THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ties 19 flight-record with launch from California. “It was the 19th mission for this Falcon 9’s first stage, according to a SpaceX mission description, tying a mark the company set on a Starlink launch this past December.”

YOU CAN COUNT ON ALEC BALDWIN TO RUN A PROFESSIONAL OPERATION: Prosecutors: ‘Rust’ Armorer Got High the Night Before the Shooting.

NO DILITHIUM CRYSTALS, THOUGH: Antimatter Could Unlock a Radical New Future of Interstellar Travel.

I’m still holding out for a Mannschenn Drive.

WELL YES, SINCE THERE’S NO ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, GENOCIDE: The World Court Lacks Any Plausible Basis for Directing Provisional Measures Against Israel Under the Genocide Convention.

The World Court was described by my International Law professor at Yale back in the 1980s as a “fundamentally trivial body,” but it seems determied to marginalize itself further. (Bumped).

I’M NOT GENERALLY A FAN OF ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES: The administration of oral contraceptives that include a synthetic variant of progesterone (progestogen) could elevate the risk of engaging in suicidal behaviors among women who have depression and thoughts of suicide.

#JOURNALISM:

Lots of legacy reporters are writing about Putin without mentioning that Putin endorsed Joe Biden for President 2024.

— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) February 23, 2024

ANOTHER CHINESE SPY BALLOON? Military Tracking Balloon Over US.

HMM: Men’s infertility linked to increased cancer risks among families. “A deficiency or absence of viable sperm in a man’s semen could spell danger for him and those closely related to him, new research suggests. Cancers are more likely to occur in these men and their families, reports a team led by Dr. Joemy Ramsay, an assistant professor at Utah University in Salt Lake City.”

FORTUNATELY, THE DRIVER WAS BARELY INJURED: Watch the interior video as Amtrak train cuts Amazon delivery van in two.

A LEGAL WIN FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE: NCAA barred from enforcing NIL rules under injunction granted by federal judge.

SELF-DEFENSE TIPS: Plan For The Worst: It’s okay, we tell ourselves, that sort of thing rarely happens.

EUGENE VOLOKH: “The Coddling of the American Mind” Movie: This is the film based on the bestselling book by FIRE’s Greg Lukianoff and Prof. Jonathan Haidt (NYU).

WELL, GOOD: Hair loss drug in Propecia, Proscar may lower risk of heart disease.

FLASHBACK: The Idiocy of America’s Racial Classification System: A conversation with Prof. David Bernstein.

WHEN NARRATIVES FAIL: Racial slur suspect at University of Maryland likely Hispanic.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Students learn to put together ‘plus sized outfit’ in ‘Intro to Fat Studies.’

KIMBERLEY STRASSEL: Sifting the FBI’s Garbage.

House Oversight Committee Republicans say the FBI told Congress their source had worked for the bureau since 2010, had been paid roughly $200,000 for information, and was deemed “highly credible.” Ranking Oversight Democrat Jamie Raskin acknowledged the FBI’s briefing about credibility. Republicans say Director Christopher Wray also confirmed the FBI used Mr. Smirnov’s information in investigations until June 2023 (when the bribery claims went public). The FBI affirmed Mr. Smirnov’s credibility so long as it was useful to do so.
It isn’t useful any longer. Republicans for months have hounded special counsel David Weiss, who is handling the Hunter Biden probe, to explain what he’s done since 2020 to verify or refute the Smirnov claims. Last week’s indictment, which he sought, is his answer. The FBI’s “highly credible” source is now presented as a brazen liar, a boaster, a profiteer who played a double game with the bureau, and a partisan who had it in for Joe Biden.

If this is true, it ought to be massive story that the FBI for 13 years relied on a man who prosecutors now worry has troubling and “extensive” ties to Russian intelligence. Instead, the media in its desire to embarrass Republicans is working to absolve the FBI, with the New York Times explaining the bureau never did “think much” of the Smirnov claims and concluded in 2020 that they “did not merit continued investigation.”

It’s a clown show, with evil clowns.

UPDATE: Link was broken before. Fixed now. Sorry! (And bumped).

OBVIOUSLY THEY’RE PUTIN PUPPETS: Voters, 2-1, want America fixed before funding Ukraine’s defense.

THEY’RE NOT “MIGRANTS,” THEY’RE SETTLER COLONIALISTS:

Yesterday, the British Parliament changed the way it operates because the Speaker was afraid that some parliamentarians would be murdered if they couldn't be seen to vote for a ceasefire in a war on the other side of the world.

This isn't democracy. This is a country that is…

— Konstantin Kisin (@KonstantinKisin) February 22, 2024

NOBODY WAS SENDING “HUMANITARIAN AID” TO NAZI GERMANY: Opposition to Humanitarian Aid for Gaza Goes Mainstream in Israel.

THE NEW SPACE RACE:

In the coming lunar land rush America's going to be selling all the wagons. If Putin's not careful it'll all be staked out before he knows it.https://t.co/xepE2viZg9

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) February 23, 2024

THE U.N. AND ITS ORGANIZATIONS NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. Gaza Hostage Mother: ‘UNRWA Worker Kidnapped My Son.’ They’ve sided with the enemies of civilization while pretending to do humanitarian work.

Related: Terror Victims Sue Associated Press for Employing Alleged Hamas Affiliate.

MATT TAIBBI: Orf vs. the Memory Hole: Biden Repeatedly Confuses Ukraine, Russia, and Iraq.

JOHN LUCAS: The New York Times Tries to Trash Melania Trump: And the Biden contempt for the entire Trump family “runs deep.”

NEW GOOGLE SLOGAN: BE EVIL!

I just typed in a Google query on my phone and the top two choices are pro censorship! pic.twitter.com/NC9nIi2GcV

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2024