HAPPY NEW YEAR! Next year will be worse.

TO ALL YOU SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIORS: Eat shit and die.

MERRY CHRISTMAS: And you thought this was an ordinary grocery store.

POWERLINE'S WEEK IN PICTURES is up. There are many, many good ones, but this proved to be my favorite.

Go and see the rest.

A DEMOCRAT'S CHRISTMAS: Part One and Part Two.

JUST IN TIME FOR STAR WARS: Cosmic lightsaber slices through clouds.

The power of the Force.

YES, BERNIE, run as an independent. Please.

STAR WARS: Revenge of the Social-Justice Warriors.

Reminder: here's that 'trigger warning' for the SJW crowd.

JACK DUNPHY: Who is Rahm Emanuel's designated patsy?

NATIONAL REVIEW: Is Bruce Jenner allowed to think for himself?

Of course not. Progressivism's defined victims can not - must not - be allowed to think for themselves.

DON'T VOTE FOR BERNIE -- yet. Everything is not yet free.

SO WHAT'S NEW? Obama more concerned with protecting the rights of Islamists than protecting the American people.

HEALTH NEWS: Drinking coffee tied to lower risk of death. With the amount of coffee I drink, I'll never die.....

GEORGE WILL: To commemorate the Paris climate conference, let's celebrate ... coal.

In May 1945, Aneurin Bevan, a leading light among British socialists, said: “This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time.” Genius was not required. Socialism — command-and-control government of the sort that climate fine-tuners recommend for the entire planet — soon accomplished this marvel, with coal rationed and the price of fish soaring.

Heh.

WHILE RACING TO REUSABILITY: SpaceX is launching its most powerful rocket for the first time this weekend.

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT shows contempt for property rights. In just 3 western states (Nevada, Utah, and Idaho) the federal government owns a total of 503,000 square kilometers of land - about 70% of the total land area of those states - and they want more?

And did I mention that the Environmental Pollution Protection Agency wants to extend its control to the rainwater puddles in our back yards?

"REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS, channeling U.S. troop frustration at having their hands tied in the war on the Islamic State, are calling for the ages-old "rules of engagement" to be rewritten to allow wider attacks on the terrorists."

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson understands.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Could it be the cost?

Plus there's this gem from the comments: "If Government money that is currently directed for scientific research for AGW study was suddenly reversed and was paid to de-bunk AGW, you’d soon have 97% consensus that man is not causing the earth to warm up."

YOUR EPA has got you your wallet covered. Sleep well.

BECAUSE THE PROLES ARE SMARTER THAN THE ELITES: Why the war on guns has failed.

YES. NEXT QUESTION: Are mandatory electronic medical records causing doctor burnout? Plus they're pissing me off.

THE EVIDENCE is piling up that higher minimum wages kill jobs.

UNICORNS AND RAINBOWS ARE MUCH MORE CONGENIAL: The Democratic Party’s disconnect from reality.

MIKE ROWE TO BERNIE SANDERS: Stop telling everyone college is the only thing.

Listen to Mike Rowe; he's smarter than Bernie and John Kerry combined.

MORE PROOF THAT LIBERALS ARE CRAZY: Professor blames white privilege for the existence of Michigan.

He's right on one small point - he is a racist bigot.

BREAKING NEWS FROM THE LEFT: Guns use terrorists to kill Americans. Well, that's what they think.

ABOUT THAT BORDER WALL....

Found on Facebook.

FINALLY REVEALED: The JV team is in the White House.

CHIPOTLE: Serving up all-natural locally sourced illness.

Chipotle doesn't just sell you a burrito. They sell you a status symbol, a mark of social responsibility and higher consciousness. When you eat there, you're not just fed, you become a better human being.

Hospitalization is a status symbol of your social consciousness.....

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY: Save the environment; give gift cards for Christmas. (Just put them in big boxes and use lots of wrapping paper.)

More proof (if any is needed) that government is too damn big and intrusive.

INSTAPUNDIT: "Leftism is a religion. It’s just a shitty one that promises heaven on earth, while always yielding something closer to hell."

HILLARY CLINTON: ObamaCare is forcing Americans into part-time work. And her solution is ... what?

THE SCOREKEEPER: Enough with the debates.

JEFF JACOBY: 'Mismatched' black students pay the price of affirmative action.

Truth. As a former college engineering professor, I can attest to the correctness of his argument.

BEN CARSON'S STRENGTH: I'm not surprised that a surgeon recognizes the necessity of sacrificing some tissue to save the life; nor am I surprised that so few progressives understand.

Kudos to Hugh Hewitt for asking the question.

POWERLINE eviscerates the climatistas.

THE NEW STAR WARS MOVIE is about to hit the theaters this week. Here is a a 'trigger warning' trailer for progressivism's precious little snowflakes.

The Farce awakens....

MILITARY RECRUITMENT: The few, but Republicans outnumber Democrats by 2 to 1.

Is it time for a coup?

NATIONAL REVIEW: Obama's misconceived ISIS strategy. There's only one thing wrong with National Review's post - it assumes that Obama has a strategy.

HILLARY CLINTON: I don't have horns. Just a forked tail tongue.

TECHNOLOGY: A new camera system can locate objects hidden around a corner and track their movements with centimeter precision.

Now we need a bullet that can turn corners....

BULLSEYE: Two of Saturn's many moons line up for a special Cassini spacecraft photo op.

Enceladus and Tethys.

DELTA, AMERICAN AND UNITED AIRLINES ban hoverboards as a fire danger.

