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A Russian physician who treated opposition leader Alexei Navalny after his poisoning has died “suddenly,” according to a statement from the Omsk emergency hospital given to CNN.

Sergey Maximishin, deputy chief physician at Omsk State Medical University, “suddenly passed away” at the age of 55 a few months after Navalny fell ill during a flight and had to make an emergency landing in Omsk, where he was taken to the emergency hospital.

How … convenient.

Popular ‘Science’.

Used to be people would put guns, swords, or a piece of art above the fireplace.

Now it’s all just television.

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Suddenly, the concept of “Equity” is ubiquitous. Where did this idea come from and why has it emerged now as a central metric of the Progressives? It emerges concurrently with Big Tech stepping into the forefront as arbiters of what ideas are allowed to be expressed in the public square and their apparent bias toward Progressive ideology. I submit that the two things are related.

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Now that Apple is involved, I’m waiting for the inevitable day when Snoopy reveals that xhr is really transgender dog Snoopina.

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Amid rising regional tensions, Iran continues to seek ways to target Israel and the United States abroad.

Iran deployed several agents to collect intelligence on the diplomatic missions of Israel, the U.S., and United Arab Emirates (UAE) in an undisclosed East African country ahead of a potential attack, Israel’s Kan News reported on Monday, based on insight from Western intelligence sources. The attack was foiled last month.

The report claimed that Iran sought to target the embassies in response to the January 2020 U.S. strike that killed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Qassem Soleimani and November’s targeted assassination of senior nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, which was widely attributed to Israel.

Iran has previously threatened the UAE directly and condemned the Gulf state for normalizing diplomatic relations with Israel last summer.

Actually, it taste’s like squirrel.

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Mushrooms are good for more than just pizza toppings….

SHROOOOOMS!

Explosion Reported Near Israeli Embassy In New Delhi 

Senior ISIS Leader Killed During Iraqi Intelligence Mission, Prime Minister Says

Daniel Pearl’s Family to Challenge Pakistan Murder Acquittals  Good luck with that.

Jihadist Rebels Drive Car Loaded With Explosives Into Somalian Hotel Before Deploying Armed Men

Jihad in Spain

US Watchdog: Taliban Attacks Increased in Afghan Capital

Students Arrested In Turkey For Insulting Islam After Displaying Poster Depicting Sacred Sites With LGBT Flags

‘Palestinians’ Demand ‘Big Ben’ Back

Islamic Scholar Says Muslims Should Leave The West To Flee LGBT Teachings  I agree.

At Least 10 Dead, 30 Injured After Mogadishu Hotel Seige Ends

Cultural Enrichment: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

When will Pakistan take a stand against terror?  I’m going to guess ‘never’.

Iranian-Backed Forces Receive New Missiles As Tensions Grow In Iraq  Now that a Democrat is back in the White House, let the jihad roll!

The Muezzin Yodels in the Ruhr

Court In Belgium Sentences Iranian Diplomat Over 2018 Bomb Plot In A First For Europe

Biden Announces End Of US Operations In Yemen War  Let them ragheads kill each other, what do we care?

Google and Apple Cave to Pakistani Pressure, Take Down Ahmadiyya Muslim Apps

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If you’ve got enough money, acres upon acres of undeveloped land and an “innovative technology,” you soon could form a new local government in Nevada.

If, of course, that’s what you want to do.

UPDATE: Nevada bill would allow tech companies to create governments

Yeah, but you’re still in Nevada.

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Hey, it’s free.

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I can believe it.

For Female Athlete, Biden’s Transgender Executive Order Is ‘Heartbreaking’

Psaki Refuses to Apologize for Mocking Space Force, Lies About LGBTQ Cabinet Members

The anti-science presidency?

‘Joe Biden Is An Empty Suit’: Leo Terrell Says President Can Only Offer Lukewarm Support To Police Because He’s Not In Charge

Biden Sued by Trump Appointee Over Attempted Ousting

Biden to Freeze Trump-Ordered Withdrawal of US Troops From Germany  Invade the world! Invite the world!

