The biggest news story of 2021? Our imperiled democracy (CNN) When the Narrative Media use the term ‘democracy’, it means ‘Democrat vote fraud’.

San Francisco father of murdered 6-year-old says DA’s policies led to ‘no accountability’

1619 Project’s Nikole Hannah-Jones claims Americans are taught ‘the history of a country that does not exist’

Nancy Pelosi scoops up call options for Google, Disney, Roblox stocks

Portland Antifa rioter charged with assaulting police has case dismissed after 30 hours community service Compare treatment of the Jan. 6 ‘Capital rioters’.

Judge says she doesn’t understand how Vos could have so few records regarding Wisconsin’s election review  The term ‘cover-up’ comes immediately to mind.

Here’s Why California Is Losing Population for the First Time (Daily Beast)

Pursuit of parolee with arrest warrants out brings lockdown in East Bay town

“Journalism Is Not Sedition”: US & Taiwan Blast China’s Crackdown On Hong Kong Free Media  Better get used to it. Communists are communists.

“Pure Insanity”: San Francisco Residents Reflect On Surge In Crime

Smash And Grab Robbers Steal $1.5 Million From Luxury Palm Beach Hand Bag Shop

Men Keep Smashing Women’s Records

Follow Home Robberies

The APA No Longer Represents Good Science or Clinical Practice

Happy New Year! Check Out the Top 10 Worst Liberal TV Scenes of 2021

The Biggest Junk Science Of 2021

Pro-Trump lawyer says his plantations were go-to spots for those aiming to overturn the 2020 election (CNBC) No, to over turn the election theft.

How MAGA Media Dead-Enders Fought for Scraps in Trump’s Wake (Daily Beast)

Keith Olbermann is the new ‘Scrooge’ after tweet about Mitt Romney’s family  My, what a surprise.

How the left’s rage at Joe Manchin crystallizes the Democrats’ 2022 dilemma (Washington Post)

IRONY: MSNBC Worries GOP Is ‘Politicizing’ School Boards

A ‘very strange’ omicron variant symptom has emerged (Deseret News) I was wondering when the ‘new variant’ would show up; maybe they’re going to ramp up the PANIC for the omicron.

What parents should know about sending kids back to school during Omicron (CNN) If you believe CNN.

The goal: at least 40% vaxxed in all nations by year-end. This map shows how we stand (NPR)

As Florida shatters its record for new coronavirus cases, Democrats ask, ‘Where is Ron DeSantis?’ (Washington Post) Because, as we all know, only the Governor can stop COVID.

The omicron surge could be the worst public health challenge of our lifetimes (Washington Post) Because it doesn’t fit the PANIC?

Tyneside: Death by Vax

The COVID Narrative Is Insane & Illogical… And Maybe That’s No Accident

NY Department of Health: Nonwhites Should Get Higher Priority for Omicron Therapeutics

Cruise Ships Exposed COVID Fearmongering Deception In 2020 And Expose Vaccine Efficacy Deception Now

French Tennis Star Benoit Paire Rages After Testing Positive For COVID For “250th Time”

Covid Will Become Endemic. The World Must Decide What That Means (Wired ‘Science’) Doing its best to push the PANIC.

Why are we vaccinating children against Covid-19?  Because, now that the ‘vaccines’ are approved, Big Pharma won’t be immune from liability unless the ‘vaccines’ are officially recommended for children.  Follow The Money.

Fauci Goes There: Finally Admits Kids Not Being Hospitalized From COVID

“Omicron Death!” – Pandemic Pandemonia Reaches New Heights…

The Third, and Last, Covid Winter Begins

CNN Doc Slams Times Square ‘Superspreader,’ But Hosts Promote CNN Special There

CDC Sued For Withholding Post-Licensure V-Safe Data On COVID Vaccines

COVID-19 Explained In 10 Sentences

Ethnic discrimination on Airbnb

New York is Using Race to Determine Access to a Limited Supply of Life-Saving COVID Treatments

The Mystery of an Electronic ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Road Sign in South Dakota (Daily Beast)

How the migrant crisis escalated in 2021

Let’s Go Brandon store chain to expand in New England: ‘Business is very, very good’

Trump ‘Let‘s Go Brandon’ Figurines Were on Sale at U.S. Military Base (Daily Beast) Shocking!

