RUSSIAN FORCES ‘FIRE ROCKETS AT SECOND NUCLEAR FACILITY:’ Warning of ‘large-scale ecological disaster’ as missiles hammer Kharkiv physics institute with atomic reactor inside… two days after attack on Zaporizhzhia power plant.

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“SMART DIPLOMACY:” Joe Biden Spits on US Allies to Secure a Deal That Makes No Sense.

The deep commitment to an Iran nuclear deal that makes no sense has me convinced that a lot of people are either being bribed or blackmailed.

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GOOD, IT WAS A STUPID AND OPPRESSIVE POLICY: ‘Cannot impose political viewpoints’: SDSU faculty rescind mandatory land acknowledgement policy. “The vote came on the heels of complaints and legal concerns about the policy. In particular, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education had called it out as a violation of academic freedom.”

SNOWFALLS ARE NOW JUST A THING OF THE PAST:

● Shot: Q&A: Has the IPCC’s bleak warning of climate breakdown been heard? Report by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said half of the world’s people are ‘highly vulnerable.’

—Headline, the Grauniad, yesterday.

● Chaser: President ‘has four years to save Earth.’

—Headline, the Grauniad, January 17^th, 2009.

● Hangover: Artists must confront the climate crisis – we must write as if these are the last days.

—Headline, the Grauniad, November 12^th, 2021.

● The D.T.s: ‘Humiliating:’ 2004 Guardian Report Peddling Climate Doom By 2020 Frozen Out.

The eco-extremists at the liberal Guardian should realize by now that the internet is forever. The outlet freaked out over 17 years ago about a frosty future thanks to a ridiculously inaccurate Pentagon prediction.

The Guardian published a report in 2004 sounding the alarm bells over a “secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs” and obtained by sister newspaper The Observer. Here was the harrowing message, according to The Guardian: “[M]ajor European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a ‘Siberian’ climate by 2020.”

It’s now 2021, and major European cities are still intact and a Reuters report this year flushes The Guardian’s frets about a little ice age in Britain down the toilet. Reuters trumpeted: “Britain’s climate getting warmer, sunnier and wetter – Met Office.” Travel website Touropia has an updated report headlined, “25 Best Cities to Visit in Europe.” Even the waterway-dominated Venice, Italy is No. 17 on the list. Ouch.

—NewsBusters, December 17th, 2021.

You have to give the Grauniad points for keeping at it, though. And yet, I’m keeping all the lights on; if only to do my part: ‘Promise?’ Illustrated warning of what Washington, DC might look like if climate change isn’t addressed backfires:

(Classical reference in headline.)

SEGREGATON NOW, SEGREGATION TOMORROW, SEGREGATION FOREVER: These professors support the ‘progressive stacking’ policy that prioritizes students’ comments based on race.

TRUMP IS VIEWED AS A BIGGER THREAT TO THE ESTABLISHMENT:

GOOD: Hate-Hoaxing Atlanta Rioters Who Tried to Frame Trump Supporters Convicted. I pretty much start with the assumption that all “hate” is a hoax nowadays. Just playing the odds based on recent history . . .

AS ALWAYS, LIFE IMITATES SCTV: “Russia Too Big To Be Isolated:” Kremlin On Sanctions By US, Europe.

Is true! Just look how many countries fit into the mighty colossus that is the Soviet Union!

TRENT TELENKO: Ukraine Thread Part 3 – Day Eight of the Russian Column Held Hostage.

ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE WATERMELONS: GREEN ON THE OUTSIDE, RED ON THE INSIDE.

Related: The Hill:. Investigate Russia’s covert funding of US anti-fossil fuel groups.

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EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: White House Report Card: Biden divides more as he calls for unity.

This week’s White House Report Card finds President Joe Biden winning praise from his fans for renewing the call for unity and mockery from his critics who just don’t buy it.

In his first State of the Union address, the president presented a “unity agenda” that his supporters praised and hoped would lay the groundwork for a comeback for the Democrats and president. He called it “a unity agenda for the nation. We can do these things. It’s within our power. And I don’t see a partisan edge” to its elements.

Critics, however, seized on the more hypocritical elements of his speech and agenda that included, for example, calling for a stronger border with Mexico and bragging on the economy, both of which they see as Biden-created disasters.

Well, only because they are.

SETH BARRETT TILLMAN: The New York Times and Trump: The Same As It Ever Was. “A prosecutor’s revealing confidential grand jury testimony material is, at least, civil contempt of court, if not criminal contempt of court. [See .] One might think that Bragg’s, Pomerantz’s, Dunne’s, their underlings’ or colleagues’, or some judge’s or judicial staff person’s disclosing confidential prosecutorial deliberations and the nature of what information was put before a grand jury was itself the story—or, at least, a story (among others) worth exploring. But, no, that would require some introspection. And we cannot have that at The New York Times.”

UPDATE: From the comments: “It’s hilariously ironic that rich, white, liberal Manhattan voters elected a district attorney who thinks criminals shouldn’t have to go to jail – and now he isn’t going to prosecute Trump, the one guy rich, white, liberal Manhattan voters absolutely despise!”

DON’T GO FULL ‘LIBERTY CABBAGE’ ON RUSSIA:

● Russian soprano Anna Netrebko out at the Met Opera.

● Quebec Restaurant removes word ‘poutine’ from menu to protest Putin’s war in Ukraine.

