Flotsam and Jetsam - New Channels Cut In Harbor

Some good news from Baltimore, ABC 7, reports 2 temporary channels open at Port of Baltimore after Key Bridge collapse "On Monday, one channel, on the northeast side of the collapse, opened for commercial traffic. The other temporary channel opened Tuesday." They're not big enough to support the huge commercial ships, but they allow barge traffic for fuel and other materials. We should all give thanks for the deplorable boys with big toys. Meanwhile, the Balmer Sun is worried about Key Bridge wreckage sinking into riverbed as lightning near Baltimore delays salvage operations and The Dali crew is in limbo. With Wi-Fi, they can see the world outside the Port of Baltimore. "21 crew members are on board the Dali, performing their ship duties as they answer questions from investigators following the Key Bridge collapse." The difference between that and a normal day at sea is that the scenery never changes. But at least they get a close up look at the channel clearing operation. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.02.24, 357 Magnum: A Container Ship Hit A Bridge And Nobody (In America) Noticed Can we PLEASE stop with the conspiracy theories? "Container ship hits bridge in south China, killing 5 and knocking section of roadway into the water | AP News" 

At Am Spec, Scott McKay believes Team Biden Declares War on Christians "It was a deliberate choice to glorify such wicked, horrid, blasphemous beliefs on Easter Sunday." Jordan Boyd at Da Fed says Nobody Believes Biden’s Transgender Celebration On Easter Was A Coincidence. "Up is down. Left is right. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. Two and two make five. And Biden is a saint who did nothing worth backlash." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair disagrees, "My thoughts on the controversy went up this morning. Unlike Boyd, I'd apply Hanlon's Razor to this situation: Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence. My best guess is that the incompetents in the White House, starting with the Incompetent in Chief, didn't realize that the two days were the same -- and they've been deflecting blame ever since onto those who noticed it before they did. The blame-shifting is certainly malicious enough, though." I'm in the Capt. Ed school on this one. At Bongino, Matt Palumbo notices Karine Jean-Pierre's Attempted April Fools Joke Goes Awry. "A grinning KJP opened “So President Biden is scheduled to announce he is revoking the Hatch Act. So as a gift to all of you, so now I can actually take all your questions about 2024!”" Nick Arama, Looks Like One of Biden's Tall Tales About His Background Just Got Called Out...by Joe Biden, he acts as out of place as he looks in a Black church. 

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.02.24, Brianna Lyman at Da Fed thinks The Only People Biden Is ‘Unifying’ Are The Uniparty Elites Who Hate You. Althouse is shocked to discover RFK Jr. still Does not have Secret Service protection. "I saw — blogged in the previous post — that RFK Jr. just called Joe Biden the first President in history to have "used his power over the Secret Service to deny Secret Service protection to one of his political opponents, for political reasons." At Am Think, Jeffrey Folks thinks about Progressive Hypocrisy and Clarence Thomas. 

Matt Vespa at TownHall reports A Top Denver Official Was Caught Telling Illegal Aliens Something That Isn't Shocking ". . . the mayor’s political director was reportedly caught telling illegal aliens to leave the city for the Big Apple. He is even caught saying they would take them to the Canadian border." 

Da Wire wants you to WATCH: Buttigieg Mocks People Who Don’t Want Electric Vehicles. Nick Pope at Da Caller reports a Trump-Appointed Federal Judge Smacks Down ‘Arbitrary And Capricious’ Biden EV Scheme. At Da Pipeline Steve Hayward calls the EV mandates Wholesale Madness, Retail Insanity. From the Free Bacon, California's Electric Truck Fleet Mandate Also Applies to Out-of-State Companies, Prompting Lawsuit. "The rule is extraterritorial, burdensome, and impractical. It is riddled with exemptions that allow [California's air regulatory agency] to micro-manage fleets and play favorites, one vehicle at a time." I&I, Black Gold. At Reason, No, Biden's New Rail Crew Mandate Doesn't Make 'Common Sense.' "Requiring two-person crews on freight trains wouldn't have prevented the East Palestine disaster. It's simply a giveaway to Biden's labor union allies." Capt. Ed, "As Boehm points out, this "solution" just coincidentally fits with the union's long-standing demand to mandate more personnel on trains. As he points out, though, there were three people working the train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio -- the accident that supposedly is driving this decision. Adding another person wouldn't have prevented that accident, either. This is manipulating a tragedy to pay off a political ally." NYPo reports, Buyers need a six-figure income to afford a typical home in 22 states — up from just six states in 2020. Go Brandon! Dan Oliver at Am Great discusses Donald Trump and Student Loans "People who didn’t go to college could feel rightly aggrieved at the windfall the college debtors receive, but they—and indeed the whole country—could benefit from ending the college support scam."

