AND RIGHTLY SO: Poll: Most support tough stance towards China on human rights, economics. “Roughly nine-in-ten U.S. adults (89%) consider China a competitor or enemy, rather than a partner, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Many also support taking a firmer approach to the bilateral relationship, whether by promoting human rights in China, getting tougher on China economically or limiting Chinese students studying abroad in the United States. More broadly, 48% think limiting China’s power and influence should be a top foreign policy priority for the U.S., up from 32% in 2018.”

IT’S BEEN A YEAR LIKE THAT:  Picking Up The Pieces.

I AGREE WITH HIM. WHICH PROBABLY MEANS NOT THAT LONG:  US politics have now become a war for survival – for both sides.

RESISTANCE GROWS TO CREEPING EVANGELICAL WOKISM: Natasha Crain is an evangelical blogger, podcaster and author who normally focuses on family life issues. But she recently took up the issue of reputation and the public perception of the evangelical community.

In the course of a sterling analysis, Crain pointed to some fundamental flaws in a widely read piece by Russell Moore of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention:

“Similarly, Moore says that we all must acknowledge the reality of systemic racism. But systemic racism is a loaded term that has a very specific meaning today — it’s the idea that racism is baked into the very structure of our society, and any disparity in outcomes between people is due to oppressive social structures. There are many Christians who would not agree with Moore that this is a ‘truth’ we should be lining up behind in order to salvage our cultural credibility.”

Crain is likely not well known to many Instapundit readers. I would humbly suggest that she should be.

HOW LONG WILL WE TOLERATE THIS?  Border Crisis: California, Feds Spending Millions on Hotel Rooms for Illegal Migrants.

I’M SURE TWITTER DISAPPROVES OF HIM TOO:  Today’s blacklisted American: Student blackballed for saying “a man is a man, a woman is a woman”.

WELL! IF TWITTER HATES IT, IT CAN’T BE ALL BAD:  Suit Supply ad that looks like an orgy causes Twitter frenzy.

(Yes. That really is where I live these days. Too bad. So sad.)

WELL THEN, THAT SETTLES IT – OFF WITH HIS RACIST HEAD:  Woke parents agree: Dr. Seuss books are canceled.

Did anyone see my eyes. I rolled them so hard I think they’re under the sofa. The cats are probably playing with them.

OH, FOR THE LOVE OF BOB:  CDC offers ‘zombie preparedness’ tips in case Nostradamus is right.

John Ringo’s Black Tide Rising novels have a better chance of being right. For one, he’s smarter and a more rational thinker than all of the CDC together or one by one.

AIRLINES. ONE MORE CASUALTY OF COVIDIOCY:  Masks still needed on airplanes, FAA says in updated recommendations.

BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT STUPID? Why blue-collar workers are going red. .

Oh, oh oh, and they know where food comes from!

I HAVE A CURE FOR THAT: OPEN UP THE ECONOMY:  Pushed out by pandemic, women struggle to regain footing in US job market.

Let my people go!

TOO LATE TO CONSENT, IF HE’S READING YOUR PANTIES:  Sex assault survivor launches lingerie line, ‘Assk first’.

OBVIOUSLY CORRECT, BUT ALSO NO DOUBT EVIDENCE OF PATRIARCHY: Federal judge says states acted too late to ratify Equal Rights Amendment.

Of course, assuming fair enforcement the ERA would be a disaster for feminists.

HARSH, BUT FAIR:

Well, also vaccines and most cookery.

WELL, THEY CERTAINLY WANT TO REPLACE US: America Must Replace Its Failed Elites.

NOW DO THE IMPACT OF THE DEMOCRATS’ IMPEACHMENT THEATER, MR. PRESS APPARATCHIK:

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend with stellar blog comments.

THIS SOUNDS LIKE HE MAY BE TAKING A JOB IN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION: Whitesides steps down from Virgin Galactic. “According to company sources, Whitesides said he was leaving the position of Virgin Galactic’s chief space officer to pursue unspecified opportunities in the ‘public service sector.'”

I’ve known him since he was NSS Executive Director. An able guy and very pro-space. I hope I’m right about what this means.

IAN FAITH HAS LEFT THE BUILDING: Tony Hendra, This Is Spinal Tap Actor and National Lampoon Alumnus, Dies at 79.

NOW THAT MOST JOURNALISTS CONSCIOUSLY VIEW THEMSELVES AS APPARATCHIKS, this behavior makes sense:

DO SCIENTISTS KNOW ABOUT SHRINKAGE? Mercury may not have shrunk nearly as much as scientists think.

BIDEN MOVES TO FIRE EEOC GENERAL COUNSEL:  Sharon Gustafson’s term as General Counsel at the supposedly independent EEOC doesn’t expire until 2023.  So far, she has refused to resign.  (Of course, if Trump had done this, it would have been an outrage.)

BOB MCMANUS: Andrew Cuomo’s insidious lies are finally catching up with him.

MEDICARE PART A BANKRUPTCY IN 2026: Congress and Presidents have been warned over and over and over. Robert Moffit of the Heritage Foundation explains how the coming insolvency will affect everybody, not just seniors.