FROM PATRICK CHILES:  Interstellar Medic: The Long Run.

#CommissionEarned

Being a paramedic is a tough job; it’s tougher when you stumble onto a crashed alien spacecraft.

Melanie Mooney thought she was just doing her job when she came upon an unusual accident in the deep woods late one night. Acting alone, what she found was nothing like she’d expected. What followed was even more unexpected.

Recruited by emissaries of a galaxy-spanning civilization, Melanie is thrust into a world she thought only existed in supermarket tabloids. As the first human in the Galactic Union Medical Corps, she cares for extraterrestrials in desperate need of a medic who can ignore the fact that they’re nothing like any patient she’s ever seen, even on their best days. And in emergency medicine, it’s a given that every patient is having the worst day of their life.

Each run takes her deeper into the galaxy and farther from home, navigating alien cultures that only get weirder with each call. It will take all of Melanie’s experience, instinct, and grit to prove herself—and the rest of humanity—to be worthy of the Union. That’s a lot to put on a woman who’d just like to end the day with a cheeseburger and a cold beer.

I ASSUME THAT’S THE GOAL: Biden’s climate change reparations will bankrupt America: The reparations regime will only aid the wealthy and privileged, not those most in need.

UH UH:  Limited Hangout?:  Moderna Scientists Acknowledge Lipid Nanoparticles in mRNA Shots Present ‘Toxicity Concerns’.

NOT WITH BRITAIN’S TAX RATES!  80-Year-Old ‘Monty Python’ Star Eric Idle Says He’s Still Working When Fans Claim He Must Be Rich After Franchise Fame: “People Always Assume We’re Loaded”.

CHASER:  Confused Biden looks lost as he wanders behind podium, stares at the floor as Jordan’s King Abdullah II speaks.

IF THEY THOUGHT HE COULD PASS IT THEY’D HAVE HIM TAKE IT:  Defiant White House says Biden won’t take cognitive test — despite damning Hur report and worried voters.

FEEL-GOOD STORY OF THE DAY?  3 multimillion-dollar homes teetering on edge of California cliff after landslide, footage shows.

HE’S BEEN IRRELEVANT SO LONG HE’S LOST TRACK OF “THAT WHICH MUST NOT BE QUESTIONED”:   Jon Stewart ‘totally pissed off’ left-leaning viewers in ‘Daily Show’ return for questioning Biden’s mental fitness.

CHASER:  Read Tony Bobulinski’s blistering impeachment testimony: ‘The Biden family business was Joe Biden, period’.

THEY’VE BEEN SHOVELING BIDEN-LITTER OVER THIS FOR SO LONG IT’S OLD NEWS NOW:  Ex-Biden biz associate says China successfully sought to infiltrate and compromise WH, Biden ‘enabled’ CCP-linked transactions.

TO BE FAIR, ERIC HAS A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS ER… CLIENTS IN DUBAI:  Swalwell campaign continues lavish spending, including at 5-star Dubai resort, luxury car service, yachts.

A WORTHY GOAL:  Lawsuit seeks to keep government out of quashing speech business.

MARXISTS HATE THE FREE MARKET:  Joe Biden’s Super Bowl Video About Shrinkflation Mirrored Elizabeth Warren’s From Last Week.

PUNISHED FOR DISSENTING FROM THE NARRATIVE:  Mark Steyn and the anatomy of a stitch-up.

OKAY, DEEP BREATH. REMEMBER THOUGH IT’S NOT VERY COMMON, IT’S ENDEMIC IN THE WEST:  Oregon Reports First Human Bubonic Plague Case in Nearly 10 Years.

We once had a dead squirrel in our yard in CO, and you’re supposed to report it. They’re supposed to pick them up for tracking. Nope. No one official would pick it up. “It’s Manitou Springs. We’ll assume it’s the plague.” “Okay, that’s nice, but what about my cats getting near.” “Don’t let them.”  I ended up handling it with a very long shovel.

CAN ISRAEL APPEAL TO THE UN ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA’S GENOCIDAL MASSACRE OF WHITE FARMERS?  South Africa Appeals To UN-Run ‘World Court’ to Block Israel’s Military Operation Against Hamas Terrorists in Rafah.

BRITAIN NEEDS TO GET BETTER AT NON-CONTROLLED INFORMATION:  Four years on.

YEP. THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT NOT TO THINK:  It’s a feature of leftist academia, not a bug.

WELL…. I WOULDN’T DISCOUNT IT:  Russia collusion hoax was initiated by the CIA: Michael Shellenberger. [VIDEO]

OPEN THREAD: For you.

HAPPY 74th BIRTHDAY, PETER GABRIEL: “I may just keep going…” Peter Gabriel interviewed.

Here’s Britain’s South Bank Show from 1982, in which Gabriel explains how he recorded Security, his fourth album, with its radical soundscapes and textures, utilizing many then-new techniques that became de rigueur in ’80s recording:

THE NEW SPACE RACE: How NASA’s moon landing with Intuitive Machines will help pave the way for Artemis astronaut missions.

GREAT MOMENTS IN ELECTION INTEGRITY: Megachurch Shooter, an Alien Who Should Have Been Deported, Likely Voted in 2020 Election.

AN ACTUAL “UNEXPECTEDLY” MOMENT FROM CNBC: Prices rose more than expected in January as inflation won’t go away.

Milton Friedman’s revenge rolls on.

HOW IT STARTED: California Government Has Now Banned Travel to 26 States.

—Fodor’s Travel, July 18th, 2023.

How it’s going: LAT survey: Half of Republicans believe California ‘not really American.’

—KTLA 5, today.