Biden Off to a Divisive, Partisan Start With Executive Actions  My, what a surprise.

Report: Anti-Israel Activist Heading to Biden State Dept

Biden Threatens to ‘Raise the Cost on Russia,’ Demands Navalny’s Release  When has that ever worked?

GOP States Weigh Limits on How Race and Slavery Are Taught

Denzel Washington Praises Police, Denounces BLM Protesters  Cue Cancel process.

Biden Appointee’s Slogan: Black Women Best

BLMTV: Race Radicalism Takes Over the TV Season  Which is why only proglodytes are watching TV these days.

Ice Cube: Biden’s Administration Has ‘Reached Out’ For Meeting To Discuss ‘Contract With Black Americans’

COVID-19: Life won’t return to normal for at least two years, expert warns, saying pandemic ‘isn’t over until it’s over globally’ (SkyNews) The Permanent State of Emergency means you have to DO WHAT YOU’RE TOLD no matter how stupid or arbitrary it might be.

COVID-19 rarely spreads through surfaces. So why are we still deep cleaning? Because we have to keep the Panic going, silly; didn’t you get the memo?

Hong Kong Cops Threaten To “Kick Door Down” For Anybody Who Dosn’t Open For COVID Test  Repeat after me: C-O-M-M-U-N-I-S-T D-I-C-T-A-T-O-R-S-H-I-P.

ABC, NBC Omit CDC Director Saying Vaccines Not Needed to Reopen Schools Safely  Gotta keep that Panic goin’….

Seven indictors that show infections were falling before Lockdown 3.0

UK COVID Conundrum: The Mysterious Case Of Disappearing Flu

Medical Journal Editor: Govts Guilty of COVID ‘Social Murder’

Biden’s COVID Team Reportedly Mulls Sending Masks To Everyone In America, A Plan The Trump Administration Abandoned In April 2020

Armed, Maskless Man Steals Fried Chicken And Waffles After Being Denied Service

‘Let’Em Die’: ER Doctor On Twitter Says America Shouldn’t Waste Time On Those Not Wearing Masks  I guess primum non nocere is White Privilege or something.

Lori Lightfoot Demands A Deal From Chicago Teachers Unions  BRAAAAAAAINS!

Not The Onion: CDC Warns Against Shouting, Cheering During Sunday’s Super Bowl

This Governor Faces Impeachment Over COVID-19 Mandates

New York Public School Students Feel They Have Been ‘Forgotten’ By Officials  No, no, not ‘forgotten’ — ‘ignored’.

Fauci Says We Can Fight Virus By Wearing Up To Three Leeches  Babylon Bee.

Cuomo’s Office Lashes Out at Republicans Calling for Subpoena Over Nursing Home Deaths

NASA Announces New Role of Senior Climate Advisor  Why does NASA need a ‘climate advisor’? Who knows?

Politico: California Gov. Newsom Recall Now ‘Unavoidable’  Perhaps other states ought to have the robust recall mechanism that California has.

‘Hell of a Path’: Meghan McCain Calls Out GOP Over Marjorie Taylor Greene Support (CNN) I’m curious as to who, exactly, gives a shit what Meghan McCain thinks?

Navy has fallen short in addressing lack of diversity, task force says (CNN) Diversity or competence, you can’t have both.

AOC faces backlash as critics point out she wasn’t in Capitol building during riots

‘BAD OPTICS’: Spanish Nets HIDE News of Reopened Cages for Migrant Kids

These Are The Words Colleges Don’t Want You To Say

‘#AlexandriaOcasioSmollett’ Trends On Twitter After NY Rep Rejects Claims She Wasn’t At Capitol During Riots

Ironic: Joy Reid Invites Rep. Maxine Waters to Discuss ‘Threats’ and ‘Violence’

“Incitement,” then and now

Report: Campus Anti-Semitism Skyrockets Even as Coronavirus Forces Remote Learning

Economists Slam NYT Propaganda that Dem Presidents Are Better for Economy Than GOP  The NYT is being increasingly up-front about its role as propaganda organ for the Democrat party.

