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.

LIKE A LANDED FISH: Madam Speaker Flips and Flops on Impeachment.

LET’S FORGET EVERYTHING BUT MERIT. JUST MERIT:  SAT ‘Adversity Score’ Will Discriminate More, Not Less.

WATCH THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF MY SHOCKED FACE:  Avenatti Indicted, Accused Of Stealing Stormy’s Money.

WAS?  Comey Was a Commie? 

DO YOU KNOW WHAT TROUBLES WRITERS FOR THE BABYLON BEE? THEY LAY AWAKE NIGHTS, WORRIED THAT THEIR HILARIOUS HEADLINE WILL BE TRUE BEFORE IT APPEARS ON THE WEBSITE:  Amid Criticism That He’s Too White, Biden Insists He Has A Black Friend.

I don’t envy them!

I DON’T KNOW WHY SO MANY OF MY FRIENDS ARE SO INTERESTED IN GETTING TO WHERE FALLING FROM WOULD KILL THEM BUT THERE IT IS:  Armstrong Starters and Other Old Things.

THEY HAVE NOTHING BUT A CULT LIKE LOYALTY TO THE DREAM THAT FAILED:  Universities now requiring loyalty oaths taken to ‘diversity’.

AS BAD AS THE CORRESPONDENT’S REPORTAGE:  How bad was that White House Correspondents Dinner Trump refused to attend?

HAVING FOUND A CACHE OF THE EXTREMELY GULLIBLE:  Campaign Violation: AOC Dupes Green New Deal ‘Fun Run’ Participants.

I HAVE A T-SHIRT THAT SAYS NO NOOK SNEK!  (I HAVE NO CLUE WHO SENT IT TO ME. I HAVE TO LEARN NOT TO SEE SOMETHING SOMEONE POSTED AND SAY “OOOH. I WANT ONE.” IT LEADS TO THE STRANGEST COLLECTION OF GIFTS EVER, RANGING FROM T-SHIRTS TO NERF GUNS.): Swalwell to America: We Will Disarm You; America: *Raises Middle Finger Salute*.

Also: Molon labe. These are my middle fingers.  Behold a matched pair.

AND AGAIN WITH THE SHOCKED FACE, SHOCKED:  Historian Ron Chernow Gets Jefferson And Hamilton History Wrong At #WHCD.

DOES ANYONE HERE CARE WHAT THE DEMS SAY?  Democrats Say Trump Not Allowed To Discuss Ralph Northam’s Infanticide Advocacy.

OH, WOW. WHO’D HAVE THUNK IT? MY FACE, LOOK HOW SHOCKED IT IS:  “Green” Energy Policies Hurt the Environment, Another Case Study.