RANDOM THOUGHT: The Biden administration is proving to be a 15-ring clown circus.

The rings being his cabinet (State / Treasury / Defense / Attorney General / Interior / Agriculture / Commerce / Labor / Health & Human Services / Housing & Urban Development / Transportation / Energy / Education / Veterans Affairs / Homeland Security); the ringmasters being his hamsters handlers.

POWERLINE'S gas pains edition of its Mid-Week in Pictures. This one I can't unsee:

Now go see the rest.

AND EXPERTS. DON'T FORGET EXPERTS. Intellectuals are proving bad for America.

ASSUMING HE HAS ONE, what's going on in Joe Biden's mind?

I tend to think the motives are these:

(1) Whatever Trump did, do the opposite. This is in part reflexive and in part spiteful.
(2) Whatever Obama did, do more of it and go that extra mile.
(3) Virtue-signal to your leftist base and give them what they want,
     or you will lose them.

Even now, with this Russia invasion of Ukraine, they’re not going to reverse direction.

Fair, and accurate. -

IF UKRAINE HAPPENED TO US, more Republicans than Democrats would stay and fight.

This is a surprise only in that I thought the split would be larger.

ALEXANDER VINDMAN has a meltdown at the GOP and Marjorie Taylor Greene over Russia.

He's just mad because he volunteered to lead the Ukraine army and was rejected.

THE MORE YOU PAY, THE LESS YOU GET: Your teachers unions at work.

HER DEPTHS HAVE NEVER BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PLUMBED: How stupid is Kamala Harris?

IF TELLING PEOPLE to shape up is bullying, then America needs more bullying.

It's Kurt Schlichter, so read it all.

BUT A TAX INCREASE AND MORE SOCIAL WORKERS WILL FIX EVERYTHING: the idiocy of Seattle.

DEREK HUNTER: Are some people just bad?

Usually I go with Occam's Razor (never attribute to malice that which be explained by stupidity); this time I'm conflicted. I hope Lindsey Graham is just stupid, but the more I see him, the more certain I am that he's only there to polish his image.

RANDOM THOUGHT on Biden's just-concluded press conference announcing sanctions against Russian oil: 'That train has left the station so we must run to catch up'.

Additionally, his announcement that America will share the refugee costs with our allies in Europe came following Fox News' announcement of a $1M donation to the American Red Cross for Ukraine relief efforts.

Another train, another station....

HIGH GAS PRICES BOTHERING YOU? Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says to buy an EV.

With what? My tax savings? And how do I pay for the electricity to charge it?

Dummkopf.

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT: Never mind the new CDC guidance; I'll keep masking indoors and you should too.

Which explains why I'll never trust a medical professional again. And I'm not alone; I've spoken with others in my neighborhood who've decided the same.

As I posited long ago, my doctor occupies about the same position in my personal economic hierarchy as my garage mechanic -- if my car is broken or not working properly, I'll take it in for diagnosis and repair. But decisions -- to maintain or not, to repair or not -- are mine.

And mine alone. I'll solicit advice if needed, I'll listen to advice if offered. But I will not accept control.

CALIFORNIA on gasoline prices. Fortunately I don't live in California. Here's what I paid at the pump today: $4.07⁹ per gallon of regular.

That number's almost double what I paid a year ago at the same pump, but compared to California it's a bargain.

A CLOWN SHOW HAS TO HAVE CLOWNS: Justin Trudeau delivers a bizarre rant on democracy.

PUT YOUR COFFEE DOWN FIRST: The Eagle has landed.

OVERWROUGHT, BUT FUNDAMENTALLY CORRECT: The transgender movement is a modern day castration cult.

JUST WAIT 'TIL TOMORROW: Is this the dumbest claim Jen Psaki has ever made?

RANDOM THOUGHT: It's getting to be axiomatic that any time an 'expert' is quoted in a news article it's fake news (i.e., wrong).