LYSISTRATA HAS NEVER BEEN FUNNIER:  HARRIDANS ON SEX STRIKE!  Can the nation hope to survive?

AFTER CAULIFLOWER AND COW FARTS:  Tornadoes: AOC’s New Climate Change Boogeyman.

IN VINO… KNOWLEDGE?  What your wine preference reveals about your personality.

SO… WE STOLE IT?  Puzzle over origin of Earth’s water SOLVED – it came from ‘dead planet that smashed into us’ 4billion years ago, scientists claim.

NETS A LOT OF GRAFT:  The ‘affordable housing’ con game.

WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND YOU GET MORE OF WHAT YOU PAY FOR???  Typhus and Sky-High Trash Plague Los Angeles.

THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE:  Emails Show Colo. Official Asking Planned Parenthood to Help Craft Press Release.

AND IF THEY KEEP TRYING TO SHUT US DOWN, IT’S NOT GOING TO END WELL:  Leaving is the Hardest Thing.

ANOTHER DAY IN THE OPPRESSION MINES:  Cold office temperatures are hurting women’s productivity, study says.

THIS IS A GLOBAL FIGHT:  A Tale of Two Coups.

I SHARE IT:  Bafflement.

FREE COLLEGE EDUCATION WILL BE WORTH AS MUCH AS THE FREE EDUCATION WE ALREADY HAVE:  Free College Tuition: You Get What You Pay For.

SCHADENFREUDE!  Trump signs declassification memo.

SPEAKING OF WANTING TO KILL BABIES:  NY Times: Leading the Abortion Charge.

OH, DEAR LORD:  Lauren Underwood Accuses DHS Of Intentionally Killing Migrant Children.

THE VERY DEEP THINKING OF OCCASIONAL CORTEX:  “Those white people and their… cauliflower?“

SOUNDS LEGIT!  To Close 32-Point Gap With Biden, Sanders Launches Cross-Country Hair-Sniffing Tour.

EDITED BY LARRY CORREIA AND KAYCE EZELL (AND I HAVE A STORY IN IT):  Noir Fatale.

The silky note of a saxophone. The echoes of a woman’s high heels down a deserted asphalt street. Steam rising from city vents to cloud the street-lit air. A man with a gun. A dame with a problem . . .

NOIR.

From the pulpy pages of Black Mask Magazine in the 1920s and 30s, through the film noir era of the 1940s, to today, noir fiction has lured many a reader and movie-goer away from the light and into the dark underbelly of society. Names such as Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, and James M. Cain; titles like The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, The Postman Always Rings Twice . . . these have inhabited our collective consciousness for decades. Humanity, it seems, loves the dark. And within the dark, one figure stands out: that of the femme fatale.

Here then, Noir Fatale an anthology containing the full spectrum of noir fiction, each incorporating the compelling femme fatale character archetype. From straightforward hardboiled detective story to dark urban fantasy to the dirty secrets of futuristic science fiction—all with a hard, gritty feel.

As Raymond Chandler said, “Down these mean streets, a man must walk who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid.” Because, as these stories prove, doing the right thing doesn’t necessarily mean you get the big bucks or the girl. But you do the right thing anyway.

THE DEATH OF UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS CONTINUES:  EMBATTLED VCU PROFESSOR WAS ONCE MY ART TEACHER. HERE’S WHAT I LEARNED.

FROM NITAY ARBEL: Operation Flash: Episode 1: Knight’s Gambit Accepted.

On March 21, 1943, one man came within a hairbreadth of blowing up nearly the entire Nazi leadership.

In timeline DE1943RG, he succeeded.

Then the conspirators discovered that killing Hitler and his chief henchmen was the *easy* part.

AND WILL THEIR HEADS BE PUT ON PIKES?  (WHAT? IT WOULD CERTAINLY ENCOURAGER LES AUTRES, NO?):  Will the Spygate perpetrators ever be held accountable?

LET ME HAVE AN “UNEXPECTEDLY!”: Wealthy people think they’re better than others, even when they’re not.

BUT DON’T WORRY, WE CAN TRUST THEM TO CUT CO2 EMISSIONS ANY DECADE NOW:  China is pumping tons of banned chemicals into the air.

MY FACE, SO SHOCKED. BEHOLD! IT IS FILLED WITH SHOCK:  Hillary’s Resistance Group Has Pocketed Millions From The DCCC.  It’s almost like it’s associated with Hilary Clinton!

AND THERE IS MY SHOCKED FACE AGAIN:  Dems Tied to Obama’s Pro-Iran ‘Echo Chamber’ Spread Terror Regime’s Anti-Trump Talking Points.