GOOD: J.D. Vance Makes Pro-Israel Speech at Isolationist Event. “Vance used his speech to differentiate his opposition to Ukraine aid from his steadfast commitment to Israel. ‘I’m supportive of Israel and their war against Hamas. I certainly admire the Ukrainians who are fighting against Russia, but I do not think that it is in America’s interest to continue to fund an effectively never-ending war in Ukraine,’ Vance said. ‘It’s sort of weird that this town assumes that Israel and Ukraine are exactly the same. They’re not, of course, and I think it’s important to analyze them in separate buckets.'”

More at the link, which sounds sensible to me.

OPEN THREAD: This is for you.

DEFENDING THE INDEFENSIBLE: NASA defends Artemis cost and schedule amid planning of possible changes.

BY NOT BEING ABLE TO GET OFF THE GROUND? How Artemis astronauts will be protected from solar storms.

ON FLAGS AND COLLARS: On Flags and Collars: RBG wore her dissent jabot the day after the 2016 election. “The day after Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton to win the 2016 presidential election, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg took the bench wearing a black necklace with crystals. It was a piece she typically wore to express her displeasure while reading a dissent from the bench. But Ginsburg, who had called Trump a faker ahead of the election and then apologized, had no dissents to read. . . . If you’ll notice, Justice Alito is not wearing a MAGA hat. In 2020, after RBG’s death, The New York Times praised her sense of style.”

The press is organized now to delegitimize the Supreme Court. They do this with any institution the left doesn’t control.

I LOVE THAT GUY: NEW: Media Matters Lays Off Staffers After Musk Sues. “The Daily Caller also points out that MMFA faces investigations in Missouri and Texas over attempts to manipulate data on Twitter/X, which prompted the suit by Musk.”

HMM: Scientists Reveal The 2 Best Exercises For Lower Blood Pressure. Static-hold exercises like planks and wall sits better than aerobics? I want to believe that!

MICROBIOME NEWS: New Research Suggests That Your Gut Bacteria Could Impact Your Decision-Making.

ROGER SIMON: A Weekend in the ‘Boiler Room’ of Judaism. “The group organizing the gathering—the Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) of the same Hasidic movement—I discovered had become the biggest purveyor of Jewish education in the world. I was not entirely surprised because my wife and I had been taking their excellent courses from Rabbi Yitzchok Tiechtel of Chabad of Nashville. We both had been Ivy Leaguers years ago, in better times for those schools, but now we were engaged in study that was in many ways deeper and more personally fulfilling.”

EVEN AT 900 YEARS OLD, THE EXECRABLE JANE FONDA INVOKES THE ONLY POWER SHE’S EVER ACTUALLY HAD, calling for a “pussy boycott” against fossil fuels. You don’t have it anymore, Jane, and nobody who matters is listening to you.

UPDATE: Sorry, link was wrong before. Fixed now.

AT ONE POINT THEY WERE UNDER CONTROL: STIs, including syphilis, gonorrhea, increasing globally: WHO.

BULLIES: China starts ‘punishment’ military drills around Taiwan days after island swears in new leader.

HMM: 2024 Toyota Prius Prime Plug-In Hybrid at $43,000: Worth It?

TEETH FOR THE FOIA: No one has ever gone to jail for violating the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). And we wonder why politicians and career bureaucrats alike thumb their noses at the public’s right to know?

CALIFORNIA MADNESS: Now California Wants to Force You to Ride the Magical Mystery Train. “It takes a special kind of stupid to mandate electric vehicles that many people can’t afford, charged on a power grid that can’t support them. But beyond even that, it takes a special kind of magical thinking to mandate electric trains that haven’t been invented.”

STAY COOL THIS SUMMER: COOFANDY Men’s Linen Drawstring Pants. #CommissionEarned

CIVIL RIGHTS VICTORY: Federal Judge Blocks Biden Administration’s Gun Show Background Check Rule in Texas. “Plaintiffs understandably fear that these presumptions will trigger civil or criminal penalties for conduct deemed lawful just yesterday.”

PRIORITIES:

On brand. https://t.co/SnXF5vI17u

— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) May 23, 2024

Then again, what could Biden possibly bring to the table in Switzerland?

BREAKING: Norfolk Southern Agrees to Pay More Than $310 Million Over Ohio Train Derailment.

FIND YOUR PHONE: Apple AirTag 4 Pack.#CommissonEarned

IT’S ODDLY GOOD-LOOKING, TOO: First Aerial View Of B-21 Raider Offers New Insights. “Overall, this side-on image gives us an idea of just how smooth and flowing the B-21 design truly is. While having much in common with its predecessor the B-2, it is clearly a major leap in stealth technology.”

AND OF BEING BOEING: NASA and Boeing’s Starliner delays expose the challenges of space travel.

2024 IS NOT ONLY STRANGER THAN YOU IMAGINE, IT’S STRANGER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE: There’s No Way in Hell Biden Drops Out But… “There is no way Presidentish Joe Biden will drop out of the race, and I’m here to tell you today why he might.”

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Brain implant in conjunction with AI app allows nearly mute man to speak in two languages.

GEORGE SOROS HARDEST HIT: Why progressive DAs are losing their grip on the West Coast.