ABC Saves Biden’s Bacon In Year-End Roundup

New England is warming faster than the rest of the planet, new study finds (Boston Globe)  Maybe it’s all that Wokeness.

How sea level rise is affecting your commute to and around Atlantic City (Press of Atlantic City)

3 big natural gas plants would wipe out climate gains from recent shutdowns of coal-fired plants in Illinois (Bloomington Pantograph)

What I Will Give Up Because of Climate Change (The New Yorker)

Alok Sharma: Cop26 must not become ‘bunch of meaningless promises’ (The Guardian)

Climate change: Storm clouds gather after COP26 (BBC)

Militaries are among the world’s biggest emitters. This general wants them to go green. (Washington Post)

High Energy Costs the Christmas Gift of ‘Green’ Politicians

Matt McGrath Trumpets The Latest Hurricane Junk Science

UK Inches Closer To Eliminating Private Car Ownership

Germany To Shut Down All Remaining Nuclear Plants, Forcing Reliance On Fossil Fuels  This is what happens when Eco-Nazis (“Greens”) have their own political party.

Time Magazine: Did We Just Blow Our Last Chance to Tackle Climate Change?

William Dorsey Jones Jr., LAPD Cop Who Shot Valentina Orellana-Peralta in Burlington Store, a Wannabe Reformer (Daily Beast) Turns out the guy is black. Kinda ruins the Narrative, doesn’t it?

Race Racket! Nikole Hannah-Jones Speaks at Colleges for $25,000 a Pop

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Warren Buffett may feel inclined to pen the occasional NYT editorial professing his earnest desire to pay more taxes to the federal government. But when it comes to the businesses he controls, the billionaire checks his progressive politic at the door.

Warren Buffet has no ‘progressive politics’. His advocation of high income tax rates is purely predicated on keeping would-be rich people off of his lawn.

Scott Johnson at Power Line.

At the end of last year I formulated predictions for 2021 in the spirit of George Eliot’s narrator in Middlemarch: “Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous.” I think it likely that the evils of 2022 will exceed those of 2021. For the moment, I’m sticking with my 2021 predictions for the coming year.

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Our patented Visual Indication System™ turns from red to black as you tighten the bolt. SmartBolts give you peace of mind because you know your bolts are doing their job.

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Imagine you bought a book with the title How to Talk to A Contemptible Idiot Who Is Kind of Evil. You open the book, and read the author earnestly telling you how important it is that you listen, and show empathy, and acknowledge why the people you’re talking to might believe the things they believe. If you want to persuade them, he says, you need to treat them with respect! But all the way through the book, the author continues to refer to the people he wants to persuade as “contemptible idiots who are kind of evil”.

At one stage he even says: “When speaking to a contemptible idiot who is kind of evil, don’t call them a contemptible idiot who is kind of evil! Many contemptible idiots find that language insulting.” But he continues to do it, and frequently segues into lengthy digressions about how stupid and harmful the idiots’ beliefs are. Presumably you would not feel that the author had really taken his own advice on board

This is very much how I feel about How to Talk to A Science Denier, by the Harvard philosopher Lee McIntyre.

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Over the last year, a growing number of progressives and liberals have pointed to police killings of unarmed black men, rising carbon emissions and extreme weather events, and the killing of trans people as proof that the United States has failed to take action on racism, climate change, and transphobia. Others have pointed to the war on drugs, the criminalization of homelessness, and mass incarceration as evidence that little has changed in the U.S. over the last 30 years.

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A tiny grain of millet may have given birth to one of the most mysterious—and widespread—language families on Earth, according to the largest study yet of linguistic, archaeological, and genetic evidence from about a dozen countries across Asia. The Transeurasian languages, sometimes known as Altaic, include the languages of Siberia, Mongolia, Central Asia, and possibly Japan and the Korean Peninsula. The new study suggests the language family arose in northeastern China 9000 years ago, expanding with the spread of agriculture.

“It’s convincing,” says Peter Bellwood, an archaeologist at Australian National University who wasn’t involved with the work. “Languages don’t just go wandering off by themselves; they expand because the people who speak those languages spread.” Farming, he adds, is a strong reason for such an expansion.

