FACT-CHECK: Obama waited until 'millions' infected and 1000 dead in U.S. before declaring H1N1 (swine flu) emergency.

It's only a 'crisis' if Republicans can be blamed.

OBAMA'S ECONOMY ended 5 days ago.

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THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM: Deal with it.

WALKING AWAY from Leftist institutions. Hollywood and the media hardest hit.

Now it's time to turn our attention to the education establishment. Some movement is there, but much more is needed.

SMILE: Trump's chances for reelection are looking better and better.

Just don't get cocky....

AMMO GRRRLL has thoughts on the failing Fourth Estate.

THERE'S A VERY GOOD REASON the media are silent about the Milwaukee mass shooting.

NOT THAT IT'S VERY HARD: "President Trump does a great job of making a fool out of [CNN's Jim] Acosta."

THEY CAN'T EVEN DRINK REAL COFFEE:

[T]he Democrats are the party of Hollywood celebrities and Silicon Valley billionaires and Wall Street titans. They sip their lattes and they look down on working-class Americans.

Cowards, wimps and cyber/pander bullies....

AND IT'S ONLY SCIENCE IF IT SUPPORTS WHAT I 'KNOW': Michael Bloomberg wants public health policy based on 'Science'.

THE PROGRESSIVE LEFT: Consent is essential ... It's also required.

IMPEACH TRUMP FOR NOT KILLING ENOUGH PEOPLE? What will the Left do when a billion-jillion Americans don't die of coronavirus?

The best way to stay safe from coronavirus and other nasty stuff is to avoid voting for Democrats.

EVERYTHING YOU HAVE: How much will the Green New Deal cost your family?

GROUP THREATENS LAWSUITS over ‘suspiciously high’ voter registration rates in swing states.

Don't threaten, do what Democrats do - pull the trigger.

ACROSS THE COUNTRY, rural communities want to secede from their states. Here's why.

Here's a suggestion. Keep the Electoral College and add a non-contiguous 51st state of LosAngelesSanFranciscoPortlandSeattleChicagoDetroitAustinBostonNewYorkCityWashingtonDC....

NOT CONVINCED: Push for national popular vote movement gets boost from conservatives. I'll listen, but so far the argument isn't convincing - let's see some data.

HE'LL NEVER MAKE IT OUT OF BELLEVUE HOSPITAL: Hillary Clinton took more cash from Harvey Weinstein than any other Democrat.

ANOTHER RANDOM THOUGHT: The Democrat party is what happens when the inmates are allowed to run the asylum. For other examples where adult supervision is sadly lacking, you need only look at the mainstream media (Jim Acosta, anyone?) and our 'elite' colleges and universites (Harvard? Yale?).

SOMETHING OBVIOUS TO ANYONE WITH TWO BRAIN CELLS TO RUB TOGETHER:

Bernie Sanders is just the point man exposing the Democrats' true character.

WELCOME TO THE Carnival of 'Never-Trump' Losers.

HAS THE SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIORS' TITANIC JUST STRUCK AN ICEBERG?

Brandon Straka: 'Hell hath no fury like a gay man scorned by the Democrat party.'
Lesbian Feminist: It's time to stop trans indoctrination in public schools.

Here's another recent example of retreat from the progressive insane asylum.

OF COURSE I'LL BE [NOT] WATCHING: ABC proposes a new 'reality TV' show for old folks.

Just as I [not] watch most of the other crap on broadcast television....

'NOBODY HAS DIED' DUE TO GUN RESTRICTIONS. Oh? And this isn't the only case; I can think of several others.

I find it interesting that an individual is required to have a photo ID to buy a beer or cigarettes in any jurisdiction in the United States, a photo ID and a waiting time in many jurisdictions to buy a gun (even though the right to bear arms is constitutionally protected) but the Left demands that an individual has a 'right' to walk into any voting precinct and vote with neither ID nor prior voting registration.

MIXED MESSAGES ON DOOMOCRAT DEMOCRAT STREET:

Sanders surrogate: Our progressive ideology is popular with America.

Leslie Marshall: Democrat party 'doomed' if Bernie continues to voice socialist agenda.

