YOU’D BEST LEARN HOW TO SWIM OR YOU’LL SINK LIKE A STONE FOR THE TIMES THEY ARE ACHANGING:  LA Times Front Page Shocker: Paper Heralds Trump’s “Golden Age” Inauguration Remarks.

STILL NOT TIRED OF WINNING:  The hits keep on coming.

OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM IS BROKEN AND IN THIS TIME OF REBUILDING, WE SHOULD REBUILD IT:  Education.

AS ALWAYS KEEP CLOTHES AND WEAPONS WHERE YOU CAN FIND THEM IN THE DARK:  Amusement.

NOT GETTING ANGRY IS THE HARD PART FOR ME. I DON’T REACT WELL TO IRRATIONALITY:  And So It Begins…

I TOLD YOU THEY’D FLIP:  How Democrats Drove Silicon Valley Into Trump’s Arms.

ALL CLIMATE BILLS ARE MAD, AND ELECTED REPS NEED TO BE CHALLENGED – OFTEN:  Challenge your MP over this mad Climate Bill.

IF TRUE, SOME PEOPLE NEED TO BE FIRED:  ‘They moved me here for no apparent reason’: Pardoned Jan. 6 prisoners stranded with no ID, penniless.

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

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THE NEW SPACE RACE: Finland Signs On To Artemis Accords.

ANOTHER CAMPAIGN PROMISE KEPT: President Donald Trump Pardons Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht.

FASTER, PLEASE: Breakthrough Single-Dose Drug Wipes Out Breast Tumors in Mice Without Side Effects.

WELL, YES:

THIS is why many Republicans are blasé about the J6 pardons. https://t.co/4u6EeAWpvU

— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) January 22, 2025

A LOOK AT Trump’s Executive Order Banning Affirmative Action and DEI Preferences.

More here.

SLOW DOWN, YOU MOVE TOO FAST, WE GOTTA MAKE THIS COSMOS LAST: Scientists Confirm The Universe Is Expanding Too Fast.

HEH:

Common JoJo L 😏 pic.twitter.com/OiToNssaEV

— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) January 22, 2025

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUTTING STUFF UP THEIR NOSE FOR DEPRESSION FOR YEARS: FDA approves Spravato, first monotherapy nasal spray to treat depression. I guess that stuff wasn’t FDA approved, though.

READER FAVORITE: Etekcity Upgraded Smart Scale for Body Weight. #CommissionEarned

BEASTMODE: CNN’s Ratings Are Lower Than ‘SpongeBob’ Reruns, GOP Rep Tells Jim Acosta.

LOS ANGELES UNION LIBERAL: Part-Time Mayor and Fidel Castro Lover Karen Bass is a “Dead Woman Walking.”

Related: Los Angeles Times Owner Now Deeply Regrets Paper’s Endorsement of Bass for Mayor.

ROGER KIMBALL: Trump is not fooling this time.

Mirabile dictu, the people who spent the last eight years trying to destroy Trump are outraged, outraged that the president of the United States should take a jaundiced view of their activities. John Brennan, one of the most egregious anti-Trump fanatics, whined about the unfairness of it all to left-wing talking-head Andrea Mitchell. It was a pathetic performance, but also revelatory in a minor way. I especially liked it when Brennan described Mark Milley, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, as a “American hero.” In my view, Milley ought to have been stripped of his rank and court-martialed when he insinuated himself into the chain of command and contacted his Chinese counterpart to say that he would let him know if Trump was planning to initiate any military action against China.

One of Joe Biden’s last acts as president was to immunize Milley against future federal prosecution by issuing a proleptic get-of-of-jail-free-card, aka a presidential pardon. Milley should be grateful for that benison, but I am not sure it will prove to be the absolution he craves. Remember, we are only two days into the new Trump administration. The shock and awe is just beginning.

Well, good. It’s interesting to see the New York Times suddenly discovering a strange new respect for the English language as well:

Quite the shift from the usual birthing people, fetus and clump of cells terminology pic.twitter.com/Kr3FvZAoph

— Dr. Ben Braddock (@GraduatedBen) January 22, 2025

MY SECRETARY WAS IN A CAR THAT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. IT WAS EVEN CAUGHT ON TRAFFIC CAMERA. Here’s What Happens When Lightning Strikes a Car. In her case the car froze, the cabin filled with smoke, and the door locks wouldn’t open. Her boyfriend kicked out a window and dragged her out, which made him a hero.

CHRISTIAN TOTO: The Crazy Reason ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Rejected Tyler Fischer.

“We don’t want you because of the things you say, you can’t joke about this,” Fischer said of the industry’s take on his talents.

He still sought out mainstream Hollywood earlier in his career.

“I’ve definitely tried to get on ‘The Tonight Show,’ Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel,” Fischer told the podcast. “Jimmy Kimmel’s booker said I can’t do impressions in my stand-up on the show because Jimmy’s friends with the celebrities and he might get upset.

“That’s actually what she said,” Fisher added. “Once you start adding these things up, I’m not really welcome there, which is fine.”

Read the whole thing.

MY CONGRESSMAN, AND I’M PROUD OF HIM: Must-See: Rep. Tim Burchett Absolutely Bodies Smug Jim Acosta Live On-Air, and Then Does It Again.