Snopes RAGES at ‘Bad-Faith Smears’ Factually Noting AOC Wasn’t In The Capitol  Snopes is a good illustration of Sullivan’s Law that every organization not explicitly right-wing becomes left-wing over time.

Lawyers Are Facing Reprisal for Representing Trump

Ocasio-Cortez Enlists Followers To Report Anyone Calling Her ‘Ocasio Smollett’: Report  Assemble the Mob!

‘No Insurrectionists Stormed Our Hallway’: Rep. Mace Slams Media Over Coverage Of Ocasio-Cortez’s Capitol Riot Story

Still Her Publicist: Seth Meyers Fumes, ‘Racist’ ‘Disgusting’ to Compare Ilhan Omar to GOP Rep!

Maxine Waters: Trump Needs To Be Charged With Premeditated Murder

Leftist Journalist Regrets Calling For Silicon Valley Censorship After It Happens To Him  The biter bit.

‘You Have Done Nothing For Me’: Trump Resigns From Screen Actors Guild

The Netherlands experiments with gender quotas for business

Canadian Olympic Committee Warns Athletes Not to Criticize China

PolitiFact Editor-in-Chief Calls to Save America by Censoring Free Speech

‘Baseless Propaganda’: Critics Slam ACLU For Claiming Biological Men Have No Advantage Over Women In Sports

Stephen Colbert’s Late Show Slimes Founding Fathers as ‘Douche Nozzles’  Oddly enough, that’s the same opinion about Colbert.

North Carolina Approves New, Radical History Curriculum for K-12 Students

Mayor Of Oakland Goes After City Council For Wanting To Slash Police Budget After Another Brutal Attack Caught On Video

‘Don’t Disparage Little Girls’: Brianna Keilar Chastises Guest For Calling Kevin McCarthy ‘A Little Girl’

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Last month, the Washington Football Team (formerly known as the Redskins) proudly announced that Jennifer King would be an assistant coach. She is now the team’s assistant running backs coach and the first full-time Black female coach in NFL history.

If King is a competent coach, and I have no reason to doubt that she is, then I’m happy for her. But look again at her title — assistant running backs coach.

How many NFL teams have such a coach? I checked the websites of every NFC team. It appears that none of these teams had an assistant running backs coach in 2020.

The reason seems obvious teams. Teams typically have only five running backs, counting members of the practice squad. A unit that small isn’t viewed as needing two coaches. Assistant position coaching jobs are normally reserved for larger units like the offensive and defensive lines.

It seems, then, that the Washington Football Team has invented a coaching job and filled it with a Black female.

Maybe she’s in charge of relieving their tensions after practice.

The Other McCain surveys the swamp.

Journalists who actually bothered to check the facts — there are precious few of those in D.C. nowadays — pointed out that Ocasio-Cortez’s office is not in the Capitol building, which was stormed by a mob of Trump supporters Jan. 6. Instead, her office is in the Cannon House Office Building, on the south side of Independence Avenue, across from the Capitol. None of the rioters ever entered the building where AOC was in her office, cowering in her bathroom and allegedly fearing for her life.

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At last! RINOs are getting their just desserts.

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Romney has fully transitioned into a big-spending vote-buying Democrat. He’s no more a Republican than Bloomberg.

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The best way to get a book deal these days is to be dysfunctional and well-connected.

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On Tuesday the Washington Post covered the brainy lady who points to the future of the Democratic Party showing how to go full victim: “Ocasio-Cortez reveals she’s a sexual assault survivor, recounts ‘trauma’ of Capitol riot: ‘I thought everything was over.’” Sam Dorman now follows up in the FOX News story “AOC faces backlash as critics point out she wasn’t in Capitol building during riots.”

