HOLD THE PICKLES, HOLD THE LETTUCE:  . . . special orders will upset us!  I give you:  The Obamaburger.  LOL.

UNDESIRABLES, MEXICAN STYLE:  Michelle Malkin documents Mexico’s harsh legal treatment of “undesirables”–i.e., illegal aliens.  She asks “If such self-interested ‘nativism’ is right and good for the protection and survival of Mexico, why not for the United States?”

THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD DENOUNCES VIOLENCE (AND OTHER FAIRY TALES):  In a meeting with the British Ambassador to Egypt, the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Badi, “thanked the ambassador for his visit and praised his condemnation of all forms of violence,” stressing that “the Muslim Brotherhood denounces violence.”  Except for that whole jihad against Israel thing, um, yeah, okay, whatever.

LIB/PROGRESSIVE HYPOCRISY, PART 8,943:  Ah, sweet liberal/progressive hypocrisy!  This time, it manifests itself in the usual way– hurling of the “R” word– at those who deign to question the propriety of spending large chunks of taxpayer dollars for the President’s daughters’ lavish spring break in the Bahamas.  In a piece titled “How Not to Seem Like a Racist:  A tip for right-wingers angry about charges of racial bias: Try treating the Obama daughters with decency,” Joan Walsh at Salon writes:

The theme of most right-wing stories on Sasha, Malia and Michelle Obama’s vacations and leisure-time activities seems to be that they’re entitled princesses, when they do exactly the same kinds of things other presidents’ families have done throughout history. There’s only one difference I can see.

And oh, do liberals/progressives just love to “see” that “difference” in every single thing!  As John Sexton documents at Breitbart, Walsh was more than happy to write much more vile things about President Bush’s daughters.

WE HAVE TO PASS IT FIRST SO WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT’S IN IT:   In yet another Obamacare post-passage surprise, we now now that the 61-page online “free stuff!” Obamacare application contains information to help steer applicants towards voter registration.  Gee, I wonder what liberal/progressive groups might start “helping” folks fill out these applications– and of course “help” them register to vote as well?

UPDATE:  Reader George Scoville asks us to ponder a provocative analogy:  “[I]t is worth asking what sorts of conniptions the left would be having over, say, gun permit applications providing people with voter registration information….”  Indeed!

DRONE ENABLERS:  Capitalizing on what they see as the way of the future, 37 States are now competing to win FAA approval to host 6 “test sites” for drones.

ALMOST ONE MONTH LATER:  And still waiting for the sky to fall . . .  LOL.

ADVICE AND CONSENT–THE CASE AGAINST  THOMAS PEREZ:  Frank Gaffney outlines a compelling case against Senate confirmation of Thomas Perez as Labor Secretary:

Mr. Perez is, in short, the poster child of Team Obama’s notorious practice of putting politics over public safety. Before coming to federal office and during his past four years at the Justice Department, he has promoted the radical left’s agendas and those of its allies in Islamist circles. He has done so at the expense of the rights of all Americans to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness safeguarded from all their enemies, foreign and domestic.

Presidents deserve deference on their choice of appointees.  But there is an important difference between deference and abdication of duty.

POLYGAMY VS. SAME-SEX MARRIAGE:  Justice Sotomayor asked an interesting question during the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on the constitutionality of California’s Prop 8:  If government cannot discriminate against homosexuals who want to marry, can it also discriminate against hetero- or homosexuals who wish to marry more than one person?  Or first cousins (or other relatives) who wish to marry?  Ted Olson’s answer was not entirely satisfactory, suggesting that a ban on polygamy or incest would be a ban on “conduct,” not one based on “status.”

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DR. BEN CARSON STRIKES BACK:  Dr. Carson, a pediatric neurosurgeon and outspoken opponent of Obamacare, has been skewered by liberals/progressives as an “Oreo,” “Uncle Tom” and various other disgusting labels.  He bravely responds to these idiotic (but all too common) attacks on Fox News: Dr. Benjamin Carson on Accusations of ‘Tokenism’ by MSNBC’s Touré & others: I’m Not An ‘Uncle Tom’

LEFT-WING SEMINARIES:   A.K.A., colleges and universities.  Dennis Prager explains why our institutions of higher education are the functional equivalent of liberal/progressive seminaries, dispensing ideology as if it were the gospel.  So heart-wrenchingly, undeniably true.

