MARK STEYN: #BringBackOurBalls.

EAT MORE MOZZARELLA CHEESE: we need more civil engineers to repair our crumbling infrastructure.

Linked from Instapundit, where it is pointed out (in the comments) that "98% of violent crime occurs within 24 hours of bread use."

Which leads to the question "Is our crumbling infrastructure a result of civil engineers (ab)using bread?"

FORMER TREASURY SECRETARY TIMOTHY GEITHNER claims in his new book that the White House on more than one occasion tried to put words in his mouth or outright asked him to bend the truth.

I should be surprised, but I'm not. For this administration, it's all spin, all the time.

USING SOCIAL MEDIA the right way.... (If it's not immediately obvious, scroll back a few days.)

ANOTHER BLUE-COLLAR UNION asks Senate Democrats to support the Keystone XL pipeline. But $100 million envirobucks is hard to beat....

REPUBLICANS: If you want to win Ohio in 2016, take Cleveland first.

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION: All Tweet, No Action. Time to break out another box of those weapons-grade hashtags, I guess....

IF 2/3 OF ELECTED WASHINGTON, D.C. IS DEMOCRAT and Obama says ‘Washington’s not working’ ... he’s talking about Harry Reid and his Democrat Senate cohort.

THE LIBERAL'S TIME ZONES.

HOW 2014 BECAME the year of the gun-toting candidate.

It can be, for some people, an ‘eff you’ item.... “Right? We’re going to show you it’s not about the gun—it’s about whose hand the gun is in. The gun becomes destigmatized, because in the hands of a law-abiding citizen, it’s an item for self-defense.

There's a lot of truth to that statement. My new AR-15 is a beautiful weapon and a joy to shoot, but it's a lot of rifle for someone who no longer hunts and now only shoots at paper targets. Nevertheless, just in case at some point in the future I need it, I'll have it.

VIDEO: What are Democrats afraid of? Judge Jeanine Pirro's opening remarks are always good, but in this one she's in especially high dudgeon.

SPRING LEAVES, Week Nine. Only in the back yard does it now not look like full summer.

The white oaks still aren't fully leafed out, but by next week spring will be over for the trees and summer begun. Last week's photo is here, and you can continue to click back in time from there.

HYPOCRISY ALERT.

GEORGE WILL mocks #BringBackOurGirls hashtag activism as an exercise in liberal self-esteem.

I do think that Julie Pace does a point in saying that the 'social media' may possibly have an effect in driving government(s) to actually do something. But that was true prior 'hashtag activism'; witness the Tea Party in 2010, which had a much longer-lasting effect, and was accomplished by much more than posting 'selfies' from the basement.

THE KOCH BROTHERS: What can't they do?

Follow the Charles Cooke links for a glimpse into 2014's Orwellism.

ONE WAY TO 'DRYDOCK' A SHIP:



From my email: claimed to be a beach-side salvage operation on the west coast of India. True or not, the helmsman is very good.

WHAT'S WRONG with a firing squad?

"FORM YOUR OWN OPINION: Just ask the internet." Stupid ad for a smartphone.

Well, maybe not. It got me to comment on it.

POWERLINE: A quick look at the Republican Benghazi committee members.

Here's the House resolution establishing the committee.

WHY LOIS LERNER should be granted immunity. On the other hand, she tried to take away my freedom. Why should she be allowed to keep hers?

CLASSY, MSNBC, really classy.