The backlash derives from AOC’s claim that she suffered a “near-death” experience hiding in the bathroom of her office in the Cannon Building across the street from the Capitol during the riot. She further characterized the Capitol Police officer who sought to evacuate her from the office as threatening — as terrifying. We have yet to hear the other side of the story from the officer, but I’m guessing there is another side. The Post story leaves it as AOC posits it.

UPDATE: ‘Alexandria Ocasio Smollett’ Trends As Critics Punch Holes In Her Dramatic Cap Hill Story

Victor Davis Hanson.

The corruption of the Renaissance Church prompted the Reformation, which in turn sparked a Counter-Reformation of reformist, and more zealous, Catholics.

The cultural excesses and economic recklessness of the Roaring ’20s were followed by the bleak, dour and impoverished years of the Great Depression.

The 1960s counterculture led to Richard Nixon’s landslide victory in 1972, as “carefree hippies” turned into careerist “yuppies.”

So social, cultural, economic and political extremism prompt reactions — and sometimes counterreactions.

The Bush-Clinton-Obama continuum of 24 years cemented the bipartisan fusion administrative state. Trump and his “Make America Great Again” agenda were its pushback.

The counterreaction to the populism of the Trump reset — or Trump himself — is as of yet unsure.

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Certain parts of academia seem to wish to turn the study of classics away from a historical, language- and evidence-based discipline whose focus is understanding the ancient world on its own terms, in favor of preaching to students about the evils of ancient imperialism, slavery, racism, sexism, privilege, all keenly advocated by anyone who has ever taught it. There should be added to that list of shame the ancients’ hopelessly misguided views about what it meant to be ‘liberal’.

Latin lîber meant ‘free’, and lîberalis meant ‘relating to the free, worthy of the free’; also ‘gentlemanly, ladylike’, by extension ‘magnanimous, obliging’ and so ‘munificent, generous’. Another crucial mark of the lîberalis was education, especially the wide-ranging knowledge and understanding arising from the study of history and the rich examples it provided of admirable and disgraceful human behavior. The associated noun was lîberalitas (‘liberality’), and in his dialogue On Duties the statesman Cicero linked lîberalitas with justice. His reasoning was that ‘we are not born for ourselves alone… but as humans we are born for the sake of humans, to contribute to the general good by common acts of kindness, and by our skill, industry and talents to cement human society more closely together’.

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Tjeu can’t do that, of course – the Civil War settled that – but I have to say their hearts are in the right place.

Two words: Kindle App.

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A report on Wednesday claims Apple’s first foray into the automotive industry will be a fully autonomous vehicle designed to operate without a human driver, suggesting it might not be marketed as a consumer product.

UPDATE: First Apple Car to Be Fully Autonomous and Designed to Operate Without a Driver

Steve is not very optimistic.

I try not to look at the news, but sometimes I do. Yesterday I saw that Elizabeth Warren is trying to get a wealth tax through congress. Who predicted that? Don’t hurt yourself trying to find the answer. It was me.

Income taxes and other taxes are bad, but wealth taxes are the supreme taxation evil. When they tax your income and your purchases, you still have some hope of retiring and dying in comfort. When they come for what you already paid tax on, the world crumbles under your feet and you have to consider unthinkable futures such as one in which you share a big, dirty room with other paupers in a government-run assisted living facility.

Warren is going after the “ultra-rich,” of course. When you pass totalitarian measures, you have to start by attacking segments of the population who have very few votes. She wants to take 2% of what they have. So if you have a billion-dollar net worth, kiss $20 million goodbye, in cash, in addition to the death tax your kids will have to pay. If you have to close your business or borrow to keep it going, so sorry. Not all billionaires have a lot of cash.

NBA to Strictly Enforce Mask Rules for Players, Coaches

UCSF team has engineered a tiny antibody capable of neutralizing the coronavirus

It’s Time for a National Pandemic Prediction Agency  (Wired ‘Science’) Gotta keep that panic going….

Olympics: Wear a Face Mask, and No Singing or Chanting

Andrew Cuomo Announces Indoor Dining Can Resume Despite Coronavirus Being Worse Than When He Banned It  Guess he’s feeling the heat.

