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.

IS THIS GOOD OR BAD FOR ALEC BALDWIN: ‘Rust’ armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins.

ENVIRONMENTALISTS AGAINST ELECTRIC CARS: Elon Musk’s German Tesla plant suffers close to $1 billion in damages after attack by the ‘dumbest eco-terrorists on Earth.’ Elon should sue them — and their funders — for the full cost.

WELL, GOOD: A Universal Antivenom For Snake Bites Is Closer Than Ever to Reality. Actually, it’s only for the neurotoxic ones, not the hemotoxic ones.

LAKEN RILEY UPDATE: Athens DA faces new effort to oust her from office. “The criticism is not new for Gonzalez, who has for years faced questions over her handling of high-profile charges, her decision not to prosecute certain low-level offenses and her approach to immigration cases. And when Gov. Brian Kemp pushed for a new state commission to punish ‘rogue’ prosecutors, it was Gonzalez he invoked as an example of a district attorney in need of reprimand. A revamped version of that law is now waiting for Kemp’s signature. Gonzalez is responsible for bringing justice to the killer of Laken Riley, the nursing student slain on the University of Georgia’s campus. Jose Antonio Ibarra, who authorities say entered the country illegally in 2022, is charged with her killing.”

GIVING THE PRESS THE RESPECT IT’S EARNED:

🚨🌎 “Why don’t you go & talk about Jewish Space Lasers & why don’t you f**k off”

WOW – listen to MTG tell former BBC News Anchor Emily Maitlis exactly where to go

Legacy media is dead – millions realise they’ve been relentlessly LIED too over all the major issues for years now pic.twitter.com/xTcnbnqcR2

— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) March 6, 2024

FOR ONE THING, THEY GO BADLY WITH BUSINESS SUITS AND EVENING GOWNS: Why Don’t Humans Have Tails? Scientists Uncover Genetic Secret That Could Explain Why.

WELL, GOOD: FDA signs off on first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor.

RIDICULOUS. CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS HAS EXPLAINED THAT THERE ARE NO DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN JUSTICES. Some liberals and progressives think Justice Sotomayor should retire this year to ensure a Democratic President names her replacement.

THOUGHTS: Precision Shooting Versus Defensive Shooting.

I AGREE: Too many screens? Why car safety experts want to bring back buttons.

Flashback: Bring Back Our Knobs: Analog vs. Digital. “Not so long ago, if I wanted to adjust the heat in my car, or the volume on my car radio, I could grab a nice, simple knob. Turn it to the right, and the car got warmer, or the radio got louder. Turn it the other way, and the opposite occurred. I could always sense how far I was adjusting things—without ever taking my eyes off the road—because millions of years of evolution have produced a neurological feedback mechanism that lets me know just how much I’m turning my wrist. Easy, effective, intuitive. That’s simply good design, right? You’d think. But in most late-model cars, making those kinds of adjustments requires pushing buttons multiple times, or navigating menus within menus, and—almost always—taking your eyes off the road.”

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Totalitarianism, however, does not so much promise an age of faith as an age of schizophrenia. A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud. Such a society, no matter how long it persists, can never afford to become either tolerant or intellectually stable.”

CORRELATION AND CAUSATION? WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE. Researchers say education might slow pace of aging.

SEEMS LIKE A GOOD WAY TO PROMOTE RESISTANCE: One dose of antibiotic after sex halved STD rates, study shows. “Just one dose of the antibiotic doxycycline taken after sex halved the number of chlamydia and syphilis cases in San Francisco, promising new research shows. In the study, gay and bisexual men and transgender women who had a history of sexually transmitted infections or multiple sex partners were given a supply of the antibiotic and asked to take two 100-milligram pills within 72 hours of unprotected sex. The strategy is known as doxy-PEP.”

YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON THE NYT STAFF TO SIDE WITH THE BARBARIANS: “Tensions at The New York Times over an investigative report on Hamas’ use of sexual violence in the October 7th attacks have erupted into the open over the past week with fresh conflict surfacing nearly every day.”

“At the heart of the newsroom tensions stands a powerful story about sexual violence during Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 attack in Israel. The story, published in late December under the byline of international correspondent Jeffrey Gettleman and two freelancers, said The Times had documented a pattern of sexual assault by Hamas as a brutal strategy.”

From the comments: “Raping someone to death for leftist political purposes isn’t rape-rape, right?”

THEY’RE DOING PRETTY WELL AT SINKING SHIPS, FOR A COUNTRY WITHOUT A NAVY: Ukraine Claims to Have Sunk Another Russian Warship in the Black Sea. “A modern Russian coastal warship has been swarmed by drones and sunk, Ukraine claims, the latest strike against the dwindling Black Sea Fleet.”

This bodes poorly for a Chinese Taiwan invasion fleet.

WELL, I THINK IT’S BECOME OBVIOUS THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF JANUARY 6 WAS INFLATED: McConnell endorses Trump in 2024 race despite railing against him after Jan. 6.

WHY IS HIGHER EDUCTION SUCH A CESSPIT OF ANTISEMITISM? UCSB Black Studies faculty plan ‘day of interruption’ to protest protections for Jews.

WHY IS HIGHER EDUCATION SUCH A CESSPIT OF HATRED AND ANTISEMITISM? Illinois Wesleyan University faces federal investigation over anti-Semitism complaint: The Department of Education opened an investigation into Illinois Wesleyan University over its response to anti-Semitism on campus since the Israel-Hamas war began on October 7, 2023.

WELL, BYE: Nikki Haley to drop out of 2024 race, ending challenge against Trump for GOP presidential nomination. I was impressed with her once, but that changed as I got to know her better. She’s basically a female Mitt Romney.

AS FAIR AS THE ONE IN SCOTTSBORO: Democrats Celebrate How Biased the Jury in D.C. Will Be.

Of course, democrats were happy with that too.

IT’S COME TO THIS: “David French is now far to the left of Ketanji Brown Jackson.”

NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN SPACE.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Biden Report Card: 47% ‘strongly disapprove,’ which is the highest yet.

WELL, BYE: The Late Senator Orrin Hatch’s Utah Senate Seat has been vacated by Mitt Romney. “Mitt Romney always was, and always will be remembered as a big time loser. Now is the perfect time to consider the candidacy of Senator Hatch’s oldest and most conservative son, Brent Hatch.”