I’M NOT, I ONLY KEEP A SINGLE BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE ON HAND, USUALLY: The New Yorker Wonders: Is the Media Prepared for an Extinction-Level Event?

JOSH BLACKMAN & SETH BARRETT TILLMAN: Griffin’s Case (1869) and The Enforcement Act of 1870.

RULE OF LAW IN NEW YORK: “What is the ‘extraordinary, unusual circumstance’? Being Donald Trump? If so, she’s revealing that she believes the prosecutors went after the man, not the crime, an abhorrent abuse of power. So, whatever she thinks, she can’t mean to be saying that. What else is there?”

Nothing. We were told up front not to normalize Trump, and the Democrats have denormalized themselves in response.

From the comments: “I’ve always thought that Donald Trump was a bit of a clown. I largely still think that. So why are our rulers so hell bent on eliminating him that they are willing to throw away every last vestige of their credibility? It makes me wonder.”

Me too.

LIFE IN THE BLUE ZONES: School Committee members explain why they want National Guard’s help at Brockton High. “In the letter, the four School Committee members wrote that the school has experienced a disturbing increase in incidents related to violence, security concerns and substance abuse over the past few months. They also claimed that the situation at Brockton High has gotten so bad that 35 teachers recently missed school.”

OPEN THREAD: Enjoy each other’s company.

WELL. Alabama Supreme Court rules that frozen embryos are ‘children.’

THE NEW SPACE RACE: India targets a surge in civil and commercial launches.

WHY IS THIS WRONG? People Value a Single Human Life Over Entire Other Species, Survey Reveals. Seems better than the Greens who value a single other species over all human life.

JOHN RINGO ON COUSIN MARRIAGE:

My ex wife worked for a while as a foster care worker which means she was a CPS investigator. She told the story of how ‘CPS had broken the Appalachian incest culture’ by ‘taking endangered children out of homes.’

It was known for decades that the Appalachian culture was inbreeding because of all the birth defects that were in the culture that turned out to be… bad nutrition. (Which was why, BTW, the DOD introduced the School Lunch Program back in the late 1940s. To cut down the rate of 4F from childhood nutrition deficiencies.)

Now, with DNA, we can peer into the past of the Appalachian culture and show that those toothless (from poor nutrition) rednecks were…

Not actually sleeping with their daughters. The DNA shows no higher rate of actual incest in traditional Appalachian culture than in the general background of the US.

I won’t mention where the highest is found. Take a guess.

We have hundreds of years of false mythology about what certain cultures are ‘like.’ Things that we know are the way and the truth and the light.

And how many of them are so much bullshit?

CPS broke a lot of homes, though, and got to feel better about themselves.

STEPHEN KRUISER HAS IT RIGHT:

I’ve been saying something for years that is especially true for the 2024 election: you’re voting for a president, not a prom date. This isn’t a long-running episode of “The Bachelor” that’s supposed to end with a love story.

A vote for Joe Biden or whichever commie ends up on the ballot in November is a vote for the imminent demise of the United States. That’s not hyperbole. This country is reeling from just three years of the Joe Biden fiasco, and he hasn’t even had much of a Congress to work with. The cabal running his brain is a wrecking ball. The United States as we know it will not survive until 2028 with the Democrats in control of the White House. It may still be called the United States of America, but it’s not going to be the same country.

There is no “principled” reason for any Republican to vote for anyone other than Trump or any other Republican who might replace him should the Democrats’ pre-election rigging work. Sitting this election out because of delicate feelings or a misbegotten sense of honor would be unconscionable.

Exactly.

WELL, THEY DON’T THINK THEY NEED FOR YOU TO HAVE IT: Jeffrey Carter: Free Speech Is Truly Under Assault: Your Betters Don’t Think You Need It.

IT’S OBVIOUSLY THE FAULT OF THE AUTHORITIES FOR NOT CALLING HIM AN UBER: Man Steals Semi Hauling $1.25 Million Worth of New Corvettes for Ride Home from Prison: The suspect had just been released from jail and needed a ride home when he decided to steal a truck carrying over $1 million worth of new Chevrolet Corvettes.

SELF-DEFENSE: Shooting Practice for a Criminal Encounter. Practice, practice.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX wants to take over a Florida launch pad from rival ULA.

THE STEREOTYPE IS THE NEGATIVE CURMUDGEON: Study hints at an early shift towards a more positive attitude in middle-aged people.

FASTER, PLEASE: Superbug killer: New synthetic molecule highly effective against drug-resistant bacteria.

WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT THIS WILL JUST WIND UP BEING USED AS AN EXCUSE TO SUPPRESS RIGHT-LEANING SPEECH? Tech giants sign accord to combat AI-generated ‘deep fake’ election year info.

The problem is, these people are hacks and can’t be trusted. That makes their assumption of any sort of gatekeeper role deeply suspect.

PENNSYLVANIA HIGHER EDUCATION IS A CESSPIT OF RACISM. SHUT IT DOWN. Pennsylvania state senator releases report of ‘severe’ racism at state universities.

I mean if it’s this bad after three generations of reform efforts, it can’t be saved.

HIGHER EDUCATION IS A VAST WASTELAND: UW-Madison student gov votes to remove Lincoln statue, a ‘remnant’ of ‘white supremacy.’

WE COULD USE SOME CHAINSAWING HERE AT HOME: CPAC scores ‘chainsaw’ Argentine President Javier Milei. “He will join El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele at the four-day event that is also expected to feature former President Donald Trump, who is making his record-setting 14th appearance. He will join El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele at the four-day event that is also expected to feature former President Donald Trump, who is making his record-setting 14th appearance.The populist presidents won big with promises to reform their governments and bureaucracies dramatically. Bukele was reelected this month with an estimated 85% of the vote. Milei won in November with over 55% of the vote. Both are also popular among American Hispanics, and their message to the CPAC is expected to be watched closely. Milei and Trump are scheduled to speak on Saturday, Feb. 24.”

TRUMP-HATER RICHARD PAINTER, IN THE ATLANTIC: Step Aside, Fani Willis. A friend comments: “And they even gave her the ‘unflattering B&W photo’ treatment.”

That’s how bad it’s gotten.

SPEAKING OF DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE: Biden Thinks No One Made Mistakes in Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal: Report.

HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT THEY ALWAYS HAVE ONE READY? Tucker Carlson Is A Convenient Distraction For Our Failed Elite.

DON SURBER: It’s George Washington’s Birthday: He was the greatest American. Don’t settle for less.

BRYAN CAPLAN: Mao’s Great Famine and Depraved Indifference. “However you slice it, Mao was a monster – and it’s high time for China to tear down his remaining posters and replace them with monuments to his victims.”

But he found support from many Western intellectuals.