Just One Thing: When it comes to the "trade deficit", you need to read this
Things Everyone Should Know About Trade Deficits - The Dispatch
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One more thing: Some of the best news I've read in a long time
"Scientist" Michael Mann has long been a liar and grifter. The inventor of the nonsense "hockey stick" that was an early part of the "global warming" grift, Mann has now been recognized by a judge for what he is. Let's hope his career is over. He's been a source of lies and evil for decades.
“In Bad Faith” | American Enterprise Institute - AEI
The judge's ruling: 2025.03.12 - Order Granting Def's Sanctions Mots.pdf
Today's Guests
Eugene Volokh is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford and a Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus at the UCLA School of Law. He’s the proprietor of a well-known (by legal scholars and nerds like me) blog called the Volokh Conspiracy which is now part of the great reason magazine. We'll discuss the case of the anti-Semitic pro-terrorist Columbia graduate student whom the Trump administration is trying to deport. (He is a legal permanent resident, not simply here on a student visa.)
(3) Is Deporting 'Pro-Jihadist' Students Censorship?
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Chef Byron Gomez of BRUTØ is one of the true rising (or maybe already risen) young star chefs in America.
BRUTØ_Chef Byron Gomez Bio - Google Docs
Denver chef Byron Gomez named to Food Network's Hot List
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Other Stuff
How will Putin play it? Cautious Russia weighs Ukraine ceasefire plan as US tries to seal a deal | Reuters
US arms flow to Ukraine again as the Kremlin mulls a ceasefire proposal | AP News
Ukraine war latest: Russia presents ceasefire demands to US
Even just a few days of the US cutting off intelligence sharing with Ukraine has helped Putin significantly (and caused the deaths of Ukrainians). That was a truly evil move by Trump, and not justified by his desire to force Ukraine to agree to a ceasefire (which I believe they would have agreed to anyway.) Ukraine Needs US Weapons But It Needs Intelligence More - ADM James Stavridis - Bloomberg
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Thank you, Cardinal Dolan: Cardinal Dolan: The Evils of Antisemitism
Part of what he's reacting to is the surge in anti-Semitism in prominent podcasts and on social media. By the way, I don't recommend you do this but if you were to look at the anti-Semitism on Twitter/X it might shock you. It's extremely aggressive, hateful, ignorant, and utterly unafraid of pushbad. And these a-holes are making a living feeding evil to thousands or hundreds of thousands of ignoramuses. One of the most prominent is the increasingly Nazi-like (despite being black) Candace Owens, a veritable fountain of anti-Semitism. I hope karma treats her harshly, along with all of these people who are making a living by spreading the oldest hatred.
The Anti-Semitic Influencer Problem
Why is Joe Rogan interviewing conspiracists like Ian Carroll? - UnHerd
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Excellent: EPA head says he'll roll back dozens of environmental regulations, including rules on climate change
A bit of legal shenanigans involved: Judge slams EPA’s climate grant cancellations: ‘You have to have some kind of evidence’ - POLITICO
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Part of why our politics are so infuriating: The GOP’s Tariff Emergency Dodge - WSJ
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Unsurprising: Colorado joins suit against Trump over Department of Education firings
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Follow-up to yesterday's Pimp Cane edition of the Ross Kaminsky Show: Why Pimps Need Canes - The History and The Swagger (h/t Listener Andy)
(If you want to know what we're talking about: Lauren Boebert Defends Attack on Al Green: 'Are There No White Pimps?' - Newsweek
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Usually it's the Dems shrieking that a GOP-caused shutdown will cause the sky to fall. This is as nuts as Trump telling people not to watch the stock market when that was always what he loved TRUMP-eting: Senate Democrats say they will reject GOP's funding bill as shutdown draws near
Government shutdown likely Friday night after Schumer says Senate Dems will block GOP funding bill
Semafor Principals: Democrats dig in | Semafor
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The stuff of a horror story: Kimberly Sullivan held stepson captive for decades in home: Waterbury police
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I love this stuff: Ambitious effort to document marine life reveals 866 new species and counting
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Somehow 6 years doesn't seem like enough: Man gets 6 years for scamming Highlands Ranch woman out of life savings (may require subscription)
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I realize that people and institutions get addicted to this money but how the heck is any of this a proper role or responsibility of the federal government? Colorado loses $13.1M for schools, food banks as USDA slashes programs
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This is a huge test for whether the new rulers of Syria have the capability and will to live up to its claims of supporting tolerance of all non-violent non-revolutionary citizens of Syria regardless of religion or ethnicity: Syria’s New Rulers Tortured Me. Now They Are Targeting My Friends.
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Wouldn’t it be weird if Tesla vehicles went from the preferred virtue signal of the left to that of the MAGA right? How Tesla Became the New MAGA Hat - by Ethan Dodd
I'm slightly tempted to get one if there's one at a fire-sale price from an angry liberal, but I don't want to be perceived as engaging in politics-by-automotive-choice. I don't mean I don't want to be seen as pro-Trump (or as pro-climate change alarmist nonsense) but rather that I just don't want to get caught up in any of that nonsense. But I might look to see if there's a cheap Tesla available.
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The cost of being “welcoming”: Colorado's health care costs spike for undocumented immigrants - Axios Denver
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Today's Videos
Quite a cold case...literally cold, and as a scuba diver there's additional interest on my part. I've only done a little bit of diving in cold murky water (like a flooded quarry). It's actually kinda scary when the visibility is very limited.
Martin Family mystery latest: Station wagon pulled out of Columbia River
The real star shows up
Green flames? Texas Tech University goes on spring break early following this craziness on campus
Most likely is a fire/explosion in a tunnel is burning copper wires/pipes
Texas Tech Fires: Why 'Green Flames' Came Out Of Manholes In Lubbock | EXPLAINED | Times Now
Rosie flees (and those who noticed don't care)
Trump's not the biggest fan from almost 20 years ago
And now Trump gloats a little