REE. DISENFRANCHISING NON-EXISTENT VOTERS:  Why The Freakout Over Georgia Voting Bill Is Telling.

How dare you discriminate on the basis of ontological issues?  You h8ter, you.

INTERESTING:  KDHE orders Riley County to halt COVID vaccine distribution.

BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE:  KDHE threatened to withhold vaccines from Riley County.

Its shenanigans everywhere you look!

NOBLES HAVE PRIVILEGES:  House COVID Bill Includes Paying Federal Employees Up to $21K if Kids Have No School.

IF YOU HEAR DOG WHISTLES, YOU’RE THE DOG:  CPAC Stage Designer ‘Fesses Up.

MR. POLIS, TEAR DOWN THIS POINTLESS PANDEMIC COSPLAY:  In the Game of COVID Lockdowns, Blue States Lose Big.

THOSE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES AND THROW BOULDERS:  We Need to Talk About Jason: Jason Sanford’s Writing, Underage Girls, Torturing Children and Child Abuse.

SERIOUSLY? IT GIVES KANGAROO COURTS A BAD NAME:  A Swamp Tale: The Bizarre Final Hours of ‘Impeachment Fail 2.0’.

I HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY DEFENDING THE BILL OF RIGHTS MAKES YOU A DANGEROUS TERRORIST:  Today’s blacklisted American: Non-profit blackballs student for daring to defend free speech.

ON ITS TAIL LIKE G-D AND HEINLEIN INTENDED:  The Starship has landed!

RUNNING IN POSSESSION OF OUR GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES RIGHT NOW:  Teenage Mutant Ninja Idiots.

YEAH…  Derp-seal of the week: author of bizarre state law proposition to “regulate” internet communication.

YEARS AGO, MY FRIEND KATE PAULK WROTE A SERIES OF FUNNY VAMPIRE MYSTERIES: No, seriously. She tuckerized our entire set. Yes, including my whole family (rolls eyes.) Because you see, we were all newby writers breaking in together, and we attended a lot of conventions all over the country. So, these mysteries take place at cons.
They’ve just been re-released and in this strange year with no science fiction conventions, after a year with no science fiction conventions, they’re oddly sweet and nostalgic. Well, also funny and paint-the-room-red gory.  And– You’ll see–

FROM KATE PAULK:  ConVent (Con Vampire Series Book 1).

The “Save The World” department really messed up this time: A vampire, a werewolf, an undercover angel and his succubus squeeze are no one’s idea of an A team. Or a B team. Or possibly a Z team. But then, since this particular threat to the universe and everything good attacks a science fiction convention — composed of people in costume, misfits creative geniuses and creative moron — , any conventional hero would have stood out. Now Jim, the vampire, and his unlikely sidekicks have to beat the clock to find out who’s sacrificing con goers before all hell breaks loose… literally.

DIETICIANS HAVE ONLY BEEN WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING FOR THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS:  Eating this ratio of fruit and veggies could help you live longer, study suggests.

But this time, they’re really, really sure.

“THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING”:  FBI Director Wray won’t share Officer Brian Sicknick’s cause of death with senators.

What investigation? The man was cremated. Are they sifting the ashes?
And why is it anyone would trust Wray or ask his opinion?  Or really do anything but glare at his smug face and maybe yell “Aristo, aristo, a la lanterne”?

THAT MIGHT BE STUPID AND UNCOUTH, BUT IT SURE AS HECK ISN’T ANTI-ASIAN:  California teacher makes anti-Asian gesture during Zoom class: video.

Words used to mean things.  Yeah, the pantomime is stupid, and might hurt feelings, but it’s not like this woman was threatening or claiming any evil intent towards Asians. Or anyone. And the little snowflakes she teaches should learn that being offended is not the worst thing that could happen to them. They could, for instance, be fired because they were a little impolite and socially gauche.

OR YOU KNOW, WE COULD STOP ENCOURAGING THEM TO COME HERE:  Report: Admin Lacks Resources for the Expected 117,000 Unaccompanied Children at Border This Year.

And of course, most of them are actually adults who claim to be teens.

AND FROM COLORADO I SAY: MR. POLIS, TEAR DOWN THIS FARCICAL PANDEMIC COSPLAY:  Texas Gov. Abbott Drops Mask Mandate, Allows Businesses to Fully Open.

TRANSLATION: THEY’RE STILL TRYING TO MAKE LIES STICK:  FBI Director Wray: Agency ‘Can’t Yet Disclose’ Sicknick’s Cause of Death.

IN-A-SACK? AND THROWN FROM THE TARPEIAN ROCK?  Gascon and Newsom, together at last.

Sigh. Look, it’s such a sweet image.

ACTUALLY 3 MONTH OLD BABIES ARE GENERALLY AFRAID OF ALL STRANGERS:  AZ Dept of Ed: 3-month-old white babies are already racists.

Which makes perfect sense, since in early human days, babies who loved strangers all ended up in the stew pot, not having cried and called the attention of their band.

But seriously, what on Earth? Has everyone lost his, hers, zirs or sprinklecupcakes ever loving mind?  Because I’ll be honest, the lunacy is starting to freak me out. You won’t like me when I’m freaked out.

COMPLETE AND UTTER INSANITY:  Dr. Seuss Enterprises Cancels Dr. Seuss.

WE’RE LIVING IN A NIHILIST 70s SCIENCE FICTION STORY: A Plague Of Madness.

FROM ALMA BOYKIN:  Learnedly Familiar.

Where do you file a Missing Meister Report?

Something is moving. Arthur Saldovado, Lelia, and André defeated ancient evil, but mysteries remain. And worse – Arthur’s name-sake is learning how to drive! Who needs abyssal creatures when you have teenagers, school-yard spats, and retail woes to worry about? Certainly not Lelia Chan Lestrang.

When André’s mentor disappears, Lelia braces for the worst. Trouble’s coming, as bad perhaps as the evil that drew her and André together. But she has a few surprises of her own now, including allies in very strange places. With very strange senses of humor.

Return to a Familiar world, full of adventure, bad puns, dark music, magic, shedding lemurs, and domestic chaos.

SO WE HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN INJUSTICE OR RIOTS?  Remember Derek Chauvin? His trial is coming up.

NOTED:  THIS is just…chilling…