So our increasingly popular progressive socialist agenda will doom the Democrat party? How can that be?

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Plain old ordinary annual flu has sickened between 32 and 45 million Americans and killed between 14 and 21 million since October 1, 2019 (CDC estimate). Since its inception there have been 15(!) confirmed cases in the U.S. and no deaths (also CDC sourcing).

May I be bold enough to suggest that there's a whole lotta hype going on? From the mainstream Leftist control freaks?

ANN COULTER: Harpooning the toxic white whale.

AMERICA'S NEWS OF RECORD: Bernie Sanders praises slave owners for free housing program. If Bernie gets his way, we'll have to have free everything because no one will be able to buy anything.

QUICK! NOTIFY HILLARY: Ex-FBI unit chief blows whistle on Comey, McCabe over warrantless spying.

HEAVEN FORFEND: Warren wants to be Bernie’s Vice President.

SANDERS' 'MEDICARE FOR ALL' expressly prohibits discrimination based on 'gender identity' – but not religion.

DEMOCRATS ARE ALL ABOUT CONTROL: Steyer says he would use presidential powers to tell companies ‘what kind of cars they can build’.

ALMOST A DAILY FEATURE: Another embarrassment from the Washington Post.

IT SUCKS: Bernie Sanders’s party line apology for communist dictatorships.

HEH: UK butcher responds to plant-based 'meat' trend with meat-based 'carrot'.

Turnabout is fair play....

A BIOCHEMIST’S ANALYSIS of President Trump’s coronavirus press conference.

I CERTAINLY HOPE SO: Could Bernie Sanders do to Democrats what Jeremy Corbyn did to UK's Labour Party?

ANGELO CODEVILLA: Intelligence and the Democrats’ internal affairs.

By spearheading #TheResistance to candidate and then President Trump, U.S. intelligence agencies have shown the public they are far less about informing the government about foreign enemies than they are about taking the leading part in the Democratic Party’s use of power over its domestic adversaries.

Then there's this quote: "Donald Trump barks but mostly does not bite. Nobody fears Trump. Bernie Sanders and his zealots are another story." My personal suspicion is that the 'nobody fears Donald Trump' part is about to be proven wrong.

WINNING IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU IGNORE THE IDIOTOCRACY AND SOLDIER ON: An American Dream oasis in the outraged wilderness.

THE ONE DEMOCRAT scaring Ann Coulter isn't Bernie Sanders.

I agree with Ann; Sanders is just a nut case who couldn't plan his way out of a paper sack.

YOU.HAVE.GOT.TO.BE.KIDDING.ME: Attempts to sell guns to minorities and women is ‘incredibly dangerous’.

To whom? The gun control nutters?

THANKS BE TO GOD! The Supreme Court will accept the Philadelphia foster-care religious-liberty case.

The issue is the refusal of the city of Philadelphia to work with Catholic Social Services because of a perceived conflict over LGBT issues.

Foster care is an issue area where more of us need to be working together, not shutting people out based on their traditional religious beliefs.... The idea that it is so unthinkable to work with a person who believes marriage was meant for a man and a woman is clearly out of control. These children who are languishing because of the tyranny that is developing around it had better be a wake-up call for us to be serious people protecting children and giving them a chance at life.

The social justice warriorship is clearly nuts.

'TRUMPING' CNN: Jim Acosta makes a fool of himself (again).

INSTAPUNDIT has another link-rich coronavirus update. Maybe it's just me, but I'm inclined to believe it's mostly BS, overreaction, and hype.

I don't doubt the sincerity of the health care community, but after 75 years on this planet, I do question their expertise.

As for the media and the Left (yes, I know I'm repeating myself), I'm convinced they're doing their level best to scare the bejeezus out of us to enhance their power and control (with them, it's always about power and control).

THE NEW 'LOST GENERATION': Hangin’ with the ‘Bernie Bros’ on Nevada victory night.

Disappointing, but expected.

FIRST THINGS: Diversity is a bore.

ANOTHER RANDOM THOUGHT: Idealists create problems; pragmatists solve them.

