel students that no matter how loud they scream … it’s really not getting them anywhere”.

WHEN YOU OPEN THE BORDER AND LET THE THIRD WORLD IN, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?  California Bay Area Health Officials Worrying Over Uptick in Measles Cases.