MY FACE REMAINS SUPER-SHOCKED:  Brother, sister indicted in alleged IED plot at Florida Air Force base tied to Iran war; 1 suspect in China. The device was planted at MacDill Air Force Base, headquarters to CENTCOM and the US military’s special ops.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED. BEHOLD MY SHOCKED FACE:  Gee, more approved fraud in MN.

ALSO GOOD:  Trump Directs DHS Secretary Mullin to Pay TSA Agents.

GOOD:  Operation Box Cutter: Historic FBI Strike on China-to-Cartel Fentanyl Pipeline.

THESE DAYS, FORTUNATELY, THE INTERNET IS FOREVER:  “Instead of the unsinkable battleship we have the unsinkable Military Expert …”

THE ECONOMIST IS ON MESCALINE:  The Mullah Regime of Iran is in very deep trouble. Any critical thinker can see that.

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WE NEED MORE OF EVERYTHING!  Up-arm the Fleet? With What?

HOW MUCH OF WHAT WE’RE SAYING IS MISDIRECTION:  Also, Don Lemon is Still a loser:  Iran Strikes: Day 27.

GOOD LUCK ON THAT APOLOGY:  Eighth Circuit backs Trump on alien detention [With Comments].

FRANCIS AND I AGREED IT WAS TIME TO RERUN HIS POSTS ON ECONOMICS:  Something about Money (and cake) – Francis Turner – A blast from the past from December 2014.

OPEN THREAD: Because I love you and want you to be happy.

21st CENTURY HEADLINES: NASA’s ‘1st nuclear powered interplanetary spacecraft’ will send Skyfall helicopters to Mars in 2028.

FLASHBACK: RANDY BARNETT ON LIBERTARIANISM’S FAILURES:

I see five distinct ways that libertarian theory needs to up its game.

First, the need for natural law ethics in addition to natural rights; second, the need to distinguish between libertarian ideal theory and second-best libertarianism in a world of governments and competing nations; third, the need for a libertarian theory of citizenship and civil rights; fourth, the need to separate the public-private binary from the government-nongovernment binary; and fifth, the need for a more refined theory of corporate power and corporate rights.

Let me offer a few words about each.

Read the whole thing.

DON SURBER: Ice Deports Crime.

METFORMIN UPDATE: After 60 Years, Diabetes Drug Revealed to Unexpectedly Affect The Brain. In a good way.

NUKE THE FILIBUSTER, PASS A BUDGET AND THE SAVE ACT:

I salute them! Doubling down on stupid. Sooner or later, when they show consistency, you have to respect that. https://t.co/gQXLIBHy8h

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) March 26, 2026

IT’S ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: Ancient DNA Reveals Medieval Secret Hidden Inside a 5,000-Year-Old Spanish Monument.

BIG SPRING SALE: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition 32GB (newest model). #CommissionEarned

PLACEBOS ARE YOUR FRIEND: Sharper mind and body achieved in older adults with a fake supplement in just 3 weeks.

I THINK IT LOOKS NICER:

Woman who swallowed 3 liters of vodka pleads guilty to sticking googly eyes on $95K blob-like sculpture https://t.co/lKeJrkmwK2 pic.twitter.com/KPOajWN21d

— New York Post (@nypost) March 25, 2026