I wonder if Malaysia Flight 370 carried a hoverboard in its cargo bay....

AMMO GRRRLL plays the victim card. (And recommends Sig Sauer for shooting.)

A THOUGHT FOR THE GUN CONTROLLERS:

HAH! “Eating lettuce is over three times worse in greenhouse gas emissions than eating bacon...”

BE AN ASTRONAUT: NASA accepting applications for future explorers.

I guess it's too late for me to try again....

YES, LET'S PASS THE 'OMNI'BUDGET:

What happened to regular order?

TOP OBAMA AIDE VALERIE JARRETT heads initiative to curb anti-Muslim sentiment. The unicorns in their 'reality' world hate Muslims?

HE'S THE SMARTEST MAN IN THE ROOM. So ... what's his IQ?

RAND PAUL strikes back. In defense of Donald Trump....

YA THINK? Seven years of Obama "has discredited government as an instrumentality to improve people's lives."

SO MANY REGULATIONS, SO LITTLE TIME: Obama rushes through permanent regulations costing $118 billion in final months.

Ensuring his legacy as the worst President ever....

IEEE SPECTRUM: Testing Einstein's theories with satellites stuck in eccentric orbits.

CLIMATE CHANGE: Global warming summit to produce '300,000 tons of C02' as 50,000 people travel to Paris from across the world. Scroll down through the pictures of our 6 ton-per-person 'elites' serving us proles spending our tax dollars.

MORE: The Washington Examiner recently asked whether the research serving as the basis for the climate summit in Paris is "settled science" or "junk science." Here are the readers' responses:

Global warming has been going on for thirty thousand years.

"Consensus" is not science.

It is settled science. But humankind does not have the moral capacity to fix it or stop it, and therefore must adapt to it. This will not be cheap, either.

The only "proof" for anthropogenic climate change are computer models that have been mathematically proven to be flawed. Journalists should be following the power and money to see what is driving this hoax.

'Junk Science'!

It is a "Faith-based Science." The scientists who propagate these ideas are unable to explain why when human activity in the past - which was negligible - cannot explain prior climate changes of massive proportions we should be quick to jump on human activity as the most responsible factor for present changes based on questionable observations.

When the government pushes something this hard, it's about money and taxes.

I'm still waiting for the oceans to rise. When the oceans begin rising like Al Gore told us they would be by now, then I'll believe in climate warming.

It's all about control -- and the graft and corruption that accompanies it.

A RESPONSE to the Morning Examiner's Question of the Day: The question was about whether Donald Trump's call for a ban on Muslims entering the countrry was motivated by publicity or was the expressing of a sincere, if politically incorrect, proposal to deal with radical Islamic terrorism. One reader's response:

Interesting that your first story in yesterday's edition was how crazy Trump's proposal was to ban all Muslims and then your second story pointed out that terrorist groups were using the refugee program to send terrorists into the United States. The reason Trump is so popular is because he says things that make sense to normal Americans who have to deal with the problems our government inflicts on us.

Italics are mine.

IF OBAMA HAD BEEN PRESIDENT IN 1941....

The Washington Post agrees: Obama would have lost WWII.

Writing that Obama seems "petulant" and "out of ideas" in his response to world events, [Washington Post columnist Richard] Cohen said Monday that "if the Obama of today and not Winston Churchill had led Britain in World War II, the Old Vic theater would now be doing 'Hamlet' in German."

Heh.

FANTASYLAND: It's not just for Disneyland.

AMMO GRRLLL: Some thoughts for the 'marginalized':

Grow up; shut up; and get a life. Your massive, gratuitous rage will only raise your blood pressure and shorten that life. If you think your life will be improved away from the racist, rape-culture-y hellholes of Harvard Law or Dartmouth or Princeton, for the love of God, feel free to give up your spot to the next poor soul. Hey, maybe even to the applicant with 400 more SAT points than you whose place you took because of the color of your skin. Maybe she would have cured cancer instead of pretending to worry about John C. Calhoun.

Sound advice....

AMAZON RELEASES VIDEO showing Prime Air prototype in action. Neat, but do you have to purchase the landing zone card?

HUMAN CARGO: Airbus has a patent to make aircraft cabins lnto human shipping containers.

More at Instapundit.

CONGRATULATIONS: Indiana school turns the tables on hardcore atheist jackasses.

And thank you, Indiana!

SOUND ADVICE for Muslim immigrants. And not just in Australia....

POWERLINE'S WEEK IN PICTURES: Trump this.

The others are equally good. Go see them.

JOHN KERRY urges 'public shaming' to enforce new climate agreement.

Kerry has 5 luxury homes, a 76-foot yacht, a sport utility vehicle, and a private jet.

So, yes, lets shame John Kerry. Shaming is not just for little people....

STAR WARS QUESTION: Why is Democrat-controlled Hollywood such a racist hive of scum and villainy?

PROGRESSIVISM: "violence-free donuts and free range stupidity..." From the comments to this tweet.

JUDGE JEANINE PIRRO pulls no punches. Be patient; the video seems to take its time loading.

JUST IMAGINE Obama was President on December 7, 1941.

WASHINGTON TIMES: Is it now time to invoke Section 4 of the 25th Amendment?

Yes. Yes, it is.

THE SPREADING VIRUS: Hamilton College edition. What rock did these twits crawl out from under?

HEH: Gun background checks break records on Black Friday.

Barack Obama is proving to be the best gun salesman ever -- he helped me buy three, and a fourth is coming soon....