WILL BAUDE: The Lack Of A Common Law Basis For Qualified Immunity.

COLD WAR II: Dutch Nab a Couple of Old-School Russian Spies, Providing Evidence that China’s Xi Has Surpassed Putin’s Spy Game.

THE SMOKING GUN in the Facebook antitrust case.

OH, THANK HEAVENS, NOT THE ENERGY DRINK. I’D HAVE TO STOP DRINKING THEM:  Essential Facts About Covid-19. 

(Indeed, yes, if you live in Denver and can’t grab one of the no sugar ones at the 1 for $1 sale, I’ve probably been there.  Used to be worse when older son lived here too. Now, depending on how I feel at the time, you might still find some.)

IN OTHER WORDS, WE’VE BEEN HAD. THE QUESTION IS: WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?  Essential Facts About Covid-19.

Because the statists won’t let go of the whip as long as we let them use it. My preferred solution would be to take the whip from their hands and shove it somewhere interesting. However, in the interest of civilization, let’s just go for massive civil disobedience. Come out, come out wherever you are. They can’t arrest us all.

OH, GROW UP. AND MAKE YOUR FRIENDS GROW UP WITH YOU:  Chicago Mayor Stomps Foot and Demands Cash Now.

ABOUT TIME:  Elon Musk Flees Californian Coronavirus Lockdown, Relocates to Texas.

AGAIN, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU’VE BEEN HAD. NOW WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?  Oh, that Hunter Biden, says CNN and the FBI.

NOT USUALLY THE WORK OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY CLAIM IS TRUE:  YouTube Will Ban ANY Video Criticizing Biden ‘Win’.

MY FRIENDS ARE STILL AWESOME, AND NOW A BIT TERRIFIED:  The Supreme Court and the Electoral “Safe Harbor.” – by Amie Gibbons.

AND THEN THERE’S THIS…. AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE GOING “BUT THAT’S CRAZY. IT CAN’T BE TRUE.” I’LL REMIND YOU I HID FOR ALMOST A DECADE AMID LEFTIST INTELLECTUALS. I’VE HEARD THEM. YEAH. THIS IS TRUE AND THEY’RE GOING TO TRY TO PULL IT OFF. IT WON’T WORK, OF COURSE, BUT THEY GET TO FILL MILLIONS OF GRAVES, SO IT’S ALWAYS A GOOD DAY’S WORK FOR THEM:  The Usefulness of COVID-19 Fear.

When people tell you they want to kill your country (and you by extension) BELIEVE them.

I’M GLAD HE FOUND A SOURCE OF THE ODOR AND PUZZLED HE THINKS IT’S THE ONLY ONE.  A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE VERY SURPRISED WHEN THINGS BLOW UP. BUT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN’T KEEP TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO BELIEVE THEIR LYING EYES. SOONER OR LATER THEY’LL IGNORE YOU:  This Election Stinks .

THIS IS NOT THE SIZE OF THE OXFORD DICTIONARY THAT COMES WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS, SO IT’S INCOMPLETE:  The Washington Post’s Lies.

ARE THEY NOW? (MILDLY) AND WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?  Californians Are Fed Up With Newsom’s Draconian Shutdowns.

AGAINST THE GRAIN: Democrat Rep. Tulsi Gabbard introduces born-alive bill in US House.

OPEN THREAD: Enjoy!

DEMOCRATS PAY OFF INTRUSIVE IT MAN IMRAN AWAN:

“Congress Pays $850,000 to Muslim Aides Targeted in Inquiry Stoked by Trump,” reads the November 25 New York Times headline. According to the story, the previously unreported settlement is one of the largest to resolve discrimination or harassment claims, in this case by people who “lost their jobs and endured harassment in part because of their Muslim faith and South Asian origins.”

Reporters Noam Scheiber and Nicholas Fandos give no date for settlement and do not explain why it was “previously unreported.” Congress reportedly made the payment but the only House member quoted is Florida Democrat Ted Deutch, a leading figure in Democrats’ charge that candidate Donald Trump was guilty of collusion with Russia and a vocal proponent of impeaching President Trump.

“It is tragic and outrageous the way right-wing media and Republicans all the way up to President Trump attempted to destroy the lives of an immigrant Muslim-American family based on scurrilous allegations,” Deutch told Sheiber and Fandos. As they explain, the settlement was also “an attempt to bring a close to a convoluted saga that led to one of the most durable — and misleading — story lines of the Trump era.”

What started as “a relatively ordinary House inquiry into procurement irregularities by Imran Awan, three members of his family and a friend, who had a bustling practice providing members of Congress with technology support, was twisted into lurid accusations of hacking government information.” That side of the story could use more detail.

Of all the IT people in all the IT firms in all the world, House Democrats thought Imran Awan was best man for the job. Sometimes working from his native Pakistan, Awan and his family team accessed the computers of some 40 Democrats, including those on the intelligence and foreign affairs committees. Without their consent Awan and his team stashed the Democrats’ data on a server controlled by Xavier Becerra, chair of the House Democratic Caucus.

And speak of the devil: Biden Picks California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for HHS.

GOOD LUCK! NASA, Boeing targeting March 2021 for next Starliner test flight: It will be the capsule’s second attempt to meet up with the International Space Station.

PARTY OF YOUTH UPDATE: Dianne Feinstein ‘seriously struggling’ with cognitive decline: report.

HE’S KILLING IT: Andrew Cuomo Gets the Ted Kennedy ‘Inspired Leadership’ Award.