EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Fraternal Order of Police: ‘Enough is enough,’ blames politicians and prosecutors for attacks on police.

BECAUSE OF COURSE: The Taliban Imposes Even More Restrictions on Women in Afghanistan.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Home Sales Tumble for Tenth Straight Month as Americans Face Mortgage Rate Surge.

JONATHAN TURLEY: J6 committee case a triumph of hope over experience, evidence, and … a case.

Kangaroo courts gonna kangaroo court.

BEEGE WELBORN, RETIRED MARINE: The Marine Corps may do WOKE what?! “Suddenly, laughing at the Woke Words idiots at Stanford, Brandeis and CalPoly isn’t so funny anymore.”

HMM: Chip Roy Explains Why the ‘Swamp GOP’ Is Working With Democrats Instead of Republicans.

NEW YEAR SALE is here. #CommissionEarned

PODCAST:  Here’s the podcast I did on my “Agenda for Congress.”

THE SECOND AMENDMENT: A Response to Saul Cornell. “Cornell’s argument is more ad hominem than responsive. . . . Nor has Cornell done the kind of archival research necessary to support his claims.”

AN INSTANT HOLIDAY CLASSIC: You Have to Watch Rand Paul’s ‘Twas the Week Before Christmas.’

THE QUESTION IS, WHY IS EVERYONE IN WASHINGTON SO AFRAID OF DONALD TRUMP?

As an outsider with little understanding of the inner workings of government, he should have been easy to manage. Instead they set out to utterly destroy him. The fear has always been palpable but why? What were they afraid he’d do, or find out, or make public?

I mean, can it really all be just about status anxiety?

THEY BLAME THE PEOPLE FOR THE TORTURE INFLICTED ON THE PEOPLE:  German Officials Blame Gas Shortage on Consumers, warn “People Will Feel the Cost of The Energy Crisis Hard”.

WE TEND TO THINK OF A LOT OF THINGS AS PRIVATE TRAGEDIES, OR THAT IT’S ONLY HAPPENING TO US, BUT:  Everything Is Broken.

BUT THEY JOINED THE SEARCH FOR POWER, SO THERE’S THAT:  The Wuhan panic underlines how scientists have abandoned the search for truth.

ANYONE WHO HAS EVER WORKED WITH COMPUTERS OR BEEN CLOSE TO SOMEONE WHO DID KNOWS MACHINE VOTING ISN’T SECURE:  The Problem With Voting Machine Certification In Arizona.

One day. Paper ballots. Purple fingers.

IT’S THIS ADMINISTRATION’S SMALL CONTRIBUTION TO CHINA AND RUSSIA:  A Fool’s Game on Climate.

Okay, I lie. Big contribution. By putting us at the mercy of Russian oil and Chinese production. Bah.

SHE IS QUITE GOOD AT A CERTAIN TYPE OF WORK. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING VP:  Kamala Harris: Work in Progress Or Piece Of Work?

TBF some backward “world leaders” might enjoy her oral prowess, but seriously…..

SHE NEEDS TO SUE THE PANTS OFF THEM:  Mom Kicked Out of Rockettes Show Because of Where She Works.

I GUESS WE’LL FIND OUT HOW MUCH RUIN THERE IS IN A NATION:  Omnibus Bill Puts Coal in Stockings for Christmas.

JUDGING BY HOW SICK EVERYONE I KNOW HAS GOTTEN THIS LAST YEAR, YEAH, IT’S THE LOCKDOWNS:  ‘Tripledemic’ Leading to Shortage of Children’s Pain Medications.

IS IT THE SEVENTIES? HAVE WE LEARNED NOTHING FROM THE SEVENTIES? “RETURNING” LANDS TO PEOPLE WHO WILL DESTROY THEM IS STUPID:  Alarms Sounding Over British Return of Indian Ocean Islands, Including One with Important U.S. Naval Base.

It is also a stupid 20th century idea. Never has there been a rewind button on history, and conquerors don’t just ‘give back’ lands.  If they did where would the chain end? The story of humanity is a story of conquest and colonialism. It’s how civilization spread and grew.

OF COURSE THEY DID:  #TwitterFiles Part 7 – FBI and DOJ Worked To Discredit Reports of Hunter Biden’s Foreign Business Dealings.

WELL, THEY SHOULDN’T GIVE INCENTIVES. THEY ENCOURAGE MISALLOCATION OF RESOURCES:  California Regulators Make Controversial Move to Reduce Incentives to Homeowners with Solar Panels.

TRUE:

OPEN THREAD: Play nice, kids.