NASAL-VOICED SYRACUSAN, CARPETBAGGING VIRGINIA GOVERNOR attacks southern gun culture.

Not my description of McAuliffe, though it's accurate. Don't bother clicking on the link to the MSNBC post -- the goofballs there seem to think he was elected in 2013 and 'reelected' in 2014 (instead of being inaugurated). McAuliffe's gun control efforts died in committee in January 2015.

HOW, UH, ... INTERESTING: Energy Department shifts blame to White House for energy plan delays.

POWERLINE'S Week in Pictures (Deal of No Deal edition) is up. I couldn't pick a single favorite this week, so here are my two favorites:

Now go and see the rest.

LOST IN SPACE: Rosetta spacecraft “confused” by comet 'droppings' following recent flyby.

The ESA [European Space Agency] said the Rosetta spacecraft is experiencing “significant difficulties in navigation” following Saturday’s close flyby of the comet. The spacecraft became “confused” by the comet’s dust, which prevented it from orienting with other stars. While it resumed normal status on Monday, operators stated that it would be a while longer before scientific observations continue.

Like driving in heavy fog without fog lamps.

BUT ACCOMODATION IS NOT IN THE LIBERALS' LEXICON: Indiana religious freedom act in accord with traditional American toleration. Best part:

Democratic Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy has banned state employees from traveling to Indiana, even though Connecticut has a similar law even more favorable to claims of religious objectors. Perhaps he should ban state employees from remaining inside Connecticut.

Perhaps Connecticut should ban stupid hypocritical Democrats from public office....

NEW YORK TIMES to Menendez: Time to go. Yes, we can't have any sensible Democrats in Congress.

Despite my anathema towards liberals and progressives in particular, I'm with Menendez on this one until proven guilty in a court of law. Menendez is a Democrat, but he is a moderate and sensible one, of which there is a dire shortage these days.

DUCK HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER: The Navy is building a "flimmer", a flying, swimming, submarine-hunting duck drone.

RANDOM THOUGHT from my earlier post on Sen. Bob Menendez' opposition to the Iran 'deal': Just because I'm a crook doesn't mean I'm wrong, and just because I'm Obama doesn't mean I'm right.

Just to be perfectly clear, I'm not convinced Menendez is a crook. Obama, on the other hand, ....

HANDS UP, DON’T NUKE: The US surrendered to Iran on nuke deal, says ... France. Even the cheese-eating surrender monkeys are backing away from this one.

A GUY WALKED INTO A MUSLIM BAKERY and ordered a gay wedding cake ... and there were crickets chirping from the LGBT community. I wonder why....

LADY MACBETH, er, Hillary gunning for Martin O'Malley.

There is no reason — zero — that Hillary Rodham Clinton, a woman of no accomplishment, should ever be president. Besides, we already have a man of no accomplishment in that job and look how well that’s turned out. But apparently the Democrats think the White House is an affirmative-action post, to be given first to a minority and now to a woman. Time for them to learn otherwise, the hard way.

The Democrats would be better off long-term if O'Malley loses to the Republican rather than Hillary.

I'LL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT: U.S. to pursue an aggressive energy agenda as it takes over major Arctic group. Despite the Obama administration's claims to the contrary, I suspect the 'aggressive action' will be to try to deny drilling rights to everyone.

TOLD'JA SO: Shortsighted coastal elites bear most of the blame for California’s water woes. I'm older, smarter, and have more common sense than the average California coastal environmental elist.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO HARRY REID? Punched out by his brother, apparently.

ROUND AND ROUND WE GO. Liberals believe America is capitalist and greedy -

And yet half of the population is subsidized. Half of the population is subsidized -

And yet they think they are victims. They think they are victims -

And yet their representatives run the government. Their representatives run the government -

And yet the poor keep getting poorer. The poor keep getting poorer -

And yet they have things that people in other countries only dream about. They have things that people in other countries only dream about -

And yet they want America to be more like those other countries.

From my email.

YOU NEED TO ASK? Did Iran get the better of the U.S. at the nuclear poker table?

SEN. BOB MENENDEZ (D-NJ): "I will not be silenced."

IS THE OBAMA LEGACY built on quicksand? I certainly hope so.

JUST IN TIME: the Easter Bunny delivers a nuclear egg.

MASS MURDERERS AGREE: gun control works.