DON’T STOP. MAKE IT A WORSE IDEA.

I guess it was a really bad idea for Hamas to murder and rape a bunch of innocent women. Lesson learned, hopefully.

— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) March 14, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: US lawmakers call for a permanent moon base. Will it ever happen? The impetus for establishing a “Lunar Surface Moon Base” is that America is in a space race with China.

AS THE WAR “DRAGS ON,” TRUMP CONTINUES TO OBLITERATE ALL THE MULLAHS’ ASSETS: Live Updates: Trump says U.S. “obliterated” every target on Kharg Island, as Iran war nears 2-week mark.

No, seriously, The Atlantic is talking about the war “dragging on” after less than two weeks:

The longer the Iran war drags on, the more Trump risks strengthening critiques from the anti-interventionist right, @will_gottsegen argues in The Atlantic Daily: https://t.co/FaIJzS2xYb

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) March 13, 2026

The Atlantic, Dec. 27, 1941, "Pacific War drags on." https://t.co/6BxYdh4Vvg

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) March 14, 2026

UPDATE:

In case you were wondering why CNN and Reuters are trying so hard to make it look like the United States is losing this war, look no further than this. There is a consistent trend showing Republicans gaining ground, and the media is growing desperate. https://t.co/uA9goPfGKO

— P.T. Ward (@HTWardish) March 13, 2026

WELL, GOOD: Breakthrough to Strengthen Bones Could Reverse Osteoporosis.

TRUMPMENTUM: 51 Prisoners To Be Freed As Cuba Shows Cracks Under Trump Pressure.

YES, IT’S JUDGE BOASBERG AGAIN: Judge blocks DOJ’s criminal probe of Federal Reserve, blasting it as political.

I BLAME ERDOGAN: Scientists Warn: Earthquakes Are Migrating Toward Istanbul Along the Marmara Fault.

THE E.V. BUBBLE CONTINUES TO DEFLATE: Honda Kills Three Electric Vehicles for U.S.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA says its Artemis 2 moon rocket is all fixed up. It could launch astronauts to the moon on April 1. “Once back in its hangar, NASA engineers diagnosed and addressed the issue with enough confidence to target Artemis 2’s April launch opportunity. The problem was traced to a quick-disconnect (QD) seal on SLS’ upper stage. The QD is the interface where umbilicals from the rocket’s launch tower transfer fuel into the vehicle. A similar problem led to an aborted countdown during the first Artemis 2 WDR, when hydrogen was detected leaking from a QD on the SLS first stage.”

IT’S FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: Armed With an Ax, Brought Down by an MMA Fighter. “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn what not to take on your 18th birthday, why you don’t bring an ax to an MMA fight, and which personal items will get your luggage snagged at the airport.”

WELL, YEAH, WHEN THE CIGARETTES SCREAM WHEN YOU LIGHT THEM: A single dose of psilocybin is more effective than nicotine patches for quitting smoking, study suggests.

GOOD NEWS: Mexico Tries to Use International Courts to Attack American Gun Makers and It Doesn’t Go Well.

MORE IS BETTER: 19 is Not Enough: Inside the Air Force’s Rush Order for New B-21 Stealth Bombers.

Operation Epic Fury has yet again shown that stealth bombers are a first-night necessity for American airpower. It started on night one. “American B-2 bombers, which, again, similar to Midnight Hammer, flew a 37-hour roundtrip sortie from the continental United States, dropping precision penetrating munitions on Iranian underground facilities across the southern flank and slightly deeper,” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said at the Pentagon on Mar. 2.

The success of the B-2 bombers with their stealth and precision is indispensable. The problem, of course, is that the entire B-2 fleet consists of just nineteen aircraft. 20% of the fleet was in action on the first night of Operation Epic Fury.

Fortunately, as fighters and tankers were flowing toward bases in the Middle East last week, the Air Force quietly accelerated production of the B-2’s replacement, the new B-21 Raider stealth bomber, by a hefty 25%. The Feb. 23 rush order was an unusual move, made possible by a sophisticated production line and drama-free flight tests. The B-21 is literally the first stealth aircraft ever to run ahead of schedule. But the one main reason for the surge is clear: America’s air force is desperately in need of more stealth bombers.

There’s never enough of everything to go around, but the deep cuts we made in the ’90s were dangerously foolish.

ONCE TOO OFTEN TO THE WELL: Democrat Fearmongering on Iran Isn’t Working. Here’s How We Know.

COVID SHOT LINKED TO AUTO-IMMUNE DISEASE: If you developed Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) sometime after getting the COVID19 vaccination, there is strong evidence that the latter is related to the former. Symptoms of PMR are aching joints, especially in the shoulders and pelvis, which can be debilitating, according to Focal Point’s Nicholas Hulscher.

CLEAR THE LEAVES AND DUST: Electric Cordless Leaf Blower with 2 Batteries and Charger. #CommissionEarned

IT’S TIME FOR VICTORIA TAFT’S West Coast, Messed Coast™ — Demo-taurs Devour Billions, Demolish Trust. “So much corruption exists here that you can’t unsee it. All along the West Coast, Messed Coast™ the Demotaurs in power have devoured billions of dollars, all while demolishing citizens’ trust. The Demotaurs’ sanity is eaten away by hubris and greed.”

BUT DON’T WORRY, LEFTIES RUN TOTALLY HONEST AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY:

Wow it's weird how the Latin American left suddenly started losing elections when USAID was killed https://t.co/syKtIwFLcF

— Matt Forney (@mattforney) March 13, 2026

CHINA’S BIRTH TOURISM IN US: Did you know Chinese officials often arrange to have children born in the U.S., which under birthright citizenship, automatically makes them U.S. citizens? Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) says this is just one of many problems with automatically granting citizenship. The Washington Stand’s S.A. McCarthy has more from a recent Senate hearing on the issue.

SAD: Liberal Gun Owners Don’t Matter Enough to Democrats to Make a Difference. “Right now, Democrat politicians have no reason to listen to liberal gun owners, because at the end of the day, liberal gun owners still show up to vote for them. And as long as they vote for them, politicians don’t really care if you complain about them online afterwards.”

You could say the same of several traditional Democrat voting groups.

PRIORITIES:

The fact that an old man needs to come out of retirement to pay for medical bills, while illegal immigrants and generational mooches survive off the taxpayer, is so infuriating I can't even out it into words. https://t.co/rX472RBO8a

— Lauren Chen (@TheLaurenChen) March 13, 2026

JUDGEMENT OF NUREMBERG AND RUSSELL CROWE AS HERMANN GÖRING: It’s now streaming on Netflix. But is it actually worth watching?

FASTER, PLEASE: Fatty acids that selectively kill senescent cells open new paths for age-related therapies.

BELMONT CLUB: Regime Change. “This is notably being tried by the second Trump administration. Instead of invading hostile states with large ground forces, it has used a discontinuous series of actions to continuously nudge states in a preferred direction, rather like a tugboat pushing a ship rather than boarding it and seizing the helm. To use a construction industry metaphor, the Trump approach to regime change more closely resembles renovating and remodeling an old building rather than demolishing it and replacing it with a new structure.”

Read the whole thing.

I had similar thoughts last week.