MATT MARGOLIS: Here’s Proof the Pentagon Must Get Out of the ‘Climate Change’ Racket.

JUSTICE: Michigan man spends 37 years in prison, freed after witness says she lied.

MULLAHS FLEX MUSCLES: Iran hijacks South Korean ship, boosts uranium year after Soleimani killing.

Related: Iran ramps up uranium enrichment to 20%; Netanyahu: Proof it is seeking nukes.

IT’S DIFFERENT NOW BECAUSE SHUT UP: Democrats object to counting Electoral College votes in 2000 and 2004.

EVERY TIME A MOSQUITO DIES, THE WORLD BECOMES A BETTER PLACE: Multiple mosquito blood meals accelerate malaria transmission.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Fitness instructor reopens Alberta studio: Staying at home, eating fast food is worse for health.

CALIFORNIA WASN’T EXACTLY “THRIVING” IN 2020: To Continue Thriving, California Needs New Politicians.

CATHERINE MORTENSEN: How Covid response has exposed America’s great divide.

CANADIAN CHURCH PENS EPIC RESPONSE AFTER POLICE CHARGE SIX ELDERS FOR HOLDING SERVICES IN DEFIANCE OF LOCKDOWNS.

RICHARD FERNANDEZ: The Pandemic Narrative Mutates. “The coronavirus pandemic redistributed power and economic advantage on a vast scale. The advent of vaccines not only creates new political opportunities, it also renders the older ones, like those involving masking and lockdowns, obsolete. The narratives like ‘the virus must mutate.’”

VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: Granny-Killer Cuomo’s Latest COVID Failure.

Insanity Wrap needs to know: What do you call a dose of COVID vaccine with a short shelf-life requiredby Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sit on a shelf for too long?

Answer: The world’s most expensive placebo.

Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.

• Nancy Pelosi would infect her colleagues to keep her gavel
• Meet the new year, same as the old year
• Viral video of polite Canadians politely siccing polite police on neighbors for celebrating New Year’s

Bonus Sanity: Tulsi Gabbard stands up to her party’s Lunatic Wing to protect women’s sports.

And so much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.

UPDATE: Link was missing. Fixed now — sorry!

MORE, PLEASE: 11 Republican Senators Will Object to Electoral College Certification.

FIGHT THE POWER: Student activist gets approval for Turning Point USA group after pushing back against administration.

SAN FRANCISCO RESTAURANT OWNERS SAY RISE IN PROPERTY CRIME IS MAKING DIRE SITUATION WORSE: “San Francisco Police Department data shows burglaries in the city climbed from 4,918 reported incidents a year ago to 7,248 as of Dec. 27. The data does not specifically show how many restaurants have been affected, but the rise in burglaries is reflected in the stories being told by business owners in interviews and on social media. It’s a hard reality for local restaurants that have now gone almost 10 months with diminished revenue, forced hibernation periods, and only occasional approval for indoor and outdoor dining service.”

San Francisco’s last Republican mayor left office at the beginning of 1964.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Facebook And Twitter Are ‘Dangerous’ Even If You’ve Never Used Them.

Indeed, scientists have recently discovered that platforms such as Facebook and Twitter can actually pose more serious threats to your wellbeing than previously thought—even if you’ve never used them.

In particular, the bits and pieces of information your friends, family and acquaintances share about you on social media, could equip AI-based algorithms or bots to effectively ‘clone’ your online persona.

In other words, there’s the real you—the one whose never used any social media platform, for example—and the cloned you: which is an online representation of your thoughts, behaviors and responses.

If that’s not scary enough, this cloned, behavioral profile (which the scientists call an ‘alter’) can be used by the social media platforms (or anyone else buying the data from them) to, for example, influence the online experience of the real you (the ‘ego’), elsewhere on the internet.

There’s something to be said in favor of reprogramming Facebook, Google, and Twitter’s algorithms with an ax.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Political discrimination? 5 times student leaders faced oustings for conservative views.

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KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Incoherent Granny Boxwine Reelected As House Speaker. “The fun got rolling on Sunday when the vote for Speaker of the House of Representatives. was held. The Party of Youth and Diversity demonstrated its bold vision for the future by sticking with the 80-year-old white lady.”

BACKBLAST: U.S. Marines fire a Mark 153 shoulder-launched multi-purpose assault weapon during a combat exercise at Twentynine Palms, Calif. This Weapons update has background information on the SMAW and similar light anti-tank and assault weapons.

RIP: Richard Thornburgh, former U.S. attorney general and Pennsylvania governor, dies at age 88.

BLUE STATE UPDATE: Lawmakers get 6.46% pay bump as thousands of Massachusetts residents still jobless.

DON’T WORRY — JOE ASTERISK WILL FIX THAT: Trump’s New China Policy Earns Praise From Tibet And Fury From Communists.

GREAT MOMENTS IN COGNITIVE DISSONANCE:

● Shot: Women Directed Record 16% of Top-Grossing 2020 Films, Report Shows.

—The Wrap, Saturday.

● Chaser: It’s Official: 2020 Domestic Box Office Fell 80 Percent to $2.3B Behind China’s $2.7B.

—The Hollywood Reporter, Friday.

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