I LARGELY AGREE WITH THIS:  Ruth Bader Ginsburg — first thoughts and Open Thread.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO OUR JEWISH READERS. AND LET’S WRAP UP THIS WUFLU THING ALREADY:  COVID19 update, Rosh Hashana edition: (1) Israel’s “lockdown lite”; (2) miscellaneous updates.

SO COULD CHINA. AND BASICALLY EVERYONE WHO IS IN THE PAY OF CHINA. WHAT I FAIL TO SEE IS WHY THIS IS A CONSUMMATION DEVOUTLY TO BE HOPED FOR:  Big Tech Companies Facing Antitrust Cases Could Benefit From Biden-Harris Ticket, Experts Say.

BECAUSE THEY’RE STUPID ENOUGH TO THINK THEY CAN TAKE POWER — AND HOLD IT — BY CHEATING AND GETTING A SUPREME COURT RUBBER STAMP:  Senate Democrats: Supreme Court Vacancy Shouldn’t be Filled Until After Election.

The hold it is the rub, of course.

SURE. “UNEXPECTEDLY”:  Minneapolis City Council Dumbfounded Over Rise in Crime Months After Voting to Dismantle Police Department.

HE KEEPS LYING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE HE’S BUILDING A NARRATIVE. WELL, WHOEVER IS HANDLING HIM IS:  Biden Lies Again That He was the First in His ‘Family to go to College’.

WHICH MEANS THEY’LL COST MONEY TO EVERYONE WHO NEEDS TO BUY INSURANCE. FOR THOSE WHO DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW THESE THINGS WORK AND THINK INSURANCE IS A MAGICAL SHIELD:  BLM Riots Could Cost Insurance Companies Up to $2 Billion.

GUNS SAVE LIVES:  Woman holds supermarket stabbing suspect at gunpoint until cops arrive.

REMEMBER THAT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO VOTE:   Trump is the only thing between us and a planned leftist takeover.

THE…. WHAT? OKAY, GUYS, DEFUND PUBLIC EDUCATION. WE’RE DONE:  Survey Finds Nearly 20% of Millennials and Gen Z in NY Believe Jews Caused the Holocaust.

SURE, BUT TO BE FAIR, WHAT DOESN’T TRIGGER LEFTISTS. THESE WERE DAYCARE RAISED KIDS WHO LEARNED THE LOUDEST KID GETS WHATEVER HE WANTS, IF HE WILL ONLY SHUT UP:  Ricky Rebel’s MAGA parody of YMCA triggers leftists.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED, LOOK HOW SHOCKED MY FACE IS!  NY Post Found Trump Received Five Times More Questions From Reporters Than Biden in Two Months.

COMPLETELY ABOVE BOARD, I’M SURE: Besides 22 Wiped Devices, 44 Mueller Team iPhones Had Zero Records.

IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE OF PRESIDENTS/PARTIES, CHOOSE THE ONES WHO DON’T HATE AMERICA:  Trump Announces Executive Order Establishing ‘1776 Commission’ To Combat ‘1619 Project’.

THE EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENT AS A WHOLE REGARDS STUDENTS AS INCONVENIENT OBSTACLES TO THEIR GETTING A PAYCHECK FOR NICE, INDOOR WORK. THERE ARE GOOD TEACHERS HERE AND THERE, BUT “PUBLIC” EDUCATION IS A ROTTEN EDIFICE:  Schools, Teachers, and Covid: Disregard Students.

AND RIOTS AND PURGES IF TRUMP LOSES. TRUST ME, SOCIALISTS/COMMUNISTS LOSE UGLY BUT WIN DEADLY:  Democrats Planning For Riots If Trump Wins.

PASSED HUGE BILLBOARD WITH A BUNCH OF TOMATOES AND A WEBSITE, SOMEWHERE IN KANSAS.  THOUGHT “IS THIS RIGHT WING FARMERS, SELLING TOMATOES?”  SO OF COURSE I HAD TO CHECK IT OUT.  AND I WAS WRONG:  It was this.

Not much actually going on, but at least they’re trying.

JUST BECAUSE THEY ENCOURAGED AND ENABLED THE RIOTERS? C’MON, MAN! COMMIES GOT TO COMMIE. WHO ARE YOU TO CURTAIL THEIR TRUE NATURES?  DOJ considered bringing charges against Portland officials over unrest.

AND THAT DOESN’T EVEN MAKE THE TOP FIVE LIST OF WORST THINGS HE’S DONE THIS YEAR:  Washington Gov. Jay Inslee gives maggot-infested apples to wildfire victims.

TO BE FAIR, THE FBI STILL ISN’T SURE IF THE MAFIA IS AN ORGANIZATION:  Republicans blast FBI director for claiming Antifa ‘not an organization’.

TELL ME AGAIN ABOUT TRUMP SUPPORTERS BEING THE INTOLERANT ONES:  Maine cops hunt woman leaving dog poop in Trump supporters’ mailboxes.

AND WHILE ON THAT:  Mail Box Tampering According to Federal Law.

TELL ME AGAIN ABOUT THE RIGOROUS SAFETY PROTOCOLS EMPLOYED BY CHINESE BIOHAZARD LABS:  More than 3,000 contract bacterial disease after Chinese lab leak.

SORRY FOR EXTENDED ABSENCE: Mother-in-law died, and we drove 3000 miles to funeral(round trip), give or take.  I might be miscounting miles. There were lots of them, though. Probably less irksome than flying these days, and we got lots of time to talk.  Also I drove more highway miles than I ever have before, and we’re still alive, so there’s good news.  Sorry I didn’t warn those of you in states we passed through to stay indoors, as there would be a crazy writer behind the wheel….

I BELIEVE IT WILL MISFIRE:  The Democrats’ plan for the military in the coming coup.

BECAUSE THEY THINK KILLING THEMSELVES WILL HURT ORANGE MAN BAD. THEY ARE THE EPITOME OF “CUTTING OFF YOUR NOSE TO SPITE YOUR FACE:”  Why are so many blue cities committing suicide?