April 10, 2026

M-SNOW’S STEPHANIE RUHLE PRAISES IRAN’S MORAL COURAGE:

My first reaction was, “No, you don’t have to hand it to them.” What the Iranians of whom she speaks are “sacrificing” for is pure evil. While it is true that self-sacrifice is a key component of any moral system, and the pursuit of pure pleasure is morally degenerate, the “what” of that which one is willing to sacrifice matters as much or more than the mere fact of being willing to die for a cause.

Suicide bombers die for a cause. Do I have to “hand it to them?” Parents who put their children in harm’s way to make them martyrs are sacrificing. That is morally abhorrent.

Walter Sobchak could not be reached for comment:

Posted at 12:00 pm by Ed Driscoll

THAT SEEMS BOTH WISE AND OBVIOUS: Don’t ask students to ‘discover’ math before they’ve learned fundamentals. “‘In many classrooms, students are encouraged to ‘discover’ math principles, come up with multiple problem-solving strategies and explore patterns before they’ve mastered core procedures, such as 6 x 8 = 48, she writes. ‘he intention is deeper understanding. But teachers frequently report student frustration, uneven mastery, and widening gaps between those who enter with strong background knowledge and those who do not.'”

So many of today’s teaching fads leave the weaker students even further behind that you have to wonder if that’s the intent.

Posted at 11:44 am by Stephen Green

OUCH: USPS suspends contributions to employee pensions after warning of ‘cash crisis.’

The USPS contributes about $400 million a month to its employee pension plan, the agency said in a statement on Thursday. The postal service said it will continue to send worker contributions to the retirement plan and will also transmit employer automatic and matching contributions, as well as employee contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan, another retirement program for federal workers.

The temporary halt in contributions to the USPS program comes after Postmaster General David Steiner warned Congress last month that the postal agency is heading for a financial crisis without a course correction. Those changes could include raising the cost of a first-class stamp to 95 cents or reducing delivery from its current six days per week schedule to five or fewer, he said.

Without such changes, Steiner said, the USPS could run out of cash within 12 months, which could result in a stoppage of mail delivery.

There’s FedEx for important mail, UPS for packages, and USPS for junk, mostly.

Posted at 10:42 am by Stephen Green

JIM TREACHER: We Need to Talk About the MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ Community.

It’s Thursday, April 9, 2026. I’m allegedly Jim Treacher. And I just learned a new acronym. You just heard it.

Okay, let me try this: MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+.

That stands for: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and additional identities.

Again, that’s MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+. I find it helps to go three letters at a time. Like when you’re giving your account number to the customer service guy, who says his name is Steve but he has an Indian accent.

The speaker there is named Leah Gazan. (Oops. There’s a warning sign right there.) Who is a member of Canadian Parliament. She’s in the NDP, whatever that is. No offense, Canada, but you don’t matter.

I can’t wait to see what the updated Gay Pride flag looks like in 2026. I’m sure it’s moved far beyond the stripped-down minimalism of its 2022 design:

I think that’s the interstellar wake the USS Enterprise produces, just after the warp drive has engaged.

Posted at 10:35 am by Ed Driscoll

“IF YOU HAD SHOWN THIS OUTCOME TO EVERY PRESIDENT SINCE BUSH, THEY ALL WOULD’VE GIVEN THE ORDER:”

Posted at 10:22 am by Ed Driscoll

THEY’RE NOT EVEN PRETENDING THAT IT’S ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN SQUASHING POLITICAL OPPOSITION:

Actually, they haven’t pretended for a while. I mean at first I thought this was satire but there’s no sign of it.

Posted at 10:08 am by Glenn Reynolds

THIS IS A RESURFACED CLIP FROM 2022, BUT IF THAT’S HOW LEFTIES WERE TALKING WHEN THE DEMS HELD THE WHITE HOUSE AND CAPITOL HILL…:

Posted at 9:55 am by Stephen Green

THIS LOOKS ABOUT RIGHT, BUT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE:

Posted at 9:24 am by Stephen Green

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Comrade Mamdani Is Getting Smacked Around by Reality. “Like all leftists, Mamdani is a cop-hater, so this ought to get ugly. He prefers police who can’t do any real policing. His wish list for the department looks to weaken it wherever he can. The NYPD is still reeling from the Defund the Police attack in 2020. There might not be any cops left in New York by the time Mamdani’s one term is up.”

Posted at 9:09 am by Stephen Green

KEIR STARMER’S REGIME WOULD BE A CLOWN SHOW IF IT WEREN’T FOR ALL THE RAPES AND STABBINGS:

Posted at 9:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

HE HAS MUCH TO RUN FROM:

Posted at 8:57 am by Glenn Reynolds

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Why Doesn’t Andy Beshear Think Young Adults Deserve to Exercise All of Their Civil Rights? “’While he claims to be a ‘different kind of Democrat,’ Gov. Beshear has revealed himself to be just one more anti-gun-rights politician adhering to the party’s increasingly far-left dogma,’ said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. ‘He has shown his true colors by preventing a provisional license for 18- to 20-year-olds to carry a concealed handgun in public, amounting to a direct attack on young women, especially young women of color, who are frequently in need of protection. The late, great First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who was one of the first women in New York State to have a full carry license, is probably spinning in her grave.'”

Posted at 8:38 am by Stephen Green

“THE LEFT KNOWS THEY CAN’T GET CONSERVATIVE CATHOLICS’ VOTES, SO THEY’RE TRYING TO POISON THE WELL:”

Related: “Dems are so terrified of the Catholic vote becoming a permanent fixture of the Republican Party that they’ll continue making up fake stories like Trump declaring war on the Vatican:”

Related:

 

Posted at 8:35 am by Ed Driscoll

DOOM AND GLOOM AND… A BOOMING TOURISM INDUSTRY?

Posted at 8:22 am by Stephen Green

SPRING FASCISM PREVIEW:

(Classical – and NSFW – reference in headline.)

Posted at 8:22 am by Ed Driscoll