Myths of Vaccine Manufacturing

San Francisco To Sue Its Own School District Over Lack Of Clear Reopening Plan To Force It To Open Classrooms

‘Capitalism Really Does Work’: Michael Bloomberg Blasts Government Handling Of Pandemic  Which is why he’s a Democrat? That does not compute.

San Francisco teacher says Bernie Sanders’ mittens are a ‘lesson in white and male privilege’

Fans ejected after LeBron James confronts unmasked ‘Courtside Karen’

Black leaders offer several key steps to help close the racial wealth gap (CNBC) Give us money!

San Fran Teacher Blasted for Saying Bernie Meme Showed ‘Privilege’

SMUG: ABC’s ‘Black-ish’ Attempts to ‘Build a Better White Man,’ Finds It Impossible

Navy Diversity Task Force Recommends ‘Bias Awareness Training’ And ‘Exchange Program’ With Historically Black Colleges

USA Today Publishes Column Claiming Tom Brady Gets A Pass On His Politics Because He’s White  Wouldn’t that be refreshing? But I doubt that’s the reason. It’s just an excuse.

The Biden Admin Abandons Major Racial Discrimination Lawsuit

‘White Violence’ Is Used To Increase Surveillance ‘Against Communities Of Color,’ Activists Say  The trouble with ‘activists’ is that they’re always On The March about something. They can never let anything or anybody rest.

Black Lieutenant Governor Criticizes Local News Outlet For Depicting Republicans As KKK Members  Is that allowed?

‘I’m Not Making New Law, I’m Eliminating Bad Policy’: President Joe Biden Tries To Justify His Large Number Of Executive Orders

‘Gut Louisiana Like A Fish’: John Kennedy Warns Of Fallout From Biden’s Oil And Gas Orders

China Top Diplomat Warns Biden Not To Cross “Red Line” Of Interests  His master’s voice.

ON POINT: Leveraging Corrupt Media, China Draws a Red Line for Biden Administration

Biden staffs up with China sympathizers

Montana Lawmaker Outlines Troubling Implications of Biden’s Executive Actions

Joe Biden just made his first big mistake as president  At least, according to CNN.

Former CBP Head: Biden Has Decimated Border Protections With “Stroke Of A Pen”  Improper use of ‘decimated’, but nobody cares about that except me.

Biden’s Labor Board Begins Withdrawing Complaints Against Unions  It’s all about dat base….

Biden Education Secretary Pick Says Schools Have Responsibility To Let Boys In Girls Sports If They Are Trans

John Kerry Flew in Private Jet to Receive Award for Climate Activism  Rules are for thee but not for me.

Helpful Psaki Gives Reporters A List Of Questions To Ask Her  Babylon Bee.

John Kerry Accepted Environmental Award In Iceland After Arriving In Private Jet

The Biden Admin Abandons Major Racial Discrimination Lawsuit

‘What Planet Are You From?’ — Rand Paul Slams Biden’s Education Secretary Nominee Over Transgender Athletes

‘Joe Biden On Day One Killed Their Job,’ Wisconsin Congressman Says Of Keystone XL Pipeline Decision

Biden Admin Won’t Release Trump Visitor Logs

Biden appoints anti-Israel, pro-Hamas man to key Middle East post

In Historic First, Janet Yellen Becomes First Female Treasury Secretary To Request Ethics Waiver For Wall Street Speaking Fees

Sea Levels Are Rising Faster Than Most Pessimistic Forecasts  At least, according to Bloomberg.

The New Pause lengthens from 5 years 4 months to 5 years 6 months

The Shocking Climate Graph @climateofgavin Doesn’t Want You To See

US Cities Are Vastly Undercounting Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Researchers Find  ‘Greenhouse gas emissions’ sounds like something that would afflict Uncle Fred.

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As expected, the Justice Department, now under the control of Joe Biden, has voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against Yale for discriminating against Whites and Asian Americans on the basis of their race. I wrote about that suit here and here.

