ONLY PEOPLE WHO ARE LOSING ARE AFRAID OF SPEECH:  Big Tech Accelerates Politicized Purge.

DID YOU KNOW IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES ONE CAN AUDIBLY ROLL ONE’S EYES?  The Millennium bug is BACK: Microsoft is ‘working around the clock’ to fix ‘Y2K22’ programming glitch similar to Y2K flaw that plagued computers 22 years ago.

ON THE READING THING:  A Couple of Interesting Posts.

Both the boys went into elementary, now close to 20 years ago, reading. In both cases the schools almost schooled them out of it mostly by encouraging them to “guess” words. (There is nothing more lethal to dyslexic kids with a large vocabulary. Why younger son consistently confused cremation and crucifixion, for years.)  After I figured out what was going on and started fighting it, I also had to fight the fact that practically all formal education is designed to make the kids think of reading as burdensome, tough, and something only crazy people do for fun.

If you have kids, keep an eye on what they’re being taught, and be aware of the psychological implications of things like prizes for finishing a book. (No? Do they ever get prizes for finishing a video game? Think on it.)  If you can at all, get those kids out of public schools. And be aware most private schools aren’t any better, they just talk a good game.

They’re your kids. They’re your responsibility.

WHEN THIS IS OVER THERE WILL BE LESS FAITH IN EXPERTS: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds.

On the way there, if we’re very lucky, #teamheadsonpikes won’t get their public beautification project going….

Do you feel lucky?

IT’S THE END STAGE OF BUREAUCRACIES, AND WHY WE NEED TO ABOLISH/DIVEST/SALT THE EARTH BENEATH A LOT OF OUR AGENCIES:  The French Army in 1940…and the American CDC in 2021.

THE INEVITABLE RESULT OF A TAKEOVER BY THE LEFT:  Portland, Oregon: New Year, More Shootings On The Streets.

LOOK, THESE AREN’T SERIOUS PEOPLE:  Twitter Starts 2022 With Banning Spree.

Look, they banned the then sitting president of the United States. These aren’t serious people. They’re stupid and vicious, like evil clowns. But they’re not serious. Shrug and ignore them as they make their appeal more selective.

YES, BUT THIS HAS BEEN THE STORY SINCE COMMIES HAVE HELD THE MEGAPHONE, ALL THAT CHANGES IS THE CHAMPION:  Cracks in the Chinese wall.

The Soviets were going to bury us, the soft socialism of Japan was going to show us what for, the EU would be triumphant, because international.

In the end, the truth is the less free systems need us to survive, even as we bind ourselves and become less capable by the year.

Well, no more. Ladies and gentlemen it is our duty and our very great privilege to fight the lies of Marxism once and for all.

PRETTY MUCH, YES:  A small victory in Nevada against COVID mandates illustrates the ongoing corrupt politicizing of all of American culture.

But how much of that “politicization” is because we’re at long last fighting back? IOW, would you rather go back to where leftism was the unthinking default mode?

A HISTORY OF PAINTED HUSSIES:  How red lipstick went from risqué rouge to a symbol of American freedom.

VAMOS, BRANDON!  Americans fearful of what 2022 has in store for the US, world: poll.

SURPRISINGLY, THE STRESS OF LIVING IN A COUNTRY TEEMING WITH AUTHORITARIAN IDIOTS IS NOT ON THIS LIST:  I’m a sleep expert — this is why you feel tired all the time.

THE ONLY THING THAT PRICE CONTROLS ARE GOOD FOR ARE BLACK MARKETS:  A leftist inflation-fighting idea so bad even Krugman couldn’t take it.

I DON’T FEEL A NEED TO IMPRESS EUROPEANS WITH MY VACATIONS:  Understanding Freedom And Work.

As long as they don’t try to impress me with their — snort, giggle — work ethic.

Frankly, most of us travel more than they do just in terms of living a normal life. We visit friends two or three hours away as a matter of course. So, we don’t have to show our passports or change languages to do that? And?

It occurs to me if they were happy with their lives, they’d be less obsessed with how we live and what we do. Meanwhile, we’d be ecstatic if they don’t gin up another Europe-wide abattoir that our kids are forced to die to stop.

