The Morning Report - 12/13/21

Good morning, kids. Monday and of course the big story is the devastation caused by tornadoes that hit Kentucky and other areas of the central/southern US. Upwards of 90 are reported dead and the destruction is massive.

Prayers for all the victims and everyone affected. Naturally, the number one topic of discussion among the fools, charlatans and tyrants up to and including demented dotard-in-chief Joey Bivalve is not about providing aid and assistance and even a semi-believable veneer of sympathy and comfort.

"From [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden on down, the usual suspects are already rushing to suggest that last week's deadly tornados are yet another reason the world needs to do more about climate change. Yet no science supports the claim that tornados or any other form of humanity-threatening extreme weather is on the upswing, let along links the supposed threat to global warming. . .

. . . the standard anti-warming agenda would do far more damage to humanity than all natural disasters put together -- by impoverishing us all. We simply don't yet have practical, affordable alternatives to fossil fuels (which, by the way, are still what produce most of the electricity for your Tesla).

Global warming is real, but not the catastrophic threat that the media-political-activist complex pretends. The hysterical, nonstop hype poses a far greater danger."

The editorial board at the NY Post is accurate in a sense about "global warming." Well, actually "climate change" but to be even more accurate and to deny accepting the bastardization of the language and terminology of the left, a changing climate. The climate on Planet Earth has been changing for 4.5 billion years and will continue to do so for much of the next 3-4 billion years when that big glowing orange ball in the sky some 93 million miles away finally runs out of fuel. The question is how does the combined activity of 7.5 billion human beings affect the climate? The fact is, in all practical terms, it doesn't. What's more, not only is carbon dioxide not evil poison but it and carbon itself are the very stuff of life.

Now just to be crystal clear, this does not mean we should not be good stewards of the environment. Just because I don't believe that fossil fuels will turn the Earth into Venus, doesn't mean I want a Love Canal on every corner. Far from it. But human progress in the real sense (not "progressivism") is about bettering the lives of man via science, industry and technology in such a way that causes minimal impact on the air, land and water that we need to survive, yet is not impeded by Pollyanna-ish fantasies about recreating the Garden of Eden. Where the NY Post gets it 100% right is its assertion of what the anti-warming agenda will do to all of us. It's nihilism wrapped in absolute power inside a mask of self-righteous true believer-ism. Speaking of masks, isn't that really the story of Chinese COVID lockdown mania?

One of the most percipient commentators on [Chinese] COVID is Aaron Ginn, a Silicon Valley technical writer. In March 2021, Ginn predicted that when the [Chinese] COVID crisis was finally over, we should expect "massive confirmation bias and Pyrrhic celebration by elites. There will be vain cheering in the halls of power as Main Street sits in pieces. Expect no apology, that would be political suicide. Rather, expect to be given a Jedi mind trick of "I'm the government and I helped.'"

It's too early to say whether Ginn will be proved right, but all indications are that he will. Commenting on Ginn's prediction at the time, I invoked the political philosopher James Burnham, who famously observed that civilizations tend to end not because they are invaded by an external enemy but from an inner collapse. "They are not murdered; they commit suicide," I wrote, and went on to observe that "The really scary thing about this latest health scare is not the disease but the unexpected depths of passivity it revealed."

Frankly, I don't think it will ever end. How can it? It's the perfect means of control since our overlords have convinced us to be our own gaolers. We are living in a firestorm of fear that spreads and grows hotter with no prospect of burning itself out. And more than almost anything else, it keeps us all chained to a radiator in a Delaware basement, or a sump well waiting for Jame Gumb to lower a basket of Jergens.

The End of America: 100 Days That Shook the World available here.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Roger Kimball: "Emergencies justify emergency powers, and emergency powers mean that you can push ahead with your agenda on all fronts."
  Civilizational Suicide, Not Omicron, Is Killing Us
  
• "Steve Karp MD: "At some point physicians may pay a price for their poor judgement in suspending critical thinking."
  The Medical Profession Implodes
  
• Daniel Greenfield: "So is every top Democrat who accused President Trump of Russian collusion."
  Cuck Schemer, Who Accused Trump of Russian Collusion, is Getting Paid by Putin

