Friday Links - 21 March

Glenn Harlan Reynolds has some thoughts on politicians. A Nation, Not A Side Quest

And he’s got a puckish nerd’s sense of humor. Political-establishment types think his tweets and memes are dumb and childish, but they play beautifully with his base, and with those young people unhappy with their stuffy, cautious, and largely incompetent elders. And by mocking them, he takes away a large part of their power.

That Park Place has a report from Hollywood. Rachel Zegler Preaches ‘Kindness’ As World Turns Against Her, But Snow White Star’s Past Treatment of Gina Carano Was Anything But…

Rachel Zegler wants you to believe she’s all about kindness and acceptance. ... But when you look at how Zegler treats people in the real world—particularly those who don’t conform to her worldview—her version of “kindness” starts to look a lot more selective. Take, for example, the way Rachel Zegler treated actress Gina Carano.

Miguel Gonzalez - I has my constitutional rights to pop and chips!

Stuffing your face with Cheetos and Mountain Dew paid by the people of Tennessee rather than having a healthy meal is their definition of proper moral values.

The First Street Journal - Soft-peddling the Gangs of Philadelphia

But, sadly enough, in a very in-depth article, one that the research of which must have put the reporter in some physical danger, Miss Rushing gives us far too many excuses as to how and why the gang became a gang and the gang members became gang members.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 19 March 2025: Death By Potato Edition

SpaceX carried out a picture-perfect rescue mission to return the stranded Butch and Sundance from the ISS and Ars Technica is incandescent with rage. (Ars Technica) ...

The coverage of the mission at The Verge in comparison is straightforward, factual, and almost celebratory.

And The Verge is insane.

Cristina Laila at The Gateway Pundit - Victory for Election Integrity: New York’s Highest Court Strikes Down NYC’s Law Allowing Non-Citizens to Vote

In 2021, New York City lawmakers passed a bill that would give noncitizens and illegal aliens the right to vote in municipal elections.

The new measure would give 800,000 green card holders and illegal alien “DREAMers” the right to cast a ballot.

Mike Rowe - Closing America’s Skills Gap

The mikeroweWORKS Foundation is in the process of awarding a few million dollars in work ethic scholarships, and this interview does a REALLY good job of explaining why and how the headlines have caught up to the mission of mikeroweWORKS.

Flopping Aces - Spineless GOP Watches as Activist Judges Hijack America – Will They Ever Fight Back?

A small group of Democrat activists, with the help of activist judges, are disrupting the court system because they didn’t win the election, and there is no other way for them to assert their power. The majority of Americans want President Donald Trump’s agenda implemented. If an activist court is going to stonewall it, the other branches, ideally Congress, should intervene.

Meep at STUMP - Mortality Quick Take: Yes, It's a Bad Flu Season

I’m a life actuary, so I focus on death.

Let me just focus on flu deaths here.