IF THEY PROCLAIM THEIR PERVERSE ALLEGIANCES FROM THE ROOFTOPS, THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS NAME AND SHAME THEM:  What is to be done?

I CAN’T READ THIS WITHOUT THINKING OF THE DAY THE PEOPLE FELL BY CORDWAINER SMITH:  China to begin construction of its Mars sample return spacecraft.

POOR WIDDLE APPEAL JUDGES. DID THE DISSENT HURT THEIR FEE FEES?  Appeals Judges Upset By “Crude” Dissent Mocking Majority For Permitting Naked Men In Women-Only Nude Spa.

TO NO ONE’S SURPRISE:  Nordic Countries Are Not Socialist Paradises: Most of the descendants of Scandinavian immigrants to America in the 19th century are more successful than their cousins in Scandinavia, which suggests that the latters’ welfare policies have impeded the growth of economy.

Again and again: Socialism kills. Fast or slow. By homicide or destruction of the economy that allows people to live. But it always kills.

I KEEP CRYING IN THE DESERT: CULTURE MATTERS:  Illegal Alien Adult Student at High School in Fairfax, VA, Accused of Groping Multiple Girls.

OH, CAN’T WE? ON THE SCALE OF CORKS TO KINGS, HOW HARD WOULD YOU SAY IT WAS TO TAKE IT OUT?   Kansas State official on DEI: “You can’t take it out”.

AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES FUTURISM CHALLENGING AND FASCINATING:  In Saturday’s FEE Weekly, Diego Costa looks at the classic example of how the role of the bank teller changed when automated teller machines (ATM) were introduced.

However, fear not. There are very few buggy whip makers, let alone flintknappers on the unemployment line. the story of humanity is the story of saltational innovation. Chances are that this one is also survivable.

AND THIS IS WHY WE DON’T LET THE FAMILY OF TERRORISTS IN WITHOUT SCRUTINY:  Brother of Michigan synagogue attacker was Hezbollah commander, Israel alleges. Ayman Muhammad Ghazali carried out Detroit-area attack after Israeli strike eliminated two brothers and other family members, police say.

GOOD:  Vegas police refuse to release violent criminal despite judge’s order: reports.

IT WAS THAT. AND ALSO ENCOURAGED AND FINANCED BY OUR ENEMIES:  A Solidly, Aggressively Patient Threat.

WHEN I THINK OF THE OSCARS, I THINK OF A BUNCH OF HARVEY WEINSTEIN AND JEFFREY EPSTEIN SYCOPHANTS TRYING TO PRETEND TO MORAL SUPERIORITY:

You are literally watching them try to eat one of their own. Timothée souffle.

— Joseph Kahn (@JosephKahn) March 16, 2026

IF TRUMP WERE AS BAD AS THEY SAY, WOULD THEY HAVE TO LIE TO SCORE POINTS ON HIM?

Yikes you’re fucking retarded… 🥴🤡https://t.co/Og5HjCcjd7

— AFCbreezy (@breezysjg) March 15, 2026

HE REALLY WAS A DREADFUL, DESTRUCTIVE PERSON:

Paul Ehrlich was genuinely one of the worst people of the 20th century. Everything he stood for was wrong; everything he advocated for was evil. https://t.co/9ZG35dSYOK

— Yuan Yi Zhu (@yuanyi_z) March 16, 2026

Normally I’m a de mortuis nil nisi bonum kinda guy, but in this case I will make an exception.

OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

MAKES YOU WONDER WHY ALL THESE COUNTRIES’ GOVERNMENTS ARE PURSUING THIS STRATEGY AGAINST ALL OPPOSITION:

% of respondents who feel their country takes in too many migrants:

🇬🇷 Greece: 90%
🇨🇾 Cyprus: 84%
🇮🇪 Ireland: 78%
🇩🇪 Germany: 77%
🇦🇹 Austria: 77%
🇧🇬 Bulgaria: 76%
🇵🇱 Poland: 75%
🇮🇹 Italy: 74%
🇧🇪 Belgium: 73%
🇨🇿 Czechia: 72%
🇪🇸 Spain: 70%
🇫🇷 France: 70%
🇸🇪 Sweden: 70%
🇫🇮 Finland:… pic.twitter.com/iIVcl0lalk

— Infodex (@infodexx) March 14, 2026

THEY’RE NOT JUST ELON MUSK’S ROCKETS, THEY’RE HUMANITY’S ROCKETS: A Battle Over Texas Beaches Could Ground Elon Musk’s Rockets.

Greens have been trying to shut SpaceX down for years. Hey, China needs to catch up!

AS ALWAYS, LIFE IMITATES MEL BROOKS: Bernie Sanders*-backed Senate hopeful backtracks on apology for ‘Nazi skull’ tattoo insisting it’s an ’eminently reasonable skull-and-crossbones.’