CENTRAL STATES TORNADO DISASTER
• "On Saturday, Governor Andy Beshear (D-KY) told media that 'Multiple tornadoes have touched down and we have damage in -- I believe -- over a dozen Kentucky counties. The primary tornado was on the ground continuously for over 200 miles in our state, something we have never seen before."
  Exclusive Footage: Kentucky Tornado Survivor Says "First Thing We Thought" of Was "Helping People"
  
• "Fact is, every natural disaster these days -- flooding, hurricanes, heat waves, drought, etc. -- gets flogged as a reason for climate action, even though the worldwide death toll from extreme weather has been dropping steadily for decades. It's just a false talking point that activists push because people buy it, and that the media hype because it racks up clicks."
  Don't Believe the Pseudo-Scientific Hype About Tornadoes and "Climate Change"

  CIVIL WAR 2.0: LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, CAPITOL HILL BLACK WEDNESDAY PROTEST AFTERMATH, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• "As it did in the Kyle Rittenhouse case, the major media relentlessly trumpeted a false story, this time about Jussie Smollett."
  They Hate Us, They Really Hate Us
  
• Lloyd Billingsley: "One coup succeeded, the other is still in progress."
  From Prague to Washington
  
• Please. Don't make my mouth water.
  Crazy: MSNBC and The Atlantic Claim "30 Million People" Ready to Take Up Arms for Trump
  
• "Police more and more stand back and allow mayhem to run its course."
  How Government Bureaucracy and Media Wokeness Led to January 6
  
• Margot Cleveland: "Because House Speaker Nancy Pelosi failed to appoint the requisite number of members, the Jan. 6 committee is arguably invalid under its own authorizing resolution."
  Another Lawsuit Holds the Key to Trump's Best Defense Against the Jan. 6 Committee
  
• They could've saved a lot of time and syllables if they just blamed the old reliable: Jews.
  Black Lives Matter Activists Tell Students Misogyny, White Supremacy and Capitalism Are To Blame For Their Problems

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• "She campaigned for office in 2015 advocating a radical brand of 'criminal justice reform,' including no bail policies for almost every defendant and reduced sentencing, and during the riots last summer, her office adopted a 'presumption of dismissal' for certain low-level charges."
  Calls Grow For Chicago State's Attorney Kim Foxx to Resign After Smollett Verdict
  
• "Both Gascon and Reynoso have received donations and support from members of the infamous globalist Soros family."
  Democrat-Run Cities With Nazi Collaborator Soros-Backed DAs Are Watching Crime sSpiral Out Control
  
• "Former mayor Michael Nutter assails Larry Krasner's bloody record."
  Fighting Back in Philly

  AMERICA, AND THE WORLD, IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

• "Infections 'appear to be mild.'"
  CDC: Zero Omicron Deaths in U.S., Only One Person Needed Hospitalization
  
• "When is it okay for a federal bureaucrat to suggest that Americans must show their papers to celebrate with family and friends?"
  Tony Fauci: Jackbooted Thug
  
• Brian C. Joondeph, M.D." This could actually stop [Chinese] COVID, converting it into a something more akin to seasonal flu."
  Omicron Variant -- Scourge or Savior?
  
• Keith Jackson, MD: "It's time for hysterical Americans to get a grip and figure out how to let us all live our lives."
  There's Never Going to Be a Life "After Chinese COVID"
  
• "For the vast majority of the population, policy reactions to [Chinese] COVID have been extreme and caused more harm than they have prevented."
  Saving us From Those Trying to Save Us
  * * * * *

• "As Omicron has now been sequenced in HALF of U.S. states, it's time to acknowledge past response policies have been full of fail."
  New York Gov. Kathy "Cuomo with Tits" Hochul Makes Sad, Laughable Attempt to Stop Omicron via Mask Mandate
  
• "[So-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden issued the federal mask mandate for travel in the early days of his administration, and this month he extended the mandate through March 18."
  Cheap Justice Roberts Dismisses Emergency Challenge to Air Travel Mask Mandate
  
• "You don't want to recognize our law," he continued. "I want to reinforce that the law does apply to you. I want to send a message to the community that executive orders are law."
  Minnesota Judge Blasts Bistro Owner, Gives Her 90 Days in Jail & $1,000 Fine for Violating Chinese COVID-19 Orders
  
• "Cops jeered as they enforce social distancing with crude tool."
  Video Shows German Police Keeping Chinese COVID Protesters Separated With Measuring Stick
  