An election trio from Breitbart, Trump: Election Day Will Be ‘Christian Visibility Day’, Michigan Poll Shows Trump Leading Biden as Voters Express Support for Mass Deportation of Illegal Aliens and Analysis: Concerns over Murders by Migrants ‘Put Michigan More Firmly in President Trump’s Corner’. But have they counted the mail-in ballots yet? From Da Wire, Michigan Police Union Endorses Trump After He Blasts Biden At Campaign Event. A pair of Aces, Kurt Schlichter: Bitter Dead-Ender NeverTrumpers Have Run Out of Grifting Runway, "Scumbags" and Trump Posts Violent, Inciting Video So Dangerous and So Corrosive to Our System of Democratic Self-Rule That the Noble and Brave Firefighter Media (TM) Wisely Refuses to Show This Outrageous Dark MAGA Extremism, "Trump's gone too far this time, all of the independent, free-thinking media philosophers agree." Even Jon Stewart wasn't buying it. Brianna Lyman notes Democrat Media Are Horrified At Trump’s Plan To End Federal Racial Discrimination. At Am Think Jim Hollingsworth wonders Is America First Just a Cult? From Da Mail, HALF of young voters are eyeing third-party candidates, poll shows as Robert F. Kennedy Jr joins ballot for 2024 battleground North Carolina.

At Da Caller, Another Poll Shows Larry Hogan Beating Dem Opponents In Maryland Senate Race. Yes, he's the kind of Republican that Maryland Democrats can vote for, but he's better than the alternatives. 

John Sexton from Hat Hair has Primary Results from CT, NY, RI, WI and MS, if you care. Wisconsonite Althouse, I'm just noticing that today is primary day here in Wisconsin. "I genuinely wasn't sure and haven't heard much about it." And then I didn't vote in yesterday's primary.

I was the classic nonvoter: I didn't vote because the weather was bad. It wasn't even that bad. Early on, it was raining, but then it changed to snow, and it was even big fluffy flakes, the kind I tend to exclaim about with delight. And yet, it was windy, and it was getting a bit late.

But who was I supposed to vote for? It's Wisconsin, where I could have voted in either party's primary. The most compelling candidate was in the Democratic Party primary: "uninstructed delegation." This morning I see, in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "Wisconsin 'uninstructed delegation' voters more than double Biden's 2020 margin." I had a little trouble understanding what that meant.

Voters who chose "uninstructed delegation" in Wisconsin's presidential primary Tuesday more than doubled the 20,000 votes President Joe Biden won the state by in 2020, sending a warning sign for his reelection chances in the battleground state.

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.02.24, Da Fed notes Voters Prohibit ‘Zuckbucks’-Style Private Funding And Staff From Wisconsin Elections, Also at Da Fed, MD Kittle Pennsylvania Lawmakers To Appeal ‘Bidenbucks’ Lawsuit To U.S. Supreme Court. From the Da Caller, Wisconsin Voters Approve GOP-Led Election Integrity Ballot Measures Ahead Of November. Zuck bucks out of luck. At Breitbart, Judge sides with conservative group in its push to access, publish voter rolls online in New Mexico.

Sundance at CTH hosts a video where Matt Gaetz Explains Why He Cannot Support Removal of Speaker Johnson "As outlined by Gaetz, there are two or three specific republicans, former democrats, who will vote to support Hakeem Jeffries if the opportunity arises. With all of the exits from the GOP House team noted, it will be a struggle to keep the house in republican control in 2025 even with a resounding victory by President Trump."

