SICK: The Biden Administration Wants Taxpayers to Pay for Transgender Child Mutilation.

OH, CANADA: Canada offered assisted suicide to a Paralympian veteran who wanted a wheelchair lift installed.

Christine Gauthier, a 52-year-old retired corporal who competed in the 2016 Paralympics at Rio De Janeiro, testified to lawmakers that a VA official had offered — in writing — to provide her with a medically-assisted suicide kit. The case officer remains unnamed but reportedly made similar offers to at least three other veterans, according to the Independent.

“I have a letter saying that if you’re so desperate, madam, we can offer you MAID, medical assistance in dying,” Gauthier said in a hearing before the House of Commons veterans affairs committee.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the incident in a public statement on Friday after Gauthier said she personally wrote him a letter on the issue.

We’ll see how serious Trudeau’s condemnation is when we see if anyone is seriously punished.

I CERTAINLY HOPE NOT: Is Trump Costing the GOP the Senate Seat in Georgia Again?

WEIRD HOW THE ESTABLISHMENT ISN’T PRAISING MUSK FOR THIS: Suspension Rate Nearly Doubles For Twitter Accounts Exploiting Child Sex Abuse Material.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: America’s Lunatic Grandma Hillary Is Off Her Meds Again. “Hillary Clinton always seems to be in a constant state of one-person ‘hold my beer’ where she’s trying to outdo herself. Her follow-up to her unhinged theory about the 2024 election is a real doozy.”

CHANGE: NJ Governor Murphy Turns to Private Sector to Take Over State Government-Run Nursing Homes for Veterans. “We view Murphy’s move as one of desperation. It is a de facto admission his administration’s management of New Jersey’s nursing homes for veterans has been an unmitigated failure. It is also an admission his administration has no ability to turn around the situation at the three veterans home it fully controls by replacing their current managers with other state government officials. It is, plain and simple, an admission of the failure of his leadership.”

HMM: Biden Dramatically Reshapes the Democratic Primary Calendar Signalling He Will Run in 2024.

IRAN: Is The Iranian Regime Starting To Crack?

I haven’t covered too much of the unrest in Iran, mainly because we’ve seen widespread Iranian protests fizzle out before (in 1999, 2003, 2009, 2011-12 (remember, Obama was far more interested in pursuing his crazy nuclear deal than in helping the Iranian people free themselves from the Mullahs)) up to the most recent protests.

But we finally have a sign that this time may be different, in that this is the first time the regime has (reportedly) offered concessions.

It’s a big deal, the mullahs abolishing the “morality police” and maybe loosening up hijab requirements.

And it’s likely because something changed late last week: As Iran Unrest Turns to Armed Clashes, Government Prepares Fight to Survive.

Protests are nothing new against the mullahs’ regime, but armed clashes are.

Stay tuned, this ain’t over yet.

STACEY LENNOX: We Can Reasonably Blame Former Twitter Executives’ Censorship for at Least Five Major Consequences. “First and foremost, it is almost certain there would not be a war in Ukraine right now.”

TIM COOK: Apple CEO Gives Fox News Reporter Silent Treatment When Questioned About China. “Do you support the Chinese people’s right to protest? Do you regret restricting Airdrop access that protesters used to evade surveillance from the Chinese government? You think it’s problematic to do business with the Chinese party when they suppress human rights?”

FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY: He Was Nearly Transitioned by Gunfire. “This week we have the world’s most painful non-surgical procedure, how not to make a getaway, and the assault weapon no police wanted to collect for evidence.”

ONE SMALL STRIKE AGAINST ESG INVESTING: ‘I Don’t Trust BlackRock’s Ability to Deliver’: Florida’s CFO to Divest $2B in Investments.

FORMER PRESIDENT ME ME ME: Did Obama Just Throw Shade at Joe Biden?

HE’S BEEN SUCCESSFULLY WORKING ON THAT PROCESS HIMSELF SINCE SHORTLY AFTER ‘ALIENS’: “Avatar: The Way Of Water” Director James Cameron Claims “[Testosterone] Is A Toxin That You Have To Slowly Work Out Of Your System.”

FUN! Swiss Prepare to Spend the Winter Bored, Cold, and Trapped at Home. “If you’ve ever traveled through any of Europe’s alpine areas, there’s no doubt in your mind that the Europeans know how to build superior infrastructure — when they choose to.”

PROTESTS: ‘It’s The First Time I’ve Seen This in China.’

