Tuesday Morning Links

by | Mar 31, 2026 | Daily Links | 95 comments

After a few games for each team, it’s apparent that there are a handful of umpires, mostly veteran ones, that probably shouldn’t be calling balls and strikes. In F1, they look like they might be finally ready to look at the PU package as the dangerous piece of shit it so obviously is. And the Worlds Cup field will be set at the end of the day after the playoff games wrap up. And that’s all I’ve got for sports.

Oh, a sob story? I guess we should change our entire way of life then. What about the precedent that said children born of Indians after the Amendment was passed are not citizens? You missed that one, AP. OK, I don’t know how this will go but I can read the words of the people who wrote and passed the amendment. And the answer is not nearly as black and white as this writer thinks it is. But this article is rubbish.

Maybe he thought it was a crayon he planned to eat at his destination. Silly man. Always check your bags before heading to the airport.

They need to find something to charge these people with. This is easily more egregious than a bartended over serving someone and then being responsible for that person’s actions. Yet nothing is done. And no, this isn’t a sob story. This is endemic at this point.

It’s a solid grift. And it’s not the least bit surprising.

Here’s an odd one. I have nothing else to add.

I’m shocked! Just kidding. I’m actually not the least bit surprised.

Finally AI is being put togged use. Chalk up a win for the clankers.

Maybe they needed something to wash down all those Kit-Kats. Or maybe they need to start paying better attention to their loads and/or let the drivers be armed.

So much for transparency. I guess they consider this situation (d)ifferent from baseless allegations they can politically capitalize on.

Why would they recall it? Just slap a different label on it and remarket it.

Dig that bass. Good stuff. And here’s a two-fer. Enjoy them both all three.

And enjoy this lovely Tuesday, dear friends.

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  1. R C Dean

    In F1, they look like they might be finally ready to look at the PU package as the dangerous piece of shit it so obviously is.

    Is it even possible to change it mid-season?

    • sloopyinca

      Apparently they can tweak how much power comes from the batteries a pretty great deal and when/where/how recharging happens, so there’s a chance they can at least slap a bandaid on it. The problem there is that the solution leads to cars running with a lot less HP than before and really slow lap times.

  2. Grumbletarian

    Why would they recall it? Just slap a different label on it and remarket it.

    Boner Bar

    • AlexinCT

      Nice work there Don Draper.

  3. R C Dean

    I can’t imagine SCOTUS having the balls to say “Ya know, “under the jurisdiction of” must mean something other that “physically present in”, so birthright citizenship is restricted to the offspring of citizens and legal residents”.

    So, unfortunately, we will continue to incentivize the hell out of illegal immigration.

    • WTF

      In the context of the freed slaves, “under the jurisdiction of” meant not a citizen of someplace else. That’s why the children of diplomats born here are not citizens.

      • (((Jarflax

        Constitutional law is meant to constrain the right and be ignored by the left. How else are we supposed to ratchet our way to Communism?

    • rhywun

      It should mean what the people who wrote it meant for it to mean. Aren’t there writings from that time explaining what they meant and it wasn’t “birth tourism”?

      • sloopyinca

        But that was like more than a hundred years ago.
        -the left

  4. Drake

    Why not charge leaders of the sanctuary county with RICO conspiracy charges? Conspiracy to violate U.S. immigration law, fraud, murder…

    • rhywun

      I dunno if that is the right answer but something has to happen.

      It’s not like they feel any shame for coddling the criminals they keep letting loose on their unfortunate victims.

    • DrOtto

      I bet the government was smart enough to exempt itself from RICO, otherwise they couldn’t keep rackets like social security alive.

  5. Drake

    Yesterday Juris Imprudent asked where our current iteration of Trump came from.

    Here he is getting his balls gargled by Epstein’s next door neighbor. This level of ass-kissing would sicken me, but Trump seems to be enjoying it. Symphophants have figured out how to manipulate him with ridiculous flattery.

    https://x.com/i/status/2038736987704713591

    • AlexinCT

      I forgot to give JI this as a reply yesterday.

