BE PREPARED: Augason Farms Breakfast and Dinner Variety Pail Emergency Food Supply Everyday Meals 4 Gallon Pail. #CommissionEarned

21st CENTURY HEADLINES: Elon Musk, urged by Ukraine to provide his Starlink satellite internet to the embattled country, responds later in the day by doing exactly that.

FLASHBACK: Tested: 1991 GMC Syclone vs. Ferrari 348ts.

The funny thing is, the supercar stats of 30 years ago seem awfully weak sauce today.

EU BANS RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT, STATE MEDIA IN SWEEPING NEW SANCTIONS: “‘The state-owned Russia Today and Sputnik, and their subsidiaries, will no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin’s war,’ [European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen] added. ‘We are developing tools to ban their toxic and harmful disinformation in Europe.’”

NEWS YOU CAN USE: The safest ways to store gasoline. “Please do not pump gasoline directly into a plastic bag, we’re begging you.” What can I say, that’s good advice.

DON’T GET COCKY: Biden dooms Democrats as SOTU and midterm elections loom, new poll shows.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: IUDs are about as effective as tubal ligation for birth control, study shows.

BIDEN SAYS HE’S MADE EVERYTHING AWESOME, BUT AMERICANS HAVE A ‘PSYCHOLOGICAL’ ISSUE WITH BEING HAPPY:

Just when you think Joe Biden can’t possibly say anything more ridiculous than the last time, he proves you wrong. Lesson: Never underestimate our intrepid president and his ability to stoop to new lows of silliness, causing you to spit your liquid refreshment all over your computer screen. Or wherever. No, really.

The latest hysterical case in point, which was posted to Twitter on Saturday by our friends at the Republican National Committee, speaks for itself, but I can’t stop myself from transcribing the damn thing.

Ready? This — with a Barney Fife-like straight face, mind you:

There’s a phenomenal negative psychological impact that COVID has had [COVID! Of course!] on the public psyche. And so you have an awful lot of people who are, notwithstanding the fact that things have gotten so better for them economically, uh, that they are thinking, but, how do you get up in the morning feeling happy? Happy that everything’s alright.

Here’s Joe, America.

Biden claims he's made things better but people are “psychologically” unable to "feel happy." pic.twitter.com/AxgSGBvgZa

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 26, 2022

Earlier:

● Biden pauses new oil and gas leases amid legal battle over cost of climate change.

● Fed’s favorite inflation gauge up 5.2% for biggest annual gain since 1983.

● VP Kamala Harris admits a ‘level of malaise’ in US over COVID, gets compared to Jimmy Carter.

● Is failure a byproduct or an aim of Democratic policy?

Embrace the healing power of “and.”

I REMEMBER WHEN SAYING THIS COUNTED AS “SPREADING MISINFORMATION.” Repurposing FDA-approved drugs may help combat COVID-19.

HMM: Biden’s Supreme Court Pick Faces Array of Ethics Questions: A conflict of interest could trigger recusal from landmark affirmative action case.

DEPEND UPON IT, SIR; WHEN A MAN KNOWS THE MIDTERMS ARE IN NOVEMBER, IT CONCENTRATES HIS MIND WONDERFULLY: CDC Discovers New Masking Science Right in Time for Biden’s State of the Union.

BIDEN VOTERS POSTING THEIR L’S ONLINE: Economic concerns hurt Biden’s approval, keep Democrats in peril ahead of midterms: Poll. “A career-low 37% of Americans approve of Biden’s job performance overall, with 55% disapproving. That includes just 30% approval among political independents and 10% from Republicans. Even in his own party, nearly a quarter of Democrats either disapprove of Biden (19%) or are withholding judgment (4%),” ABC reports.

TRUMP BLAMES BIDEN’S WEAKNESS FOR EMBOLDENING RUSSIA, SOUNDS ALARM ON DOMESTIC DECLINE.

UKRAINE FORMING FOREIGN LEGION WHILE RUSSIA OFFERS TALKS, THREATENS NUKES.

Related: Demented Putin Angry The Invasion Going Slow Adds Nukes To Possible Attacks.

BIDEN’S PROBLEM FOR THE STATE OF THE UNION: A friend comments that Biden isn’t getting the expected “scary times” bounce in the polls because Zelensky is making him — and every other Western leader — look weak by comparison. Also, the obvious moves to announce on Tuesday would be a boost in defense spending, and a raft of policy moves (expanded fracking, leases on federal land, Keystone pipeline approval, expanded nuclear power, etc.) designed to deprive Putin of his energy leverage. But the Democratic base would hate those moves, sensible as they are. So he’s kinda stuck. The smart thing to do would be to tell the crazy base to buzz off, but today’s Dems seem incapable of that.

GOOD: Ukrainian “go f*** yourself” soldiers may be alive. But a reminder that early war reports are often wrong.

GET IN SHAPE: 100 No-Equipment Workouts Vol. 1: Easy to Follow Home Workout Routines with Visual Guides for all Fitness Levels. #CommissionEarned

EXCEPT WHEN YOU’RE TEACHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY, OF COURSE, THEN IT’S ABSOLUTE: Academic freedom has limits inside the classroom, law professor says.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: 2+2=5? Bill Gates funnels $1 MILLION to push ‘math is racist’ narrative.

WELL: Putin Puts Nuclear Deterrent on ‘Special Alert.’

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