NO SURPRISE HERE: His Fraudulency waived a law that required him to brief Congress on the potential impact of reducing the U.S. forces below 2,000 uniforms in Afghanistan on our counter-terrorism efforts, according to The Washington Free Beacon’s Adam Kredo and Alana Goodman.

THEY’RE NOT TELLING KIDS HOW WASTEFUL THESE FANS OF VANITY ARE:  Cost Comparison: Decommissioning a Wind Turbine vs. Plugging & Abandoning an Oil Well.

Hint: they never pay for themselves. Ever.

DEAR BEE, THIS IS NOT FUNNY:  Doctors Announce They Will No Longer Treat Car Accident Victims Who Didn’t Wear Their Seat Belt.

You’re giving them ideas.

OH, IS THAT SO? I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE A MANDATE FOR DR. FAUX-I:  Fauci: Yes To COVID Vaccine Mandate For Students.

Let’s start with “Get lost ya bum.”

WELL, SHE AIN’T HERCULES:  Psaki Fails To Clean Up After Biden’s Mess .

And the current mess is at least Augean Stables to the 10th power.  They can’t wash themselves of this. The blood in the Junta’s hands would turn the oceans of the world incarnadine.

INALIENABLE. THEY CAN’T TAKE THEM FROM US:  Freedoms and Rights.

Learn it. Live it.

WHAT CAN ONE SAY TO THIS NONSENSE:  Mom Claims Cook County Judge Took Away Her Parental Rights Over Vaccination Status.

Other than “Aristo, aristo, a la lanterne,” of course.

I LOVE YOU TOM, BUT THAT THERE IS A FUNNY WAY TO SPELL “TREASON”:  Afghanistan Betrays Federal Hypocrisy.

#SAYHERNAME:  Jonathan Turley: Statements By Capitol Police Officer Who Killed Ashli Babbitt ‘Demolish the Two Official Reviews That Cleared Him’.

#JUSTICEFORASHLIBABBIT.

LIKE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM THE LEFT, IT’S A STUPID AND EVIL PLAN:  How Illegal Immigrants Are Intended To Be Perpetual Source Of Underclass.

I DON’T THINK MOST OF US CAN EVEN GUESS WHAT THE WORST WILL BE:  Prepping for the Worst.

That said, keep your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark, and prepare yourself mentally, as well.

I agree with him. The institutions are buckling. They’re, frankly, mostly inhabited by lefty loonies.

Build under, build over, build around. Get ready to take the weight when it all comes tumbling down.

BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE:  Why We Need To Fight For The Arts.

IT’S TIME TO DO AWAY WITH THE SCIENTIFICALLY ILLITERATE DEPARTMENT:  Education Department Investigating Five States Banning School Mask Mandates.

IN OTHER UK NEWS, NHS READIES ITSELF FOR SLEW OF FOOD POISONING CASES:  British government to ban single-use plastic utensils.

Look, what authority do they have to do this? What population, in their right minds still believes in the global warming scam after the demonstration of insanity and incompetence of the last two years?

I don’t know what “experts” are good for or at at this point, but it’s not either minding global health or the health of their own populations. They seem to be amazeballs at making up crazed computer models and sticking to them buckle and tongue come hell or immiseration though.

I say it’s time for all of them to get a good heave-ho.  And, oh, yeah, people of the UK, the US got the Ho. Ready and waiting. (And she makes everyone sane want to heave. And hurl.)

IF THE AMERICAN FLAG MAKES HER “UNCOMFORTABLE” GETTING PAID IN DOLLARS MUST HURT:  Teacher removed US flag from class, encouraged students to pledge to gay pride banner.

How does one even pledge to gay pride banner? No, please don’t tell me. And yes, I’m talking to you. I really don’t need those texts!

THE IDIOT “ELITES” ARE TRYING SO HARD, YOU MIGHT DIE LAUGHING:  New South African COVID-19 strain is the most mutated one yet: report.

And yet, I am unmoved.

THANKS BIDEN JUNTA:  Taliban execute folk singer days after saying music is ‘forbidden,’ family says.

By their fruits thou shalt know them. And these lunatics, there and here, are an entire poisonous orchard.

HAVING TO HEED THE PUBLIC TAKES ALL THE FUN AWAY:  Hostile school board meetings have members calling it quits.

SCIENCE! Previous Covid Prevents Delta Infection Better Than Pfizer Shot.

People who recovered from a bout of Covid-19 during one of the earlier waves of the pandemic appear to have a lower risk of contracting the delta variant than those who got two doses of the vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE.

The largest real-world analysis comparing natural immunity — gained from an earlier infection — to the protection provided by one of the most potent vaccines currently in use showed that reinfections were much less common. The paper from researchers in Israel contrasts with earlier studies, which showed that immunizations offered better protection than an earlier infection, though those studies were not of the delta variant.

The results are good news for patients who already successfully battled Covid-19, but show the challenge of relying exclusively on immunizations to move past the pandemic. People given both doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine were almost six-fold more likely to contract a delta infection and seven-fold more likely to have symptomatic disease than those who recovered.

“This analysis demonstrated that natural immunity affords longer lasting and stronger protection against infection, symptomatic disease and hospitalization due to the delta variant,” the researchers said.

This will not entirely surprise InstaPundit readers who have been paying attention.

OPEN THREAD: Palmum Qui Meruit Ferat, as Nelson always said.

MELISSA CHEN: Inside the Underground Railroad Out of Afghanistan.

THE BRITS HAVE A TRADITION OF THIS SORT OF THING: The UK is considering incorporating Afghan special forces evacuated from Kabul into the British army.

Afghan special forces could join the British Army as part of a new regiment being considered by UK MPs, the Telegraph reported.

Hundreds of the Afghan commandos who’ve arrived in the UK over the past few weeks have been trained by UK troops in Afghanistan.

Ministers are considering the proposal to employ the soldiers. The arrangement would be similar to the Gurkhas – soldiers from Nepal who are recruited into the British army – the Telegraph reported. . . .

Afghan troops played a “crucial role” in Operation Pitting, the British military’s operation to evacuate 15,000 people from Kabul, and the largest British evacuation since World War II, the Metro reported.

Gen. Sir Richard Barrons, a former head of Joint Forces Command, described the Afghan special forces as “very good by international standards,” the Telegraph reported.

Defense sources told the newspaper that the Afghan troops could be incorporated into British forces or kept as a separate unit.

Four Afghan officer cadets who were due to join the Afghan National Army are already enrolled at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, with three more set to start next weekend, the newspaper reported.

Tom Tugendhat, the chair of the foreign affairs committee, said: “We trained and fought alongside many Afghans who are now in the UK. They’ve proved their loyalty a thousand times.

“If they want to serve, we should welcome them. I would love to see a regiment of Afghan scouts.”

Despite our leaving them in the lurch, the British seem to have dealt with this skedaddle debacle much better than we have.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China releases new images from Zhurong rover to mark 100 days on Mars.

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