• "Marion Koopmans -- who served on the World Health Organization's first [Chinese] COVID-19 origins investigation team -- appears to have been removed from the body's new 'effort' to trace the source of the virus following the National Pulse revealing her long-standing ties to the Chinese Communist Party."
  SCALP: Chinese COVID Investigator Funded By Chinese Communist Party Removed From WHO Team Following National Pulse Expose
  
• "The suppression of the use of the off-patent, hence low profit, drug ivermectin for use in preventing and treating [Chinese]
  COVID is grotesque and inhumane."
  Even As a Brazilian City Cut Chinese COVID Hospitalizations in Half Using Ivermectin, US Medical Authorities Continue to Suppress Its Use

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• "Earlier this year, price increases were seen mainly in goods -- cars, furniture, etc. Shipping ports also became clogged due to high demand in imports from around the world."
  https://humanevents.com/2021/12/10/inflation-reaches-40-year-high/Inflation Reaches 40-Year High
  
• "White House officials say they have no plans to shift Mr. Biden's messaging on economic issues, even as poll after poll shows his approval ratings in decline and voter worry over inflation swamping all other views of the economy."
  White House Enlists Major News Orgs To Generate More Positive Spin On Inflation, Supply Chain Crisis
  
• "Make no mistake, the Fed is the true culprit behind our latest inflationary crisis."
  When It Comes to Inflation, It's the Fed, Stupid

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• "I've worked in the halls of education for decades, and the communist infiltration of our schools and society has been aggressive the entire time."
  Decades of Communist Pushing Will Get You a Communist America
  
• "Findings come as anti-Semitic attacks on students have skyrocketed in recent years."
  Overwhelming Number of Diversity Officers at US Colleges Hold Anti-Israel Views, Study Says
  
• Our Op-Ed in The NY Post: "As increasing numbers of Middle Eastern countries normalize relations with Israel, MESA seeks to expunge Israel from Middle Eastern Studies."
  Middle East Studies Association Moves Toward Endorsing BDS Academic Boycott Against Israel
  
• "Parents who were reluctant to vote for a Republican governor but desire change may be willing to support the school choice proposal."
  Bipartisan Campaign Launches To Pass California School Choice Initiative After Failed Recall
  
• "From their first years in school, gifted and talented kids will learn their beautiful gifts are stolen and that they, through an accident of birth, have no right to the brain between their ears."
  Broken Eggs, Crabby Minds

  AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• Miranda Devine: ". . . [Ron DeSantis] allocated $8 million in last week's state budget to fly the migrants back to elite Democrat enclaves, including Washington, DC. It was a masterful piece of trolling, but with a serious purpose that other states should emulate."
  Ron DeSantis Fights Back Against Biden Illegal Immigrant Flights
  
• "Illegal border crossings at all-time high."
  55 Dead After Truck Smuggling Migrants Headed To US Border Crashes
  
• Robert Spencer: "We should have seen what was coming when the Left zeroed in on Trump's America-First slogan as if there were something wrong with a president of the United States putting the best interests of his own citizens first. Now we see what it means, just in case we had forgotten since the Obama administration left office, to have a truly America-Last administration."
  Good News! Illegal Migrants Are Allowed to Fly Without ID

  THE 2020 ELECTION HEIST AND AFTERMATH

• Margot Cleveland: "A new whistleblower video shows Pennsylvania election workers discussing ways to hide derogatory information about the management of the November 2020 election."
  Exclusive Whistleblower Video: Pennsylvania Election Workers Discuss Hiding "Derogatory" Records
  
• "Biden's [junta] has been disastrous for America and, mid-term elections in 11 months, there's very little time to root out the rot that led to Biden." (it'll take a lot more than elections to do that - jjs)
  We Have Very Little Time To Act To Save American Elections
  
• "A new threat looms over American elections."
  New York City Undermines the Vote
  
• "'I'm a bit curious . . . to see, like others who have gone before me, if I will still be able to vote in Chicago,' Dole wrote in a farewell letter."
  In Farewell Letter, Bob Dole Pokes Fun At Chicago's Reputation For Letting Dead People Vote

  SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• "Now they know for certain what they reported was incorrect and yet they have issued no corrections or mea culpas."
  Journalist-Authors Isikoff, Corn Also Fell For Danchenko's Mythical Dossier Source
  li>"Margaret Goodlander serves as counsel to AG Merrick Garland, who oversees the probe."
  Jake Sullivan's Wife Faces Growing Calls for Recusal From Durham Probe