I think you can guess the political parties in which each group congregates.

DEEP STATE SNAKES slither back. And they'll keep coming back until the heads are severed.

CONNECTICUT STUDENTS ARRESTED ... for saying things.

THE LOSER ESTABLISHMENT is rightfully terrified of Ric Grenell.

MORNING GREATNESS: almost in toto today.

The Coronavirus, like everything these days, has turned into a political football. It’s so predictable but very unfortunate because pandemics are serious business.

We had clucking from Pelosi and Schumer because President Trump didn’t ask for enough money, he asked for $2.5B and they said the amount should be $8.5B. Why not have a call and discuss what the proper amount is and what we need to do to prepare “just in case?” Why aren’t our elected officials working together for the public interest? Those politicians who would use this potential crisis for political advantage are disgusting, hateful human beings. The Democrats don’t want Trump to handle the virus problem successfully or smoothly because they don’t want the president to look good. But that also means they don’t care if you or your family get sick and die.

We also heard criticisms because President Trump didn’t come out immediately with his hair on fire, screaming DANGER! DANGER! What is he supposed to do? Start a national panic? Hold a press conference wearing one of those containment suits and announce “WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!”? The president’s job in a time of uncertainty is provide reliable information and calm the public against a massive panic.

Would any of the Trump critics support stopping all international flights from entering the U.S.? I think if the president did come out and suggest we shut the borders down for public health reasons all his “critics” saying he isn’t doing enough, would melt down. Has any member of the media asked the presidential candidates specific questions about how they would handle this health crisis better than Trump? No, of course not, because the media and the Democrats want to score political points.

Every effort should be made to prepare for a possible outbreak without regard for the political score board. I hope people see how they are held in contempt by the political elite who would risk their health and well being to obtain more power.

My only addition is to modify Liz Sheld's last sentence: "I hope political elite who would risk their citizens' health and well being to obtain more power see how they are held in contempt by the people."

“THE LGBT COMMUNITY has become a safe haven for the mentally unstable." The video is an hilarious indictment of the progressive insane asylum.

WHY BILL MAKING GUN-FREE BUSINESSES LIABLE needs to pass.

There need to be repercussions for moments when someone’s virtue signaling gets other people hurt.

Nationwide, not just in one state.

ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ: Charter schools for mine, but not for thine.

TWITTER beats down Mayor Pete. Click through both links, but put down the coffee first (and make popcorn).

PUNCHING BACK TWICE AS HARD: Devin Nunes is suing the Washington Post over its ‘garbage’ report.

WHERE WAS HILLARY AT THE TIME? DHS whistleblower Philip Haney found dead with a gunshot wound to the chest.

Never mind. Just another suicide. Move along, now.

[BUMPED] More here. And Epstein didn't kill himself.

THE BABYLON BEE IS ON A ROLL TONIGHT:

'My Healthcare Is None Of Your Business,' Says Woman Who Demands That You Pay For Her Healthcare

Biblical Age Of Accountability Raised To 30 For Millennials

Nation's Bernie Supporters Frantically Cobble Together Makeshift Rafts To Paddle To Utopian Cuba

Proud Millennial Stands By As His Dad Completes Home Improvement Project For Him

Joe Biden Claims He Is Only Human Left On Earth Not Killed By Gun Violence

Bernie Vows To Rebuild Berlin Wall

The Babylon Bee: News before it's time....

THE IDIOCRACY HYPOTHESIS: Can humans survive amid an overabundance of creature comforts?

I think that question can be answered by simply looking at the current Democrat party.

A SMALL PIECE OF GOOD NEWS: Marine is awarded the Navy and Marine Corps medal for saving a pregnant woman in high seas.

CORONAVIRUS FOR ALL: Democrats' plans would make us all sick.

But, but ... it will be free!

FEDERAL APPEALS COURT: Trump administration can withhold funds from uncooperative cities and states.

Finally common sense prevails....

THE GREAT GOOGLE REVOLT: the activists are getting a little too active.

It's one thing to build a useful tool; it's another to tell me how I must use it. And another entirely for an employee to tell the company he/she/it works for what projects it is allowed to undertake.

