WELL, HE HAS A POINT: President Trump Says it is Unfair to Compare Joe Biden to Jimmy Carter, Biden is Much Worse.
In fact, what struck me about that bizarre picture of the Bidens patronizing the Carters was what no one said: Every normal American cringes at the mention of Jimmy Carter, but Biden wants to associate himself with the Carters? Why?????
MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHY ARE WE VACCINATING PEOPLE WHO ARE UNLIKELY TO SUFFER FROM CATCHING DISEASE? Vaccine for teens! What could go wrong?
THEY GASLIGHT OVER EVERYTHING: Biden Admin And Media Gaslight U.S. Over Gas Shortage.
OPEN THREAD: It’s a show with everything but Yul Brynner.
DISPATCHES FROM THE NEWSPEAK DICTIONARY: Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary Changes Meaning of ‘Anti-Vaxxer’ to Anyone Who Doesn’t Support Mandated Vaccines. “This redefinition follows a new trend. When the Left doesn’t like something and can’t bring it down with sound arguments, they change the meaning of the word.”
GETTING SERIOUS about the Office of Space Commerce.
MUSLIM ACTRESS AS HAMAS RAINS ROCKETS ON ISRAEL: ‘I Would Have Killed All the Jews of the World.’
Move over, Ilhan Omar — there’s a new Israel-loathing, anti-Semite in town. I’m not saying you don’t still have your stuff, but this woman is downright Hitleresque.
Pakistani Muslim actress Zahida Malik — better known as Veena Malik — who has worked for at least two decades, appearing in multiple hit Bollywood and Lollywood films, tweeted the following apparently made-up Adolf Hitler quote to her 1.2 million followers:
Screenshot of the since-deleted tweet:
And on the flip-side: Gal Gadot slammed after calling for unity for Israel and ‘neighbors’ in Gaza amid ongoing conflict.
BIDEN VOTERS POSTING THEIR L’S ONLINE: U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers To “Resume” Border Wall Construction.
JOE’S OFF TO A GREAT START: This Week’s Anti-Israel Attacks Wouldn’t Have Happened Under Trump.
JURASSIC PUTIN: Russia Is Going to Try to Clone an Army of 3,000-Year-Old Scythian Warriors.
What could go wrong?
AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: Biden Continues Rollback Of Trump Policies Like Peace In The Middle East.
BIG BROTHER RAISES CHOCOLATE RATION TO TWENTY GRAMS A WEEK! New York Times forced to walk back ‘no gas lines, shortages’ narrative.
STACY MCCAIN: “I’m the bad guy? How’d that happen? I did everything they told me to.”
Plus: “The real point — why it reminded me of Falling Down — is that ordinary citizens are powerless to fix this manmade disaster. The people in charge don’t give a damn about ordinary citizens, because if they did, they wouldn’t have done what they’ve done. We find ourselves in a broken system, where the incentives have gone haywire, and the world has stopped making sense.”
GARFUNKEL AND OATES EXPLAIN why there’s a market for sex robots.
BUT OF COURSE: I used to work with Fauci — now I sell my orgasm art on OnlyFans. “It’s hilarious to me that, now the pandemic is actually happening, I’m an artist rather than a scientist.” Eh, she’s contributing at least as much as Fauci, and is also more entertaining.
WE’VE DESCENDED INTO SOME SORT OF BIZARRE HELL-WORLD IN WHICH DON LEMON IS A VOICE OF SANITY. Don Lemon Tells Liberals: ‘Believe In The Science,’ Take Off Your Mask. What, and give up a chance to virtue signal to the Deplorables?
Lemon gently referenced his mother’s age before saying he’s ready for life to return to the pre-pandemic standards after widespread vaccinations. “I want to live my life. I want to see my loved ones. So, can we get back to some semblance of normalcy?” he asked.
His mother may fear for her safety, but the media have been replete with articles by people who have thrived during the COVID-19 lockdowns and do not want its extraordinary conditions to end.
In March, Medium published an article titled, “The Side of Me That Doesn’t Want the Pandemic to End.” Later in the month, Yahoo News republished an op-ed stating, “There Are Some Aspects Of The Pandemic I Don’t Want To End.” BuzzFeed proclaimed that a return to normal life “for many people” isn’t “a good thing.” CNBC explained:
For some, this comes from an extreme fear of the disease. For others, it’s about the anxiety that comes with the idea of reacclimating into society. Others, meanwhile, have found that the pandemic has brought about positive changes in their lives, and they’re afraid of losing what they’ve gained.
Yet as the vaccine rolled out, the fear continued unabated. In April, New York Magazine posted a lengthy article profiling “The People Who Don’t Want to Return to Normalcy.” And last week, The Atlantic exposed “The Liberals Who Can’t Quit Lockdown,” noting that “some liberal policy makers have left scientific evidence behind.”
“This is real,” Lemon said on Monday night. “People are having trouble re-emerging into society after COVID-19 lockdowns.”
I blame The Shawshank Redemption.
WELCOME BACK, CARTER:
Inflation over last 12 months: 4.2%, highest year over year rate since September 2008. Inflation in March: 0.9%, highest since April 1982 (note a monthly rate of 0.9% is 10.8% annualized). Avg. price gallon of regular gas: $2.99, highest since November 2014. Used Car prices: up 12.4% in last year. New car prices up 7.0%. Median home price: up 18.4% over year.
April jobs report: 266,000 new jobs, vs. predicted 1 million.
Stagflation, anyone?
Ugh.
PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS:
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As Glenn Greenwald tweeted in April, “Trevor Noah speaking on the 2012 Marikana massacre — where South African police shot and killed 34 striking miners — is really quite something given the new persona about policing and crime he presents these days.”
Related: Twitter has banned Trump, but permits celebration of attacks on Israel.
FASTER, PLEASE: Colonial Pipeline restarting operations after cyberattack.
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