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Jeans are arguably the most popular and versatile fashion item. They can be dressed up or dressed down, and they’re in style for years and years. And the more worn they get, the better they look.

But look deeper, and you’ll find hidden environmental consequences — like toxic chemicals, hazardous waste, and excessive water consumption. Even the indigo dye is problematic because it is derived from petroleum. But a new startup, Huue, has a solution. They are cultivating bacteria that generate the same iconic blue, without the need for hazardous chemicals.

I think the Cistercians had the right idea.

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Experts have presented several dietary culprits as possible explanations for the rapidly rising rates of chronic disease in industrialized nations, including sugar and saturated fat. However, one commonly consumed food found in the diets of millions has received surprisingly little attention—industrial seed oils.

Contrary to what we’ve been told, industrial seed oils such as soybean, canola, and corn oils are not “heart healthy” or otherwise beneficial for our bodies and brains; in fact, plenty of research indicates that these oils are making us sick. Read on to learn about the history of the industrial seed oil industry, the adverse health effects of consuming these oils, and what dietary fats you should eat instead.

Sometimes the old ways are best.

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The U.K. just made a big investment in nuclear energy, giving Rolls-Royce nearly $300 million to develop a fleet of small modular reactors (SMRs).

“This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for the U.K. to deploy more low-carbon energy than ever before and ensure greater energy independence,” Kwasi Kwarteng, the U.K.’s business and energy secretary, said of the deal.

No, the ‘future of clean energy’ is fusion. But these would help get us there.

ZMan peers ahead.

A clever way to make smart predictions is to start with the assumption that the near future is not going to be much different from the present. Current trends will extend out over the near term. On the other hand, if you want to get a lot of attention for yourself, you can make bold crazy predications that confirm deeply held suspicions. “Next year we see hyperinflation!” will get the gold bugs and Fed watchers excited. Everyone likes to hear that their dreams will come true in the coming year.

The trouble with either of those approaches is they are not motivated by the desire to figure out what may be coming in the new year. Sure, most things will probably be the same as last year, but so what? What matters is what will be different. Similarly, pretending the Great Pumpkin will rise from the pumpkin patch and finally deliver on his promises is just cheap theater. So, with that in mind, let us cut open the goat and read what the entrails tell us about the coming year.

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At the end of 2021 the UN reported that a third of the 420 million people in Arab countries do not get enough to eat while 29 percent of adults in these countries suffer from obesity. Worldwide only 13 percent of adults eat too much and are obese. The UN attributes this widespread hunger to the number of long-lasting wars and civil disorder in general. Many governments are at fault but these cannot be named because this is a UN rule that is generally followed, along with not getting involved with internal politics. Another reality not mentioned is that the hunger problem is not inadequate food supplies but the inability to deliver the food to those who need it. Until the end of the Cold War in 199s this was seen as a problem that could be solved and it often was. That is no longer the case and the situation began to change in the 1990s as food aid, and emergency aid in general, was weaponized in many parts of the world.

Nations suffering from chronic violence, lawlessness and massive numbers of refugees are often not that way because of war but because of other factors, including how many foreign aid groups operate, or try to operate there. NGO (Non-Government Organizations) now handle most of the emergency food distribution and tend to have their own ideas of how to handle things. NGO attitudes are often at odds with the locals as well as the foreign nations that provide the cash and goods needed to deal with the avoidable hunger. One problem often leads to another as the NGOs, locals, and donors clash over what to do and how to do it. The main problem is there is more to be done than anyone is willing to pay for. To make matters worse there are always disagreements, sometimes violent, over how to apply the aid. That has forced donors to prioritize where they send aid. That means chronic offenders are getting less, or sometimes no aid from many major donors.

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You have to feel sorry for transit agencies. Congress gave them $69 billion COVID relief funds and $40 billion in the infrastructure bill on top of a $14 billion annual federal subsidy. But, due to labor shortages, agencies can’t find enough workers to drive around their nearly empty buses and trains.

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The Democratic Party used to call itself the party of working people and hail the “dignity of work.”

No more.

Now, Democrats want to guarantee people who choose not to work an income funded by the suckers who do the right thing by showing up for work, caring for their family, and paying taxes.