If I were Google, I'd insist on a signed, undated resignation from every new employee and that they be told that if they wanted to be a social justice moron warrior they would have to do it in their own name, on their on time, on their own dime, and completely off campus; otherwise their resignation would be accepted without further notice.

THE CIRCULAR FIRING SQUAD is inflicting casualities outside the circle.

Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan called the fiery debate in South Carolina overnight a "disgrace" and chided the Democratic candidates for trying to destroy each other rather than debate the issues.

Cue the popcorn....

IT'S NOT JUST NANCY ....

... it's the whole Democrat party.

From my email.

GOVERNING TAKES A TEAM. It’s up to us to create one that suits us.

Since we are unlikely to prevail on the president to prepare an alternative to a ruling class that is ready to meld with the Sandersistas, it behooves conservatives to put together our own plans and lists of people to implement them.

I think over the last three years, President Trump has learned that the Deep State is not his friend and is prepared to bust heads as needed to get his policies implemented post haste.

PJ MEDIA'S MORNING BRIEFING: Joe Biden's campaign needs to be put out of our misery.

Well, it probably would be best for Biden, but on the other hand America needs a good laugh.

ELIZABETH WARREN'S LAST DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO REMAIN RELEVANT:

From my email.

TED CRUZ ON SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR: 'She's like an arsonist who complains about fire truck noise'.

"Wise Latina" my ass....

HIGHER EDUCATION KINDERGARTEN bubble update. The faculty and staff behind this proposal should have their tenure (if any) revoked, be fired, and never allowed to set foot on a university campus again.

Or any educational facility for that matter....

TRUTH IS NOT A LEFT-WING VALUE: Why the Left calls good people racist.

DEMOCRATS publish list of 7 progressive virtues. They got the 7 deadly sins right, too.

CHAOS IS GOOD: Russians declare election too chaotic for them to successfully interfere.

From America's Prescient News Network.

CAT STORIES:

Rescue cats rock.

Hero cat is surviving and thriving with 3d-printed titanium limbs.

I like cats ... got a problem with that?

WATCHING (WITH JACK DANIEL) THE DEMOCRAT DEBATE:

Bernie needs Bloomberg as a running mate to pay for his programs. The trouble is that Bloomberg is only a billionaire; Bernie needs a trillionaire....

Now they're busily trying to close the non-existent gun show loophole.

We can't have charter schools because they may not teach our approved curriculum. Bloomberg tried to evade the question, but Elizabeth Warren, et.al. (i.e., the rest) took it away and declared that charter schools have no place in their progressive indoctrination education system.

Box Score

Biden is forcing it
Bloomberg is dissin’ it
Sanders is dismissing it
Buttigieg is moshing it
Warren is raging it
Steyer is simply missing it and
Klobuchar is phoning it in.

Can we ask them to stop shouting?

RANDOM THOUGHT: Ideologues like Bernie Sanders are far better at creating problems than solving them.

A HINT FOR THE FUTURE: Bernie tells how he's going to fund his Free New Deal; the market replies....

Sorry, Bernie, my 'contribution' just evaporated.

[UPDATE] Elizabeth Warren's 'wealth tax' just disappeared as well....

DUMBER AT GRADUATION THAN WHEN THEY STARTED: How dumb are America’s college students?

For all my life I have been an advocate for higher education, but I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that college is generally a mistake, as young people are mostly misinformed there, rather than educated. There are a few technical fields–medicine, engineering, possibly law–where such education is actually useful. Otherwise, we and our young people would be better off if they eschewed institutions like Colgate in favor of trade and technical schools, or immediate entry into the labor market.

They couldn’t possibly do worse than to pursue the typical four-year liberal arts degree.

What I've been saying for several years now....

THE PRESCIENT NEWS NETWORK:

CNN purchases industrial-sized washing machine to spin news before publication.

Time Traveler visits from America's glorious socialist future, begs for food.

The Babylon Bee: news before it happens.

IT'S NOT CORONAVIRUS that worries ... the worst it can do is kill me.