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• "It is the pro-Palestinians who are singularly responsible for the majority of hostility on campuses today, not some other, vaguely defined and most invisible group of white supremacists, fascists, or right-wing lunatics that haunt the liberal mind."
  Being Pro-Palestinian Actually Means Being Anti-Israel
  
• "Failed congressional candidate promoted article claiming 'America's Jews are driving America's wars.'"
  Wisconsin Dem Fundraises With Anti-Semite Valerie Plame

  POLITICS

• "Another week, another poll showing Biden's approval ratings in the tank."
  Americans Continue to Sour on Biden's Handling of All Sorts of Issues
  
• Your "democracy" is a socialist shit-hole tyranny like no other. So here's hoping.
  Hillary Clinton: If Trump Wins in 2024, It "Could Be the End of Our Democracy"
  
• Victor Davis Hanson: "The corrupt and mediocre heroes of the Left are imploding."
  Cracked Icons
  
• "There are tens of thousands of other people in that arena who were not there in uniform, and that clearly was a stadium that is not happy with the performance right now of [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden."
  Rep. Lee Zeldin: "Good Chance" Joe Biden Avoided Army-Navy Game Due to Fear of "Let's Go, Brandon Chant"
  
• "The 'build back better' bullies may discover that they set the stage for a new'New World Order' -- one that leaves them out of the picture."
  The Great Reset Crowd's Overreach Will Come Back to Bite Them
  
• "So why not Hillary? After all, she maintains that she won the election in 2016 in the first place; she clearly believes that she can defeat Trump (if he is indeed the Republican nominee, and again, in her view) in 2024."
  Hillary for President in 2024? It Could Happen.
  
• Larry Elder: "Why Dems are stuck with her."
  The Kamala Conundrum
  
• "One possible Republican challenger to Warnock is businessman Kelvin King, who announced his candidacy in April."
  INTERVIEW: GA Sen Candidate Kelvin King Talks Warnock, Election Integrity, Big Tech, and More
  
• "Already leftists are concocting dubious reasons they could lose."
  The So-Called Plot to Fix the 2024 Election
  
• "Wealthy Americans are far from the most politically influential group -- and what influence they do exert is often beneficent."
  Why Democracy Needs the Rich

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• Robert Spencer: "Ironically, Milbank may actually be right: the country really does seem to be in an existential struggle between self-governance and an authoritarian alternative. But the real authoritarians here are those such as Milbank himself who believe that the media should become even more partisan and sycophantic in its coverage of Biden."
  Leftist "Journalists" Float the Idea That Criticizing Joe Biden Is a Danger to Democracy
  
• "Our media's simplistic partisan narratives have done more than elect favored politicians. They also threaten the security of Europe, the United States and the rest of the free world."
  The Russia-Ukraine Crisis: The History Our Media Got Wrong
  
• "After decades in broadcasting and cable news, I am excited to explore the world of streaming." (streaming, like golden showers? - jjs)
  No-Talent Nepot Chris Wallace Announces Departure From Fox News, Will Go To XiNN
  
• "Will you do your part?"
  Trump's Ad Banned By YouTube
  
• "Shifting political alliances have joined students of Harry Jaffa and traditionalists against the thinly disguised Straussian atheists on the Left."
  A Peevish Review Misunderstands "Claremont Conservatism"
  The following text is an expanded version of testimony that the author delivered to a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband on December 9, 2021."
  
• "Addressing the harms of persuasive technology
  Disrupting Dangerous Algorithms
  
• "Audits call for abolition of standards of 'merit."'
  Democrats Push "Racial Equity Audits" to Cement Control of Tech Companies

  ABORTION

• "The ruling did not interfere with the Texas law's current standing but merely opened the door for certain entities to sue the state over the law."
  SCOTUS Keeps Texas Heartbeat Law Alive, But Roberts Joins Court's Left-Wing In Foreshadowing Pro-Abortion Dissent
  
• "Texas has employed an array of strategems designed to shield its unconstitutional law from judicial review," Roberts wrote. (DIAF, momzer fraud - jjs)
  Cheap Justice Roberts Calls Texas Ban on Aborting Babies With a Beating Heart an "Unconstitutional Law"

