THAT’S QUITE A LOT OF DECLINE TO HIDE: Was Climate Change the Greatest Financial Scandal in History?

Environmental scholar Bjorn Lomborg recently calculated that across the globe, governments have spent at least $16 trillion feeding the climate change industrial complex.

And for what?

Arguably, not a single life has been or will be saved by this shameful and colossal misallocation of human resources. The war on safe and abundant fossil fuels has cost countless lives in poor countries and made those countries poorer by blocking affordable energy.
Since the global warming crusade started some 30 years ago, the temperature of the planet has not been altered by one-tenth of a degree — as even the alarmists will admit.

In other words, $16 trillion has been spent — a lot of people got very, very rich off the government largesse — but there is not a penny of measurable payoff.

But it’s much worse than that. In economics there is a concept called opportunity cost: What could we have done with $16 trillion to make the world better off?

What if the $16 trillion had been spent on clean water for poor countries? Preventing avoidable deaths from diseases like malaria? Building schools in African villages to end illiteracy? Bringing reliable and affordable electric power to the more than 1 billion people who still lack access? Curing cancer?

Many millions of lives could have been saved.

Yes, but with much fewer private jet trips to Davos. Have some priorities here, man!

GET OUTSIDE AND AWAY FROM SCREENS: Myopia Is Surging, And One Common Habit Could Be Driving It.

HOW MUCH DOES SHE GET PAID FOR THIS? Jesse Watters Destroys Jessica Tarlov’s Kash Patel Beer Attack.

QUIS FACTA COMPROBABIT IPSOS COMPROBATORES: New York Times ‘Fact-Checks’ Trump’s State of the Union—Before He Delivers the Address.

MIND YOUR ORAL HEALTH: Treating a Common Dental Infection May Have Effects That Extend Far Beyond the Mouth.

SINK ‘EM ALL:

When intercepted in South Korean waters, a Chinese fishing boat attacked the Coast Guard instead of leaving.

The line between “fishing fleet” and maritime militia keeps getting thinner pic.twitter.com/lyqGhnIr0J

— David Walpiri (@DWalpiri) February 22, 2026

TRIM YOUR NAILS: Ergonomic Long Handle Toenail Clippers with Catcher. #CommissionEarned

TO BE FAIR, THAT’S BECAUSE YOUR BODY NEEDS MEAT: She wrote vegan cookbooks. Then she started craving burgers.

A doctor’s visit revealed that Jamieson was severely anemic. Despite being a trained chef and doing everything “within the vegan framework” to make sure she was getting enough vitamins and minerals — “I’d written books about it. I knew what you were supposed to do,” she says — including cooking with cast iron pots and even getting intravenous iron infusions, it wasn’t enough. “I was like, this is crazy. This is not sustainable. And this is not how humans are supposed to stay healthy,” she says.

So, after 10 years of being a vegan, Jamieson’s red meat dreams became a reality: She bit into a burger. “It was delicious,” she says. “It was like heaven. My body was like, Oh my God, thank you.”

Helen was a vegetarian before her heart attack, after which she said “screw it, I’m eating meat.” I took her to Morton’s in Nashville for her first steak and her reaction was simillar. I remember her saying “what the hell was I thinking?” after her first bite.

E.V. BUBBLE NEWS: The Scout Brand Relaunch Is Reportedly Delayed By a Year.

REPUBLICANS POUNCE! As conservatives accuse Newsom of bigotry, California governor’s office slams ‘MAGA-manufactured outrage.’

Newsom’s nasty little comms guy also told a female reporter from RCP to “f*** off,” which somehow failed to make the CBS News report.

DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE:

This is one perspective on how colleges started to become ideological monocultures: https://t.co/cPP5GkL5z5 pic.twitter.com/mA9MF6e2xh

— Nico Perrino (@NicoPerrino) February 24, 2026

WINNING: Apple announces plans to manufacture some new Macs in the United States this year.

ICYMI: We Need to Talk About Artemis. “Things can’t continue like this.”

Toniiq Liposomal NAD+ and Resveratrol Supplement. #CommissionEarned

TWENTY MINUTES INTO THE FUTURE:

I literally said that five months ago I said they’re not attacking them because they are the biggest ASSet the left has going into the midterms and they will not attack them. They will literally be silent and let them cook.

— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) February 24, 2026

Trump and Vance would be very wise to separate themselves from Tucker — beyond the midterms, unless there’s a Sister Souljah moment from Vance over Tucker, he will be used to tank Vance’s chances in 2028: The Last Temptation of JD Vance.

THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE: California Jurisprudence: Killer of Caltech Astrophysicist Had Previous Gun Charges Dropped ‘In the Interest of Justice.’

FASTER, PLEASE: FDA proposes new system for approving customized drugs and therapies for rare diseases. “It’s a shift long sought by patients, advocates and researchers focused on rare diseases, which often do not fit within the pharmaceutical industry’s business model or the FDA’s traditional drug-approval system.”

WELL: Netflix’s Stock Plunges After Refusing to Fire Susan Rice Over Threats to Trump Officials.

READER FAVORITE: Shark PowerPro Reveal Plus Cordless Vacuum. #CommissionEarned

CHANGE: US military begins withdrawing from main base in northeast Syria, Syrian sources say. “Qasrak has been a main hub for the US-led global coalition fighting Islamic State in Syria, where US troops deployed over a decade ago, partnering with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against the jihadist group. Kurdish forces agreed last month to integrate their institutions with Damascus.”

EXCUSE ME STEWARDESS, I SPEAK NEWSOM:

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— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) February 23, 2026

IF THERE’S A STRANGER TIMELINE THAN THIS ONE, I DON’T WANT TO LIVE ON IT:

DUDE ACCIDENTALLY FOUND THE CCP BACKDOOR. https://t.co/9sn1hhI2cs

— INVESTMENT HULK (@INVESTMENTSHULK) February 24, 2026

HISTORY: Earliest known writing dates back over 40,000 years.

SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL. NEXT QUESTION? Are Democrats Working Against Their Own Voters?

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Not so toxic: Masculinity’s comeback makes America thrive.