● Stolichnaya vodka rebrands as Stoli to distance itself from Russia.

(Classical reference in headline.)

THE #RESISTANCE IS EVERYWHERE: This gas station removes 5 or 6 Joe Biden “I did that” stickers from their gas pumps every single day.

Plus: “In the name of inclusion, we also have another sticker which is just perfect for Womxn History Month:”

Related:

Plus:

MISSING THE TARGET: “Well-meaning retailers across the US and in parts of Europe have been taking vodka brands like Smirnoff and Stolichnaya off the shelves in solidarity with Ukraine, even though those brands no longer have any connection to Russia. Indeed, Stolichnaya went to the trouble of publicly announcing over the weekend that it was definitively NOT a Russian product and was instead a Luxembourg-registered company that makes its spirit in Latvia. . . . The other big “Russian” vodka, Smirnoff, hasn’t been actually Russian since founder Pyotr Smirnov’s son Vladimir legged it from Russia during the 1917 October revolution, which brought the Bolsheviks to power. These days it is part of the Diageo stable and distilled in at least a dozen countries.”

Related: Congratulations, You’re Already Boycotting Russian Vodka. I buy Kore Vodka from Knoxville’s own Post Modern Spirits Distilling when I can get it, or Lukosowa from Poland, or Wheatley. Though I’m not a huge vodka guy in general, unlike certain cobloggers.

WORLD WAR III IS NOT ONLY STRANGER THAN WE IMAGINE; IT IS STRANGER THAN WE CAN IMAGINE: Ukraine: Transgender women weep as authorities classify them as ‘men’ who must stay and fight.

COLLUSION: Alleged Russian Spy Worked For U.S. Government News Agency.

Gonzalez’s previously unreported work could raise concerns that he used his VOA position to collect intelligence for Russia. If Gonzalez is indeed a Russian spy, it would lend credence to concerns raised by Michael Pack, who oversaw VOA during the Trump administration. Pack came under fire from Democrats when he said VOA was “a great place to put a foreign spy” given the agency’s lax security standards. VOA staffers and others in the media accused Pack of undermining the agency and putting its journalists at risk.

Poland’s internal security agency said Friday that Gonzalez was “conducting his business for Russia while taking advantage of his journalist status.” The counterintelligence agency said Gonzalez collected information for Russia’s spy service during his recent stay in Poland and that he planned to continue his activities in war torn Ukraine.

But Trump.

XI’S GOTTA HAVE IT! Apple investors vote for ‘civil rights audit’ but reject China forced labor proposal.

TWITTER THREAD ON 2020 AND ITS AFTERMATH: “The Democrats saw an opportunity with the emergence of Covid to crush a roaring economy under a president they didn’t like. So they, & their base, did everything in their power to impose crushing restrictions on small businesses…Locking people up at home not only tanked the economy & drove up prices, it completely disrupted the global manufacturing & supply chain that was in place. You can’t just flip that on and off like a light switch.”

Read the whole thing; it’s tough to argue with, based on the healthcare profession’s pivot in the summer of 2020…

● NPR: Dozens of public health and disease experts have signed an open letter in support of the nationwide anti-racism protests. “White supremacy is a lethal public health issue that predates and contributes to COVID-19,” they wrote.

● ‘Did I miss the memo?’: Hospital workers in full PPE applaud George Floyd protesters as they march past.

…And the more recent pivot by the DNC-MSM, such at the Atlantic. The change is subtle, but see if you can spot the difference in tone between the first two and last two headlines:

● Parents Are Losing Their Minds Over Masks in Schools.

—Atlantic headline, August 18th, 2021.

● Mask Mandates Don’t Need to Make Sense.

—Atlantic headline, February 20, 2022.

● Now Is as Good a Time as There’ll Ever Be to Leave Your Pandemic Bubble.

—Atlantic headline, March 3rd, 2022.

● Speech Therapy Shows the Difficult Tradeoffs of Wearing Masks.

—Atlantic headline, March 2, 2022.

As Ace of Spades writes, at the start of a lengthy post on that last headline, “The masking mandates that the corrupt US and state and local governments forced on children, under pressure from the corrupt teachers unions have imposed developmental disorders on children that they may never recover from. The early years of development are critical ones. You don’t get those back. These are critical years of development in which children’s brains are wired to rewire themselves like crazy. Their brains will reconfigure themselves during these years like in no other point in their lives, ever. There is no ‘Do Over’ switch on a child’s formative years.”

THE BLESSING (LIKE YOU’VE NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE): Regardless where you are on spiritual issues, this soaring symphonic rendition on HillFaith of “The Blessing” by the Passion City Church is likely to be one.

After all, it’s Sunday, so let yourself enjoy a beautiful musical performance to help clear the mind and prepare for the week ahead. And if you are curious about the origins of “The Blessing,” the C.S. Lewis Institute has it.

WHO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE, CANADA? Russia’s crackdown on free press and speech intensifies.

IT IS QUITE STUNNING: How the west marshaled a stunning show of unity against Russia. “The shock of Russia’s invasion led Germany to discard six decades of military-averse policy rooted in its own wartime experience. Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the Germans would ship Ukraine 1,000 shoulder-launched antitank rockets, 500 surface-to-air Stinger missiles and 2,700 Soviet-era shoulder-fired missiles — as well as embark on a mammoth, $110 billion rearming program at home.”