HAPPY NEW YEAR: May 2025 be better than 2024, a year in which we got a bunch of miracles.  And yet, may it be better!

HE LEARNS:  Elon Musk Calls for Major Reform of Broken H-1B Visa Program — Proposes to Make it More Expensive to Hire Overseas Than Domestically.

YOU DON’T HATE THE FEDS ENOUGH:   South Dakota ranching couple indicted by Forest Service for fence in place since 1950.

EMPHASIS ON “SHOW”:   Biden Laughably Boasts About ‘Getting to Show Up for the American People’.

A CIA COVER-UP? WHAT ARE THE ODDS?  Whistleblower Claims CIA Covered Up Foreign Involvement in Havana Syndrome Attacks in Revealing Interview.

HE DAMNED NEAR OUTLIVED THE NY TIMES:  Unreal: Jimmy Carter Outlived His NYT Obituary Writer.

THE LEFT HAS HAD A PRETTY GOOD RUN FOR AN IDEOLOGY THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN BANKRUPT CONCLUSIVELY AND FINALLY 33 YEARS NOW:  This State Provides a Microcosm for All the Issues Facing Dems Right Now.

IT’S NOT A CIVIL WAR. IT BARELY COMPETES IN DECIBELS WITH MY MOM AND HER SISTERS ARGUING ABOUT WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BUY THE ROAST BEEF THAT SUNDAY:  Family Arguments.

MUSK GETS INVOLVED IN GERMAN POLITICS AND CAUSES MASS FREAK OUT BY STATING SOME FAIRLY BASIC TRUTHS:  German fascism crisis escalates as Elon Musk publishes a devastating 600-word editorial explaining why he supports Alternative für Deutschland.

A DEEP DIVE INTO THE H1B MESS:  I downloaded five years of H-1B data from the US DOL website (4M+ records) and spent the day crunching data.

THEY WILL TRY NAME CHANGES AND WORD TRICKS FIRST:  Beware the DEI shell game.

YEP:  Liberal Fires: Time To Put Them Out.

GOOD:  Parker Solar Probe Survives its Close Encounter with the Sun.

ALSO NO:  Covid “Expert” Dr. Leana Wen Trotted Out to Promote More Bird Flu Scare.

WHAT AGAIN?  U.S. Treasury Reports Cyberattack by Chinese Hackers.

ON SUNDAYS I RUN A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDIE AUTHORS:  Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

There’s also a fun vignette challenge.

MOSSAD APPEARS TO HAVE PENETRATED HIM MORE THAN HE PENETRATED THOSE MISTRESSES:  Israel’s deeply-entrenched spy network uncovered elusive Hezbollah commander’s 4 mistresses – and plans to marry them: report.

IN OTHER PREDICTIONS, LONDON WILL EXPERIENCE FOG IN THE COMING YEAR:  GOP pundit Scott Jennings slaps down CNN commentator’s rosy view of Biden presidency: ‘He’s going to leave office in disgrace’.

THE DONALD KNOWS IT’S NOT AN EASY JOB:  Donald Trump reacts to Jimmy Carter’s death with heartfelt statement: ‘We all owe him a debt of gratitude’.

I guess acting presidential means doing the gracious thing, sometimes.

PREVIOUSLY PREDOMINANTLY BLUE:  Trump Support Surged In the Predominantly-Blue Bronx.

WHEN DID THEY START THINKING FOR THEMSELVES?  What Shocked a Dem Strategist When Speaking With Hispanic Voters in South Texas.

SEND THIS ONE TO A CRAZY LEFTIST:  Insurrection and Treason: What Did the Words of the 14th Amendment Mean in the 1860s?

WOULDN’T IT BE GREAT IF HAMAS DIDN’T HIDE BEHIND THE INNOCENT?  DF Raids Gaza Hospital Doubling as Hamas Base; Captures 240 Terrorists, Including 15 October 7 Perpetrators.

AS HE SHOULD:  Jordan Peterson Slams Liberal Mindset of Treating Criminals as Victims.

SURE THING. THEY’RE ABOUT TO FIND THE DEFINITION OF “FUNNY ONLY ONCE”*:   They Are at It Again. Prominent ‘Public Health’ Voices Lay the Groundwork for a New Pandemic for Trump.

Before you tell me it wasn’t funny even once…  It’s a The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress thing. You wouldn’t understand.