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• ". . . if states can now shield their laws from review by the federal courts that compare assault weapons to Swiss Army knives, then California will use that authority to protect people's lives, where Texas used it to put women in harm's way."
  Gov Newsom Says He'll Let People Sue To Enforce California Gun Laws

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• ". . . As Biden flounders."
  Xi Makes His Move
  
• "Maybe the U.S. government deserves some credit for trying to rein in China's human rights abuses. Or maybe not."
  3 Reasons for China to Laugh at New US Sanctions
  
• "A military escalation over the Ukraine would be unjust and dangerous."
  No to War With Russia
  
• "The statement also called on Russia to de-escalate its current actions."
  G7 Warns Russia Against Ukraine Invasion, Cautions of "Severe Costs"
  
• "Dems stall anti-China bill over climate change negotiations, GOP alleges."
  Republicans Say Malig-Nancy Pelosi Holding Up Uyghur Anti-Slavery Bill
  
• "China continues to tighten rules on religious freedom, intensifying punishments for unsanctioned activities and increasing its supervision of certain groups in a bid to 'block extremism.'"
  Religious Unfreedom in China
  
• Daniel Greenfield: "No marriages, no babies, and no future."
  Can Feminism Destroy China?
  
• "The PFLP operates a network of "humanitarian" institutions, which are essential to the terrorist organization's activities."
  Report: Intel Dossier Exposes Palestinian NGO-Network Operated by PFLP Terrorist Group
  
• "It is no longer a 'country of particular concern' with respect to religious freedom."
  Biden Removes State Department Stigma on Anti-Christian Nigeria

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Robert Spencer: "A spurious concept designed to inhibit criticism of jihad terror could soon be funded by your tax dollars."
  Bro-Fo Omar/Nur/Burqawitz/Ikeeelyou Bill to Require State Department to Monitor 'Islamophobia' Moves Forward
  
• "Can you guess what issues it won't address?"
  The European Commission's New Strategy to Combat Anti-Semitism

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE, THE COURTS

• "The $921,526,000,000 that the federal government spent in October and November is the most the federal government has ever spent in the first two months of the fiscal year in nominal dollars."
  IRS Record Tax Collection: $565,135,000,000 in First Two Months of FY 2022

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• "Senate Republicans now working to remove 'vindictive' provision from Biden's spending bill."
  House Dems From Red States Criticized "Misguided" Hospital Funding Cuts -- Then Voted for Them

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

• "[So-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden is on record as saying that top Pentagon officials consider climate change to be the "greatest threat" to America's national security in the coming years. Go figure. Military men mistaking hot days for onrushing barbarian hordes?"
  The Phony Climate War
• "'In 29 schools, students scored below 5% on math or English, and sometimes both.' Decarbonizing effort could cost $2.5 billion according to Cornell University researchers consulted on the proposal."
  Rhode Island Schools Are Failing, Yet Progressive Coalition Wants To Spend $2.5 Billion On "Decarbonizing" Education

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• "Parents at Estrella Foothills High School successfully halted a spirit week that would've pushed transgenderism on students."
  Arizona High School Halts Transgender Spirit Week After Outcry From Parents

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• "The woke monster is hungry and he/she/it is going after James Bond now, leaving spy fans . . . wait for it . . . shaken, not stirred. Apparently, the brains behind the James Bond franchise have decided to ignore Trump's warning about 'woke.'"
  "Bond, Zhim Bond": The Non-Binary Spy Who Loved Me
  
• "Insurance company commercials are becoming big hits, even if at parents' expense."
  Parentamorphosis? I Wish
  
• "Many on the left are belatedly realizing the truths that sex isn't just recreation and there is no substitute for a healthy family culture. Social conservatives should be heartened."
  Joy Behar Accidentally Admits Social Conservatives Were Right About Sex

  HITHER & YON

• "REVIEW: Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather.
  Corleone Family Values
  
• "Adele is undoubtedly vulnerable, but her decision to share as much as she does in 30 is not bold. It's reckless."
  Adele Crossed the Line on 30
  
• "He's no Orson Welles, but he's sure as hell a reliable propagandist for the left."
  Jay Roach's Bombshell Again Proves He's a Hollywood Hack
  
• "Kidman and Bardem are no Lucy and Desi, and that's only part of the problem here."
  Being the Ricardos Gets Shown Up by the Second Bananas

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