UNION-BACKED IMMIGRATION POISON PILLS:   RedState reports on several AFL-CIO backed immigration reform proposals likely to derail Gang of Eight consensus, including Obamacare coverage, high minimum wages, and entry for the family of guest workers.  RedState asks:

Why would Obama, his Democrat surrogates and AFL-CIO bosses talk about immigration reform as though they are for it, then endanger it by trying to insert poison-pill amendments that they know will kill its chances?

The answer can only be: Politics.

The reality is, unions–especially building trade unions (many of whose members remain unemployed)–cannot afford to have more non-union competition.

This is especially true now, as Obama’s NLRB faces a very uncertain future (see Noel Canning) and their means to hold “ambush elections” remain on hold for the foreseeable future.

Rather, like they are with the minimum wage issue, it seems that Barack Obama and his union-boss buddies (as they have in the past) are more interested in ensuring they keep Latinos at bay–by blaming Republicans for immigration reform failure–while keeping them firmly in their pockets politically.

By talking out one side of their mouths that they are pro-reform to Latinos and low information voters, then cynically trying to push radical poison pills up the backside of America, they are playing a cruel game with Latinos’ dreams.

iCYPRUS?:  Charles Krauthammer says the size of the Cyprus bailout is so small that Apple could buy the island nation and rename it iCyprus:

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IT’S JUST A BUNNY, NOT AN “EASTER BUNNY”:  The liberal/progressive assault on all things Christian continues.  This time, it’s a growing trend among public schools that ban reference to Easter, including the Easter Bunny.  Funny how those who cry the loudest about preserving and loudly celebrating various cultures– in the name of “diversity”– are always the first to condemn mention of all things Christian, Western, or (gasp) white.

REPEAL OBAMACARE:  . . . before it’s too late.  Excellent editorial by NRO.  Read it.

Related:  Obamacare Isn’t Forever.  And it sure isn’t the second coming of Medicare.

WHAT EVIDENCE IS THERE OF THE IMPACT OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE?:  It’s an interesting question, given the relative newness of same-sex marriage.  Nelson Lund explores this in a WSJ op-ed.  Of course, as posted earlier, many–especially libertarians– argue that there should be  a “presumption of liberty,” and the government, not individual citizens, should have to prove that same-sex marriage harms children or society before exercising the power to ban such marriages.

YOU CAN’T SEE ME!:  Invisibility is getting closer to reality than science fiction, thanks to new methods tested by scientists at the University of Texas.

BE CAREFUL ONLINE!!:  The suicide of a Texas A&M professor has been linked to blackmail by a man who posed online as an underage girl.  Yikes.

JUSTICE KENNEDY’S 3 MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS:  . . . during today’s Supreme Court hearing on the constitutionality of California’s gay marriage ban (Prop 8).  Here’s a great observation by Paul Barrett:  “When democracy intersects with constitutional jurisprudence, a mess is often what you get.”  Amen to that.

MISSING: SPACE HEDGEHOG:  You can’t make this stuff up.  UK residents near Oxfordshire are undertaking a frantic search for Cassie, a knitted (yes, knitted) hedgehog, who was launched into space as part of an experiment.  And, BTW, she’s adorable.  Here’s hoping she’s soon found, safe and sound.

A PRESUMPTION OF LIBERTY?:  Roger Pilon of the Cato Institute offers an insightful libertarian perspective on the gay marriage cases being heard by the Supreme Court this week.  Read the whole thing.

PROP 8 ORAL ARGUMENT TAKEAWAY:  As reported by NBC News, the Supreme Court’s questioning of lawyers today suggested a reluctance to prevent States from defining marriage as “one man, one woman” by declaring a constitutional right to gay marriage.   But then again, after arguments in Obamacare, most observers thought the law was doomed.  Prognostications about SCOTUS are dangerous.

TED OLSON & DAVID BOIES ON GAY MARRIAGE:  . . . and why they are challenging the constitutionality of California’s Prop 8 before the Supreme Court today.

A BRIDGE TO NOWHERE?:   Because it’s gone.  Vanished overnight.  Wow.

8 COOL USES FOR DRONES:  But they still creep me out.  Especially this one.