SCHUMER OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS LONG AGO:  ‘Go to Hell’: Trump Torches Schumer as Nominee Deal Collapses Over Democrat Demands.

GOOD:  Interior Dept. Kills Green Energy Favoritism by Ending Wind Energy Leasing Area Designations.

WELL, THEN GIVE THEM NO PEACE. GOOD AND HARD:  Poll: Most Palestinians Say No to Peace If It Means Weakening Hamas.

So they have chosen, so might they receive.

PROOF OF CDC FUNDING:  Providing Incentives with COVID-19 Supplemental Funding.

OH, THERE IS MY SHOCKED FACE:  Beijing Pays Influencers in Africa to Spread Anti-US Messaging.

THE LEFT HAS FORGOTTEN WHY REAL PEOPLE DO THINGS:  Pop-Culture Kerfuffle*.

TOUCH IT? I MOWED IT:  Go out and touch grass, seriously.

FROM JULY, BUT STILL IMPORTANT:  Yes, Virginia, Illegal Aliens Do Get Medicaid.

FROM J. KENTON PIERCE:  A Kiss for Damocles (Tales From the Long Night Book 1).

A Kiss for Damocles follows the journey of Shaifennen Roehe, a young homesteader who is the right girl in the right place to serve as a catalyst in her world’s, and eventually, her civilization’s, restoration. She must adapt from merely struggling to survive in a harsh world as her simple homestead becomes a boomtown, and then the keystone of a restored colonial government.

Meanwhile, competing Townie politicians and merchant princes have other plans for Hesperides Colony’s future and take a very personal interest in her as she inadvertently kicks over a few of their apple carts. And all the while, sinister, hidden forces watch and calculate and a centuries-old shadow war comes to a head.

Shai’s universe is one filled with fallen empires, implacable war machines, lost civilizations, hostile xenos, the occasional ancient unspeakable horror, and she’s going to bring the ruckus to every corner of it.

INTERESTING THOUGHTS:  Some Thoughts on Gray Morality, Self-Defense, Temptation, and Enormous Power.

HARRY ENTEN REPORTS THE DEMOCRAT BRAND IS “TOTAL AND COMPLETE GARBAGE”:  CNN Reporter Had the Perfect Line to Describe Dems Right Now.

MATT TAIBBI HAS BEEN SO EMBARRASSED BY HIS FORMER EMPLOYER FOR SOOOOO LONG:   Former Rolling Stone Editor Couldn’t Hold His Tongue on This Aspect of the Russian Collusion Hoax Anymore.

FACE IT: MOST LIB WRITERS THINK A FOOTBALL IS ROUND:   There Are Some Lib Writers Who Have No Idea Who Lawrence Taylor Is…And It Shows.

I HOPE MACRON AND STARMER ARE HAPPY!  Palestinian Terrorists Release Videos of Hostages Being Starved, Tormented, Digging Own Grave.

NOT THE BRIGHTEST IDEA:  Web browsing “naked”.

CAN WE WEAPONIZE THEM?  Radioactive Wasp Nest Located at American Cold War-Era Nuclear Bomb Site.

Bob! Either those wasps are glowing, or we should stop with this moonshine.

UNIVERSITIES MOST AFFECTED:  For The First Time In 40 Years, The Federal Government Can Judge Applicants By Merit.

ABOUT TIME:  Court allows Trump to end union bargaining for federal workers.

EXPERTS ARE SO 2019:  How 10,000 Dog Genitals Fooled Feminist ‘Experts’. (Video.)

THIS IS APPALLING:  China’s Invasion Has Begun. (Video)

YOU KNOW YOU NEED THE MEMES. YOU NEED THEM:  Come To The Meme Side!

IT REALLY ISN’T:  Not that kind of book.

I’VE BEEN AFRAID OF THIS:  Is Substack enabling plagiarism?  The weak search feature on Substack makes it a playground for plagiarists.

CHASER:  I have a couple of answers that boil down to the same root cause (spoiler alert it’s all about the $$$$$).

PLEASE, PLEASE DON’T USE THIS:  PSA About Amazon’s Reporting System — please read.

THEY HAPPILY BEND THE KNEE TO HONG KONG’S CCP EDICTS:  Hypocrisy of Australia’s rent-a-judges.