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It’s obvious that the media’s hatred for Donald Trump colored nearly everything they wrote or said during his presidency. But one hoped that after he left the White House, the media might recover a little objectivity.

Sadly, a review of 2021 shows that in many cases, it simply did not happen.

The Hill.

For more than a decade, Democrats worked to build a voting base composed of minorities and unmarried women. After Donald Trump’s 2020 loss, it would appear the mission was being accomplished. White voters dropped from 81 percent of the electorate in 2000 to just 67 percent two decades later. Meanwhile, Biden carried a whopping 63 percent of single women in 2020.

However, poor public policy over the past year is already casting the idea of a continuing Democratic majority in doubt. Recent polling suggests that Hispanic and Black Americans are more likely to vote as individuals than as aggrieved racial blocs.

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On December 15, the Guardian, a lefty British newspaper, ran a “person of the year” contest. The paper asked: “Time Magazine chose billionaire Tesla boss Elon Musk – but who would be your choice?”

The Daily Wire reports that J.K. Rowling quickly emerged as the runaway leader in the poll. Whereupon the voting form disappeared, as did the results. A message in small print stated: “This form has been deactivated and is closed to any further submissions.”

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Federal agencies don’t count what politicians don’t want to know. President Biden and other Democrats continuously invoke “science and data” to sanctify all their Covid-19 mandates and policies, but the same shenanigans and willful omissions have characterized Covid data.

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The 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that President Biden signed on Monday includes amendments that block him from taking steps to close the notorious prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

He may even have noticed. But he probably won’t remember.

These 10 charts starkly show the state of inequality in 2021 (Fast Company) Although actually they don’t, they merely show you what the Narrative is about ‘inequality’.

The rich benefit as Democrats retreat from tax on unrealized capital gains (CNBC)

Two Trump-appointed judges reject comparisons between January 6 and Portland unrest (CNN) Well, the Portland riots were more violent.

How Ted Koppel’s trip to ‘Mayberry’ turned into one of 2021’s most striking moments of TV (Washington Post) When Servants of the Crust go visiting in Flyover Country, it never goes well.

Economists warn of inflation inequality as poor get slammed by rising prices (CNBC) ‘Inflation inequality’ is the new Black.

S.F. tourists search for beloved cat stolen in smash-and-grab car burglary

Six resolutions that America must keep in 2022 (Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin lays out the Narrative Media Party Line for the coming year.

Online store ‘stunt’ aims to promote understanding of workplace inequality

‘Snowbird bill’ aims to keep Massachusetts seniors from leaving state for lower estate taxes Time to leave.

What Planet Are They Living On? Here’s 2021’s Wackiest Commentary From ‘The View’

How Justice Is Denied When Prosecutors Go Rogue

MSNBC Warns, Parents Criticizing School Boards Are ‘Attacking Democracy’  No, exactly the opposite.

Nancy Pelosi Buys Millions In Call Options In Google, Micron, Roblox, Salesforce And Disney

Which Tweeter Is More Ridiculous? Dan Rather or Keith OIbermann?

The Ungracious Generation and Its Demonization of the Past

Prosecutors Quietly Dropped Case Against Epstein Jail Guards During Ghislaine Maxwell Trial.

They were so careful, for so long. They got covid anyway. (Washington Post)

Fauci on track to collect largest federal retirement in US history: report

Maryland doctor says people are ‘going to die’ after Biden admin uses faulty data to snub antibody treatments

Florida surgeon general claims feds ‘preventing’ COVID antibody treatments

San Francisco, other Bay Area counties require masks again in offices, gyms amid omicron surge

Video shows cops kick mom and child from NYC restaurant over vaccine mandate

Trump fires up vaccine tensions (The Hill)

Omicron cannot escape T cells; boosters protect households from Omicron (Reuters)

These COVID antibodies could stop the omicron variant (Deseret News)

MSNBC anchor mocked as ‘shamelessly neurotic,’ ’embarrassing’ for calling herself a ‘Fauci groupie’

Seriously, Upgrade Your Face Mask (New York Magazine) You can’t signal your virtue without a face mask!