OH. ARE WE STILL BELIEVING ANY CLAIMS FROM THE PRC?  China Reportedly Years Ahead of U.S. On Hypersonic Missiles With Heat-Seeking Technology.

I have only one question: Why?

FIRST DEMOCRATS TAKE OVER. THEN THINGS GO… WELL… TO THE HOT PLACE:  2022 Roars Into Colorado with Massive Wildfires.

PROVING HER CORTEX IS INDEED VERY OCCASIONAL:  AOC Defends Her Covid Hypocrisy With Impeccable Logic: “Republicans are mad they can’t date me”.

And that she ahs an over-inflated idea of her own attractiveness.  Listen, dientes locos, there are laws against dating outside species. And your species is obviously Equus Asinus.  Even if your quadrupede cousins are smarter. (So are some kinds of rock.)

NOTE THE HEADLINES ON THIS ARE DECEPTIVE:  “Flurona” – Israel Reports 1st Combination Case of Influenza and COVID.

The viruses did not combine. The person just had both viruses.  This is fairly common, since one virus weakens you, the other takes hold also. This has been happening, so far as I know, as long as there have been viruses. Also, note that with both “illnesses” this person’s case was “mild.”

Put a fork in the panic, Karen. We’re done here. Your glory days are in your past.

MEH. YOU DON’T LIKE FAUCI’S PRONOUNCEMENTS? STICK AROUND FIVE MINUTES. HE’LL CHANGE:  Fauci Signals The COVID Message Is Shifting.

BUT BUT BUT LOCKDOWNS ARE MAGICAL!  In the Ultimate Lockdown, Researchers in Antarctica Get the Rona.

Or at least the test says they got the Rona. I mean, you know, papayas got the Rona too…..

TEACHERS: ON A QUEST TO RENDER THEMSELVES IRRELEVANT:  Schools Reopening? Not So Fast Say Teachers Unions.

COMPLETELY MEDIA MADE:  Yet Another Man-made Crisis.

I actually have friends who sail. Like sail across the Atlantic and pacific, for the heck of it.  And some years ago I started smelling a rat, at the hysteria over “floating islands of garbage” and the Denver Zoo’s cutesy display of plastic from the ocean and oh, the humanity!

The first rat I smelled is that none of these long term sailors had seen these islands. The second rat is that all the plastic in the displays was obviously not American.

Someone who reads my blog traced the pictures of the “floating islands.”  Would you believe carefully cropped photos of flood and tsunami debris?

I understand the beaches in Asia, where that “Ocean plastic” was harvested are pretty filthy — particularly in China — but beaches aren’t deep ocean.

In other words, guys, if after all their “climate is ending” hysteria, followed by Covidiocy you jump on this panic or believe a single word these chapeux-de-derrieres proclaim, you deserve to get it good and hard.

We’re not in a time for Trust but Verify. We’re in a time for “if the authorities tell you the sky is blue, assume it’s pink, or purple with polka dots, or any color but blue.” You will, alas, rarely be wrong.

THE CRAZY LEFT’S OPPOSITION TO NUCLEAR ENERGY TELLS YOU WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT:  Germany To Shut Down All Remaining Nuclear Plants, Forcing Reliance On Fossil Fuels.

Climate Shegimate. They just want to make energy super expensive so other people* freeze in the dark.

*In their heads it’s always other people, and this gratifies both their unearned superiority and their sadism.  Unfortunately for them, if allowed to run away with this nonsense, it always turns out they are, in fact, “other people.”

WEIRDLY THE CATASTROPHE TEH GRAUNIAD IS WORRIED ABOUT IS NOT THE DEATH OF SPELLING:  Three Years Till The Guardian’s Global Climate Catastrophe.

EVERY SUNDAY — SOMETIMES MONDAY — I HAVE A PROMO POST FOR MOSTLY INDIE WRITERS:  RARE-ISH mONDAY Book Promo And Vignettes by Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

There’s also a vignette challenge, which in the past has launched a half dozen indie novels.

As for the timing…. well, this entire week has been weird.