LOOK, CALL ME PARANOID, BUT ARE WE SURE THIS VIRUS EVEN EXISTS?  Supposedly NIAID Unaware Boston University Was Creating New Covid Strain.

I know this sounds insane, but I can’t figure out any reason to brag about doing this. Unless you’re planning an operation to create a panic related to this and close down everything early November, so voting will be highly irregular and….

BY THEIR ENEMIES THOU SHALT KNOW THEM:  Kari Lake Triggers All the Right People as Media’s ‘Worse Than Trump’ Narrative Takes Shape.

LET’S HOPE IT WON’T SAVE THEM:  Biden Planning to Release More Barrels of Oil From Strategic Reserve Just in Time for Midterms.

SHOULDN’T THAT READ “AFRICAN-AMERICAN” HOLE?  Black hole ‘burps’ up star years after eating it, stumping scientists.

On the serious side… um….

GOVERNMENT EXCEL AT JUST TWO THINGS: TAKING THEIR PEOPLE’S MONEY AND KILLING THEIR PEOPLE:  Government to Musk: “Nice business you got here, shame if something happened to it.”

I HAD SUSPECTED AS MUCH:  Air pollution is making women fat: study.

It couldn’t possibly be the fault of chocolate.

THEY’RE RIGHT YOU KNOW?  Durham’s In-Your-Face Danchenko Gambit.

AND EDUCATION, PUBLISHING, THE NEWS, ETC ETC:  The Gramscian march through arts institutions – and arts funding.

Was completed by the 80s. If you’re only noticing now, it’s because now they’re being brazen. Those inside knew, those who disagreed didn’t dare talk.

SHE AIN’T THE ONLY ONE WONDERING:  Where Have All the Flowers Gone?*

IF TRUE IT’S ANOTHER TURN ON THE RATCHET:  Breaking: British PM Liz Truss being ousted in “boardroom coup”?

GOOD. IF THIS IS TRUE, WE’LL KNOW WHO TO BLAME:  Researchers at Boston U. Supposedly Claim They Developed a COVID Strain With ‘80% Kill Rate’.

AND YET, WE REMEMBER:  Fauci: Don’t Blame Me For School Lockdowns.

AT LEAST NOW IT’S OUT IN THE OPEN:  Blacklisting in academia has been going on for decades unseen.

DEMS ALREADY GEARING UP TO IMPEACH HIM AGAIN OVER ‘SELF-DEALING’:  Trump hotels charged Secret Service ‘exorbitant’ rates to protect first family.

Government discounts are generally extended on a “rooms available” basis for standard rooms. Deluxe accommodations are not typically offered at discounted rates. But they don’t care. Trump’s real sin? He didn’t give 10% for the big guy.

WILL EDITH WILSON PLEASE COME TO THE COURTESY PHONE?  Jill Biden lashed out at WH staffers for not stopping Joe’s solo presser: report.

SHE SENDS A REMINDER TO ANDREW AND BILL THAT SHE’S STILL THEIR FRIEND:  Ghislaine Maxwell dishes on ‘dear friend’ Prince Andrew, ‘special’ pal Bill Clinton.

I’ll get out ahead of the news: Ghislaine’s suicide will have been very tragic. Girls capable of shooting themselves three times on the back of the head don’t come around every day.

EVERY WEEK I RUN A PROMO POST (MOSTLY FOR INDIE AUTHORS) AND VIGNETTE CHALLENGE ON MY BLOG: Book Promo And Vignettes by Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

This week it was even on Sunday as it’s supposed to be.

AUTISTIC TEEN DOESN’T WANT TO FREEZE:   Greta Thunberg Fractures German Greens with Her Call to Continue Operation of Hated Nuclear Power Plants.

She fractured them between stupid and slightly more stupid.

MORE LIKE THIS:  Pushback: Central Florida U forced to end censorship and blacklisting.

ONE QUIBBLE, NO ONE DENIES ELECTIONS. WE DENY THE ELECTIONS WERE CLEAN:  Score One for True the Vote.

ONE CAN’T HELP WONDER IF THEY’RE DESPERATELY TRYING TO START A WAR:  Pakistan Summons U.S. Envoy After Biden’s Nuke “Gaffe”.

WHAT THE ACTUAL HECK?  ‘Music to the Smugglers’ Ears’: Mayorkas Blames Migrant Influx on Republicans’ ‘Open’ Border Rhetoric.

Dude, we live here. We’re all seeing the influx.

CAN WE HAVE SOME SANITY?  American Medical Association Wants DOJ To Investigate Opposition To Childhood Gender Surgery, 13 State AGs Push Back.

WELL, YES:  Russian leaders: intelligence officials all the way down.

REMEMBER WHEN THE BIG TIMES SQUARE PROBLEM WAS GUYS DRESSED AS SPIDERMAN AND ELMO ENGAGED IN TERRITORIAL FIGHTS?  ‘Coke’ dealers boldly peddle drugs on sidewalks of Broadway.