WELL, YES: Joel Kotkin: Unhinged Progressives Are A Gift to Trump.

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Merchant: Fani Willis Lied to the Court — And We Have a Witness.

Related: Whistleblowers in Fulton County DA Fani Willis’ office reportedly eager to testify. “As the meeting commenced, Cowsert dropped a bombshell, revealing that multiple whistleblowers within the Fulton County DA’s office have expressed eagerness to testify. They allege misuse of federal and state funds, further escalating the scrutiny surrounding Willis.”

EXPLAINING THINGS:

We’re happy when journalists get laid off because we hate them.
We hate them because they lie to us. https://t.co/7rTWYL4wui

— Larry Correia (@monsterhunter45) February 10, 2024

Related:

They knew.

— Wombat.socho (@wombat_socho) February 10, 2024

OPEN THREAD: It’s Saturday night.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Greece signs Artemis Accords.

PRETTY: Amazing New Photos of Saturn’s Moons Have to Be Seen to Be Believed.

A COUNTEROFFENSIVE IN THE WAR ON FARMERS: Farmers’ Protests Have Erupted Across Europe: Here’s Why.

Related: Spanish Police Scuffle with Farmers, Truck Drivers on Fifth Day of Protests.

Also: Farmers in Italy, Spain and Poland protest over EU policies, demanding action on rising costs.

GOOD NEWS FOR FAT POOCHES: Scientists Discover 2 Strains of Probiotics That Promote Weight Loss in Dogs.

DEREGULATE SUDAFED: Ban of ineffective phenylephrine could affect access to other remedies.

PROF. STEVEN CALABRESI: Donald Trump is the Victim of Selective Prosecution: Trump is the victim of political witch hunts by Democrats suffering from Trump derangement syndrome. “I think Donald Trump is absolutely right on the merits in the four criminal cases which have been brought against him and in the New York State civil fraud case. But, I also think that all five of these legal actions against Trump are nothing less than a political witch hunt that is motivated by political ambition in the two cases brought respectively by New York State Attorney General Letitia James and by District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Trump’s First Amendment rights are being stripped away by discriminatory legal actions brought against him because of his political views in flagrant violation of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause.”

Well, yes.

DAMMIT: Volkswagen’s U.S. Pickup Truck Idea Officially Dead in the Water.

SEXISM FROM THE CHINESE? WHODATHUNKIT? Female ex-exec told she lacked “docility and meekness” sues TikTok: TikTok accused of age, sex discrimination in suit blaming Chinese leadership.

Make them pay.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Research reveals the key to an irresistible online dating profile.

SAME. Teens report stress is biggest reason for drug, alcohol use.

MAKE THEM PAY: UCLA prof suspended after refusing lenient grading for black students demands $19 million-plus in damages.

PUSHBACK: Indiana Senate passes bill restricting tenure for profs who push political views on students, punishing students for disruptive protests.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG:

👻 Ghostwriter tip of the day: If you commit the federal crimes of receiving classified information from your client and trying to destroy the evidence, relax! There's almost no chance you will go to jail if your client is a Democrat. Just follow these steps: (1) Get a good… https://t.co/9ao24qphAy

— Cynthia Yockey (@conservativelez) February 10, 2024

YES:

The regime is signaling https://t.co/ia0kYU9xUj

— Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) February 8, 2024

OUR POLITICAL CLASS IS FOR SALE, AND SURPRISINGLY CHEAP: Hamas Patron Qatar Has Spent $6 Billion Lobbying the U.S. Government and Funding Universities.

FLASHBACK: What if Joe Biden’s Senile routine is all an act?

Some New Yorkers may remember Vincent “The Chin” Gigante, the mob boss who pretended to be crazy for 30 years to throw off law enforcement.

Gigante was part of the Genovese family crime mob, and the feds eventually nailed him.

The Biden family syndicate, meanwhile, has been raking in tens, possibly hundreds, of millions from shady foreign sources, something that begs for the kind of law enforcement attention that the Genovese family got.

Read the whole thing, but you know that.

WHY IS HIGHER EDUCATION SUCH A CESSPIT OF HATE? Antisemitism and Universities: It’s not the prevalence in the population that matters. It’s the virulence of the variant.

JOHN LUCAS: Who Will Win Our Wars?

In response to an Austin Bay piece a couple of days ago, commenter BobinNashville has some not-too-cheerful thoughts:

Today America’s military is emasculated, devoid of martial purpose, led by overly-intelligent fools, and has no magazine depth. Worse it is afraid of the second-guessing which it would face if it delivered an unapologetic schwacking of Iran. Imagine the antisemitic blowback against Israel since October 7th and multiply several orders of magnitude. This nation’s military leadership (much less its political leadership) does not have the balls to say “f**k you” to those who would question the proper application of harsh tactics. Furthermore, it has bought into John Kerry’s banal Pottery Barn rule. Sometimes—nay, oftentimes—breaking it is good enough. We would be stuck in Iran for years—at least until we ran out of money, which would be much sooner as a result.

It’s long past time to take a honest look at our dire situation and make a course correction. Think England circa 1913 and consider now what it should have done. That is where we are today.

I’m not as gloomy as he is, but read what he has to say.

CRACKS IN THE EMPIRE: Biden ICE Director Bucks White House, Calls Sanctuary Cities ‘Inherently Unsafe.’

WELL, YES: Anonymous Democrats on the Special Counsel Report: ‘It’s a Nightmare’ and ‘Beyond Devastating.’

Flashback: The ‘cabal’ that bragged of foisting Joe Biden on us must answer for his failed presidency.

SO I FINISHED ANDREW WAREHAM’S The Last Campaign the other day, and honestly it’s the first Wareham book that disappointed me. It’s okay, but it reads like he was just trying to bring the series to a finish. The Battle of Kohima, which it ostensibly revolves around, gets short shrift at the end, which is too bad as it’s probably the most important battle of World War II that no one knows about. Lots of buildup, lots of snarking at dumb upper-class Brits, but not nearly enough actually happens. Well, they can’t all be gems.

On the other hand, I’m now reading Kurt Schlichter’s The Attack, about a large scale 10/7 style attack in America, and it doesn’t disappoint at all. The World War Z style oral history was a genius move, and works really well. My only complaint is that I’m an “escape reader” and this is frighteningly plausible and realistic.