WELL, GOOD:  Venezuela To Turn Over 30 Million to 50 Million Oil Barrels To America.

No, not because we did it for the oil, but because we did it to starve the bad guys of oil.

THEY MEAN DISSENT*:  HOLY CR*P  Heritage Foundation exposes Hugo Chavez was working with Nicolas Maduro to fund political decent in America, and provided the money TO START BLACK LIVES MATTER Hugo Chavez gave one of the founders of Black Lives Matter a million dollars FOR STREET PROTESTS IN AMERICA.

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*Insert obligatory “Kids these days!”
Also, if this is true the bastard is responsible for the burning of Uncle Hugo’s. President Trump, turn Maduro to science fiction fans (no, not those. They’re not sf fans. They’re poseurs obsessed with Marx) and let us deal with him. We have few sacred places, but that was one.

IT’S NOT AS IF THE NY TIMES WILL:  Newly minted NYC Council speaker challenges Zohran Mamdani on antisemitism executive orders.

AGAIN AND AGAIN, WHAT ARE THE FACTS?  More Guns, Less Crime (again and as always).

THE ONLY KIND OF CRIME ELLISON CONSIDERS ‘SERIOUS’ IS IMAGINARY CRIMES BY WHITE PEOPLE:  Keith Ellison Calls Massive Fraud ‘Not Serious’ After Audio of Him Helping Fraudsters Resurfaces.

SELF DEFENSE IS THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL OF ABILITIES ON WHICH OUR LIBERTIES REST:  Detailed, comprehensive explanation of the January 7 shooting of a Leftist activist by the ICE agent she ran over in an attempted murder, by Kurt Schlichter.

MR PRESIDENT? I’D LISTEN:  President Trump and NASA Administrator Isaacman: Please Take the Crew Off of Artemis II.

IF THEY AREN’T NEITHER ARE WE, AND THE ENTIRE SYSTEM OF INDIVIDUAL GOVERNANCE FALLS APART:  Are the Unborn People?  The pivotal point upon which the abortion debate turns is not whether abortion itself is right or wrong, but whether the unborn are “persons.”

A humanist system rests on humans and you can’t have humanity be dependent on “because mommy wants me.” That is what we have now and it’s ontologically indefensible and philosophically infantile. Sorry. Truth must be told.

CULTURE MATTERS. OH, DOES CULTURE EVER MATTER:  The “developing world” is not poor because the “rich countries” looted them.

SO, THAT IS HAPPENING:  Iranian security forces clash with protesters at Tehran’s grand bazaar.

AND ANOTHER WORTHY ADDITION TO THE PROMETHEUS NOMINEES SLATE:  ‘A Kiss for Damocles’ Snags 2026 Prometheus Award Nomination!

This year is lit! I just hope that Kiss for Damocles and Storm Dragon, and Planting Life: shut the kingdom, and of course my own No Man’s Land all make it to finalists. I’d be very proud to stand in that slate.  All amazing books. (I’m sure the other nominees are too, I just haven’t heard who they are yet.  And pardon me, I prefer the books I’ve read and like.)  And remember, if you want to have a say join the Libertarian Futurist Society.

I LOVE WHEN A WRITER I ADMIRE SAYS SOMETHING NICE ABOUT MY WORK: Robert Bidinotto on Facebook.

And if you don’t have facebook, I saved it for my clips. (Yes, I know, Like a deranged actress, isn’t it?)

GEORGE ORWELL GIGGLES:  ‘Safeguarding’ protects ideology, not children.

REPULSIVE: IS THIS HOME-BASED DAYCARE A PAYOFF TO ASHLI BABBITT’S KILLER?  On Jan. 6, Questions Emerge About Michael Byrd’s Taxpayer-Funded Maryland Daycare.

I PITY THE FOOL:  Here’s What Happened When Some Guy Tried to Doxx the Commander of Delta Force.

COOL:  Tim Allen Was a Guest on Bill Maher’s Podcast, and Spoke About the First Time He Met Donald Trump.

INTERESTING. IT AND THE COMMENTS. I’VE OFTEN OBSERVED THE SAME PHENOMENON:  At any given time, the Left will valorize whatever group they think is most useful for wrecking civilization so it can be replaced by the totalitarianism of their dreams. Muslims. Black criminals. Sexual deviants. The mascot group changes; the goal never does.

AND FOR THE: Cast out from X.

CLIMATE EXTREMISTS IS A FUNNY WAY OF SPELLING “HUMAN HATING SH*TSTAINS*:  Berlin Plunges Into Darkness After Climate Extremists Set Fire to Power Lines. 

HE CAN’T COMPLAIN. THEY HAVEN’T DUMPED CUBA OR IRAN ON HIM (YET. PLEASE LET IT BE YET):  Greenland, Denmark Press Rubio for Fast Meeting Over Trump’s Greenland Quest.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO FOCUS ON? It’s not as if they can teach. heck, I promise you half of them can’t read with any degree of fluency.  Chicago Teachers Union Focused on Protesting ‘War on Venezuela’ for Some Reason.

AND MORE ON THE MADURO CAPTURE THING:  This is an extremely important point that I’ve been thinking about ever since we got an unexpected audit of Venezuela’s air defenses. Russian SAM-300s and BUKs, Chinese anti-air radar, all proved completely worthless against U.S. gear and operators. I guarantee you that if you are a Chinese military planner contemplating how to get an invasion army across 100 miles of the Straits of Taiwan, you are shitting your pants right about now. Because you have just learned that if you had tried to bust that move yesterday, your nice shiny new invasion fleet would have gotten absolutely gacked by U.S. airpower and missiles that you wouldn’t see coming BECAUSE YOUR FUCKING RADARS DON’T FUCKING WORK.

And for the Cancelled of X.

MORE THOUGHTS ON THE MADURO OP:  Venezuela and (West) Taiwan. What does Winnie the Flu do about Taiwan now?

WHAT PART OF COMMUNIST IS OPAQUE, PRECISELY?  Will Mamdani Come After the Private Property of New Yorkers?  Concerns grow after one of his appointees turns out to be an opponent of treating ‘property as an individualized good.’

Concern just means someone didn’t sleep through recent history (and news of Venezuela, say.)

THIS PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY IS WORTH READING AND FOR ONCE (CONSIDERING THE SOURCE) DOESN’T REQUIRE A LANGUAGE WARNING:  This is about the Vance vandal (And, I fear, much of the left):  It’s not one thing. Psychology doesn’t hand out simple villain origin stories. But there’s a pattern when it gets extreme…quiet on the outside, storm on the inside. These folks often start with a deep well of resentment. Not the loud, barking kind…the silent, stewing variety. They internalize everything: slights, rejections, failures, injustices (real or perceived).

And for the Cancelled of X.

YES, LANDLORDS ARE STILL REELING FROM THE STUPID RENT COLLECTING MORATORIUM:  Why Rental Unit Contracts Are So Intrusive.