YES, BY ALL MEANS, let's renominate Hillary for President.

BERNIE SANDERS: 'Free stuff' to be funded by litigation. And taxes. Don't forget more taxes.

[WRAPPED AROUND THE] AXELROD succintly describes his Democrat party.

Click on the picture to see it all.

HERE'S A DEMOCRAT CAMPAIGN THEME hidden in plain sight.

THOMAS SOWELL: quotes on socialism.

If there is not equality of outcomes among people porn to the same parents and raised under the same roof, why should equality of outcomes be expected - of assumed - when conditions are not nearly so comparable?

The history of the 20th century is full of examples of countries that set out to redistribute wealth and ended up redistributing poverty.

Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export.

There’s no point blaming the tragedies of socialism on the flaws or corruption of particular leaders. Any system which allows some people to exercise unbridled power over others is an open invitation to abuse, whether that system is called slavery or socialism or something else.

Linked from this Twitter account.

RANDOM THOUGHT: #RESIST has done more damage to the fabric of civil society than anything I can think of in my 75 years on this planet. It's also the chosen path of moral cowards.

THE DIPLOMAD WRITES ON DEMOCRATS: Looking for the sharpest fool in the shed.

So many to choose from....

IF SO, WE SHOULD QUARANTINE CALIFORNIA IMMEDIATELY: Fecal transmission may be responsible for coronavirus’ rapid spread.

ISN'T THAT THE POINT? Sotomayor says Republican-appointed justices have bias toward the Trump administration Constitution. There. Fixed.

It's becoming more and more obvious that deep state progressivism is losing. These - I hope - are the death throes....

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE AFRAID OF: Gay man miraculously turned straight by single bite of Chick-Fil-A.

Then he went and ate an Impossible Whopper....

AND I THOUGHT it would be against Donald Trump.

DENNIS PRAGER: a conversation about religious belief.

MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, arrogant elitist. In that sense, he's no different from Bernie Sanders, the other Democrat presidential candidates, and, for that matter, the moronic half of the Democrat party.

POINT, LAUGH, AND PASS THE POPCORN: The deepening madness of Rachel Maddow and MSNBC.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT the Democrats have had a very good week: Bernie Sanders wins Nevada, praises Cuba.

BUY POPCORN FUTURES: Bloomberg quietly plotting brokered convention strategy.

POWERLINE'S WEEK IN PICTURES has many excellent ones but my favorite has to be the one of President Trump taking another page from the Democrats' playbook and playing the race car(d):

Now go see the rest. Especially the group photo of everyone lifted from poverty by Bernie.

LIBERALS FAVOR EMPLOYEE UNIONIZATION - as long as it's not their employees. Or unless the employees demand a $15 minimum wage.

FROM WHAT? Identity politics is saving liberalism.

AMMO GRRRLL has thoughts on ageing, multitasking, and the Democrat presidential candidates.

FARMERS' REVENGE:

Lifted from this Instapundit post.

WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA: New law would force drivers to listen to Greta Thunberg lecture before filling up their cars with gasoline.

Yes, it's the Babylon Bee, but only because the Bee thought of it before the California legislature could pass it into law.

BERNIE SANDERS would turn quality healthcare into a privilege for the very few.

But you know who would be largely insulated from these major changes? The very wealthy. While the Sanders healthcare plan contains details on what standards medical providers would have to be able to meet to be included in the new government plan, in its current iteration, there is nothing forcing doctors to participate. Many of them would prefer, then, to avoid the mess entirely and cater to rich clients who can pay them directly.

In practice, that means that people who are rich enough would be able to afford to pay for concierge medicine, effectively giving them VIP access to care, which can range from a few thousand dollars a year to $25,000. Heck, a billionaire could outright pay to keep a private physician on call.

It already happened with the introduction of ObamaCare. Our family internist back then converted to concierge service just a year or so after ObamaCare passed. It'll get worse - much, much worse - if Bernie is elected.

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? Bernie has promised us rainbows, unicorns, and free stuff.

SO MICK MULVANEY is a capitalist.

