THE DEEP STATE: protecting friends and punishing enemies.

THE STUPIDITY of the "March for Our Lives". Unfortunately in today's academic and 'social justice' media environments there will be a plethora of useful idiots.

SHOPPING FOR A 'RETIREMENT' VILLA? Kim Jong Un made a surprise visit to Beijing on his first known trip outside North Korea since taking power in 2011.

GOP MULLS DRASTIC MANEUVER after Democrats block Trump diplomatic picks.

Go ahead, nuke the filibustering. The Democrats would do it in an instant if the roles were reversed.

THE PROGRESSIVE LEFT: You must stay in your designated victim group or you will be targeted for killing.

I'm exaggerating, of course, but only a little bit. The thought is there; just not the will.

A MOST PLEASANT THOUGHT ON THE OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL: President Trump is the Chief Executive of the United States. What if he chooses to not spend all the money Congress has allocated?

Or reinterprets Congressional allocations? Remember President George W. Bush's Presidential signing statements? I can easily see building the border wall from the military budget as a force protection issue, or from Health & Human Services as part of the programs to combat drug (opiod) addiction.

BEARING ARMS: The AR-15 is an ideal weapon for home self-defense. So why is it hated?

Racism.

NSC ADVISOR DESIGNATE JOHN BOLTON responds after Tim Kaine questions security clearance over Russia gun video.

Tim Kaine is an idiot. He was an idiot as a Vice-Presidential candidate, as a former Governor of Virginia, and is still an idiot as the junior Senator from Virginia.

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GEN. JAMES MATTIS on military service by transgender individuals.

Transgender persons with a history or diagnosis of gender dysphoria are disqualified from military service military service, except under the following limited circumstances: (1) if they have been stable for 36 consecutive months in their biological sex prior to accession; (2) Service members diagnosed with gender dysphoria after entering service may be retained if they do not require a change of gender and remain deployable within applicable retention standards; and (3) currently serving Service members who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria since the previous administration’s policy took effect and prior to the effective date of this new policy, may continue to serve in their preferred gender and receive medically necessary treatment for gender dysphoria.

Transgender persons who require or have undergone gender transition are disqualified from military service.

Transgender persons without a history or diagnosis of gender dysphoria, who are otherwise qualified for service, may serve, like all other Service members, in their biological sex.

The military is not an organization dedicated to social justice; it is an organization dedicated to killing people and breaking things.

SEVEN OBSERVATIONS on the "March for our Lives" protest.

All of them correct.

TWITTER, in four sentences.

R-i-i-i-ght. Twitter is for twits.

[Update] On the bright side, it allows the twits to self-identify....

RIGHT TO TRY: dismantling the Nanny State one bit at a time.

The premise of the Nannystate, the place to which all progressive roads lead, is that the people are not informed enough, smart enough, and do not care enough to take care of themselves. Therefore, we all need the state to act as our safe-guard and intermediary.

Progressives may be too stupid to manage their own affairs, but the rest of us are not.

HILLARY CLINTON confirms the 'marriage gap'. Women (and men) tend to become more conservative when they're faced with the personal responsibility of taking care of other living beings.

SEVEN THINGS to know about life.

And if you have a cat, you'll know them to be true....