Sliding through the tight crowd at the vigil on Urumqi Road, I discovered a small memorial: candles lit on the ground and wreaths of flowers laid in tribute to the victims of the fire. Some messages were also written on signs: “We don’t forget: Guiyang, Urumqi, Henan, Xi’an.” These were the places where people had died during confinement. They hadn’t been able to get medical care; in one case, there had been a bus accident on the way to a quarantine center. Their deaths, their suffering, was now melding into everyone’s anger. It was becoming a cause.

The people at the vigil were mostly in their twenties or thirties. They felt walled off from the rest of the world, literally and otherwise. They chanted: “Health code, fuck you!” They sang the Chinese national anthem, and a revolutionary song that begins “Arise! Ye who refuse to be slaves!” In April, during the Shanghai lockdown, those words were censored on Weibo, China’s Twitter. The revolutionary was now, apparently, counterrevolutionary, or too revolutionary.

A Uyghur man in his thirties told me: “No freedom here.” He was from Urumqi and has relatives who lived in the building where the tragedy took place. “The building was locked down. They survived,” he said, referring to his extended family, “but they were terrified. I’m a man, I’m not used to crying, but for the last three days I’ve been crying all day.” He added: “You know, for us Uyghurs, it didn’t just start with the lockdown. We’ve been suffering for years in Xinjiang.”

Gradually, the crowd became more daring. They demanded freedom of expression, and freedom of the press. They yelled: “We don’t forget 6/4,” which was a reference to the last time students challenged the government and demanded democracy, on Tiananmen Square, on June 4, 1989. The party crushed Tiananmen with tanks and machine guns.

And wouldn’t hesitate to do so again — these are very brave people.

VIDEO: Biden Knows Where He Will – Will Not? – Campaign to Help Some Senator with a W in Their Name.

SAN FRANCISCO: 300 Health Department Employees With Secret Side Gigs Come Forward After Scandal.

The health department said on Wednesday that it has received 300 additional requests for secondary employment since Oct. 21, the day that Jail Health Services director Lisa Pratt resigned from her second job at a city-contracted nonprofit.

The surge of dual employment applications came after the health department reminded employees of their responsibilities to seek permission for secondary jobs. The city launched an audit of the practice after The Standard revealed that Pratt, a top public health executive, was moonlighting 20 hours a week for the nonprofit Baker Places in violation of city rules.

The department said that of 304 currently pending applications, 44 are in need of additional paperwork and 260 are under review.

“In other words, those 300 were violating the law, never asked for permission and are now asking for forgiveness?” said Supervisor Aaron Peskin.“Well shit, somebody call the police.”

Plus: “In Pratt’s case, her city job running health care in the city’s jails requires her to be on call for the city 24/7, and public record emails obtained by The Standard show her routinely responding to emails for the nonprofit during normal business hours. Pratt earned $123,000 annually at Baker Places on top of her $428,750 city compensation.”

FASCISM, STRAIGHT UP: Twitter’s Elon Musk Is Now Gavin Newsom’s Main ‘Target.’

UPDATE: Had the wrong link in there — sorry! Fixed now.

HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS: Gavin Newsom’s reparations committee will recommend handing out $223,200 per person to all descendants of slaves in California for ‘housing discrimination’ at a cost of $559BN – in nation’s biggest restitution effort ever.

KEVIN DOWNEY JR WITH NEWS YOU CAN USE: Pinko Alert! 3 Simple Ways to Recognize Who the Commies Are.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: China may get top ownership of US lithium mine. “A Canadian company is hoping to get approval and federal funding for a new lithium mine in northern Nevada, but former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Republican lawmakers are raising concerns about the mining company’s largest shareholder, a Chinese firm. The mining company is going through with an effort to dilute this Chinese ownership, but concerns remain about China’s potential influence over the critical mineral mine at a time when China is seeking to overtake the U.S. as a dominant global power.”

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: CNN Continues Overhaul but How Far Will It Go? “Licht is obviously serious about changing the direction at CNN. The question is, how far will he move it? CNN moved so far to the left that any new center it settles on could still be quite liberal.”

SAY ANYTHING: Janet Yellen blames Americans’ ‘splurging’ for record-high inflation.

In other words, “Don’t blame us for conjuring trillions of dollars out of thin air and then giving it away. It’s your fault for spending it.”

Previously: “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output.”

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: San Francisco’s Toilet of the Future Lasted Three Days Before a Systems Failure. “Did you read the part about the micro-retail kiosks? Art! Entertainment! Snacks! Video screens! A trip to the Bionic Bathroom can turn into a full day of fun!”