Defiant Gothamites show COVID panic’s days may finally be numbered

Marines “Crushed” By Vax Mandate As “Thousands” Denied Religious Exemptions In “Political Purge”

Canada Cancels Unvaccinated Joe Rogan: Can’t Attend His Own Sold-Out Show

China Publicly Shames Suspects Accused Of Violating COVID Border Controls

After Thousands Of Parents Refused To Comply, California School District Reverses Child Jab Mandate

Scots Urged Not To Evade COVID Rules By Celebrating New Year In England

Have The “Pandemics Of 2022” Already Started?

The Pandemic Might Have Redesigned Cities Forever  (Wired ‘Science’)

Joe Rogan: “I’m Not Vaccinated, I’m Not Going To Get Vaccinated, I have Antibodies, It Doesn’t Make Any Sense”

Britain Erects Field Hospitals As Daily World COVID Cases Top 1 Million For 3rd Straight Day  Boy, those lockdowns and mask mandates really work, don’t they?

Netherlands Announces Plan To Dole Out 6 Vaccine Doses

As US COVID Cases Hit Record High, CDC Admits Hospitalizations & Deaths Remain “Comparatively Low”

Stanford requires booster shots for all students

CDC Director Admits Latest COVID Restrictions Based On What Government “Thought People Would Be Able To Tolerate”

Fauci Admits ‘Follow The Science’ Is Now ‘Follow The Political Science’ After CDC Rule Changes

‘Turn the valve off’: Climate activists push for an abrupt end to the fossil fuel era (CNBC)

Big Oil shuns new investment as UK is rocked by soaring energy prices  Gee, I wonder why?

Climate change: Hurricanes to expand into more populated regions (BBC)

‘Extraordinary is no longer extraordinary’: US scientists on a year of climate disasters (The Guardian)

Here’s why scientists are concerned about a so-called ‘doomsday glacier’ as big as Florida

Alaska ‘Icemageddon’ warning follows heat record (BBC)

In Australia’s climate wars, delay and deception are the new denial (The Guardian)

Three Years Till The Guardian’s Global Climate Catastrophe

China Fires Up New Giant Coal Power Plant In Face Of Calls For Cuts

Trump wants Supreme Court to read Washington Post interview with Bennie Thompson (CNN) And of course CNN is the expert at what Trump wants.

MAGA Sycophant Calls for Staging an ‘Intervention’ Over Trump’s Vax Support (Daily Beast)

‘Dr. Oz’ Colleagues Call Him ‘Scam Artist’ Amid Launch of U.S. Senate Candidacy in PA (Newsweek)

‘Patriots’ are undermining American democracy (The Guardian) In the Narrative Media, ‘democracy’ means ‘Democrat vote fraud’.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls It ‘Wise’ to Bar Democrats Who Move to Red States From Voting (Newsweek) I agree.

Conservatives Must Address America’s Housing Crisis (Newsweek) Why?

“The Consequences For… Popular Democracy Could Be Dire”: New York Mag Decries Popularity Of Chief Justice Roberts

NBC Bemoans Harry Reid’s Decision to Change Senate Filibuster ‘It Enabled Trump’

CNN Analyst: I Was ‘Too Kind’ To Call Trump ‘Leader of a Terror Movement’

Twitter Bans Vaccine Scientist Dr. Malone for Alleged COVID ‘Harmful Information’

Scientific American does an hit job on E. O. Wilson, calling him a racist  Scientific American is now a fully Woke member of the Narrative Media. A pity.

Facebook Dividing Congress, Refusing to Apologize for Mistakes: Wall Street Journal

TikTok Permanently Bans Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton’s Account

‘They know where Black voters live’: Challengers say ‘race blind’ redistricting maps are anything but (CNN) I guess blacks all live in the same place.

Scientific American: How to Fix E.O. Wilson’s Racist Legacy

Somehow ‘Yacht Rock’ Is Racist

DERANGED HAYES: Fox News Only Covering Theft Because They Hate Black People

Nature: Too Many Scientists Still Say Caucasian

Happy Kwanzaa, The Holiday Brought to You by the FBI

The Atlantic.

Good. Think of it as evolution in action.

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Yet nothing is done about Communist China, which produces (and smuggles into the U.S.) massive amounts of fentanyl.

