MARK PULLIAM: Clarence Thomas’s Road Less Traveled.

MALE PRIVILEGE: Men face ‘almost three times the odds’ of ICU admission for Covid-19, study says.

IF UNIVERSITIES REALLY WANTED “DIVERSE” PERSPECTIVES, THEY WOULD HIRE MORE PROFESSORS WITH ATYPICAL BACKGROUNDS, RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON SKIN COLOR: BYU Professor Ryan Davis on Guns and the Rural Vote: “Growing up in my family, the calendar was marked not by the list of traditional holidays, but by the opening days of various hunting seasons and the associated family trips. Guns are a marker of shared identity.”

BEFORE THE ELECTION, WE WERE TOLD THIS WAS RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION: Federal criminal investigation into Hunter Biden focuses on his business dealings in China.

Related: House Intel Republicans not told about Eric Swalwell’s relationship with Chinese spy.

The press / social media blackout on this is just another reason why a Biden presidency will be widely regarded as illegitimate. Before the election, my column on this subject was spiked because of journalistic ethics or something.

Plus: Swalwell’s Swill. “The spy not only infiltrated Rep. Eric Swalwell’s network, she may have shared his bed, or so we can infer from Swalwell’s assertion that the response to the question whether she did may be ‘classified.’ Axios seems to have missed that aspect of the story, which the New York Post picked up here.”

UPDATE:

Eric Swalwell Implicates Democrat Leadership, Blames Trump for Revelation of Chinese Spy Who Infiltrated Him.

Flashback: Clinton’s cash for access diplomacy: Hillary Clinton ran a pay-to-play program at the Clinton Foundation while she was Secretary of State.

1998 Flashback: Charlie Trie Indicted: Clinton Friend Linked To Questionable Fund Raising. “Congressional investigators have alleged that some of the money Trie contributed to Clinton and the Democrats may have come from sources in China, which are barred by federal law from contributing to American election campaigns. Trie also has been linked to schemes by which money was distributed to people legally able to contribute, who then allegedly donated it to the Democrats in their names in order to conceal the actual source of the funds.”

It’s as if the Democratic Party leadership is a subsidiary of the CCP. And has been for a while.

HE’S NOT WRONG: Dan Crenshaw rips AOC, ‘worst stereotypes of the millennial generation.’

DISPATCHES FROM THE WINTER OF LOVE: Setting Up a Siege? Antifa Has Armed Guards, Stockpiled Weapons at Portland Autonomous Zone.

BOEING TESTS A SQUADRON OF FIVE AUTONOMOUS MINI-JETS: “The aircraft operated as a team without any intervention required from humans. Testing was conducted at the Queensland Flight Test Range in Cloncurry, Australia. It demonstrated the aircraft’s ability to use onboard command and control along with data sharing capabilities, allowing collaboration amongst the squadron.”

Background on the “loyal wingman” program here.

Suffice it to say, a handful of semi-autonomous loyal wingmen fighting alongside each piloted jet would be a great force multiplier. UAV wingmen could act as scouts, missile trucks, “attritable” ground strike bombers, or even as kamikazes against antiaircraft missiles targeted at the piloted aircraft.

THESE PREDICTIONS ARE ALWAYS TRUE, BECAUSE YOU’RE ALWAYS EITHER IN A CRASH, OR WAITING FOR THE NEXT ONE: Yes, The Crash Is Coming. But here’s my prediction: When it does come, as a result of fed money floods, lax antitrust regulation, and bone-deep Washington corruption, we’ll be told it’s the fault of “capitalism.”

RADICAL SON, THEN AND NOW:  John Hinderaker has posted on Power Line the new preface by David Horowitz to the second edition of Radical Son.  It’s worth reading.

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: ‘I’m Not Sure We Know What We’re Doing,’ Says a Newly Skeptical California Lockdown Advocate: San Mateo County Health Officer Scott Morrow, who supported last spring’s stay-at-home orders, airs his misgivings about reviving that policy.

THAT’S NOT FUNNY: Big Tech Is Crushing Conservative Comedy. “It’s also constantly under assault by both Facebook and the mainstream media. The former routinely lashes out at the Bee’s Facebook page, threatening to throttle its reach, demonetize it or simply crush it.”

Given that leftwing comics seem more interested in generating clapter than actual laughter, it might be more accurate to say that it’s all comedy being crushed.

SAYING THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD: CA HHS Secretary Admits Outdoor Dining Ban Is About Control, Not Science.

FLASHBACK: Our Caveman Politics.

TIAA HANDLES SOME OF MY RETIREMENT MONEY. NOW I’M THINKING OF MOVING IT ELSEWHERE: Capitalism should become ‘much more inclusive’: TIAA CEO Roger Ferguson. Get woke, go broke — but not with my money.

CYBERSECURITY: Researchers find credit card ‘skimmers’ inside social media buttons.

JIM TREACHER: Dictionary.com Changes Definition of ‘Court Packing’ to Help Democrats.

As noted by George Orwell, George Carlin, and many others throughout history who may or may not have been named George, controlling language is a great way to control how people think. If there’s an idea going around out there that you don’t like, you tell people it’s forbidden to talk about it. But what if you can’t stop them from talking about it? Well, then you just change the meaning of what they’re talking about. If you can’t prove ’em wrong, you can always change the definitions of the words they’re using until you’re suddenly right.

For instance, let’s say you work for a prominent American political party that rhymes with “Them o’ brats.” And as always, you’re angry that there are actually people out there who disagree with you and you want them to shut up. You always want them to shut up. So, rather than engage with their argument and try to convince them of your point of view, you literally change the dictionary to prove them wrong.

Seriously. They’re doing that now.

Fire up the two-way telescreen and read the whole thing.

CRIMINAL ACTS: New Los Angeles DA Snubs Staff, Meets With BLM, Will Implement Radical Progressive Agenda.

Related: Last night on Fox News, Tucker Carlson didn’t mince words, warning that Los Angeles will “collapse” under Gascón’s policies that are virtually “legalizing” major crimes.

IT WON’T BE JUST BANNINGS. THE LEFT ALWAYS ACCUSES OTHERS OF WHAT THEY INTEND TO DO:  ‘Bannings Are Coming’: Rubin SLAMS YouTube Election Speculation Policy.

FLASHBACK: Be thankful tycoons like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are focused on space and moon bases.

AND THIS, LADIES, GENTLEMEN AND THOSE WHO AREN’T SURE, IS MY SHOCKED FACE:  Michael Flynn: There’s an ‘Anti-American’ Sentiment in the DoJ, FBI, Intel Community.

HOPEFULLY NOT TOO LITTLE TOO LATE:  New Australia Law Can Scrap China Belt and Road Accords.

TOO LATE TO MAINTAIN MY SANITY. WHAT I SEE IS NOT A VIOLENT SPASM, BUT A BOOT STOMPING ON A HUMAN FACE FOR LONG ENOUGH THAT IT’S FOREVER:  How to Maintain Your Sanity.

What I see is the fall of meaningful civilization, and a subsuming to the Chinese cycle of rise, book burning, stasis, with most people living at a level that makes our medieval peasants seem wealthy and secure.