FRONTIERS IN HIBERNATION: Arctic squirrels may hold key to helping astronauts survive on long missions.

UH, EVERYTHING? Did You Notice What’s Ironic About the Dems’ Fears Over the House GOP Investigating the FBI?

IF YOU HAD ANY DOUBT WHO WAS IN CHARGE AT THE BORDER: No One Crosses Unlawfully From Mexico Without Working With Cartels, Former Border Patrol Chief Says. “They’re either directly paying the cartels or the cartels are controlling their movements for another benefit, meaning to systematically overwhelm Border Patrol, create a gap in the border security, and then bring the narcotics across.”

DISPARATE IMPACT: Consider the white supremacy of requiring cooks to switch from gas to electric.

EVERYBODY ON THE LEFT LIED ABOUT HIS TRUE CONDITION: ‘Fit to Serve’ John Fetterman Remains Hospitalized. “On Thursday, another stroke was officially ruled out. However, he is now being monitored for signs of other issues, including a seizure.”

DEAL OF THE DAY: Rechargeable LED Flashlights. #CommissionEarned

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Florida Poised to Become 26th Constitutional Carry State.

IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS IT WAS RUDE TO BRING UP BECAUSE IT MIGHT COST DEMOCRATS AN ELECTION: Everybody Knew John Fetterman Was Unfit for Office: Literally everybody. Evvvvvvvvverybody.

“Oh, and once again for any Democrats unlucky enough to be reading this: John Fetterman does not suffer from a hearing disability. It’s a cognitive disability. The stroke damaged his brain. He can hear the sounds you’re making, but he can’t decipher them into words. Not that you care about his well-being. You just wanted another rubber stamp, you ghouls.”

THE ABUSE NEVER SEEMS TO END: ‘Detransitioners’ Are Being Abandoned By Medical Professionals Who Devastated Their Bodies And Minds.

THE CASE AGAINST COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SELECTIVITY. I did not expect this to make such a good case. I am not sure if I remain unpersuaded because it’s unpersuasive or just because I am insufficiently open-minded on the issue.

As a counterpoint, Mark Bauerlein (one of the new trustees at the New College of Florida) makes the case for selectivity, but of the traditional kind, not what colleges practice now.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The Mess of an Address. “What could a president possibly tell a nation when he entered office inheriting a 1.4% inflation rate only to spike it to 7%? How did Americans’ 30-year mortgages of 2.7% soar to 6.5% in less than two years?”

JUSTICE?:  California man found “not guilty” of DUI by a jury of his peers on the ground that he was acting out of necessity.  He had been caught cheating on his wife and needed to escape two angry women.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: US credit-card debt increased by the most in 20 years. “More consumers are now relying on credit cards to get by, which has helped propel total credit card debt to $930 billion in the third quarter, just shy of the all-time record, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Credit card balances climbed more than 15% from a year earlier, the largest annual jump in more than 20 years.”

IT’S COME TO THIS: Applicants for university’s janitor job openings required to submit DEI statement.

NOT SO SECRET, REALLY: Prof. Ellwanger: These are the secret aims of anti-racism statements.

ROBERT SPENCER: Resurgent ISIS Calls on Muslims to Kill Jews, Reveals Overlooked Aspect of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

SHOCKER: Rutgers went on DEI spending spree before governor’s demand for financial transparency.

I CERTAINLY HOPE NOT: ChatGPT AI predicts 2nd American Civil War — Probability ‘Is Actually 100%.’

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Rogue FBI Extremist Fever Dream Is Worried About Traddy Catholics at Latin Masses. “Of course, anti-Catholic bigotry is not only condoned, but also rampant on the left. It’s practically encouraged. The Roman Church is Public Enemy Number One because of its unwavering stance on abortion.”

DON SURBER: Biden’s Sanctions Backfired.

JEFF GOLDSTEIN: If Representative Lauren Boebert didn’t exist, the Democrats would have to invent her. And they often do.

WELL: Cuomo: southern states were right about immigration.

CLOWARD AND PIVEN MARVEL AT THE BIDEN CABAL’S INGENUITY: ‘Not A Sustainable Model’: AZ Hospital ‘On Brink Of Collapse’ After Spending $20 Million On Migrants.

PRIORITIES: FBI Headquarters Purges Leaked Intelligence Document Targeting ‘Radical-Traditionalist Catholics.’

TO BE FAIR, SLOW JOE PROBABLY DOESN’T REMEMBER WHAT HE HAD FOR BREAKFAST, MUCH LESS WHAT HE DID IN THE NINETIES: Sen. Rick Scott: “In my plan, I suggested the following: All federal legislation sunsets in five years. If a law is worth keeping, Congress can pass it again.”

“Biden’s jab” was “instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some Republicans, some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset.”

I’d avoid the metaphor “jab.” Clearly, the reference is to boxing. A quick, sharp blow. But “jab” has been such an important word in the delivery of the vaccine, and there, somehow, it’s supposed to signify that it won’t hurt at all.

BUT: Yahoo News says: “President Biden, while still a senator for Delaware, introduced legislation to sunset all federal programs, including Social Security and Medicare…. Biden doubled down on his legislation in the ’90s, saying on the Senate floor that his bill would affect Social Security…. ‘When I argued that we should freeze federal spending, I meant Social Security, as well,’ Biden said. ‘I meant Medicare and Medicaid. I meant veterans’ benefits. I meant every single solitary thing in the federal government…. And I not only tried it once, I tried it twice, I tried it a third time, and I tried it a fourth time.”

To be fair to Biden, we should note that he must know the meaning of Scott’s proposal, since he himself embraced it and, presumably, understood what it meant.

Again, that’s giving his mentation too much credit at this point.