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When asked if Bluetooth is holding back Apple’s hardware and “stifling sound quality,” Geaves declined to say too much, but he said that Apple “concentrates very hard” on getting the most out of Bluetooth, and that “it’s fair to say” that Apple would “like more bandwidth.”

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The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is a collection of ingenuous words devised by a young man, John Koenig, who spent seven years reflecting on gaps in the English language. He was especially interested in situations that spark an emotion that feels distinct from the general flow. English has taken on words from other languages, such as the German schadenfreude, for the pleasure we feel in an opponent’s misfortune. The elections this month lit up schadenfreude circuits like Times Square among conservatives. But Koenig rightly suspected that Americans are struggling with an acute shortage of words that discriminate the fine shades of feeling that separate the “tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm” (chrysalism) and plata rasa, “the lulling sounds of a running dishwasher.”

John Hinderaker at Power Line.

Edina is one of Minneapolis’s wealthiest suburbs. At one time, its public school system was considered to be among America’s best. Formerly a quintessential Republican suburb, Edina has trended Democratic in recent cycles and is now considered a firmly Democratic town.

But that may be about to change. Historically, Edina’s desirability was due largely to its proximity to downtown Minneapolis. But bordering on Minneapolis is no longer a virtue. The violent crime wave that has wracked Minneapolis since the George Floyd riots has come to Edina.

Lie down with Democrats, get up with crime.

Paul Mirengoff at Power Line.

I wrote here about the war on grades and homework in some of California’s largest school district. Inevitably, that war is spreading. It has come to Arlington County, Virginia, for example.

Naturally, there is pushback in Arlington. Surprising, perhaps, some of the pushers are liberal.

Admissions at some children’s hospitals are rising to near peak levels as Omicron spreads (CNN) So we’d better PANIC!

Omicron Has Spooked New York ER Doc Facing a Tidal Wave (Daily Beats) So we guess it’s TIME TO PANIC!

States See Troubling Rise In Pediatric Covid Hospitalizations (NBC) Which is why we’re all going to PANIC!

Is the omicron variant more severe in children? What we know so far (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

CDC sharply drops estimate of Omicron prevalence in U.S. (Politico)

Do you have a cold, the flu or Covid-19? Experts explain how to tell the difference (CNN) No matter what, you need to PANIC!

Trump’s surgeon general criticizes CDC guidance (The Hill)

Fox News Star Was Up for ‘The View’ Gig Until She Refused to Get Vaccine (Daily Beast)

Delta passenger faces assault charge in mask dispute after she allegedly hit man who told her, ‘Sit down, Karen’

‘Delta Karen’ Patricia Cornwall has had other brushes with the law

Massive New Bird Flu Outbreak Could Be 2022’s Deadly Pandemic (Daily Beast) Looking for more reasons for you to PANIC!

Miami Beach mayor tells CNN that Gov. DeSantis has decided to ‘champion’ not taking vaccine  The mayor of Miami Beach is, as you might expect, a Demcrat.

Florida surgeon general says Biden admin ‘actively preventing’ monoclonal antibody treatments

If You Don’t Obey the Corona Rules, We’ll Take Your Kids Away

Omicron Has Lower Hospitalization Rate, Epidemiologists Confirm

Woman Charged With Assault After Punching, Spitting-On Unmasked Passenger During Delta Flight

How COVID Lockdown Fanatics Took Over The World

Rand Paul: Thousands Dying Every Month Because Of Fauci’s Obsession With Pushing Vaccines

Aaron Rodgers: COVID ‘Science’ Is Nothing More Than ‘Propaganda’

2 Years of 2 Weeks To Limit the Spread

Vaccine Mandate For Domestic Flights Not Being Considered, Says CDC Director After Fauci’s Proposal  Even the CDC is getting tired of Fauci.

In Bombshell Admission, CDC Drops Post-Isolation PCR Test Because They Can ‘Remain Positive Up To 12 Weeks’

Poll: 9 Out Of 10 Americans Support Tossing Dr. Fauci In A Volcano  Babylon Bee. Hey, it might work. Couldn’t hurt.

Twitter Suspends mRNA Inventor Dr. Robert Malone

Trump idolatry has undermined religious faith (Washington Post) What Jennifer Rubin knows about faith would fit on the head of a pin.

