Liberal Men Are Becoming Extinct; in case you enjoy statistics

 Power Line  "That’s the good news, delivered by economist Peter St Onge. The bad news is that left-wing institutions, starting with the public schools, are making up the gap. But that is a desperate rear-guard action that, in the end, can’t succeed. So pay attention to some delightful numbers:

Liberal men are checking out of the gene pool, to the point just 1 in 8 American kids has a liberal dad.

When liberal Tiktokkers complain about their Trumper Dad, they might reflect that Trumper Dads are the only reason they exist. pic.twitter.com/XDdHmQmxzi

— Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) April 23, 2026

Regarding statistics, Jessica Tarlov comes to "The Five" prepared with figures: 

This Screaming Match Between Greg Gutfeld and Jessica Tarlov on 'The Five' Was Brutal  . . . "It started when Tarlov pushed back on Gutfeld's characterization of hate crime hoaxes, demanding examples. Gutfeld was ready.

" 'Jussie Smollett, anyone?" he fired back. "How about the banana peel on the bench?"

"Tarlov, never one to care about facts, tried to pivot to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville as evidence that the white supremacist threat is real. “You don't think that hundreds of people showed up at the Unite the Right rally that weren't this informant, that weren't persuaded by his vehicle that got them there,” she said. But when Gutfeld pressed her on exactly who that informant was, she stumbled.

" 'You don't know," Gutfeld said. "Was it the leader? An informant is not a leader."

"From there, the exchange got really tense. Tarlov rattled off group names — Three Percenters, Oath Keepers, Proud Boys — while Gutfeld challenged her framing of the whole event.

" 'So you're saying this wasn't created. You're saying this just was an organic event, just like every left-wing event. It just happened. All these right-wingers showed up," he said.

"Tarlov tried to split the difference, insisting the people were real even if the event was organized. Gutfeld acknowledged as much, but turned the whole argument on its head with an analogy that was equal parts devastating and sharp." . . . 

HOLY MOLEY! Greg Gutfeld lays into Jessica Tarlov and Dems for "creating a false flag" for bigotry and starting a "hate crime hoax." "They put targets on people like Charlie Kirk's back, and he's dead!" #TheFive pic.twitter.com/4sq73QWVFE

— Diamond Joe (@ItsDiamondJoe) April 23, 2026

No, You Morons, Iran Has Not ‘Won.’

 Who beside MSNOW would take their counsel from ignorant tools such as keffiyeh-clad unlearned ones on campuses, or Joe Biden?

The American Spectator | USA News and Politics  

The idea that Iranian victory would be an outcome of this war stems partially from notions put forth by a number of pundits — most notably on the left — that so long as the Iranian regime survived the war, they would have won.

"I know that it’s a sin against my own intelligence not to follow Mark Twain’s guidance in matters such as these.

"Twain said many wise things. Some of the wisest things attributed to him are now said not to have come from him at all. But I have my doubts about the doubters.

"One was “Don’t wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.”

"The other has been offered in two versions — either “Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference, "Or “Never argue with an idiot; they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”

"Mark Twain, or at least the mythical Mark Twain whose brilliance appears to be under attack by these niggling scholars denying him some of his best stuff, would have had one hell of a time with the “anti-war” gang on social media and elsewhere today.

"Maybe that’s not quite fair. There are critics of the Iran war who have perfectly rational and valid points to make, and this column does not seek to take them on.

"It’s a particular species of “anti-war” keyboard warrior with whom I quibble.

"Specifically, this cabal of fools and idiots who pronounce the Iran war over, when we don’t know that to be true, and have judged the victor to be Iran.

"Much like the Black Knight of Monty Python and the Holy Grail fame…"  (Video above)

"Because permanent resolutions  to Israel’s security issues are denied them by the “international community.” Which means Israel has been locked in forever wars that cast Israel as the villain."    

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Newsom Orders Reservoirs Emptied In Preparation For Fire Season (Parody)

Is it parody or just Friday at MSNOW?

 Babylon Bee   The Bee and more Bee:

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   "LOS ANGELES, CA — Governor Gavin Newsom took decisive action on Tuesday as he ordered California reservoirs drained in preparation ahead of this year's fire season.

   "To ensure that high-risk areas of the state would be rendered sufficiently vulnerable to hot, dry weather and high winds, Newsom had officials remove every last drop of water that could potentially be used in an emergency.

   "We do this now so we can do nothing later," Newsom said. "I've ordered my team to make sure all of our reservoirs are at zero-percent capacity so that when the fires come, we are fully prepared to fail to protect our citizens."

   "The move comes after last year's devastating fires in Southern California ravaged neighborhoods and decimated thousands of homes. California fire officials said they were unprepared for last year's blazes, but were more determined than ever to make sure the same things can happen this year.

   "I applaud the governor for his efforts to prepare adequately for this year's fire season," Fire Battalion Chief Carrie Bingham told the media. "We don't want our reservoirs full, that might send the wrong message that we actually want to fight these things."

   "Newsom said he would do everything in his power as governor to make sure the reservoirs were empty and ready to go. "We will spare no expense to prepare for the possibility of fires, even if it means spending billions to empty every reservoir in the state."

   "At publishing time, Governor Newsom had also committed to hiring only gay indigenous quadriplegic trans fire chiefs."

Gavin Newsom Admits He Really Doesn't Want To Be President, He Just Wants To Leave California | Babylon Bee  

"At publishing time, Newsom had quietly called the White House to ask if any open cabinet positions might require an immediate job transfer."

SPLC – The Racial Arsonist Fundraised Off The Fire

 “This has got to be just the tip of the iceberg, not just for SPLC but for a lot of left-wing movements.”

SPLC – The Racial Arsonist Fundraised Off The Fire   

"He offered an analogy he said is not perfect but captures the essential fraud: it is like taking your car to a mechanic for a state inspection, being told something is broken and being charged to fix it, without being told the mechanic broke it himself. SPLC allegedly created or supported the very hate it was fundraising to combat, did not disclose that to donors, and pocketed the contributions.

"I have been doing numerous interviews about the recent DOJ indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for alleged fraud, money laundering, wire fraud, and lying to banks regarding its funding of certain individuals leading or organizing KKK and Neo-Nazi groups and events. This included the “Unite the Right” tiki torch rally in Charlottesville in 2017.

"The gravamen of the Indictment is that SPLC presented itself to donors as fighting these groups when it was in bed with them, and in the course of that fraud committed several crimes.

"I’ve been writing about SPLC since 2009, so I’m something of an ‘expert’ on its shenanigans. Among other things, I covered how SPLC had a KKK group (2010) and Neo-Nazi group (2012) on their Hate Map for Rhode Island despite those supposed groups having no real-world presence when I investigated and wrote about it at the time. With the addition of inflating the number of hate groups by treating each “branch” as a separate group and counting branches that appeared to be nothing more than blips on a website somewhere, SPLC arguably was a fundraising scam.

"But was it criminal?" . . .More...