If you happen to be in the Irish town of Athlone in County Westmeath, it might be a good idea to visit Sean's Bar. Since it's been there for more than one thousand years, it's got a bit of history.

Glad to hear it. But I’ll still choose pretty women for dating.

I'm sure this philosophy works well on Tinder.

I guess it depends on what they mean by "strong." Are we talking, "She builds houses," or "She emits an indignant scream when Starbucks admits they're out of soy milk?"

Soy milk? what fresh hell is that? I did not know that soybeans had nipples.

Related:

If Beto had an R after his name instead of a D, you’d hear he was boarding-school-attending judge’s son who dodged serious charges for the DUI & burglary, used eminent domain to gentrify poor Latino neighborhoods & married into a billionaire’s family.

https://twitter.com/jimgeraghty/status/1106202481934192647

New Zealand.

The manifesto left by the terrorist — whose name I don’t think deserves mentioning — is a mishmash of ideas. He calls himself an “Eco-fascist,” one who combines environmentalism, racism and authoritarianism into one repulsive package. In his mind the world is dying from over-population, but over-population of the “wrong” kind. He hates capitalism, free markets, and free trade but he loves the Communist Chinese government and fascism. He takes the racist rhetoric of Donald Trump and mixes it with Marxist rhetoric about the poor workers of the world.

https://medium.com/the-radical-center/the-demented-politics-of-the-new-zealand-terrorist-b513fe610b2f

But I'm sure he'll be rehabilitated into a gun-toting redneck Christian Trumpster in short order. Also, I was assured that such incidents in these countries were unpossible because of their strong gun control laws.

Gail Heriot has some thoughts about the current college admissions/test taking/cheating scandal.

This may come as a shock to identity politics types, but it’s true: When it comes to academic success, entering academic credentials matter; race doesn’t.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/324325/

If those rich-enough-kids don't have the educational chops to get into the elite schools, odds are pretty good they don't have the chops to stay there and finish. And saying "I attended UMichigan, but graduated from Directional Michigan" doesn't look quite so good.

I did not know that soybeans had nipples.

You have to look very closely.

Meanwhile, did you think the U.S. government was the champion of wasting taxpayers' money? Here are some examples from Germany, including the Glitzerschwein.

Here are some examples from Germany, including the Glitzerschwein.

You're aware that most of their military is combat ineffective? planes that don't fly, ships that don't sail, tanks that don't roll over Poland, that sort of thing.

Get paid to do something you love and you'll never work a day in your life. This person? not so much.

Shouldn’t someone who is getting paid to publish “Sex & Relationship” advice in a leading women’s magazine at least, y’know, be good at it?

https://theothermccain.com/2019/03/10/bad-sex-advice/

This one is good

https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1106597173473562625

National Review Online has an interesting take on Gavin Newsom's moratorium on the death sentence in California discussed in an earlier thread (also posted there):

"The reprieve power that Newsom wields is intended to be applied on a case-by-case basis, as a final check against judicial error or egregious injustice. It is not intended to be invoked indiscriminately as a means by which to nullify or thwart well-established laws that the executive happens not to like."

Far too many governors and presidents of late seem to think election to office means that the electorate will eagerly conform to their personal worldview.

"Strong is the new pretty"? Only for youngish people.

There's a reason one seldom hears of two people falling in love - or lust - at First Sight when both are over 30. Even if they both go to the gym a lot.

Reminds of what a gay man said (can't remember who said, it, but he was reasonably famous):

"I'm attracted to older men, but that can't go on forever. When I'm 90 I can't be attracted only to men in their hundreds."

What I said a while back:

Kids need to learn that yes, it IS worthwhile to make the effort to be well-groomed and well-mannered, at the very least, and that if you're young and thin but still truly homely, your best bet for popularity is to act so cheerfully busy that you don't SEEM to have time to worry about whether you have a date for the weekend or not. The appearance of self-confidence is everything.

Also, a homely teen can pretend not to be looking for a date while building up one's casual friendships until the others become truly friendly and relaxed in return. Then one can find casual excuses to be working with certain people, which can lead to casual lunches.

(Trouble is, when you're a homely teen girl, a boy who's known you for years and seems to like you for yourself may just be horny. That happens. So while being born with a pretty face will put you at constant risk for that, being homely is not always a protection against exploiters either. Watch out.)

Oh, those wacky French and their genocides.

Why is this woman, a freshman representative from a relatively obscure district in New York, allowed to comment on everything that happens anywhere in the world?

Seriously. That no one in the Democratic Party feels powerful enough to tell her to shut up strongly indicates that the inmates are now running the asylum in that party.

SPLC fires a co-founder for, um ...

misconduct concerns.