IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE SATIRE:

Aides Fitting Marionette Strings To Biden In Preparation For State Of The Union https://t.co/aDltGB5F8J pic.twitter.com/kHRofaJueD

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 7, 2024

I DID NOT EXPECT THIS: Effects of The Spanish Inquisition Can Still Be Seen in US Hispanic Healthcare.

I RAISED THE INSTA-DAUGHTER WELL: She was just telling me how she made homemade mayo with avocado oil, but then added bacon grease at the end for flavor. Genius. Like homemade Baconnaise, but better than the storebought version. Which isn’t bad.

UPDATE: Due to many requests, here’s her recipe:

I fry enough bacon to suit my heart. You want it crispy. Let cool.

Then mix an egg yolk with 1tsp dijon mustard and very slowly add 1/2 cup oil (I use a mild olive). Once it’s thickened, stir in a spoonful or two of bacon grease to taste, chop up and add a couple slices of bacon (I just eat the rest), and voila. Delicious on toast with tomatoes or stirred into pasta salad.

“I just eat the rest.” Did I raise her well, or did I raise her well?

FOUR YEARS AGO WAS OUR LAST NORMAL WEEK, AND NOBODY KNEW IT. Well, some of us had an inkling. I took my seminar out to a bar on the Thursday before spring break, and told them it might be the last time we were all together in one place, which turned out to be true. And Helen and I rented an Airbnb downtown for the weekend for a little getaway. A week later everything was locked down. Fortunately, I had plenty of supplies, and toilet paper.

SENSIBLE GUN LEGISLATION: GA: Bill Would Make Property Owners Liable For Injuries In Gun-Free Zones.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Louisiana Becomes 28th Permitless Carry State, Gov Signs Into Law.

Related: South Carolina Permitless Carry Closer to Reality.

THE BIG TECH MENACE: Microsoft accused of selling AI tool that spews violent, sexual images to kids.

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Pregnant women protected from HIV by drug-emitting vaginal ring.

WELL, YES: Hochul putting the National Guard in NYC subways is a political stunt. Enforcing the law, and ending catch-and-release policies, would do more good. But that would be an admission that the current policies are failures. This is a distraction, instead.

PROTEIN IS GOOD: Eating refined carbs could reduce perceived facial attractiveness, study says.

MARK JUDGE: Mad Men or Good Men: Defending the American Men of Pre-Feminist America. Pre-Feminist America was a better America, overall. And according to the General Social Survey, women were much happier.

THEY SHOULD SET IT UP LIKE MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: Trump says he’s going to do a ‘Play by Play’ of State of the Union.

WHY IS HIGHER EDUCATION SUCH A CESSPIT OF ANTISEMITISM? UNLV cops shut down Israeli professor’s lecture rather than remove anti-Israel protesters.

WHY IS HIGHER EDUCATION SUCH A CESSPIT OF ANTI-SEMITISM? Illinois Wesleyan University faces federal investigation over anti-Semitism complaint.

MARK SIMON: The End of Decency in Hong Kong: The CCP Must Kill What No Totalitarian Regime Can Tolerate, Decency.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Public rejects Biden’s pleas, buys more guns.

I mean, just look around.

FROM THE BOTTOM UP INSTEAD OF FROM THE TOP DOWN: Robert Tracinski: What Would a Pro-Free-Market ‘Industrial Policy’ Look Like?

THEY’RE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO STOP TRUMP EXCEPT BEAT HIM FAIRLY IN A NORMAL ELECTION: Democratic Panic: A Trump Conviction is the Only Way Biden Can Win.

If Biden wins that way he will be regarded — rightly — as an illegitimate president by tens of millions of Americans.

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: C Is For Collusion? Federally Funded Kids’ Show Amplifies White House Talking Points.

BREAKING: ‘Rust’ Armorer Convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter.

IT’S HARD TO BLAME THEM, THOUGH: South Koreans want their own nukes. That could roil one of the world’s most dangerous regions. And post-Afghanistan it’s hard to trust the United States’ security guarantees.

JOEL KOTKIN: California’s progressive regime is weakened — but not defeated. “One might think that Californians would want regime change. After all, the state suffers from a $73 billion deficit, an unemployment rate among the nation’s highest, the highest percentage of residents living in poverty, a failed education system, and mounting business flight. That’s not to mention its massive net outmigration, with a net total of 1.7 million people from domestic migration between 2016 and 2022. Overall the state has 30% of the nation’s homeless population, and is currently witnessing its highest crime rate in a decade.”

UNSURPRISING: Alabama Lawmakers Pass Bill to Protect I.V.F. Treatments.

OPEN THREAD: Super Tuesday is over, but it’s still not too late to have a Wonderful Wednesday!

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China outlines position on use of space resources. “Johnson interprets the Chinese stance as seemingly largely aligned with the broader international consensus on the use of space resources. That is, the right to possess and use space resources is not only desirable by space agencies and national governments, but is also permissible under the current international law. Discussion and consideration of the use and legality utilizing space resources has grown in recent years due to advancements in the space sector, the rise of commercial companies and renewed interest in the moon.”

I’ve been saying that for several decades now, so it’s nice to see it becoming a consensus.