LET’S SAVE VAPE-BANNERS THE TROUBLE AND PICK UP A CIGARETTE: The renewed case for smoking. It's certainly cheaper, probably safer for all concerned, but has the distinct advantage of returning control of the lives of the unwashed masses from the progressive governing ruling class back to their original owners.

I've thought about it; lung cancer is less frightening than Bernie Sanders and his alcolytes.

WATCHING TOO MUCH TELEVISION AGAIN: If the advertisements are to be believed, 'real people' are pea-brained millennials.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The 2020 presidential race will 'split' the Democrats in a way the Republicans have not.

[NOTE] The polls in Nevada have closed and Sanders is the clear winner. Hanson is probably correct that the Democrat party will fracture through and through. My guess is that a new Socialist party will be stillborn as a result.

SO WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR THE PRESCRIPTION? Gov. Gavin Newsom [D(umb)-CA] says doctors 'should be able to write prescriptions for housing' like for insulin, antibiotics.

Taxpayers, of course. If there are any left....

ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ: The key to stopping mass shootings is to pass sensible legislation against thoughts and prayers.

Yes, it's the Babylon Bee, although with Ocasio-Cortez, it's hard to tell.

NOT SURPRISING: You Bernie suckers are going to get fooled again.

What's hard is to not fool them....

ROGER KIMBALL: Wokeness, free speech, and the role of education.

There are two central tenets of the woke philosophy. The first is feigned fragility.
The second is angry intolerance.

The crybully is alive and well in academia....

IS IT STUPID, or is it academia?

Is 'both' an option?

SURE IT WILL: Medicare for All will save $450 billion and 68,000 lives.

All it requires is some smoke and a few mirrors....

IMPRIMIS: The roots of our partisan divide. A major one was the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Read to understand why the assertion makes sense.

WATCHING TOO MUCH TELEVISION: In the latest Cigna healthcare ad it's not enough monitor control your physical heath, now it's your thoughts and emotions.

IF YOU ENJOY the musings of retired military here's a place for you.

A QUESTION FOR BERNIE SANDERS: Since you hate millionaires and billionaires so much, why tnot a maximum wage?

Just set it equal to the $15 minimum wage aand you've solved the income inequality problem....

IF THIS GOES ON ... Celebrated ignorance is dangerous to our future.

They’re fans of socialism. They’re all about gun control. They are the new generation and they are coming for you. Sadly, their vanity and ignorance is celebrated by the likes of the Democrat party. Why?

Celebrated ignorance is useful to them in obtaining a new pool of voters. How else do old relics like Sanders and Warren remain “relevant” in a world such as ours, teeming with promise and youth? They get AOC, Greta Thunberg, David Hogg and a slew of influential celebrities to stump for them. That’s how.

Ignorance has been celebrated long before these young dynamos were granted their fame. They got their participation awards for being mediocre. Their parents tended to every whim of theirs arguing with teachers no doubt about their sucky grades and crappy attitudes in class. And, when they felt they needed to skip school to make the world a better place, their parents let them. They take to social media and capitalize on the tragedies of their friends and neighbors, all for their own self-promotion and glory and have the audacity to be angry.

Their entitlement and sheer lack of respect is apparent. The stench of arrogance is thick.

Read it all. Then vote for the Republican.

LET'S BURN DOWN the Department of Justice and start over.

AT LEAST BLOOMBERG spends his own money.

Trump spends the mainstream media's money....

REMEMBER THIS? Just over sixty years ago - September 29, 1959 - the Soviet Union's Nikita Khrushchev delivered this prediction for America to the United Nations:

Your children's children will live under communism, You Americans are so gullible. No, you won't accept communism outright; but we will keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you will finally wake up and find you already have Communism. We will not have to fight you; We will so weaken your economy, until you will fall like overripe fruit into our hands. The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.

Here are some thoughts on how to get there:

Healthcare - Control healthcare and you control the people.

Poverty - Increase the poverty level as high as possible, poor people are easier to control and will not fight back if you are providing everything for them.

Debt - Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way you are able to increase taxes, and this will produce more poverty.

Gun Control - Remove the ability to defend themselves from the Government That way you are able to create a police state.

