PATTON SAID THAT SOLDIERS WHO WON’T F*CK WON’T FIGHT. I DON’T KNOW WHAT HE WOULD HAVE SAID ABOUT SOLDIERS WHO WON’T DRINK BEER. BREAKING NEWS: Infantryman Drank Beer. “Pete Hegseth is being Kavanaughed. And the only people dumb enough to fall for it are Republican senators.”

To be fair, some of them are pretty dumb.

WOEING: Boeing plea deal related to Max crashes rejected by judge. “[Judge] O’Connor had problems with the idea that the Justice Department, not the court, would have approval over the selection of the monitor and how Boeing had performed under an earlier settlement with the Justice Department in January 2021 over the same charges. That agreement had deferred prosecution until the safety issues were again raised by a door plug blowing off a 737 Max plane flown by Alaska Airlines in January.”

I’d have problems with today’s Justice Department, too.

GET IN SHAPE: Under Armour Men’s Charged Assert 10. #CommissionEarned

JOHN LUCAS: The Daniel Penny Case — Two Contrasting Timelines: When lives are at risk decisive action is a must. And it must come quickly. “Does anyone remember the story of Kitty Genovese? In March 1964 a Kitty Genovese was murdered in Queens, New York. She had been raped and stabbed at least 13 times. The assault lasted approximately a half-hour. Two weeks later The New York Times ran a front-page article that reported that numerous people had heard her screams and watched the attack but did nothing to aid her.”

ROBERT SPENCER: Fetterman Offers an Unlikely Plan to Bind Up the Nation’s Wounds. “He still isn’t all the way out of the cult, but Fetterman’s heart is clearly in the right place.”

I WILL DO A SHIFTER’S STORY TOMORROW:  I swear The Squirrel Story WILL be done,

DAVID LAT, Thomas and Alito are hiring clerks, so probably not retiring.

I THINK WE ALREADY KNOW:  Comer: The Census Is Overcounting. Guess Who Benefits?

MAYBE SINCE HE’S UNLIKELY TO GET REELECTED HE’S DECIDED HE MIGHT AS WELL MAYOR:  Eric Adams Spits Fire in Based Take on the Daniel Penny Case.

WELL, THE LEFT IS REVOLTING:  Absolutely disgusting.

AS MENTIONED, THEY STINK ON ICE:  The Lib Reaction to the Murder of a Healthcare CEO Was Appalling.

BECAUSE WE’RE THE LAST, BEST HOPE OF MANKIND. THAT’S WHY:  Why ‘America First’ resonates.

NEXT TWO ARTEMIS MISSIONS DELAYED AGAIN, WITH THE FUTURE OF SLS/ORION HANGING BY A THREAD:  Next two Artemis missions delayed again, with the future of SLS/Orion hanging by a thread.

HOW THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SPENDS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO COORDINATE WESTERN MEDIA AND DIRECT INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM AGAINST ITS GEOPOLITICAL RIVALS AND ENEMIES:  How the U.S. State Department spends millions of dollars to coordinate Western media and direct investigative journalism against its geopolitical rivals and enemies.

Your tax money and mine, people. Your tax money and mine.

SYRIA WITH MAPS THAT EXPLAIN WHY HAMA AND HOMS ARE CRITICAL TO THE ASSAD REGIME:  What Happens in Homs Will Not Stay in Homs.

ANOTHER GREEN ENERGY SUCCESS:  Aussie AEMO to use Voltage Spikes to Force Disconnect Rooftop Solar.

EPIC TAKE DOWN:  VFW bashes The Economist for taking ‘turkey-sized dump’ on disabled vets.

PRETTY MUCH:  Saga of Poison Food-Government Against People?

FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT:  Twenty Minnesota ballots went missing in key race that hinges on 14 votes.

I COULDN’T HAVE RANTED BETTER MYSELF:  Wrong Answers.

WE’VE HEARD THIS KIND OF THING BEFORE. AND WE KNOW WHAT HAPPEN. LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND THIS ONE THING: THIS IS FUNNY ONLY ONCE. TRY IT AGAIN, AND YOU WON’T LIKE THE RESULTS:  Vax promoter Peter Hotez: Pandemics will crash down on Trump on January 21st.

GO READ. YES, I WENT LONG, BUT IT MATTERS:  For The Future.

YOU CAN TELL WHO IS WHO, AND WHO IS WHAT, BY WHAT’S HAPPENING TO THIS NOMINATION. Joni Ernst – Who Voted for Lloyd Austin -Says Hegseth ‘Didn’t Persuade Her.’

OPEN THREAD: Because I love you and want to be happy.