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OPEN THREAD: I got another confession, my friend — I ain’t no fool.

NOT THE BABYLON BEE: Scientific American: Why the term ‘JEDI’ is problematic for describing programs that promote justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. This is stuff that would get a C- and an “oh, come on” comment from a professor even somewhere…

UNEXPECTEDLY: Biden, Who Demands People ‘Pay Their Fair Share’ In Taxes, May Owe Up To $500,000 In Back Taxes: Report. Has Joe Biden ever met Joe Biden? A Joe divided against itself cannot stand!* Flashback: Biden calls paying higher taxes a patriotic act.…

GENERATION GRETA: Too Afraid To Live. I don’t want to say that sense of doom that the young have (re: the Lancet survey) is inappropriate. There can be no doubt that they face tremendous challenges trying to build a life today. We have deprived them of the…

IF YOU CAN’T BE SPACEFARING, BE LAWFARING: Court filing outlines Blue Origin’s case against NASA SpaceX lunar lander award.

RALPH THE WONDER LLAMA YIELDS RESULTS: Llama antibodies may fight COVID-19 in humans, researchers say.

IF ONLY THERE WERE SOME WAY TO GET RID OF MOSQUITOES: Researchers detect malaria resistant to key drug in Africa. Flashback: how we almost won, but lost, the fight to eradicate malaria.

BOOM: Evergrande crashes as China dumps ‘build, build, build’ playbook. Evergrande is proving to be the first big victim. As the company falters, its undoing raises a fundamental question for the world’s second-largest economy: has China’s…

WELCOME BACK, CARTER: Biden’s Multi-Trillion-Dollar Spending Plans & Tax Hikes Will Have 3 Devastating Economic Consequences, New Study Warns.

TRUNALIMUNUMAPRZURE! Majority Says Biden Isn’t ‘Mentally Sharp’: Poll.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: A Generation of American Men Give Up On College. You can hear the Insta-Wife talk about this here.

NO ENEMIES TO THE LEFT: Why isn’t the media more upset about Antifa’s attacks on journalists? Ngo isn’t alone in thinking that these attacks on the press are being downplayed. So does Nancy Rommelmann, who as a journalist has written for the New York…

PSAKI ANNOUNCES DEL RIO BORDER PATROL WILL NO LONGER USE HORSES IN RESPONSE TO FALSE ‘WHIP’ NARRATIVE. In accordance with the prophecy: Border Patrol Loses Horse Privileges, Must Now Bang Two Empty Halves Of Coconuts Together. Related:‘Now it’s a…

WHERE’S HUNTER, FAT? Hunter Biden boasted of access to White House and China in $2M Libyan deal.

THIS SHOULD BE A BIGGER STORY: After Mandating Masks Outdoors, Oregon’s Active COVID-19 Cases Increased 73 Percent.

2024 PREVIEW? Trump Still Rising. “The latest Rasmussen poll shows that in a hypothetical matchup between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in 2024, Trump would win 51 percent to 41 percent. Independent voters give their support to Trump by a whopping 20 points…

WELL, HE’S NOT WRONG: Georgia Gov. Candidate Vernon Jones Calls Biden ‘Joe Crow’ and CNN ‘Control the Negros Network.’

I ACTUALLY FIND IT KIND OF RELAXING: Gun Cleaning For People Who Hate It.

NEW HUNTER BIDEN EMAILS: Hunter Biden emails boast ties to White House and China. Hunter Biden’s business contacts touted his access to his father, “State, Treasury,” his relationship with then-Secretary of State John Kerry’s stepson, as well as his…

HOW THE HELL IS ANYTHING LIKE THIS WITHIN AN AMERICAN TEACHERS’ UNION’S PURVIEW? San Diego Teachers’ Union Passes Resolution That Rejects Israel’s Legitimacy. I guess they’ll do anything but teach.

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THE DELTA THREAT HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY OVERSOLD: ‘Light at the end of the tunnel’: Researchers predict steady decline in COVID cases through March — without any ‘significant winter surge.

DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: It’s time to end the taxpayer-subsidized vacation for student loan payments.

THIS WORKS FOR PEOPLE, TOO: Social robots may be more persuasive if they project less authority.

THE ACLU MORPHS INTO THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH: The ACLU did its bizarre impersonation of Nineteen Eighty-Four’s Ministry of Truth on Twitter. Just as that dystopian ministry exists to rewrite history to ensure that it corresponds with the Party’s current view…

CRISIS BY DESIGN: Afghan Refugees at Fort McCoy Charged With Sexual Assault of a Minor, Spousal Abuse. Previously: Just 3 Percent of Afghan Evacuees in U.S. Are Special Immigrant Visa Holders. Biden evacuated a lot of people he shouldn’t have and left behind…

COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: Young women with breast cancer who opt for mastectomies report lower quality of life.

#WHIPGATE: Mayorkas Suspends Horseback Border Patrol Agents from Duties Pending Probe. “Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas has taken action against horseback Border Patrol agents accused by left-leaning media figures and Democrats of using…

THAT’S SORT OF COOL: Actor Daniel Craig has been made an honorary Commander in the Royal Navy – matching the on-screen rank of James Bond.

SALMAN RUSHDIE: ‘I’m Afraid Cat Stevens Got Off the Peace Train a Long Time Ago.’ In “The Meaning of Yusuf/Cat Stevens,” Howard Fishman, whom the Post describes only as a “writer, composer and performer based in Brooklyn,” states the key…