      • juris imprudent

        You can break something, that doesn’t mean you’re going to get something new and better in its place.

      • Fourscore

        Oh, you’ll get something with the next guy.

        The next one will have learned a lot from the predecessor. It’s always downhill

      • AlexinCT

        You can break something, that doesn’t mean you’re going to get something new and better in its place…

        Some perspective

      • Drake

        Didn’t know that got that big and that fragile.

  6. Sensei

    “The investigation concerned interactions that Swalwell had with Christine Fang, a suspected Chinese intelligence operative who was reported to have cultivated ties with U.S. come into contact with Swalwell’s campaign as he was first running for Congress in 2012 and participated in fundraising for his 2014 campaign.”

    No mention that she died in plane crash…

    • rhywun

      He is one of the worst humans in existence and therefore a shoo-in for governor.

    • R C Dean

      The intertoobs tell me that she did not die in a plane crash, and is still alive.

      And they can’t put it on teh intertoobs unless its true, right?

      • Ted S.

        I was going to make a joke about Asian pilots.

      • Plinker762

        Wong Wing Lo?

      • tripacer

        In a plane piloted by Captain Wong Wey and F.O. Ho Lee Fuk.

      • Furthest Blue pistoffnick (370HSSV)

        Sum Ting Wong

      • Gender Traitor

        Different Fang Fang, as it turns out.

        Dinglong Culture, a Guangzhou company involved in both mining and TV and movie production, said in a statement to the Shenzhen stock exchange that its chief financial officer, Fang Fang, was a passenger.

        The company name presents all sorts of opportunities for fun. You’re welcome. (Too soon?)

  7. Rat on a train

    Barbie Dream Fest in Florida to issue refunds after fan complaints

    The creators of the event promised “unforgettable experiences”, and advertised a roller rink and disco with a caption that read: “Join us for three days of glam, nostalgia, and dream-big energy made for Barbie fans of every generation.”

    But ticketholders, who paid up to $450 (£340), say it was far from that. Photos of the event show a grey convention centre space with pink cardboard cut-out Barbie signs.

    Scammers have hit Willy Wonka, Bridgerton, and now Barbie.

    • Ted S.

      They had an unforgettable experience, didn’t they?

      • Plinker762

        Finally, some truth in advertising.

    • Rat on a train

      I would ask how Graham keeps getting reelected but then Kentucky elects both McConnell and Paul.

      • R C Dean

        Given Graham’s opposition to election security, you might want to put scare quotes around “reelected”.

      • Rat on a train

        The will of the People is not measured in votes.

      • Drake

        I have to get myself registered as a Republican so I can vote against him in the primary. Paul Dans appears to have a good chance of at least forcing a runoff.

        While I’m there I’ll vote against my worthless backbencher Rep too.

      • juris imprudent

        I can believe Graham gets re-elected; you ever had a good look at who votes?

    • WTF

      Are they aware that the Democrats are the ones responsible for the shutdown? Because it seems like they’re going after the wrong side.

      • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

        Hush, you!

        All goodthinkers know that only R’s start shutdowns!

      • sloopyinca

        The senate rules are in large part responsible. And the senate rules can be amended by the senate majority.

      • (((Jarflax

        That makes me feel a little guilty that I haven’t properly praised Schumer for shutting down the TSA. Best thing the man has done in public life! Even if it is ultimately only temporary.

      • R C Dean

        Gotta say, the fact that it was the Dems who “shut down” TSA gives me many confused feelings.

      • Fourscore

        Suppose they gave a government shutdown and nothing happened?

        Some days are diamonds.

  8. Rat on a train

    GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash

    Australian developer Zach Manson noted on Monday that, after a coworker asked Copilot to correct a typo in one of his pull requests, he was surprised to find a message from Copilot in the PR pushing readers to adopt productivity app Raycast.

    “Quickly spin up Copilot coding agents from anywhere on your macOS or Windows machine with Raycast,” the note read with a lightning bolt emoji and link to install Raycast.

    Vibe coding is the future.