The Justice Department’s complaint demonstrates the magnitude of Yale’s race-based disfavoring of Whites and Asians. According to the complaint, which is based on the DOJ’s lengthy investigation of Yale’s undergraduate admissions process, Blacks in the tenth decile (the top one) are admitted to Yale at a rate of 60 percent. By contrast, Whites are admitted at a rate of 20 percent and Asians at a rate of only 14 percent.

Because Yale is a highly selective college, few applicants of any race or ethnicity are admitted from the third decile or below. However, in the fourth decile, Blacks are admitted at a rate of 12 percent — about the same rate at which Asians in the tenth decile (the top one) are admitted. The admission rates for Whites and Asians in the fourth decile are just 2 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively.

In the fifth decile, Blacks are admitted at a rate of 21 percent — about the same rate as Whites in the tenth decile. For Whites and Asians in the fifth decile, the admission rates are just 4 percent and 3.5 percent, respectively.

In other words, Blacks with slightly below average credentials in relation to other applicants stand about the same chance of being admitted to Yale as Whites and Asians whose credentials place them in the top 10 percent of the applicant pool.

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Xerox’s new printer is 9 feet wide, 7 feet tall, and reaches an internal temperature of more than 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s not an inkjet, of course—it’s a 3D printer that can produce bespoke metal components. The Naval Postgraduate School, an grad institution for Naval officers and others, is the first place to put one of these massive Xerox machines into service.

Let’s hope it works better than my printer.

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Students for Fair Admissions intends to file a lawsuit against Yale University for its discriminatory admissions process, according to a Wednesday press release.

The announcement comes the same day the Justice Department decided to drop its discrimination lawsuit against Yale, upending a two-year federal investigation that found the Ivy League school often used race as a “determinative” factor in its admissions decisions. Edward Blum, president of Students for Fair Admissions, said in a statement that his group plans to sue Yale “in the coming days.”

That’s a really good picture of Cross Campus. On the left under the tree is The College Formerly Know As Calhoun.

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“We will categorically not allow any local government to lock people down. We will not let any local government kick anybody out of their job,” DeSantis told reporters when asked about local officials’ requests for more control over coronavirus mitigation measures. “We will not let any local government fine individual Floridians. We will not let any local government shut down schools. And we’re not going to let any local governments do those things.”

This gets around the fact that most metro areas are ruled by fascist Democrats. Texas could profit from their example.

I’d move to Florida if it weren’t for the hurricanes.

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I guess he figures to take his new membership in the Woke Ruling Class out for a spin.

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People may shout NEVER AGAIN as loud as they please, but without governments willing to step up to the plate and do something about it, nothing will get done.

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Elections have consequences.

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Perhaps the Republicans in Congress have decided to quit bringing a knife to a gun fight. That’s encouraging.

Could AOC be next? Stay tuned.

Severian teaches a little history.

A brief summary of our story so far: back at the dawn of the Age of Aquarius, the US Surgeon General finally let the cat out of the bag. Turns out that sucking the fumes of burning weeds straight into your lungs isn’t optimal for your pulmonary wellbeing. That being the case, huckster politicians saw a chance to plug a few budget holes by pretending to care about public health. They decided to tax smoking out of existence.

As they should’ve learned from Prohibition, but didn’t, politicians soon discovered that lifestyle crimes are basically unenforceable.* The new taxes created a vast black market economy for smokes. Which had three knock-on effects, in ascending order of importance:

1. massive budget shortfalls, as idiot state governments, being governments, had already spent the anticipated tax revenue several years in advance;
2. an increased disrespect for the law, as unenforced laws are worse than no laws; and
3. turning what was a harmless(-ish) private vice into a public statement of minor rebelliousness — total per capita smoking remained roughly the same from 1960 – 1990, while total cigarette consumption actually went way up (though the ever-increasing importation of Third Worlders, all of whom smoke like chimneys, probably had a lot to do with that).