Welfare - Take control of every aspect (food, housing, income) of their lives because
that will make them fully dependent on the government.

Education - Take control of what people read and listen to and take control of what children learn in school.

Religion - Remove the belief in God from the Government and schools because the people need to believe in ONLY the government knowing what is best for the people.

Class Warfare - Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. Eliminate the middle class. This will cause more discontent and it will be easier to tax the wealthy with the support of the poor.

Sound like the Democratic Socialism?

[Yes, it's from my email and yes, it's been around the block a few times. But as the Democrat debates continue, it looks more and more relevant.]

BUT HEY, THE REGULATORY BARRIERS TO TENT CITIES ARE QUITE LOW. Trump economists accuse liberal cities of causing 'economic distress' to residents by overregulating housing.

THEY'RE DAMN GOOD AT HECTORING, THOUGH: The party that can't govern.

Crybullies all....

IS IT SATIRE, OR IS IT MSNBC? Democratic candidates clash over most effective plan to destroy the economy.

It's satire; the Democrats didn't discuss the economy.

REPUBLICANS are on the rebound warpath.

THE BEST DEFENSE IS A GOOD OFFENSE: Trump charges the liberal hacks’ latest ambush.

POWERLINE'S CAMPAIGN NOTEBOOK: Bloomberg is investing heavily in popcorn futures....

A LEFTIST comments on the Democrat debate in Las Vegas:

Last night was the first Dem debate I tuned into, and it was horrifying. Bernie was an angry uncle. Bloomberg was an arrogant asshole. Warren was a ballbusting bluestocking. Pete was a glib greenhorn. Biden was barely alive. And Klobuchar was a smirking SNL character. . . It’s a f—— catastrophe!

But other than that, everything went along swimmingly....

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: The latest numbers I've seen indicate that globally more than 76,000 people have been infected in 27 countries, and more than 2,200 have died.

The latest update from the Centers for Disease Control show that for the 2019-2020 flu season, there have been 29 million cases, 280,000 hospitalizations, and 16,000 deaths in the U.S. alone.

Those numbers suggest to me that the coronavirus outbreak is - shall we say - overhyped? I'm reminded of Rahm Emanuel's "never let a serious crisis go to waste" comment.

Even if you have to create one....

AGREED: Paul Krugman is a self-righteous moron.

CHANNELING GROUCHO MARX^*: Elizabeth Warren welcomes Super PAC help she once shunned.

^*Those are my principles, and if you don't like them ... well, I have others.

AMERICAN SPECTATOR: Joe Biden's my guy.

What political party does the Democratic Party put you in mind of? Their leader until they settle on a presidential candidate is the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. She is 80 years of age and consults a plastic surgeon as frequently as she consults her hairdresser, according to my sources. Critics remarked on how infrequently during the State of the Union she smiled. Actually, with her skin stretched across her face so tautly, she cannot smile. She can hardly blink. Have a heart, fellows and fellowesses. She would smile and blink more if she could. I am told she has a very good sense of humor.

Other leading Democrats are not much younger. There is Crazy Bernie Sanders, who is 78. Incidentally he recently had a heart attack while on the campaign trail. According to my vast research staff, Bernie is the first presidential candidate ever to have a heart attack while campaigning for president. So it should be no surprise that he favors health care for all, even for household pets. Yet is this not a conflict of interest or self-dealing or a breach of the emoluments statute? If it is, you can be sure our president will have his aides on Bernie’s trail. Would it not be a hoot to have a horde of the president’s accountants falling on Bernie for favoring “Medicare for All” given his bum ticker?

Then there is the sprightly Elizabeth Warren, who is 70 and eats nuts and fruits in keeping with her Native American heritage. And forget not Hillary Clinton, the perennial candidate. She is not running right now. She is 72 and has a cough that kicks in whenever she contemplates a run for the White House. Listen for that cough. I would not count her out.

Of course, my favorite Democratic candidate is Joe Biden. He is 77 and consults a plastic surgeon almost as frequently as Speaker Pelosi. Rush Limbaugh calls him “Plugs” because of his hair treatments. Now cut that out, