JOHN LUCAS: “The Only Time I Ever Lied” — Joe Biden’s Interview with the Special Counsel Is Worse Than You’ve Heard (Part 2).

ICYMI:

Whoever came up with "Didn't Earn It" as the description of DEI might have saved the world.

Normally, the clever alternative names people use to mock the other side's policy are nothing but grin-worthy.

This one could collapse the whole racist system. It's that strong.

— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) March 21, 2024

OPEN THREAD: Sorry, thought I’d scheduled this earlier.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Boeing’s 1st Starliner astronaut flight test for NASA could launch as soon as May 1.

As they say at Boeing, when one door closes, another opens.

THE CHINESE POSITION IS HELPED BY HAVING BIDEN ON THE PAYROLL:

The Filipinos, clutching the UN judgment and statement of support from allies, are up against the most implacable force on earth, the fiat of a Communist Party. Communist Parties never retreat, admit defeat or give up. It is the nearest thing in history to the Terminator.

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) March 24, 2024

WELL, HUMANS ARE PART OF NATURE: Turns Out Nature Didn’t ‘Heal’ While Humans Were in Lockdown.

SO THERE’S HOPE FOR KAMALA? Lack of Focus Doesn’t Equal Lack of Intelligence — It’s Actually Proof of an Intricate Brain.

IN CAESAR’S BICYCLE, JOHN BARNES NOTES THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MILITARY REVOLUTION IF IT HAD EXISTED IN ROMAN TIMES: Why did we wait so long for the bicycle?

MICROBIOME NEWS: Oral bacteria may speed growth of colon cancers.

SETH BARRETT TILLMAN: Flashback: Purim and My Bangladeshi Friend.

SHOCKER:

Misinformation experts are perhaps not quite unbiased

"Experts leaned strongly toward the left of the political spectrum"

Data from Harvard Misinformation Review, survey of 150 misinformation expertshttps://t.co/J5e3CYu2fQhttps://t.co/lEkZ0OCiss pic.twitter.com/k9SkF4m748

— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) March 23, 2024

HERESY: Testing the 2024 BMW M2—maybe the last M car with a manual transmission.

REVIEW: 2024 Ford Ranger.

“ANTHROPOCENE EPOCH” JUST ANOTHER GREEN FAIL: No ‘human era’ in Earth’s geological history, scientists say.

GET RID OF THAT OLD BLOOD/PLASMA: Accumulation of ‘junk proteins’ identified as one cause of aging and possible source of ALS.

FASTER, PLEASE: It’s a few years late, but a prototype supersonic airplane has taken flight.. “A prototype jet independently developed by Boom Supersonic made its first flight on Friday, the company said. . . . The XB-1 aircraft is a demonstrator intended to test materials and the aerodynamics of a larger commercial supersonic aircraft the company is calling Overture. Boom is one of a handful of companies attempting to revive supersonic commercial air travel since the Concorde’s final flight in 2003. Its planes are intended to carry between 64 and 80 passengers at about twice the speed of conventional commercial jets in service today. Boom says it has received 130 orders and pre-orders from American Airlines, United Airlines, and Japan Airlines for the Overture vehicle, which it plans to deliver later this decade.”

SENDS DATA BACK TO CCP SERVERS: Chinese company’s canine companion barks, wags tail, has 12 hours of battery life.

Related: Meet your new, lovable AI Buddy: Maybe instead of superhuman intelligence, we should fear superhuman cuteness.

I DO LIKE THIS REFORMULATION:

Whoever came up with "Didn't Earn It" as the description of DEI might have saved the world.

Normally, the clever alternative names people use to mock the other side's policy are nothing but grin-worthy.

This one could collapse the whole racist system. It's that strong.

— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) March 21, 2024

SO THE MOSCOW ATTACK IS LIKE A SMALL-SCALE VERSION OF Kurt Schlichter’s The Attack. I had some thoughts on that sort of thing here.

HIGHER EDUCATION, WAR ON MEN EDITION: University’s ‘Ejaculate Responsibly’ campaign blames men for unwanted pregnancies: Get sexual pleasure without risk of pregnancy via … homosexuality!

“CATHOLIC COLLEGE:” Catholic college holds Equity Week for ‘Infusing DEI into the Fabric of our Institution.’

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: RIP, Vernor Vinge. We are still living in his world, even if he is not.

THEY’RE NOT WRONG: Voters charge Biden wants to ‘jail’ Trump before election, 56%-30%.

SMART DIPLOMACY:

I thought we hated that oil stuff and wanted to replace it with batteries, windmills and solar farms. But Russia's oil is so important it can't be hit even if it fuels the Kremlin's armies and feedstock for it's high explosive production.

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) March 24, 2024

Flashback: Biden acts much more like Putin’s puppet than Trump ever did.

NOT EXACTLY ROCKET SCIENCE THERE, BUT GOOD FOR HIM: Leftist realizes killing nuclear power means more C02 emissions, news at 11.