Why MSNBC’s Claire McCaskill feels Garland could ‘go down in infamy as one of the worst attorney generals’ Apparently he isn’t Woke enough. Who knew?

‘The View’ Replaces Republican Host With Elephant Piñata They Can Hit With Sticks All Day  Babylon Bee.

Hypocritical NY Times Condemns GOP Candidate ‘Quack’ Dr. Oz in Page One Hit

SHUT HIM UP! Twitter Suspended Just The News Founder John Solomon for Doing Journalism

Climate change: Storm clouds gather after COP26 (BBC)

Threatened by rising sea level, Topsail Island makes progress in pinpointing coastal resiliency goals  Call me when it’s under water.

Britons think politicians’ hypocrisy will hamper tackling climate crisis (The Guardian)

Increasingly Powerful Tornadoes???

NBC’s Al Roker Gives Hysterical Report About the U.S. Experiencing Weather in 2021

Liberal Goal Nearly Achieved in 2021: Zero Population Growth

White supremacists are using an old playbook but so are the lawyers fighting them (Washington Post) Not to mention the media who are ‘reporting’ on it.

Chicago 911 dispatcher says ‘all hell has broken loose’ in the windy city, rips Mayor Lightfoot over crime  BRAAAAAAAINS!

As a radio host and former newspaper CEO and alderman, I say we’re lucky to be alive in this multiracial American democracy

How elites hijacked the conversation on race

Joe Concha rips CNN’s Brian Stelter for ignoring the fact that Steele dossier was debunked CNN: All Narrative, all the time!

Rand Paul Ridiculed After Accusing Dems of ‘Stealing’ Elections by Persuading People to Vote for Them (Daily Beast) Except that’s not what he said.

The Constitution isn’t working (The Hill)

Why New Yorkers are fleeing to Texas and Florida in droves

Ohio Justices Question If Democrats Can Prove Congressional District Gerrymandered By GOP

‘Wild West’: California Aims To Crack Down On Major Retailers Over Plastic Bag Violations Yeah, plastic bag violations is a major concern in California right now.

Two California teachers were secretly recorded speaking about LGBTQ student outreach. Now they’re fighting for their jobs (SF Chronicle)

Washington state lawmakers introduce bill that would reduce penalties for drive-by shootings

Cutting Room Floor: CBS Edits Out 911 Call Warning Cops of Gun

Facebook Said My Article Was False. Now the Fact-Checkers Admit They Were Wrong

Cuomo Won’t Face Criminal Charges Over 2 Harassment Complaints: District Attorney  Welcome to the Crust! Nobody gets fired, nobody goes to jail!

Politico Gushes: Lawrence O’Donnell ‘Riding High’ — As Biden’s Favorite Ring-Kisser

CensorTrack with TR: Really? Liberal Sites Score 93% Accuracy?!

REPUBLICANS POUNCE! WashPost Cries GOP ‘Primed to Pounce on Inflation’ in 2022

A Texas School District Banned My Book. Then Things Got Ugly  That’s because the book itself is ugly, and not suitable for a school library. But the Woke author is all about being The Victim.

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Modern architecture sucks so bad…. Here’s proof.

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Don’t ever say that we don’t have useful stuff here.

ZMan peeks behind the curtain.

A popular topic on this side of the great divide is how much of what we see from the ruling class is directed and how much is emergent. Put another way, how much of it is the result of conscious coordination from some central source and how much is just the mentality of the swarm. Those who like conspiracy theories and simple answers prefer the coordination model, while those with experience in complex human systems prefer the emergent behavior approach.

Of course, both can be true. Elites in the anglosphere have been enamored by what is called nudge theory for a while now. the 2008 book Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness was a big hit with the managerial class, as it suggested a feminine way to compel social behavior. Instead of ordering people around, elites would use their power over the institutions to “nudge” people in the preferred direction with positive incentives, rather than force.

Cheese is good.

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Two culture-enriching brothers from Afghanistan who now live in Berlin are facing trial for killing their sister, whose lifestyle they disapproved of. They allegedly killed her, cut her body up, and carried the pieces in a trunk to Bavaria by train.

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Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.

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I agree that getting a ‘masters’ in ‘studio art’ is a mistake. Perhaps she ought to have gotten a Master’s in something that would help her get a job?