LIKE A WORLD FREE FROM INEQUALITY, IT SIGNALS ONLY A LACK OF FREEDOM:  A world free from sin.

FROM M.C.A. HOGARTH:  Who Is Willing.

#CommissionEarned

Alysha Forrest is looking forward to her assignment as the Songlance’s newest lieutenant, particularly when it gets her placed as the liaison to the ship’s water environment crewmembers. Interfacing with the mermaid-like Naysha and the alien Platies who serve as the ship’s navigators is an exhilarating experience, and all the other officers on the crew are eager to welcome her into the fold… all of them, except one.

Mike Beringwaite, the overbearing ensign who ruined their leadership retreat years earlier, has somehow made lieutenant too. When a routine problem in the water environment throws them together, Alysha has to decide how willing she is to forgive him for what he did, whether she can work with him again, and most importantly, if she can trust him–with her life.

The disaster at the leadership retreat is nothing to the one they have to handle now. If they can….

THE OBAMA/BIDEN STRATEGY IS SUCCEEDING:  Iran can make enough fissile for one nuke in ‘12 days,’ US official says.

EVERYWHERE, PRETTY MUCH, THESE DAYS:  Powder Keg

It’s a matter of what each of us knows and where to look.

RICHARD DAWKINS IS NOT ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, BUT HE’S RIGHT ON THIS:  Why I’m sticking up for science,

THEY CAN’T WIN, BUT THEY CAN WRECK A LOT OF EVERYTHING BEFORE THEY LOSE:  The Woke Wrecking Machine.

OH, PLEASE, ETHICS ARE FOR NON-COMMUNISTS:   AOC Still In Hot Water With Ethics Committee.

AS HE SHOULD:  Chip Roy Calls Out Fellow Republicans: Will They ‘Honor Their Campaign Commitments to Secure the Border?’

OKAY, SHE MISSPOKE. SHE MEANT SPECIESISM:  Lori Lightfoot Blames Racism for Mayoral Loss But Lost to a Black Guy, Mexican-American Guy.

The prejudice against Deep Ones in power is pretty strong, after all.

OF COURSE THEY DON’T CARE. FRAUD WILL TAKE CARE OF IT:  Democratic Party Again Given Notice on Crime as a Major Issue Ahead of 2024 (UPDATED).

IT’S A MIRACLE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE! DEMOCRATS NO LONGER NEED ACTUAL ELECTED PEOPLE AT THE CONTROLS:  Fetterman’s Chief of Staff Won’t Tell Anyone How the Hospitalized Senator is Introducing Legislation.

Which is just as well, since most of their people are “elected”.

YOU STILL BELIEVE IN POLLS? YOU SWEET SUMMER CHILD:   Roll To Disbelieve.

AND IT’S LOSING ALL POTENCY:  Racism as all-purpose accusation by black politicians was normed by Obama.

UM. I’M STILL ON TEAM #ABOLISHANDSALTTHERUINS:  Report: FBI Was Against Mar-a-Lago Raid, Argued With DOJ Prosecutors.

THEY CAN WORK ON HIGH, THEY CAN WORK ON LOW, BUT THEY HATE THE BOURGEOISIE. ALWAYS HAVE:  Yet another way the government screws over the middle class.

FROM HOLLY CHISM:  The Dragon’s in the Details.

#CommissionEarned

Six stories of dragons hiding in today’s world:
A Friend, Indeed–A little girl meets the best friend she could ask for when she finds a dragon sleeping in her wagon.
Tempest–What do you do when you find a dragon in your favorite teacup?
Clowder–These are absolutely not cats, no matter what they look like, and will take offense at your mistake.
Back Yard Birds and Other Things–If the dragon defends your chickens, you invite it to stay.
Houdini–When the pet supplier sends the wrong kind of dragon, the pet store’s got a problem.
Hoard–Not every dragon cares for gold, gems, or cash.

IF YOU DON’T ARTICULATE GOALS YOU WON’T ACHIEVE THEM:  What Does It Mean to be Better?

MAYBE DEFUNDING THE POLICE WASN’T THE BEST IDEA:  US murderers stand a 50% chance of getting away with it, new report finds.

I DON’T THINK ‘DEBUNKED’ MEANS WHAT THEY THINK IT MEANS:  New York Times, MSNBC, CNN slammed for claiming COVID lab leak theory was ‘debunked’.

BEFORE OR AFTER BEING TARRED, FEATHERED AND RUN OUT OF THE COUNTRY ON A RAIL?  Watch: Trans Sec. Buttigieg reveals he seeks climate legacy: ‘Dealing with climate change is one of the biggest things that people like me…will be remembered for’.

HIRING FOR DIVERSITY DESTROYS COMPETENCE… AND COMBAT READINESS:  Pentagon Burdens Warfighting Commanders with New Transgender Policies for Military Personnel.

AND THE REPUBLICANS ARE STUPID FOR LETTING THEMSELVES BE DRAWN INTO THIS:   Leftists Ready To Blame Republicans When SCOTUS Strikes Down Biden’s Unconstitutional Student Loan Forgiveness.

There’s no winning here. There’s only losing.

THAT’S BECAUSE THEY’RE HIRED FOR “DIVERSITY” AND ARE CONSCIOUS THEY AREN’T COMPETENT:  Female Faculty More Likely to Support Speech Restrictions, Campus Investigations, Deplatforming.

Stop with “diversity.”  Hire only for excellence.

HIS DEATH WAS PART OF THE VERY BIG KICK IN THE PANTS THAT PROPELLED ME OUT OF THE POLITICAL CLOSET:  ‘Apologize for WHAT?’ We Lost Andrew Breitbart 11 Years Ago.

I figured it would take all of us who could to make a tenth of the effect he had.

I’D LIKE TO ADD MY VOICE TO THIS BLASTING:  Legal U.S. Immigrants Blast D.C. Law Allowing Illegal Migrants to Vote in Local Elections.

No one who isn’t naturalized should vote on anything. And as bad as our vote security is, how do you keep it to local elections, even? Bah. Pernicious nonsense.