BEHOLD MY SHOCKED FACE:  No Zohran Mamdani For The Israel Day Parade. 

REALLY MICHIGAN, REALLY?  MI Senate Frontrunner ‘Struggles’ With Israel’s Right to Exist as a Jewish State.

PEDAGOGICAL INSANITY THAT’S NEVER WORKED ANYWHERE, FAILS TO WORK:  UC Faculty Warn Test-Optional Policies Are Failing STEM Students and Hurting Real ‘Equity’.

NOW GO BACK ANOTHER 20 YEARS:  Walmart receipt from 2006 goes viral for its shockingly low prices: ‘I just fell to my knees’.

THERE ARE UNDOUBTEDLY SIMILARLY NAMED NGOs IN THE US:  Decolonising British farming: a thematic snapshot of the Food Justice Ecosystem.

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

ROBERT HEINLEIN AND PROF. BERNARDO DE LA PAZ SAY YES: Companies like SpaceX want electromagnetic catapults on the moon. Could they be used as weapons?

RIP: Marcia Lucas, Oscar-Winning Star Wars Editor, Dies at 80.

Marcia served as part of a three-person crew editing both “Star Wars” and “Return of the Jedi.” On the first film, she worked alongside Paul Hirsch and Richard Chew and was personally responsible for editing the Battle of Yavin — otherwise known as the iconic “trench run” sequence near the end of the film. For “Return of the Jedi,” Marcia shared credit with Sean Barton and Duwayne Dunham, with George citing her as responsible for the “dying and crying” scenes to Time.

That “dying and crying” is pretty significant in “Return of the Jedi,” a film that hinges its third act not on a massive battle (though there’s plenty of space action, too), but on a father sacrificing himself because his son believes he’s not beyond redemption. In general, Marcia has been credited as, in some respects, the heart of the “Star Wars” franchise, working tirelessly to ensure that moments like Han Solo’s grand return to the Rebellion at the end of the original film landed with emotional impact for the audience.

Flashback: Marcia Lucas, the ‘secret weapon’ behind the original Star Wars. And Raiders of the Lost Ark: “‘[Marcia] was instrumental in changing the ending of Raiders, in which Indiana delivers the ark to Washington. Marion is nowhere to be seen, presumably stranded on an island with a submarine and a lot of melted Nazis. Marcia watched the rough cut in silence and then levelled the boom. She said there was no emotional resolution to the ending, because the girl disappears. ‘Everyone was feeling really good until she said that,’ Dunham recalls. ‘It was one of those, ‘Oh no we lost sight of that.’ ‘ Spielberg reshot the scene in downtown San Francisco, having Marion wait for Indiana on the steps on the government building. Marcia, once again, had come to the rescue.’”

GOOD: Weight Loss on GLP-1 Drugs Linked to Lower Risk of Disease, Study Finds.

THE LEFT IS ALWAYS TRYING TO STACK THE RULES TO GUARANTEE A WIN:

Here's what they've normalized and are trying to reinforce with the Jaxson Dart situation:

Black people can be offended by what white people believe. But white people can't be offended by what black people believe.

It's legal to love and worship Barack Obama. It's illegal to…

— Jason Whitlock (@jasonwhitlock) May 29, 2026

But don’t play by their rules. I mean, even they don’t play by their rules for long before they change them.

SCIENCE: Scientists Discover Sperm Seem To Bypass a Fundamental Law of Physics.

GROW UP, ABDUL:

Why do Leftists feel like they are entitled to call someone out for supporting Trump?

If a player said they were opposed to all the LGBTQ and BLM bullshit actively being pushed by the NFL, they will be cancelled.

You don’t get to just “move past” being an intolerant psycho. https://t.co/HRzYbe0aw8

— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) May 29, 2026

CONSTITUENT SERVICE:

🚨🚨SCOOP: A taxpayer-funded California nonprofit with close ties to @XavierBecerra is working to keep illegal immigrants convicted of assault with a deadly weapon — even when it involves domestic abuse and aggravated felony cases — from being deported.

It even recommends… pic.twitter.com/60ZAvES6j9

— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) May 29, 2026

READER FAVORITE: Dyson Airstrait™ Straightener. #CommissionEarned

FASTER, PLEASE: Lab-grown heart patch boosts pumping power in severe heart failure trial.

I SWEAR SHE HAS AN ABUSE KINK: Jessica Tarlov Accidentally Admits the Democrats’ Biggest Dirty Secret.

GOOD IF YOU LIVE NEAR PORTLAND, OREGON OR DEARBORN, MICHIGAN: 2027 Rezvani Fortress Revealed as Apocalypse-Ready Stronghold.

UNEXPECTED HEADLINES: Russia to task bankers with shooting down Ukrainian drones. “The draft legislation, which would see banks across Russia install electronic jamming systems while selected employees would shoot down incoming unmanned aircraft, passed in its third and final reading in the lower house Duma on Tuesday, according to the state-run TASS news agency.”

I’VE READ BETTER HEADLINES, BUT NOT MANY: The Democrats’ Greatest Fear: The GOP Will Turn James Talarico Into a Creepy, Unmanly Weirdo

UPGRADE YOUR KINDLE: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 16GB (newest model). #CommissionEarned

DON’T HOLD BACK NEXT TIME, JD:

🚨 HOLY CRAP! VP JD Vance just UNLEASHED on Democrats for their violent rhetoric against ICE and law enforcement, calls out Gavin Newsom BY NAME.

"YOU CAN GO STRAIGHT TO HELL, and you have NO PLACE in the political conversation in the United States!"

"Because HERE'S WHAT… pic.twitter.com/FnkPcedCll

— WWG1WGA🇺🇸♥️ (@WWG1WGA_QQ) May 29, 2026

BUT THEY TELL US VOTER ID IS RACIST: Why is it Ten Times Harder to Get a Gun Permit in New Jersey If You’re Black?

WE NEED AGE LIMITS: Absent 83-Year-Old Democrat Frederica Wilson Announces Retirement From House. “Wilson previously committed to running for reelection despite missing several consecutive votes while she recovered from eye surgery. After consistently missing House votes and committee hearings, Wilson told the Miami Herald it was time for her to retire.”

Previously: One of Our Congresscritters Is Missing. “My attempts to reach her office via phone and email received no response. Whatever happened, it looks like Wilson’s staff is in lockdown mode.”

FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO PARTY:

Yinz guys I feel like there is a solution to this problem; there are hundreds, likely thousands of fearless musicians & rappers out there in the country, hungry to be able to have an opportunity to showcase their music and celebrate the country–the kind of musicians that… https://t.co/RM6GuxkUol pic.twitter.com/7Z8Iovjreb

— ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) May 29, 2026

FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: Keep it in Your G-String, Gramps. “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn that your rights of free expression end at your g-string, what not to drink before driving across a golf course, and how to pack serious heat in Connecticut.”