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I have three college-age daughters who all view the underlying resentments and jealousies required to produce leftism as a sign of immaturity. The idea that a leftist Utopia could fix everyone’s problems if we just take enough money from rich people strikes them as the lazy thinking of the unimaginative. Besides their interest in world affairs, they also share an interest in boys. Specifically, boys who would not be wasting their time. They hope for a conservative boyfriend, or at least one who appears somewhat mature and open-minded.

Which is tricky, because no conservative college kid is out of the closet. Universities are such incredibly hostile territories for free-thinkers that they would never consider admitting what they think about anything. So my daughters engage in frequent discussions with one another, trying to figure out if a boy they like might be a closet conservative. And it’s fascinating to listen to them. The cues they pick up on are not necessarily what you might expect.

ZMan blows the whistle.

The paleoconservative thinker, Sam Francis, developed the concept of anarcho- tyranny, which is when the state tyrannically regulates citizens’ lives yet is unable or unwilling to perform the basics of rule. For example, the government put speed cameras and red-light cameras up, in order to catch small violations, but if your car gets stolen, the cops will not bother looking for it. The tyranny is the micromanagement of the good citizens while driving. The anarchy is ignoring the car thieves.

It is a great framing because it is both true and easily validated. It is one of those observations that reminds us that conservatism was not always a collection of toadies and flunkies validating the latest Progressive fads. The Right used to have smart and thoughtful men genuinely concerned with the direction of Western society. They also had the courage to honestly examine what was happening. In other words, the current crisis did not sneak up on us like the fog.

Look, people elect who they want to Congress. That’s the way the system is set up. There is no IQ test – would that there were! – and no education requirement – would that there were! – and, tellingly, no requirement that a doctor certify that they are sane. You get the votes, and if they can’t PROVE you broke the law, you’re in. So all this talk about policing our own or not suitable for public service is a bunch of self-righteous hand-waving. Votes count; sputtering chattering class members do not. That’s the way it works.

Democrats have been electing crooks (Alcee Hastings) and nut-cases (Sheila Jackson Lee) to Congress for decades, not to mention people who deliberately incite violence (Maxine Waters) and people who don’t openly advocate it but who are okay with it when it happens (Kamala Harris and every other member of the Congressional Black Caucus, not to mention The Squad). For them to get all up in arms about Greene is a case of the pot calling the non-stick pan black.

Unless the system changes, the results aren’t going to be any different. A look at who is now in Congress is the greatest argument against democracy as a form of government that I can imagine. The only problem is to demonstrate that some other form of government wouldn’t be as bad or worse. As Bill Buckley famously said, I’d rather be governed by the first 2000 names in the Boston telephone directory than by the 2000 member of the faculty of Harvard University, and I don’t just say that because I’m a Yale man; Yale these days is just as bad.

We have to work with what we’ve got. Dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin fired hundreds of members of Pentagon policy advisory boards Tuesday, resorting to a blunt method of removing last-minute Trump administration appointees, The Wall Street Journal reported.

How very retro. Welcome to the 19th century.

Would that Trump had done the same when he came in. But we live and learn.

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Most non-stick pans are so only for a limited time. Still, they’re more non-stick than non-non-stick (sorry) pans, so you’ve got that going for you. And since most people are Too Fargin Lazy to learn how to cook properly in a plain metal pan, I suppose it’s all for the best.

I use non-stick pans because I’m bone-lazy. So there it is. (Two words: Swiss Diamond.)

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With the Prius be dethroned from its Crust-carriage role?

Steve Sailer.

The reviewer doesn’t want to come out and flat out say that biographers of the Vice President should simply cover up the fact that her fabulous political career was launched in Willie Brown’s bed, but she wants to imply it.

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Chris “Fredo” Cuomo’s seething hatred for Republicans was boiling during the Tuesday edition of CNN’s PrimeTime. Between telling his viewers that they all “have to worry about the GOP” going forward because they could become the party of presidential assassins and suggesting they didn’t care about murdered Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, Cuomo was out to stoke division and animus (so the very thing he accused the GOP of doing)