HEY, SO MUCH FOR THAT “WE WON’T SEE TEMPS BELOW 10°F IN DULUTH” GLOBAL-WARMING ARGUMENT, EH?

On the bright side, only 12 more years to go.

HOT TAKE FROM THE NATION: Ruth Bader Ginsburg is just another white woman who let us down.

WELL, DARN: There Are 3 Global Pandemics Threatening Humanity, And They’re All Dangerously Linked.

I don’t want to live in a John Ringo novel.

MEMORY HOLE: “Don Lichterman was convicted of forgery; I wrote about it. Someone using his name tried to get Google to vanish my article; I wrote about that. Now someone is trying to get Google to vanish that later article — and to vanish online court records that refer to Mr. Lichterman’s case.”

I BLAME GLOBAL WARMING: In Minnesota, It’s Too Cold For the Post Office.

Where have you gone Cliff Clavan? Or nation turns its lonely (and frostbit) eyes to you.

HIGHER ED’S LOBBYING ARM OPPOSES TELLING STUDENTS THEY’RE PRESUMED INNOCENT: In responding to proposed Title IX regulatory changes, the American Council on Education says that while some colleges are OK with saying students should be presumed innocent, “other colleges would be uncomfortable with including a federally mandated statement in the institution’s notice indicating a ‘presumption’ in favor of one party… We recommend that the Department remove this
requirement.” They actually say doing so might “cause confusion.” Give me a break.

IS AOC BECOMING SHORT FOR *SNAFU? Some Democrats are beginning to see major problems presented for their party by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). She comes from the Democratic Socialist of America party (DSA) in the Empire State, though she ran as a Democrat.

The American Thinker’s Rick Moran reports that an audience of DSAers recently chanted “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” a slogan associated with the BDS Movement to destroy the State of Israel. In response to that incident and multiple others drawing attention to a growing anti-Semitism in their party, pro-Israel Democrats are organizing a new group to be known as “Democratic Majority for Israel.”

*If you don’t know the meaning of this acronym, just Google it. Or ask a veteran. Then thank him or her for serving the country.

FOR REAL WEIGHT CONTROL, try portion control.

SINCERE QUESTION: Sincere question: Did any of the experts who are now saying the “polar vortex” increasingly coming south is a result of climate change (in particular, polar ice melting due to warming) *predict* this would be a result of climate change before it happened? If so, it would give me much greater faith in their understanding of climate change. If not…

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I HOPE WE’RE NOT TOO MESSIANIC, OR A TRIFLE TOO SATANIC: Co-founder of Satanic Temple: Mike Pence ‘really scares me.’

As Jim Treacher tweets, “And that’s… bad?”

HOWIE CARR: Mueller’s hands dirty in old FBI frame-up.

SHOCKER: Regulations haven’t slowed China’s growing methane emissions.

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Obama’s FBI Ignored Lead That CHINA Had CLINTON EMAILS.

A “remarkably scandal-free administration,” because it’s only a scandal if the press chooses to cover it like one.

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): A reader sends this blast from the 2014 past: Dozens of Inspectors General Say Federal Agencies Hindering Oversight:

At least three federal agencies have hindered the oversight efforts of independent watchdogs by limiting their access to records, according to a complaint from more than half of the government’s inspectors general.

The officials, 47 of them, signed a letter to congressional oversight leaders on Tuesday saying the Justice Department, the Peace Corps and the Chemical Safety Board have withheld information on the basis that it was privileged.

The inspectors general, several of whom were nominated for their roles by President Obama, said such interpretations of the law represent “potentially serious challenges to the authority of every Inspector General and our ability to conduct our work thoroughly, independently, and in a timely manner.”

The Inspector General Act of 1978 ensures that inspectors general have “complete, unfiltered, and timely access to all information and materials … without unreasonable administrative burdens,” according to the letter.

The officials said that watchdogs from other agencies have “faced similar obstacles to their work, whether on a claim that some other law or principle trumped the clear mandate of the IG Act or by the agency’s imposition of unnecessarily burdensome administrative conditions on access.”

The letter was sent to Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), who head the Senate Homeland Security and Government Reform Committee, and Reps. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the top members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

“It is deeply troubling that federal agencies are increasingly obstructing this vital mission and, in doing so, undermining the very foundations of our government,” Coburn said in a statement. “This is an extremely dangerous place to be for a government established to be of the people, by the people, for the people.”

Carper said the letter “outlines serious concerns that are unacceptable.” He added that he will “continue to work closely with the Inspectors General to address their concerns.”

It’s easy to be scandal-free when the investigators aren’t allowed to investigate.

Related: Victor Davis Hanson: The Silencing of the Inspectors General.

Plus, remember when Obama fire Inspector General Gerald Walpin in 2009? An Early Sign Of The Gangster Government To Come.

HOW TO KEEP YOUR CAR BATTERY ALIVE THROUGH A FRIGID WINTER.

When my daughter was in college and her car had to sit in the cold for 5-6 weeks while she was home on Christmas break, I got her this solar trickle charger to keep it alive and it worked perfectly. I got her the OBDII adapter so it was easy to hook up and just leave on the dash.

DE BLASIO’S NEW YORK: The city’s homelessness crisis is so out of control that Upper West Side residents are shelling out $120 a month each for private security guards to patrol their neighborhood seven days a week.

Enterprising security guards might pay some of that money forward to the homeless to stick around enough to appear menacing, but without causing enough trouble to get the security detail fired.

BECAUSE THEY COULD. NEXT QUESTION? Senators ask Facebook why it tricked kids into spending parents’ money.

WHY ARE DEMOCRAT-DOMINATED INDUSTRIES SUCH CESSPITS OF ABUSE? Opera star David Daniels and husband arrested on sexual assault charges after singer claimed they drugged and raped him in 2010.

THIS SHOULD MAKE COLONIZATION EASIER: Well Water Likely Available Across Mars. “The evidence suggests that this deep groundwater water table (as ice) almost certainly still exists at all latitudes, though almost entirely underground. From a future explorer’s perspective, this data reinforces the possibility that water will be accessible across much of the Martian surface. All you will have to do is dig a well, something humans have been doing on Earth for eons.”

BINGE ANYTHING PROBABLY ISN’T GOOD FOR YOU: Binge drinking can rewrite your DNA, cutting-edge study says.

IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO TODAY: The Beatles’ Rooftop Concert.

And hot off revisiting WWI, Peter Jackson is preparing a documentary using existing footage of another cataclysmic British battle:  Peter Jackson to make new Beatles documentary using unseen footage from ‘Let It Be’ sessions.

Next year will be the 50th anniversary of Let It Be. Whether it’s the original movie, or Jackson’s reboot, I hope that’s enough to finally get the last footage of the Beatles as a group released on Blu-Ray — my nearly 40 year old VHS copy can’t last forever!

WHAT’S THE FREQUENCY, JUSSIE?

SHIFTING STORIES CLOUD CLAIMS OF ALLEGED HATE CRIME ATTACK TARGETING EMPIRE ACTOR JUSSIE SMOLLETT.

Read the whole thing, and whatever your conclusions, remember the 48 Hour Rule.