SHOULD JOIN THE WHITE HORSE OF NAPOLEON, ALREADY:  The First Lady’s husband.

YEAH, OKAY, HAPPY TO STOP SWITCHING, BUT MUST IT BE ON DST?  About Damn Time.

THE WHOLE “CLIMATE” THING IS JUST AN EXCUSE:  A feature, not a bug.

Shut up and take the bus, serf.

OH, FOR THE LOVE OF–  Study: Climate Change Boosted Plant Growth is Bad.

THAT HAS BEEN OBVIOUS:  No Amount Of Incremental Wind And Solar Power Can Ever Provide Energy Independence.

APPARENTLY WE CAN TELL HE’S LYING WHEN HIS LIPS MOVE:  Biden’s “They have 9,000 to drill onshore that are already approved” Drilling Permits Canard.

DAVE FREER WONDERS: Who to offend this week?

Mostly because he ran afoul of a demented presentist.

BTW, he wrote a pretty good book: Cloud-Castles.  #CommissionEarned

SO, ON SUNDAYS I DO A LITTLE PROMO POST FOR INDIE WRITERS. THERE’S ALSO A VIGNETTE CHALLENGE:  Book Promo And Vignettes by Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

But I kind of fell asleep early yesterday.

IT’S NO PICNIC FOR US OLDER FOLK, EITHER:   ‘There’s not enough bourbon’: Daylight savings time is a living hell for parents.

I KNOW IT’S DIFFICULT, BUT:  Walk the Line.

PLEASE, SPARES US ELEPHANT BELLS….  The Bond Market Is Screaming Stagflation.

THAT’S OKAY. THEY’LL TAKE LONGER TO WRITE THE LETTER OF PROFOUND CONCERN:  White House Warns China Over ‘Deep Concerns’ About Assistance To Russia In 7-Hour Rome Meeting.

BETTER THAN MONEY LOSING VALUE WHILE SITTING IN THE BANK!   Costco Runs Out Of Emergency Food Kits.

THIS IS NEWS, HOW?  A Quinnipiac poll reveals that most Democrats are delusional and unpatriotic.

I’M SORRY, DID THEY FORGET THEY PROMISED TO MAKE IT RARE?  Abortion Provider Appreciation Day Backfires in Virginia.

These people are like the monsters of old fairy tales. Who even comes up with that as a celebration?

THAT THEY HATE AMERICA AND WANT HER TO DIE?  What were the Democrats thinking when they pushed Biden for president and Harris for vice-president?

IT MIGHT NOT WORK, BUT IT DEFINITELY SHOULD BE TRIED:  “Republicans threaten to block new Iran deal”.

VERY MUCH AN INSURRECTIONIST, YES:  Understanding Robin Hood.

QUOTE OF THE DAY AT SAMIZDATA*: People who clutch at Mr Putin are like a drowning man – clutching at a poisonous snake.

NOT FOR THE LEFT, NO. THEY MIGHT BE TRUE PACIFISTS*:  Is nothing worth a war?

No, I don’t think we should be fighting Russia, but I absolutely think Ukraine should fight. And I think they have a chance of winning, or at least not losing.

*Pace Heinlein: they don’t have enough testosterone to sire a child.

NAH. I’LL BLAME BIDEN FOR PUTIN’S ADVENTURISM AND DELUSIONS, TOO:  Is Russia going for broke in Ukraine? Also, Stephen Kotkin and Francis Fukuyama on the situation; DNC midterm strategy: blame Putin for inflation, not Biden’s incompetence.

GOOD EVENING FELLOW PRISONERS OF THE MOST ANNOYING TIMELINE:  Kamala Harris implies Ukraine is a NATO member (video); official transcript airbrushed; new horizons in censorship.

Look, I was done with the “Russia is going to nuke us all” plot line, okay?  Why is this stupid thing on reruns? Why didn’t they hang the KGB guy from his own guts when the USSR fell? This is so implausible.

Looks up at the sky and shouts*: Lord, you need a writers’ group.

*In a way her sons say she shouldn’t, because it will cause talk. Bah.

MAO MOUSE:  Disney: China Is Great, Parents Rights Are Bad.

BY EDMOND HAMILTON, WITH FOREWORD BY D. JASON FLEMING: The Prisoner of Mars (Annotated): A classic pulp science fiction planetary romance.

#CommissionEarned

Philip Crain always knew he was different, but it wasn’t until he discovered his dead father had been Martian Royalty that he knew just how different.

Now Philip has been caught up in a battle between Martian political factions, and must impersonate the head of state in order to save both Mars — and Earth!

This iktaPOP Media edition includes a foreword giving genre and historical context to the novel.

DECENTRALIZE, DECENTRALIZE, DECENTRALIZE: Cargo Cults and Technocracies.