DISPATCHES FROM AN ALTERNATE REALITY:  Deep thoughts by James Comey.

OCCASIONAL CORTEX, BY DEFINITION, ONLY FIRES UP OCCASIONALLY:  AOC Strikes Again!

NOTE, WHAT HE ACTUALLY SEEMS TO BE SAYING IS “STOP REMOVING THE MASKS AND TELLING THE RUBES WE’RE ACTUALLY COMMUNIST.”  TOOK ME A WHILE TO FIGURE OUT THAT WAS THE DEMOCRATS’ PROBLEM WITH BERNIE. HE GIVES THE GAME AWAY:  “We’re Losing Our Damn Minds.”

ON HOW TRUMP WILL BE REGARDED, I THINK THAT VDH MIGHT NOT TAKE IN ACCOUNT WE ARE IN A HINGE IN THE CULTURE. HONESTLY, A HINGE IN WORLDWIDE CULTURE. I DON’T THINK SHOULD TRUMP HAVE FIVE MORE YEARS, THE HISTORIANS OR THE ESTABLISHMENT WILL BE THE SAME AFTER. AND IF THEY ARE, THEY SHALL TURN THEIR COATS:  Victor Davis Hanson on Hubris, Nemesis in the Deep State.

SLOW JOE GOES LOCO: Biden’s new anti-Buttigieg ad — with just a soupçon of race-baiting and homophobia.

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DON SURBER: Jeff Bezos to the editor of his Washington Post: “Hey, these bullets bounce off President Donald John Trump. In fact, they make him stronger!”

HOW BAD MUST THINGS HAVE GOTTEN FOR THIS TO HAPPEN? De Blasio admits NYC crime jump is linked to bail reform.

I WORRY THAT SOME OF THESE KOOKS WILL ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND MICROBIOLOGY: An academic’s proposal for ending climate change: Human extinction. “The combination of human extinction as an end goal and a push toward real-world activism seems like a potentially combustible mix when it trickles down from academia to the streets.”

WHY IS THE LEFT SO FULL OF VIOLENCE? Man Deliberately Crashes Van Into GOP Voter Registration Tent, Targeting Trump Campaign Volunteers.

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: China’s virus death toll surpasses SARS but new cases fall.

Why did the government mandate a coronavirus quarantine?

From Black Swan to Bubble: Investors Weigh Coronavirus Risks.

Virus Outbreak in Wuhan May Peak With More Than 5% Infected.

Exporters scramble for materials as factories idle.

Life under coronavirus lockdown: Anxiety and empty shelves as Wuhan residents prepare for long wait.

China scrambles to keep cities in virus lockdown fed.

‘We’re definitely not prepared’: Africa braces for new virus.

OPEN THREAD: Worry, gloat, or do whatever makes you happy.

GLAD THEY CAUGHT IT, BUT IT’S JUST MORE OF A BAD YEAR FOR BOEING: Boeing’s 2nd Starliner software glitch could have led to an in-space collision.

CHINA: Is China hiding how bad the coronavirus is?

BOB ZUBRIN: The Apostle of Space. I saw this Mars Direct talk at the ISDC in 1990 and it was magical genius. A lot of what he said then seems obvious now, but a lot of the obviousness is the result of his successful efforts between then and now.

ROVERS WITH FRICKIN’ LASER BEAMS ON THEIR HEADS: All about the laser (and microphone) atop Mars 2020, NASA’s next rover.

ENEMY ACTION: The Literary Assassination of Ian Fleming.

DON’T GET COCKY: Election Night 2020 is going to be like Groundhog Day for Democrats.

YOU’RE GONNA NEED A SMALLER BLOG: Buttigieg Reaps the Whirlwind.

THE CASTRO’S SHAME: Addiction and mental illness devastate iconic San Francisco neighborhood.

REPORT: Multiple American casualties in Afghan military mission, US official says.

GOOD ADVICE: Stop Letting Your Ridiculous Fears Of Nuclear Waste Kill The Planet.

EVERGREEN HEADLINE: Another stellar week for mainstream media.

WHERE’S HUNTER, FAT? Mayor Pete Doesn’t Get How Nepotism Works in Biden-Burisma Caper.

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WELL, THAT’S BECAUSE JIM ACOSTA IS FULL OF CRAP AS USUAL: Bo Snerdley: Jim Acosta Is ‘Ignoring My Direct Challenge’ To Produce Racism Evidence Against Rush.