Matt Margolis at PJM on Trump Posts Bond, Letitia James Most Hurt. Her dream of coming down the Trump Tower golden escalator is getting tarnished. At TNP, Daughter of Judge Presiding Over Stormy Daniels ‘Hush Money’ Trial Linked to Letitia James and Democrat AG Association. NewsMax, Trump Slams 'Conflicted' N.Y. Judge After Gag Order Extended. George@BehizyTweets "BREAKING: President Trump's legal team has begun the process of getting Judge Juan Merchan to recuse himself following the bombshell revelations about his daughter." From the Babylon Bee, Judge Orders Trump To Stop Noticing That The People Trying To Put Him In Jail Are Democrats. Capt. Ed snarks "I'm not sure this even qualifies as satire." Jeff Lord at Am Spec, MSNBC Throws a Tantrum: Judge Luttig Rages at Trump "The utter hypocrisy is enough to swallow the Grand Canyon." "Who, exactly, set the precedent for calling out the family members of judges because of their political activism? Can anyone say “Ginni Thomas”?" Ace is pleased that Judge Cannon Seems Receptive to Trump's Arguments in Fake Classified Documents Prosecution; Trump Posts $175 Million Bond in Fake NY Fraud Prosecution. "Via Jazz Shaw, Judge Cannon seems open to Trump's arguments in the (Florida) documents trial." Alicia Colon at Am Think wonders Did Trump Really Do That? Progressive Media Never Tells the Truth. Da Fed's Brianna Lyman is shocked, shocked to hear an MSNBC Panel Suggests SEC Should Wage Lawfare Campaign Against Trump For Truth Social Stock Boom.

From Breitbart FCC’s Brendan Carr: Agency Moving to Enact Net Neutrality Instead of Holding Big Tech Accountable Is the ‘Greatest Threat on the Internet’. At Da Wire, Docs Show Corporate Giants Are ‘Colluding To Demonetize Conservative Platforms, "Judiciary Committee Says Advertising industry’s anti-conservative blacklist campaign could violate antitrust laws, Rep. Jim Jordan says." PJM's Ben Bartee says Google Is Completely Out of Control. Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw More AI Student Nudes Showing Up At High Schools. High School boys. Got it. It's not illegal, and even if it was, some to them would still do it. 

Reagan Reese and Henry Rogers at Da Caller report the House GOP Probes DOJ On Possible Retaliation Against Hunter Biden Whistleblowers. "The letters claim that Hunter Biden, the president’s son and a key character in the impeachment inquiry, and his lawyers launched an intimidation campaign against the whistleblowers. The lawmakers demanded that the DOJ tell their respective committees if they are investigating the subjects." Da Wire notes Four Pro-Lifers Face Prison Time After Being Convicted In Federal Court.

At HE, JK Rowling dares police to arrest her for 'misgendering' after Scottish hate crime law takes effect. From Breitbart, Bluff Called: Police Scotland Won’t Charge J.K. Rowling over Trans Comments, Author Vows to Stand With Any Woman Who Calls ‘A Man a Man’ The Heretical Liberal@Rob_ThaBuilder, "It's hard to overstate how important - and strategically brilliant - @jk_rowling's power move was today, a first-move checkmate that effectively neutered Scotland's dangerous new #HateCrimeBill. By openly and unambiguously breaking this law - on a massive public platform - on its very first day, she has in effect nullified the law by forcing the authorities in Scotland into a corner where they only have two options, both of which will be this laws downfall. They can: . .  Heads she wins, tails they lose. This is about as close to a chess match being lost on the first move as you're ever going to see." Mary Chastain at LI, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers Vetoes Bill Banning Biological Males From Female Only Sports "You never forget a conversation with a young female athlete who worries about possibly playing against a male in high school or college sports." Hat Hair's KT, If You Don't Support Men in Women's Sports, You Just Might be a 'White Supremacist'. From Da Wire, Biden Admin Screens Movie Pushing For More Queer Marine Biologists As ‘Trans Day Of Visibility’ Celebration. "'Was marine science something that a queer woman could do?' ponders documentary promoted by Biden administration." Based on my observations, LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ are already over-represented in Marine Biology.

Leslie Eastman at LI reports a Stanford Mathematics Education Professor Who Got Algebra Banned in SF Now Accused of ‘Reckless Disregard for Accuracy.’ "Jo Boaler is facing allegations of “reckless disregard for accuracy” in her work. An official academic complaint has been filed with Stanford University’s provost and dean of research."

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Adrift Somewhere In The Anacostia River up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.