GOOD THAT THEY WERE CAUGHT:  FBI raids Hollywood mansion in $17.4M alleged mortgage scam targeting seniors, 11 arrested including Iranian. The suspects are accused of stealing victims’ identities, taking out mortgages on their homes and pocketing the cash.

GOOD:  John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor.

OH, I VERY MUCH HOPE NOT A DONE DEAL:  ‘Not a done deal’: Democrats start to sweat over Virginia’s redistricting referendum. The unique nature of the April special election and the state’s recent redistricting history have presented challenges for Democrats, even as they hold a financial edge in the race.

THEY DESERVE IT:  NATO Slammed By Trump.

THE LEFT WILL NEVER ALLOW IT:  The Right To Be Let Alone. The most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men.

RELIGION, BUT WORTH PONDERING: I feel like there’s a big misconception among Christians that Jesus teaches us to “be nice to get along” people.

X-cancel.

IS IT WEATHER, OR CLIMATE? DEPENDS ON THE NARRATIVE.

On this date in 1907, it was 101° in Nebraska and 100° in Kansas. The weather has always been crazy. https://t.co/uXXQOQFH6d

— Chris Martz (@ChrisMartzWX) March 21, 2026

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

SPACE LAW: Artemis Accords nations grapple with how to handle emergencies and ‘harmful interference’ on the moon.

ALL OF IT? Giant Study May Have Found The Ideal Amount of Coffee to Lower Stress.

PROGRESS:

Big difference https://t.co/IkJQAJUU8R

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 21, 2026

WELL, GOOD: Newly Discovered Protein Could Rewrite How Scientists Treat High Cholesterol.

SO STOP:

In the aftermath of the 9/11 Islamist terrorist attacks, my former boss Margaret Thatcher wrote:

"We have harboured those who hated us, tolerated those who threatened us and indulged those who weakened us."

How right she was, and her words ring true today, especially in the UK. pic.twitter.com/z55LjOvwQQ

— Nile Gardiner (@NileGardiner) March 19, 2026

It should be difficult and unpleasant to be the enemy of a world power.

THE DANGERS OF FAKE NAILS IN HOSPITALS. “”I like the creativity but as a physician… I despair when I see these talons on fashion and entertainment industry folks. Not healthy at all. Just pull up any study on synthetic nails in pubmed. Just imagine HRs in hospitals have given up on young RNs to abide by the no long-nail rules… these nails can cut through gloves and in one case recently caused a rectal tear in a patient. Just think, everyone does them, so how are you going to stop this?”

Everyone does this? Think about the demographics involved and you’ll understand why hospitals won’t crack down on this.

AOC SPENDS $19K IN CAMPAIGN CASH ON PSYCHIATRIST:

She’s trippin’.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spent nearly $19,000 in campaign cash last year on a shrink who specializes in controversial ketamine therapy.

The socialist lawmaker hired Boston-based Dr. Brian Boyle, the chief psychiatric officer at Stella, a chain of mental health clinics focusing on “novel” therapies popular with Hollywood and Wall Street.

Her campaign paid Boyle $11,550 in March 2025, another $2,800 in May, and $4,375 in October for a total of $18,725, Federal Election Commission records show.

The expenses were marked as “leadership training and consulting.”

I can’t fault anyone for attempting to bolster their mental health when the world is coming to an end in five years: Ocasio Cortez: ‘The World is Going to End In Twelve Years If We Don’t Address Climate Change.’

—NRO, January 22, 2019.

WELL, THAT’S TOO BAD. Weight-loss drug semaglutide does not slow Alzheimer’s disease, two clinical trials find. But at least you’ll look slim and elegant as you forget things.

OUT ON A LIMB: A-10s are striking Iranian boats. Some say it’s a ‘wake-up call’ to stop the Warthog’s retirement.

A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are strafing boats in the Straits of Hormuz as part of President Trump’s war on Iran, and at least some experts say it shows why the venerable aircraft should remain in service.

“The A-10 Warthog is now in the fight across the southern flank and is hunting and killing fast-attack watercraft in the Straits of Hormuz,” Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during a Pentagon press briefing on Thursday.

The Defense Department posted images of the A-10 flying in U.S. Central Command airspace this week. CENTCOM praised the Warthog’s capabilities, noting in an X post on Sunday that the aircraft “can loiter for hours, standing by and ready to execute a mission whenever needed.”