    • Sensei

      MSFT taketh and giveth.

      They have apparently just learned how unhappy everyone is with the complete ensh-tification of Win 11 is. This is in no large part because of both AI being crammed into everything and shoving as much as possible online with online data and tracking.

      • (((Jarflax

        Let’s finish setting up your computer!

        [Remind me in 3 days] [Give Microsoft control of your local data by backing it up on their servers, subject to a EULA that would turn you into a Unibomber if you read it]

      • rhywun

        It’s not just Microsoft cramming AI into absolutely everything – it is every other “tech” company too.

      • Rat on a train

        Just wait for Windows 12. Will they finally transition the OS to a subscription model?

      • Sensei

        rhywun – they just conceded the forcing copilot into Notepad might have been a bridge too far. What more do you want?

      • Fourscore

        Windows 12?

        Is that the same as File 13? When I query the Post Office about some overdue item that’s the reference I get. “Check Window 12”

      • Ted S.

        Like GT, I’m very happy with Linux Mint.

      • Gender Traitor

        I feel more vindicated in my decision to switch every day. (Remaining to be seen: whether I can use the provided document scanning app with my current scanner and whether the provided e-book viewer works with downloaded library e-books – the library claims Adobe Digital Editions is required, and they don’t do Linux.)

      • rhywun

        Everyone’s goal at work is to put Copilot in everything too so I have to walk a fine line here, sigh.

      • Rat on a train

        I wish I could go back to a Linux work computer. I loved when corporate allowed me to wipe Windows and install Gentoo.

      • Swiss Servator

        rhywun, my Swiss Masters are all in on Co-Pilot. If you will excuse me now, I have to go attend my 5th training session on it this month. We have a mumbling French Swiss guy, whose computer keeps locking up during demos, trying to show us the wonders of this tool…er, AI FREN.

      • Ted S.

        My desktop PC which, granted, dates to 2021, has an inordinate problem finding my printer. I recently got a cheap Dell laptop, put the most recent version of Mint on it, and that picked up the printer just fine.

      • Ted S.

        So the Swiss speak French as badly as they speak German?

  9. Fourscore

    I paid my property taxes yesterday. I can’t believe I’m living in such splendor.

    Inflation’s a helluva drug

      • Fourscore

        I did live in NJ a couple times, as a renter. Of course we know the owner paid the taxes. Ha-Ha!

      • Sean

        That’s obscene.

      • WTF

        And here comes Mikie (I fly helicopters!!!) Sherill to cut back on the Anchor property tax relief program.

      • Ed Wuncler

        Mine are nearly 14k. If I moved south to Portage County and bought the same house sq ft, I would pay $5k in taxes and have more land.

      • Ted S.

        Part of the reason Team Blue howled so much over the SALT cap.

      • juris imprudent

        Pennsylvania casts envious eyes across the Delaware river.

      • rhywun

        To be fair, she is going to need a lot of money to handle all the sanctuary criminals she’s welcoming in.

      • Rat on a train

        What is the rate? The local rate is 0.7343%.

      • WTF

        The property tax rate in NJ averages around 2.2%.

      • kinnath

        I just made my semi-annual property tax payment. It was a brutal 2200 bucks.

      • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

        Ooof. I thought the 5k on my rental was high, that is just gross.

    • Ed Wuncler

      The People’s Republic of Cleveland Heights and Cuyahoga County loves high property taxes. I send my kids to the public school just out of pure spite.

      *And they actually have a good pre-K program for my autistic four year old daughter.

    • AlexinCT

      I paid my property taxes yesterday. I can’t believe I’m living in such splendor.

      I keep making a list of what I pay vs. what I get, and every year the balance shifts more in favor of “I pay to much and I am getting near zero in return”..

      Seriously. I am now realizing things are broken because we feminized society. Instead of the political and government bureaucratical classes working on infrastructure and value to tax payers, they all waste massive money and time on feel good bullshit and emotional fulfillment. It’s truly game over for us at this rate.

      • rhywun

        That is how we got to a Dem party claiming to “care” about everyone and everything.

