CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: IG reports ‘historic’ COVID unemployment funds lost, Congress investigates.

THIS SEEMS UNWISE: Alec Baldwin Sues Movie Crewmembers to Deflect Blame for Cinematographer’s Shooting Death.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THE ELECTION’S OVER? Biden pulls back on pledge to codify Roe v. Wade.

WAIT, I THOUGHT CULTURAL APPROPRIATION WAS A MORTAL SIN IN THE LEFTIST RELIGION: Biden and Trudeau Beclown Themselves by Parading Around Asia in Commie Mao Jackets.

I LIKE A STORY WITH A HAPPY ENDING: Police Impersonators: Home Invader Shoots His Partner, Then Is Shot Dead By Homeowner.

FLASHBACK: People Don’t Stop Killers, People with Guns Do.

SPACE: NASA’s CAPSTONE probe overcomes malfunction, reaches orbit around the moon.

THE ONION: Man Who Lost Everything In Crypto Just Wishes Several Thousand More People Had Warned Him.

REPORT: JAY LENO SERIOUSLY BURNED IN CAR FIRE. Leno “was in the L.A. garage where he stores his cars on Sunday when one of the cars erupted into flames without warning. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … the flames burned the left side of Jay’s face, but thankfully did not penetrate his eye or his ear. He was taken to the burn ward at Grossman Burn Center where he remains. We do not specifically know his condition but it is serious enough that he’s been admitted to the hospital.”

WELL, THAT SOUNDS PROMISING: Chemists create an ‘artificial photosynthesis’ system ten times more efficient than existing systems.

HOW IT STARTED: Diplomats Say They Were Definitely Laughing At Trump At The UN.

When Trump focused part of his Tuesday address on Germany and warned that “Germany will become totally dependent on Russian energy if it does not immediately change course,” the German delegation was caught smirking on camera.

—BuzzFeed, September 26th, 2018.

How it’s going: Germans Attend ‘Blackout Courses’ as Energy Crisis Worsens Ahead of Christmas.

I’ll take headlines from 1944 for $500, Alex.

CARTELS CREATE SHORTAGES, THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE FOR: A Remedy for the Federally Funded Physician Shortage — Raising or eliminating the cap on residency spots can make all the difference. Maybe find another mechanism? Somehow we managed to have residencies before federal funding, and I doubt that hospitals lose money on residents. Am I wrong?

NO PASARÁN: Déjà Vu All Over Again in the Banana Republic of Biden: No, the Democrats did not run better campaigns; they cheated, as usual.

As Hugh Hewitt says, if it’s not close, they can’t cheat.

NEWS THE WHITE HOUSE CAN USE: Alzheimer’s Experts Offer Tips for ‘Dementia-Friendly’ Homes.

“OOPS:” Oops. Sam Bankman-Fried’s implosion took down Democrats’ second-biggest donor with it as the party gears up to regulate crypto. The CEO of struggling crypto exchange FTX was the party’s second-biggest individual donor in the 2021–2022 election cycle.

Related: The Crypto-Ignorant Person’s Guide To What’s Going On With FTX And Founder Sam Bankman-Fried.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: 1,200 Years of British Royalty in 5 Charts: English, Scots, Brits, plus Nordics, Germans, Slavs, Italians, French, and lots of blood.

OUT ON A LIMB: Former Bernie Sanders Press Secretary Accuses Biden of Using ‘Faulty’ Student-Loan Forgiveness Order for Votes.

Flashback to the New York Sun in August: If It Sounds Like an Election Year Handout, That’s Because It Is.

DEMOCRACY DIES IN POOR HEADLINE CHOICES: Suspected U-Va. gunman had troubled childhood, but then flourished.

—The Washington Post, today.

Might want to rethink this one, fellas:

NOW OUT FROM GARRETT JONES: The Culture Transplant: How Migrants Make the Economies They Move To a Lot Like the Ones They Left.

HOW IT STARTED: These experts don’t think we are in a recession and neither do I.

—Headline at the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post, July 27^th, 2022.

How it’s going: Amazon plans to lay off 10,000 people starting this week — NYT.

—Reuters, today.

NBC NEWS PROJECTS HOUSE MAJORITY CONTROL: “With only a handful of races left to call, NBC News has run the numbers, calculated the odds, and has predicted the final outcome of the battle for the majority in the House of Representatives with 99.5% confidence. ‘Though NBC News cannot project control of the House at this time, the Decision Desk has released its estimate for the U.S. House of Representatives as a whole, which reflects the most probable outcome for partisan control,’ the network reports.”

Exit quote: “219 seats may not be much, but I’ll take it.”

UPDATE: Especially when it brings headlines such as this: Biden Kisses Codifying Roe v. Wade Goodbye.

(Updated and bumped.)

COMMANDER SALAMANDER: “Hoist the Flag and Sound the Trumpet:” are we ready now? “Following is an address delivered by Claude Berube, PhD in which he was asked to address the issue of readiness for war at the Annual Congress of the Naval Order of the United States. I asked him to make it available here.”

Flashback: Is it time for a big fleet of small ships?

RATIONAL ARGUMENTS VS. DIVERSITY STATEMENTS–CAN REASON WIN? At NC State, the answer seems to be, yeah, maybe. However, even irrational oppositon to DEI statements is quite warranted, given their record.

BLACK FRIDAY DEAL: Hamilton Beach FlexBrew Trio 2-Way Coffee Maker. #CommissionEarned

READER FAVORITE: LEATHERMAN, Rev Pocket Size Multitool. #CommissionEarned