The close-support aircraft, battle-proven in the Gulf War and Global War on Terror, has been threatened with retirement for decades. Congress has often pushed back; the most recent National Defense Authorization Act caps the number that can be scrapped until the Air Force details its retirement strategy. Experts told Defense One that the aircraft’s latest operations prove the war in Iran shouldn’t be the Warthog’s last rodeo.

The A-10s renewed use in the Middle East should serve as a “wake-up call” for lawmakers and the military calling for its retirement, said Dan Grazier, a Stimson Center senior fellow and the director of the nonprofit’s national-security reform program.

“The longer the A-10 exists, the more impressed I am with that aircraft,” Grazier said. “It’s just proof positive that when you design a weapon system that is stripped down and all the decisions that were made in the course of its design were all made for matters of military effectiveness, you get a really effective aircraft.”

Speaking of being impressed by an aircraft, the late Steve Irwin sounds like a kid in a hobby shop as he admires the A-10:

When Steve Irwin met the A-10 and had the best reaction pic.twitter.com/DG6U0Agmy5

— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) March 21, 2026

分断ではなく、統合をもたらす男:

Do you truly understand what Japan just gained? As a Japanese citizen, I’m telling you—this moment changed history.

Trump's Pearl Harbor joke wasn't an insult. It was the key that finally unlocked something buried deep in the Japanese soul.

For 80 long years, we've carried…

— captain S.O (@sow413) March 20, 2026

(見出しにおける古典の引用.)

CYBERATTACK ON IOWA BREATHALYZER COMPANY IMPACTS DEVICES IN 45 STATES:

A Des Moines-based breathalyzer test company is recovering after a cyberattack impacted drivers in 45 states, KCCI reports.

Intoxalock makes ignition devices that people use to start their vehicles after an OWI. People with the devices have to provide a breath sample to prove they have not been drinking before the car starts.

The company said many customers are locked out of their devices or that the device is giving misread calculations.

One state in particular is truly suffering:

the day Wisconsin stood still https://t.co/ItSxQgWAkh

— corb (@awshuqs) March 20, 2026

Related Lewis Black on the bionic resilience of Wisconsinite livers:

YES, THEY ARE, ABSURDLY SO: Mercedes-Benz E450 All-Terrain Yearlong Test: Are Mercedes Cars Expensive to Repair? We got rear-ended, and what looked minor at first became a more involved repair.

BE PREPARED: Tire Inflator Portable Air Compressor. #CommissionEarned

EVERYONE’S A MILLIONAIRE:

Iran has rolled out a new 10 million rial banknote, its largest ever denomination, worth about $7. pic.twitter.com/NSTzTl4jkE

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) March 21, 2026

I WANT ONE: A Goldilocks Pocket Pistol: Smith & Wesson’s Bodyguard 2.0 Carry Comp. I have a Bodyguard 2.0 and like it a lot. I think I’d like the compensated version even more.

STAY SAFE: Rechargeable Headlamp, 99,000 Lumens Ultra Bright LED Head Lamp. #CommissionEarned

MILE MARKERS ON THE ROAD TO DETROIT ATLANTIS: San Francisco is sinking at a rapid pace, NASA data shows. 

NASA is out with a dire warning about San Francisco.

The city is sinking at a rate so fast, it could put human life at risk.

Scientists used satellite data to study vertical land motion from 2015 to 2023.

Findings revealed that regional studies substantially underestimate sea level rise.

NASA projects more than double the expected rise by 2050.

Experts say environmental changes and frequent extreme weather could increase that even more.

When it sinks as far as Florida did in the ’80s and ’90s, let me know:

Also, San Francisco sinking will provide a useful bookend to DC sinking on the opposite coast of America: ‘Promise?’ Illustrated warning of what Washington, DC might look like if climate change isn’t addressed backfires:

The article about San Francisco sinking is at ABC’s Bay Area affiliate; in 2008, their parent company’s news division predicted that Manhattan would be underwater — by 2015:

On June 12, 2008, correspondent Bob Woodruff revealed that the program “puts participants in the future and asks them to report back about what it is like to live in this future world. The first stop is the year 2015.”

As one expert warns that in 2015 the sea level will rise quickly, a visual shows New York City being engulfed by water. The video montage includes another unidentified person predicting that “flames cover hundreds of miles.”

Then-GMA co-anchor Chris Cuomo appeared frightened by this future world. He wondered, “I think we’re familiar with some of these issues, but, boy, 2015? That’s seven years from now. Could it really be that bad?”

Nahh — but why take chances? Gentlemen, start your SUVs!

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): I have a cunning plan.