LOL: Newsom cheers ‘extraordinary’ Biden, says Trump wants ‘pre-1960s world.’

HE SHOULD KNOW THAT ONLY LEFTIES ARE PRIVILEGED TO DISRUPT EVENTS: Gold Star Father Arrested After Heckling Biden at State of the Union.

BECAUSE THE LEFT HATES THE IDEA OF ORDINARY PEOPLE DEFENDING THEMSELVES: Why Will Daniel Penny Still Stand Trial When Hochul Has to Send in Natl Guard?

FLASHBACK: Backyard Filmmakers Are Hollywood’s Greatest Fear. The distribution mostly turned out to be TikTok, etc., but it turned out true. AI video will make it much, much moreso.

OPEN THREAD: Just do it.

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Nukes in Space: The New Frontier of 21st Century Warfare? I think the utility of nuclear weapons in space is overstated.

FORBIDDEN ATTRACTION: Surprise Discovery Shows Forbidden Particles Can Attract Each Other.

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: EXCLUSIVE: Public Schoolers Are Paid $1,400 a Pop to Become Social Justice Warriors: A California activist group is using taxpayer money to reward teens for learning how to fight for ‘racial justice.’

So much “activism” is really just paid political campaigning.

CDR SALAMANDER: Thoughts on Seablindness.

UPDATE: Link was incorrect; now fixed.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Lifesaving Skills Every Gun Owner Should Know.

THE GLOBAL BABY BUST: See the Future of Global Depopulation – a Giant Empty School.

I’VE SEEN THE LOCKDOWNS AND THE DAMAGE DONE: Blood pressure control in veterans declined during the COVID-19 pandemic.

DID EXXON MAKE IT RAIN TODAY? Why headlines blaming extreme weather on climate change don’t hold up, the peril of catastrophism, and the case that we’re actually safer than ever before.

Just remember: If it’s bad, it’s climate change. If it’s good, it’s “just weather.”

I HAVEN’T TRIED NON-ALCOHOLIC WINES: The best non-alcoholic wines for 2024 that don’t taste like grape juice. In my experience, non-alcoholic whiskey and gin are execrable, and non-alcoholic beer can be quite good. This article supposedly identifies tasty wines, but as I say, I haven’t tried them.

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Ethics probe launched into Harvard overseer whose law firm billed school $42 million.

THE ENEMY WITHIN: Brown U. student tour guides picket in defense of peer who supported tour ‘disruptions’: Parents and students are ‘going to have to listen to what we have to say, too.’

You’re spoiled kids. Why should people particularly care what you think?

That said, I’m in favor of this. Let parents see what they’re about to pay six figures for in all its ignorant, narcissistic glory.

SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON BIGOTRY: House education committee requests documents from MIT on campus anti-semitism.

LIGHTING DEAL: 90 Teeth 1/2” Inch Drive 25-250 Ft Lb Torque Wrench. #CommissionEarned

OPEN THREAD: I’ve gotten requests for a Sunday Morning open thread, so we’ll give it a try.

CNN POLL: Americans Didn’t Buy Media Spin on Biden SOTU.

THE LEFT IS ALWAYS TRYING TO TURN ANY SORT OF DISAGREEMENT INTO A VARIETY OF “RACISM.”

Because I am raising concerns about the flood of unvetted illegal immigrants overwhelming American cities, the press will often characterize me as “anti-immigrant”.

As an immigrant myself, nothing could be further from the truth.

I am very much in favor of increased and…

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 9, 2024

OPEN THREAD: Happy Saturday!

THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA, Boeing delay Starliner capsule’s 1st astronaut launch to early May.

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Should You Let Your Dog Lick Your Face? Here’s The Science.

Since I don’t have a spleen, I’ve been told to avoid dog and cat saliva for fear of sepsis. I don’t know how big that risk is — I was only warned about 10 years ago and I got licked plenty before that. But I do try to avoid being licked now. And I’m sorry, but people who kiss their dogs on the mouth — or worse yet, french kiss them — are just being gross.

DON’T STOP COLD TURKEY THOUGH, OR YOU RAISE YOUR RISK: Though no longer recommended, many older Americans still take low-dose aspirin.