YES, I’M READY: Get Ready for More: The Durham Probe Has ‘Accelerated.’

BIDENFLATION: Wholesale prices jump 9.7% in January, further evidence of red-hot inflation. “The Labor Department said Tuesday that its producer price index, which measures inflation at the wholesale level before it reaches consumers, surged 9.7% in January from the year-ago period, slightly below the 12-year high of 9.8% notched in November and December. But in an unexpected turn, prices rose 1% in January on a monthly basis – well above the revised gain of 0.4% in December.”

VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR WEEKLY INSANITY WRAP: Joe Biden Just Got Advice So Crazy You Won’t Believe It.

Plus:

• The Canadian flag is literally domestic terrorism
• The video flashback that tells you everything you need to know about Fidel Trudeau
• The Russian tail didn’t wag Biden’s dog — so now what?

So much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.

WHO IS THIS WE, KEMOSABE? Clinton’s Crimes: Worse Than We Thought.

UNEXPECTEDLY: Seattle’s Soda Tax Goes Horribly Wrong. “A study, comparing Seattle to Portland, the latter of which shockingly didn’t sign on to this dumb idea, finds that Seattleites have responded by switching from sugary sodas to beer. With alacrity. And why not? Sure, beer and wine are taxed, but not to the extent of sugary drinks are at 28 cents per 16 ounces. Greedy bastards.”

STEP AWAY FROM MY RIBEYE: ‘Meat Supremacy’? Eating Meat Is Part of ‘White Supremacist Patriarchal Worldview.’

SAY ANYTHING: CNN Claims Most Americans Are Benefiting Economically, Despite Inflation.

CNN POLL: Majority of Dems reject Biden 2024.

OH: NIH Spent a Shockingly Small Part of Its Budget on COVID Research in 2020.

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Flashback: CDC, You Had One Job. But NIH spent significantly more on “social determinants of health” than on Covid.

UGH: The chip shortage crippled parts of the world economy. A Russian invasion of Ukraine would make it even worse.

Among the biggest concerns are supplies of several industrial gases used in semiconductor lithography, the process of etching silicon wafers to turn them into computer chips. These include a gas known as C4F6, which is used in many of the most advanced chipmaking processes, as well as neon and helium.

Many of these gases are produced as a byproduct of Russian steel production, but then refined by specialized Ukrainian firms for use by semiconductor manufacturers. Owing to the cross-border nature of this trade, any war between Russian and Ukraine will almost certainly disrupt supplies.

The last time Russia invaded Ukraine, in 2014, the price of neon shot up 600%, almost overnight, causing havoc in the semiconductor industry. Since then, chipmakers have tried to diversify the countries from which they purchase the gas. But Ukraine remains a key supplier.

As for palladium, Russia produces more than 45% of the global supply. The price of the metal has already run up substantially, as traders anticipate potential supply disruptions if Russia invades Ukraine and the rest of the world imposes severe economic sanctions on Russia in response. It is currently trading at $2,400 per ounce, having climbed 52% since mid-December.

Sure would be nice to make more of that stuff here.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: The Painfully Obvious Solution to the Drama in Canada. “Nothing like hearing the leader of an allegedly free country threatening to ‘compel’ his citizens. The COVID era has made the leftists all-too casual about using the language of tyrannical dictators. They at least used to be a little coy about it.”

THEY NEED TO BREAK JUST A FEW MORE EGGS: GiveSendGo Hacked as Names of Freedom Convoy Donors Apparently Leaked.

PJ MEDIA VIP ROUNDUP: Don’t forget that VODKAPUNDIT promo code if you’ve been thinking of joining us.

Stacey Lennox: A Gigantic COVID Revision Is Coming – Don’t Let the Biden Administration Get Away With It. “The failure of the Biden administration to massage the data to match reality and declare victory over the virus made it clear the response was never about public health. It was about politics and control. However, COVID-19 is becoming politically inconvenient for Democrats heading into the 2022 midterms.”

Athena Thorne: The Democrats’ Laughable 2024 Bench. “Quick! Off the top of your head, try to name a viable Democrat candidate who could draw the kind of widespread, solid support needed to win a general election in our fairly evenly divided country.”

