SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED:  Nikki Haley’s NH campaign director lobbied for ‘dark money’ Biden backers in 2020 election.

IT IS INDEED A MYSTERY, IF YOUR HEAD IS SO FAR UP YOUR BEHIND YOU CAN’T SEE DAYLIGHT:  An NYT writer says it is ‘Morning in America’ under Biden. I wonder why Americans don’t seem to agree.

And the NYT usually employs those.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED:  Harvard University’s antisemitism taskforce appointee is (wait for it) an antisemite.

IT’S MUCH EASIER THAN REAL SCIENCE:  A world under the spell of pseudo science.

UNEXPECTEDLY (THE PROBLEMS WERE SUPPOSED TO STAY IN TEXAS AND ITS NEIGHBORS):  NYC neighborhood turned into giant toilet as migrants litter park with poop, leave cups of urine on ‘doorsteps’.

LIKE AN IMAX:  The Art of Projection: Obama ‘Wingman’ Eric Holder Claims Trump Will Use DOJ to Prosecute Political Opponents.

BECAUSE POSTING “IT’S OKAY TO BE WHITE” WAS CONSIDERED A RACIST, WHITE SUPREMACIST CAMPAIGN: Why Can Jews Attack Antisemitism But No One Denounces Hatred Against Whites?

Note that I think Jews are right to defend themselves. I also think it’s time to stop with all the anti-white crap. Racism is racism, no matter at whom it’s directed. And government has no business having a favorite race.

BECAUSE LECTURING PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR SKIN COLOR IS THE NEW LEFTY HOTNESS:  Univ. Wisconsin Law School Forcing Students To Endure Racist DEI Reeducation.

NO, IT WON’T. IT WILL MAKE IT MORE BLOODY MORE PROTRACTED AND INFINITELY WORSE:  Johns Hopkins Says Gun-Control Will Prevent Second Civil War.

IT’S AFRAID:  WEF Round-Up: Censorship, AI, & Fear of Trump Dominate Davos.

WELL, IT’S THE WAPO AFTER ALL: “Ironically, the top comments over there are about how Republicans are fundamentally flawed human beings.”

AH YES. THE “PATRIOT FRONT”.  WONDER IF THEY ARRIVED IN U-HAULS AGAIN: The Feds aint fooling anyone.

The question is: How dumb do they have to be to think they are?  Note, pants from government supplier, and not cheap.  One of the guys tries to mix it up by…. having white laces on the cop boots.  Those jackets, too. (VertX?) Yeah. Did they grab a bunch of FBI and tell them this was mandatory “fun”.  Boy Scout troops have trouble looking that uniform.

But hey now they can tell idiots that “The right are anti-Semites too.”  Their problem? Only true idiots believe them. And idiots are already voting for Brandon.

Look, it’s not even that they try psy-ops against the American people, who are paying for all those matching clothes? No. That’s outrageous enough. But the insult of thinking we’d believe it, that is hard to swallow.

All together now, sing it with me “If he wears high-end khakis, he’s a fed; If he covers up his face, he is a fed; if his hair is high and tight he is a fed…”

Hey, FBI!  Befehl ist Befehl didn’t work before. And it will fail to work again. Remember that. You know better, and you should be ashamed of yourselves.

OPEN THEAD: How are you doin’?

THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA study: clean, space-based solar power beaming is possible.

SCIENCE MUNCHES ON: Scientists Think They’ve Figured Out How Cannabis Triggers The Munchies.

GO FIGURE:

Sending Iran money is not working.https://t.co/t1tI3qWr0H

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) January 20, 2024

THE DOWNSIDE IS, WE’LL ALL BE LIVING IN HUTS HEATED WITH DUNG FIRES: A Greener Tomorrow: U.S. Utilities on Track To Be 100% Renewable by 2060. But it’s for Gaia!

GOT WOKE, WENT….: Sports Illustrated’s Publisher Lays Off Entire Staff. Future Unclear.

Authentic’s move to terminate Arena’s license and Arena’s eliminating SI’s staff signals a shift in the company that operates SI, weeks after Manoj Bhargava, the founder of 5-Hour Energy, introduced himself to employees of Arena, including SI, as their new leader. Since then, Authentic has had exploratory conversations with and reached out to multiple parties about the possibility of taking over Arena’s role with SI, industry sources with knowledge of the situation tell FOS.

It’s unclear whether Authentic will indeed pursue the path of establishing a new operator or will now allow Arena to renegotiate its current deal. Sources tell FOS, though, that Authentic’s goal is to move the process along as quickly as possible. One way or another, says one insider, “Authentic will see Sports Illustrated through a necessary evolution.”

SI, meanwhile, has struggled to find its financial foothold in the digital age, culminating in a November report that suggested its website had published AI-generated reviews without disclosure. That fiasco was followed by a head-scratching town hall in December led by Bhargava with SI and other Arena employees that spanned more than 90 minutes and during which Bhargava said, “No one is important. I am not important. … The amount of useless stuff you guys do is staggering.” Bhargava’s Simplify Inventions agreed to purchase roughly 65% of Arena in August, a $50 million deal.

Mile markers on the road to SI’s implosion:

● Valentina Sampaio is first transgender Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model.

● Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue to Feature 56-Year-Old, Plus Sized, and Bald Finalists.

● Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Embraces #MeToo Era.

● Halima Aden Makes History as the First Model to Wear a Hijab and Burkini in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

Or as America’s Newspaper of Record reported last year: Dad Punishes Misbehaving Son By Giving Him Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

UPDATE: Sports Illustrated: Mass Layoffs Edition.

MORE: As America’s Newspaper of Record reports: ‘I Just Don’t Know Where We Went Wrong,’ Contemplates Sports Illustrated Executive In Front Of Framed Covers Of Obese, Trans Swimsuit Models.

(Updated and bumped.)

GET WOKE, GO BROKE: 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning Production Cut as Bronco, Ranger Production Soars. “The growth rate for electric vehicle adoption has recently been in something of a lull.”

Their appeal has become more . . . selective.

SEXISM IS EVERYWHERE: Women with alcohol-linked fatty liver disease face greater death risk than men.

READER FAVORITE: Yes4All High-Frequency Elastic Fitness Bar for Toning Muscles. #CommissionEarned

WELL, GOOD: Scientists discover first therapeutic target for preserving heart function in patients with pulmonary hypertension.

IT’S A START:

According to Houthi Sources, a Senior Houthi Official alongside 2 Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran were Killed earlier today in a U.S. Airstrike against a Missile Launch Site in the Al-Bayda Governorate of Western Yemen.

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) January 20, 2024

UNEXPECTEDLY! Ford cuts F-150 Lightning production as EV demand softens.

And: Ford Says It’s Committed to V-8 Mustangs Regardless of What Others Do. “If we’re the only one on the planet making a V-8 affordable sports car for everyone in the world, so be it.”

UPDATE: Electric Vehicles Enter the ‘Total Failure’ Phase of Their Existence.

YOU CAN’T GET IT HERE: First Drive: Toyota’s $10,000 Pickup Truck Is Perfect. So, Why Are We Sad? This Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Series lookalike is a no-frills, cost-reduced Hilux flatbed/pickup optimized for lower-GDP markets.