A Democrat running for Senate in Maine who previously apologized for a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol is now defending the design as nothing more than a skull-and-crossbones.

Graham Platner, who hopes to run against incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins, was mired in scandal last year when it was revealed he has a tattoo on his chest resembling the Nazi ‘Totenkopf’ or ‘death’s head’ symbol adopted by Hitler’s SS.

He has since had it altered to resemble some kind of animal.

At first Platner apologized, saying he didn’t realize the symbol was associated with Nazism, and promised he’d get it removed.

But in an interview this week with news blog Zeteo, Platner pushed back, defending the tattoo as merely a ‘skull-and-crossbones’ and ‘an eminently reasonable thing’.

At the beginning of the month, I wrote that perhaps Platner should deploy the Mel Brooks crisis PR handbook. The 1963 comedy album, Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks at the Canne Film Festival kicked off thusly (audio available at the Wayback Machine):

CARL REINER: Sir, sir, you’re wearing your bathing suit, I noticed.

BROOKS: Yes, yes.

REINER: And as you scratched your head, I noticed a little “SS” tattooed under your arm. What does that mean?

MEL BROOKS: Oh, oh, oh, well, wait! That’s the Simon Says!  Umm, umm, Simon Says, we played that on the beach. I’m the captain of the Simon Says team! And that’s where we get SS from! I’m serious about the game, I love it, and so I had myself tattooed, “Simon Says!”

I didn’t expect for Platner to do exactly that. 

* Bernie Sanders, you say? Kevin Williamson, call your office: Bernie’s Strange Brew of Nationalism and Socialism.

You too, Chris Matthews! Chris Matthews compares Bernie’s likely victory in Nevada to the Nazis conquering France in 1940.

YOU’RE GONNA BE SITTING ON THE COUCH ANYWAY? March Madness: Vasectomies Spike During Major Basketball Event, But Why?

GOOD: Scientists Unveil Cheaper and Faster Way To Extract Lithium From Massive Untouched Reserves.

GREAT MOMENTS IN VICTIMHOOD: Rachel Zegler Claims She Grew Up Without Latina Beauty Icons in Media — Reality Tells a Very Different Story.

Zegler was born in 2001, meaning her teenage years would roughly span 2014 to 2020.

By that point, Latina representation in entertainment and beauty media had already been widespread for more than two decades.

Some of the most recognizable Latina actresses and pop culture icons during that era included:

• Jennifer Lopez, a global superstar who appeared on countless magazine covers including Vogue, People, and Harper’s Bazaar while also leading major Hollywood films.
• Salma Hayek, the Oscar-nominated star of Frida and longtime beauty and fashion icon.
• Jessica Alba, one of Hollywood’s biggest actresses of the 2000s with films like Fantastic Four and Sin City.
• Eva Longoria, the face of Desperate Housewives and twice named Maxim’s No. 1 “Hot 100” woman.
• Penélope Cruz, an Oscar-winning actress and longtime ambassador for the global beauty brand L’Oréal.
• Rosario Dawson, known for major roles in Men in Black II and Sin City.
• Michelle Rodriguez, a longtime star of the Fast & Furious series and numerous action films.
• America Ferrera, who became a breakout television star in Ugly Betty in 2006.

Meanwhile, Latina representation in the modeling and beauty industry was also highly visible.

Dolores Del Río, Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino), Rita Moreno (born Rosa Dolores Alverío Marcano), Raquel Welch (born Jo Raquel Tejada), Lynda Carter, and Sofia Vergara would like a word here as well.

She's the first ever Latina in "big pieces of media." pic.twitter.com/NLmuLOwhLe

— Steph Anie (@mynerdyhome) March 14, 2026

FASTER, PLEASE: How vitamin B2 could pave the way to new cancer therapies.

FIX OR REPAIR DAILY: Ford Recalls More Than 2.3 Million SUVs to Fix Three Separate Issues.

TRIM YOUR NAILS: Ergonomic Long Handle Toenail Clippers with Catcher. #CommissionEarned

IF GUN CONTROL IS SUCH A GREAT IDEA, WHY DO ITS PROPONENTS ALWAYS HAVE TO LIE? Let’s Count the Lies Virginia Assault Weapons Bill Author Saddam Salim Tells in Just Three Paragraphs.

CAN’T STOP THE SIGNAL:

🚨 همین الان مجتمع مخابراتی همدان رو زدن اینترنت پر سرعت شده😍😍 pic.twitter.com/9ume9AF0Bk

— شارلا ماکس (@norbayuv) March 15, 2026

Translation: “They just hit the telecom complex in Hamadan, internet’s gotten super fast now.”