JOHN HINDERAKER: Elon Is Winning.

GAIN OF FUNCTION: Judicial Watch: NIH Records Reveal FBI Inquiry of Wuhan Grant.

Judicial Watch announced today that it received 1651 pages of records from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) revealing an FBI “inquiry” into the NIH’s controversial bat coronavirus grant tied to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The records also show National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) officials were concerned about “gain-of-function” research in China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2016. The Fauci agency was also concerned about EcoHealth Alliance’s lack of compliance with reporting rules and use of gain-of-function research in the NIH-funded research involving bat coronaviruses in Wuhan, China.

The records also show EcoHealth Alliance’s legal team suggesting that a records request for data on their bat coronavirus research in Wuhan be denied because of the January 6 disturbance.

Sure, that makes sense.

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OPEN THREAD: Is there anything to talk about?

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: ThinkOrbital designing platform for in-space manufacturing, debris removal.

THIS COULD BE BIG: New technique allows for the precise selection of molecular handedness in chemical reactions.

DEVELOPING: Huge Development in Kari Lake’s Election Lawsuit.

WELL … UH … MAYBE:  “Artificially Selecting for Intelligence in Dogs to Produce Human Level IQ Within 100 Generations.”  I think I like dogs just the way they are.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Study uncovers factors linked to optimal aging.

FASTER, PLEASE: Experimental immunotherapy shows promise for treating multiple myeloma.

READER FAVORITE: EFAYCRR Steampunk Table Lamp. #CommissionEarned

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Chips Ahoy: Late-Year Stumble for Microchip Supply.

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: DOJ Official Admits Targeting Pro-Lifers Is Response to Overturn of Roe. “At least 98 Catholic churches and 77 pregnancy resource centers and other pro-life organizations have been attacked since May, but the DOJ has apparently not charged a single person in connection with these attacks. Meanwhile, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division has charged 26 pro-life individuals with FACE Act violations this year.”

The law — and the DOJ — only protects people the Administration likes. That’s been made quite clear.

LIFE ACCORDING TO THE NYT, EXPLAINED:

Poor women. They always suffer the most don’t they?

If they’re single, that’s bad. If they get married that’s bad. If they get divorced, that’s bad. If their husbands are away – that’s bad. But if he’s hanging around the house too much, that’s bad too. If they work, they’re stressed out. If they stay at home, they’re bored.

Its tragic. The life of the American woman.

At least the ones that read the NYT’s.

Indeed.

THAT’S A HAPPY ENDING, BUT I FIND IT MORE CONVENIENT TO CARRY MY OWN GUN: Las Vegas carjacker shot dead by victim who grabbed another robber’s gun.

AT AMAZON, Very Merry Deals. #CommissionEarned.

READER FAVORITE: LEATHERMAN, Rev Pocket Size Multitool.

THIS SURE DOESN’T FEEL LIKE A RECOVERY: Household Wealth Plummeted by $13.5 Trillion This Year. “The 8.6 percent drop from January to September is the second fastest decline on record, behind the financial crisis of 2008/2009. Record-high inflation under the Biden administration is causing a decrease in the purchasing power of assets and liabilities.”

THE NEW SPACE RACE: The first private lander is headed to the moon: A SpaceX rocket carried the Tokyo company’s moon-bound lander off Earth.

MAYBE DON’T WRECK PEOPLE’S LIVES OVER SOCIAL MEDIA, REAL OR FAKE? AI image generation tech can now create life-wrecking deepfakes with ease: AI tech makes it trivial to generate harmful fake photos from a few social media pictures.

“YOUR HOUSE IS GLASS.” “I have to say that this is bravery and it sounds like Musk is willing to throw it all out there to expose these characters. That takes a lot of guts. He’s right on the money about Brennan — there’s so much there for which Brennan has never been held accountable. But it sounds like there’s a lot more to drop in Twitter files and Musk is going to have a lot of fun taking them down.”

YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: Dispatches From The War Against Child Genital Mutilation. “The mad enthusiasm for transexism is going to be as inexplicable to future generations as pet rocks or healing crystals.”

SLEEP TIGHT TONIGHT, FOLKS, YOUR CONGRESS IS ON THE JOB: Illegal immigrants are flooding across the border, China is kicking our butt around the world, the government faces a $31 trillion debt and today Congress is working getting rid of gendered pronouns from the U.S. Code.

BAD SURVIVAL MATH: Fail to Recognize Assaultive Behavior + Denial =Throat Cut.

YOU REALLY DON’T: How Much Has Bidenflation Cost You? You Probably Don’t Want to Know.

LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE: Tesla May Add Radar Back to Self-Driving Setup.

The logic for getting rid of the radar is explained here, and it makes some sense, but as I said then, I’m more of a belt-and-suspenders man when it comes to safety gear.