Yours Truly: What the Hell Is Putin Up To? And What the Hell Is Biden Thinking? “In response to Putin’s genuine provocations, the U.S. and NATO are moving around a few thousand troops and some fighters and bombers. It’s almost as though we’re saying, ‘This is all we’ve got, if you were worried we might be serious.'”

Plus: Who You Gonna Believe on Wage Growth, Joe Biden Or Your Own Lyin’ Eyes?

BREAKING: Trudeau Goes Nuclear: Invokes Never-Before-Used Emergencies Act to Crush Freedom Convoy.

ROCKIN’ IN THE STREAMING WORLD: Well, Well, Well … Look Who’s Back on Spotify.

UPDATE (From Ed): Neil’s found a new grouse to keep his name in the press for an extra 15 minutes: Neil Young Now Calling for Boycott of Banking.

“Stop supporting banks contributing to the the [sic] mass fossil fuel destruction of earth,” says the crusty Canuck rocker on his website, calling on people to pull their savings from JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, four of the largest banks in North America. “Please join me and move the power of your money away from the damage causers or you will unintentionally be one of them,” Young says.

Why stop there? Surely just about every bank is, by Young’s reckoning, involved in fossil fuels in one way or another, as are all of the fossil-fuel companies and all of the companies that use fossil fuels, which is to say, just about every company. Young might want to take a peek at, for instance, how vinyl records and CDs are made: both from petroleum. As with many other boycotters, the only logical endpoint here for Young to boycott himself.

As recently as December, Young was quoted as saying he had no plans to tour:

His most recent in-person show, according to Setlist.fm, dates back to a pre-pandemic appearance in September 2019. Young set a return date for April at Farm Aid but decided to cancel.

“It was too soon,” Young admitted. “I just I told my buddies there, Farm Aid, I said, ‘I can’t do it. It gives me a sick feeling.'”

His chief concern remains watching in horror as one of his concerts turns into a super-spreader event.

“First of all, I charge a fortune to play. Whatever it is, even the lowest-priced tickets are ridiculous,” Young said. “So, people come to this thing that they really want to see because they paid a lot of money, and they’ve been looking forward to it for so long. And then they all go there – what if something goes wrong?”

When and if Young does decide to tour again, please pay no attention to his quote about “mass fossil fuel destruction” when his roadies load up the semis full of amps and gear.

(Updated and bumped.)

THE FIX IS IN: Toronto Bank Freezes $1 Million in Freedom Convoy Money.

For what it’s worth, there’s also a lot of online chatter that Trudeau will declare martial law, perhaps as soon as this hour.

HAVE YOU TRIED VOTING REPUBLICAN? Only 15% Of Democrats Want US Immigration Levels Increased.

CLEANEST ELECTION IN HISTORY: Is the Biden Admin Trying to Hide a Report on Dominion Voting Systems?

VOTE OF CONFIDENCE: Senior Biden Communications Adviser Leaving Ahead Of State Of The Union Address.

DAVID DEAVEL: The Prescription for Modern Medicine is Not Racial. “While public health officials have detonated their credibility in the age of Covid-19, Americans have still largely retained their respect for and trust in medical professionals. Dr. Fauci may be less credible than Dr. Pepper or even Austin Powers’ nemesis Dr. Evil, most people reason, but the men and women at my clinic are trustworthy professionals, right? Frighteningly enough, for those following the medical profession and medical education, a fixation on the goals of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in both medical schools and healthcare systems is making our once-top-notch American medical care more politicized and racialized but less effective.”

Just what an aging population needs.

HMM: Even Democrats Want Hillary Investigated Over Russiagate.

#RESIST: Satyagraha, Eh. “Satyagraha, in addition to being my least favorite of Philip Glass’ early operas, is Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violent resistance to political repression. We’re seeing an excellent example of it being deployed up in Canada, as the trucker protest against Justin Trudeau’s vaccine mandates continues.”

WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT EXPERTS? Experts: Freedom is Fascism. “If you don’t let the government take your stuff and dictate outcomes, you don’t believe in the beautiful freedom that comes from submitting to the State.”

TREATING CANCER WITH ASPIRIN: A pair of Senate Democrats want to suspend the federal gas tax through the end of 2022. “A pair of Senate Democrats facing tough re-election bids want to cut costs at the gas pump.”

CHANGE (IT BACK): Judge Blocks Key Biden Executive Order on Climate Change. “The judge left very little wiggle room for the administration to remedy the situation for the states in question.”