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ALL OUR INSTITUTIONS PRETTY MUCH:  It’s bureaucratic rot up and down the line. AND TILTING AT WINDMILLS IS RUNNING A SALE:  Here.

LISTEN TO ME: ALL THIS DIVERSITY HIRING AND PROMOTING HAS TO STOP:  Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson Headlining Event Featuring Educators Who Backed the October 7 Massacre.

GOOD:  Syria: Israeli Airstrike Reportedly Hits Weapons Depot Linked to Iranian-Backed Terror Group.

LET’S HEAR IT FOR TRUMP’S PICKS!  Trump’s FCC Chair Pick Wants to ‘Dismantle’ Big Tech’s ‘Censorship Cartel’.

IT SEES LIKE, YES:  European Officials: Baltic Undersea Cables Cut in Apparent Act of Sabotage.

BUT SOME ODD SIGNS OF SANITY AS WELL:  President of Azerbaijan Boldly Asserts that Oil, Gas Are ‘Gift of God’ at Climate-Cult Conference. Bravery too.

THE RACE TO EXTREME STUPIDITY IS WORLDWIDE, IT SEEMS:  A cult of ‘Saint Stalin’ has appeared in the Russian Orthodox Church, with the Soviet dictator being hailed as a saint or even a secret Orthodox bishop. In reality, Stalin closed or destroyed nearly…

OH, FOR THE LOVE OF BOB:  Why do our enemies make us look so badass? As for “men” I’m so used to being called a White Mormon Male I no longer fight it. I just note I do have a great er…. figure for a male. As for vicious, I’d not encourage trying us.

THE UK IS NOT AHEAD IN THE RACE TO 1984.  GERMANY IS:  Tweeting the poop emoji at a cabinet minister, quoting politicians inexactly, calling a Green fat & stupid – all of this is criminal speech in the freest and most democratic Germany of all time.

THEY PUSH ABORTION, INFANTICIDE AND THE STERILIZATION OF CHILDREN, BUT SHE DARES SAY THIS?   Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin blasted for ‘deranged’ rant claiming Republicans ‘want to kill your kids’.

IT’S BREAKING UP ALL OVER THE WORLD:  Of Fractals And Fractures.

UNLEASH RFK JR.: Shake up HHS. The department, exposed during the pandemic for its incompetence and groupthink, is in desperate need of reform—which Robert Kennedy Jr., whatever his flaws, will pursue. As Jeffrey Anderson points out,  RFK rightly criticized…

NIALL FERGUSON: Foreword to Genesis. Genesis, Kissinger’s final book, was co-authored with two eminent technologists, Craig Mundie and Eric Schmidt, and it bears the imprint of those innovators’ innate optimism. The authors look forward to the “evolution…

OPEN THREAD: It’s all part of the process.

IF ONLY MILTON FRIEDMAN ACTUALLY WAS RUNNING THE SHOW: Milton Friedman was the best pic.twitter.com/CeLlQnNWHo — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 20, 2024

THE NEW SPACE RACE: India plans to build a moon-orbiting space station by 2040.

ACE OF SPADES: “Expert” Allan Lichtman Melts Down In Argument With Master Debater Cenk Uygur (???), Declares That Anyone Saying He’s Wrong Is Committing “A Blasphemy Against Me.” After Biden dropped out, he guaranteed that Kamala would win. His Keys…

SHE’S J.K. ROWLING. HER CRITICS ARE CRAZY PEOPLE OF NO IMPORTANCE. This is about as close to "fuck off" as a corporation like HBO is going to put in a press release so I'll take ithttps://t.co/7QNM3eZ7Qw — PoIiMath (@politicalmath) November 20, 2024 The…

TRUMP WILL NEVER RECOVER FROM THIS: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi moving to ENGLAND after Trump win as they become latest stars to flee US. Related: Ellen DeGeneres’ bizarre nickname for P Diddy resurfaces after arrest. UPDATE: Sad News: Ellen…

GRAUNIAD HAS A SAD OVER ELON MUSK AND THE BAD ORANGE MAN: The Guardian’s Retreat from the Battlefield of Ideas. It was quite the flounce. “This is something we have been considering for a while,” The Guardian intoned with the gravity of an Old Testament…

YOUR MUSCLES GROW DURING THE REST PERIODS, NOT WHILE YOU’RE EXERCISING: The Science of Deload Weeks: Why Focusing on Rest Is Key to Fitness Gains.

CLIMATE CRAZINESS: ‘Snowstorms Are a Thing of the Past’ Day in UK as Snowstorm Closes Over 200 Schools.

FASTER, PLEASE: Scientists Unveil New Antibiotic to Combat Drug-Resistant Superbugs.

DISPATCHES FROM THE BATHROOM WARS: Speaker Johnson Announces Males Will Be Banned from Women’s Bathrooms on Capitol Hill. UPDATE: Bulwark still conserving conservatism most conservatively: Tim Miller Imagines Sarah McBride at the Urinal Next to Speaker…

COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: FDA finds ‘black mold-like substance,’ bacteria-tainted water at Tom’s of Maine facility.

THE EV BUBBLE IS DEFLATING: Backfire: Buying EVs Hasn’t Worked for Hertz.

UM, CONGRATS? JUST IN: Arizona finished counting votes — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 20, 2024

ME, AS PART OF LAW & LIBERTY’S SYMPOSIUM ON NEW YORK TIMES V. SULLIVAN: Whither Sullivan?

FIND YOUR PHONE: Apple AirTag 4 Pack. #CommissionEarned

OUCH: The Bidenization of the Dallas Cowboys.