  10. Sensei

    “It confirms that Iran and the IRGC are occupying forces in Lebanon,” said David Schenker, who served as the State Department’s top Middle East official in President Trump’s first term, referring to Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. “They dominate the country and do not recognize the sovereignty of the government of Lebanon.”

    Lebanon Expelled Iran’s Ambassador. He Refused to Leave.

    https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/lebanon-expelled-irans-ambassador-he-refused-to-leave-a710471a?st=WZ54D8&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

    • Ed Wuncler

      It’s very telling that most of Iran’s neighbors haven’t raised a giant fuss about the joint US-Israeli War against Iran. Iran is that drunken asshole neighborhood bully that everyone hates and is happy when they are finally arrested by the cops.

      I don’t think we should putting our dicks into that hornet’s nest but it’s very obvious that Iran has been stirring up shit for years in the Middle East.

      • R.J.

        Well said.

      • ZWAK, doktor of BRAIN SCIENCE!

        Yep.

        I too don’t think we should be the ones shouldering the Iran burden, but of all the things I can bitch about, this is pretty low on my radar, especially as we really have zero idea of what is going on, what with the shitty news in this country and abroad.

    • Fourscore

      Ain’t no law without a cop to enforce it.

      I have an idea that this isn’t the end, world wide.

      Vatican guards are on high alert!

    • rhywun

      “International law” is a figment of your imagination.

      Next.

      • WTF

        Thank you. Some lefty on Facederp was blathering on about Trump breaking international law, so I asked what duly-voted upon and passed statute was signed into law that he was breaking?
        Crickets.

      • AlexinCT

        Because they are leftist morons?

  11. Common Tater

    “On March 23, a woman shopping at the Valencia Whole Foods was subjected to a man who exposed himself to her — an act that was caught on the store’s security camera.

    In the footage, the suspect is seen approaching a shopper as she kneels down. He’s seen on the video lowering his pants, then he presses his exposed genitals against the woman’s ear while holding what appears to be a cellphone, according to KTLA. ”

    https://nypost.com/2026/03/30/us-news/sexual-assault-caught-on-camera-at-valenica-whole-foods/

    WTF?

    • Fourscore

      I had a woman with the same complaint at a book store I worked at. She said it happened in the kid’s area and she said she wasn’t impressed.

      • R.J.

        I had a lady that crapped on the floor in a dressing room. Nothing as dramatic but it was probably sexual.

      • Ted S.

        You aliens have *weird* sexual proclivities.

    • AlexinCT

      Gotta get your kinks where you can, bruh..

      You kink shaming???

  12. Sensei

    Then the courtroom proceedings got dramatic. Exxon Mobil attorneys responded that Mr. Bonta didn’t merely make the offending statements in his 2024 lawsuit or in his press conference announcing it. That sort of speech is indeed protected. Exxon Mobil attorneys showed that Mr. Bonta had made the same claims in a political fundraising appeal emailed to some Texas residents…

    …Another salient detail emerged in Judge Truncale’s courtroom. Mr. Bonta clearly used state resources to travel to Texas and to deploy California state Department of Justice employees, including at least one attorney, to defend himself from Exxon Mobil’s defamation claim.

    Nothing is going to happen, but I’ll enjoy the circus.

    https://www.wsj.com/opinion/californias-attorney-general-faces-texas-justice-94a35f37?st=jPvSG9&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

  13. Sensei

    The mind boggles…

    The NCAA is pushing Congress to provide it with a limited antitrust exemption to enforce rules on eligibility and compensation and “some pre-emption on the 40-something state laws that are currently in place that are designed to give the schools in each of those states a leg up on the schools in other states,” Mr. Baker says.

    President Trump has backed such legislation, which may be the least bad option. If the athlete bidding wars and litigation continue, politicians in Washington may wrest control over college sports. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn have introduced legislation that would put the Justice Department in charge of regulating the NCAA.

    https://www.wsj.com/opinion/are-we-headed-for-federal-control-of-college-sports-a4f9c4dd?st=usrRK6&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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