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MASS TRANSIT CANNOT COMPETE WITH PRIVATE AUTOS: There is a reason and it is spelled f-r-e-e-d-o-m.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: “Safe streets worker” (replacing police) gunned down in Baltimore.

MORE CHIP ONSHORING, PLEASE: Intel’s new chip-making “mega-site” in Ohio could house up to 8 factories.

FASTER, PLEASE: Using a bacteriophage to successfully treat a patient infected with a drug-resistant bacteria.

BUILD BACK BRANDON: Families of US Embassy personnel in Ukraine ordered to begin evacuating as soon as Monday: officials.

I hope this ends better than Biden’s previous foreign policy debacle: Biden doubles down on Afghanistan withdrawal, snaps over question about horrific scenes. “And when Stephanopoulos tried to ask Biden about the horrific scenes of people clinging to and falling from departing US airplanes, the president grew combative. ‘We’ve all seen the pictures. We’ve seen those hundreds of people packed in a C-17. We’ve seen Afghans falling –’ ‘That was four days ago, five days ago!’ Biden cut Stephanopoulos, even though the images were taken on Monday.”

LOTS OF TEEN TRUCK DRIVERS IN THE ARMY: US to allow teens to become truck drivers to combat supply chain issues.

It might also be useful to pay drivers more, and to reduce the regulatory load the federal government has imposed.

CHANGE:

I never expected CNN to destroy Biden in one minute, yet here we are. This is pure fire pic.twitter.com/hrKvLLoqqI

— Kambree (@KamVTV) January 21, 2022

WHOOPI GOLDBERG CLAIMS ‘BLACK PEOPLE STILL ARE WHERE WE WERE UNDER THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.’

Related: “According to Celebrity Net Worth, Goldberg has a net worth of $60 million and her annual salary for The View is estimated to be around $8 million.”

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YOUR CHILDREN BELONG TO THE STATE: Calif. considers bill to allow teens to get vaccinated without parents’ consent.

I DON’T WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER WORD ABOUT GLENN REYNOLDS’ CARBON FOOTPRINT: LAPD investigates Arnold Schwarzenegger car crash after woman is injured when the star rolls his GMC Yukon SUV over a Prius and then onto a Porsche Cayenne after lunch with his son and daughter.

“HELLO, I’M TOM HANKS. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS LOST ITS CREDIBILITY, SO IT’S BORROWING SOME OF MINE:” Ted Cruz Mocks Tom Hanks For Narrating Biden Video, Reminds Him ‘The Simpsons Did It First.’

ENZO ENDED: Mechanic totals $3.4M Ferrari after smashing into tree stump on test drive.

A mechanic totaled a $3.4 million Ferrari when he smashed into a tree stump on a test drive.

The bright red Enzo sports car, one of only 400 made, had two wheels ripped off and may be irreparable.

Local reports suggest a dealership mechanic was behind the wheel. He escaped unhurt but was taken to the hospital for a check-up.

A witness to Tuesday’s smash in Baarn, Netherlands, said: “I think he wanted to turn back to the dealership.”

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Just 400 of the mid-engine dream cars left the Ferrari production line between 2002 and 2004.

The photos are painful to look at; here’s Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason’s Enzo, shortly after delivery, looking much happier:

THE POWER LINE WEEK IN PICTURES: Bye-Bye Biden Edition.

BOB MCMANUS: Pols go soft on crime, and cops pay with their lives.

FUN READING: The Curry Guy: Recreate Over 100 of the Best Indian Restaurant Recipes at Home. #CommissionEarned

BUT IT FITS THE NARRATIVE, WHICH IS WHAT’S IMPORTANT: Some professors work to debunk ‘Native Children Genocide’ narrative.

HIGHER EDUCATION’S CULTURE OF BIGOTRY: EXCLUSIVE: Admissions counselor admits to anti-Republican bias when ‘reviewing college apps.’

What the hell is wrong with Clemson?

IT’S BEEN MADE CLEAR REPEATEDLY THAT THE LEFT WANTS TWO THINGS: CONTROL OF HEALTH CARE, AND THE ABILITY TO DENY HEALTH CARE TO PEOPLE THE LEFT DOESN’T LIKE: It’s a Terrible Idea to Deny Medical Care to Unvaccinated People. “I ran this argument past several ethicists, clinicians, and public-health practitioners. Many of them sympathized with the exasperation and fear behind the sentiment. But all of them said that it was an awful idea—unethical, impractical, and founded on a shallow understanding of why some people remain unvaccinated.”

If you want people to trust that the health care system has their interests at heart, maybe don’t use it like a club, or treat them as subhuman.