OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

IT’S FUNNY BECAUSE IT’S TRUE:

WELCOME TO THE 21ST CENTURY:

FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: What Is it With His Terrible Escape Vehicle Decisions? “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn how to make a lame escape, a true tale of Flock camera heroism, and the best possible vehicle for joyriding in New Jersey.”

CNN’S “EXTREMISM REPORTER” ONLY SEES EXTREMISTS TO HER RIGHT, WHICH IS MOST EVERYBODY:

THEY PLAY FOR KEEPS:

YES: It’s not about bullying: School shooters want notoriety. “Social-emotional learning and anti-bullying programs don’t reduce the risk of school violence, says a leading researcher. What’s remarkable, writes Hechinger’s Jill Barshay, is that Ron Avi Astor, a UCLA professor, spent years advocating for policies he now thinks are ineffective, and is willing to say so.”

MAYBE MOROCCO COULD BUILD CALIFORNIA’S HIGH-SPEED RAIL: Issues & Insights notes that a mere seven years after it was launched, the first section of Morocco’s 200-mph bullet train became operational in 2018.

California’s “safe, convenient, affordable” high-speed rail project was first approved by voters in 2008. Here we are almost two decades later and “California’s high-speed rail has not been safe nor convenient nor affordable nor a reliable alternative — because it doesn’t exist. It is probably a couple of decades behind schedule, the first usable track has yet to be laid. The cost has risen sharply since voters fell for the lies and might reach as high as an inconceivable $231 billion.”

What’s wrong with this picture?

EL PERIÓDICO OFICIAL DE ESPAÑA:

 

EUROPE, LOL:

Continental self-asphyxiation is a kind of innovation, maybe, if you look at it just right.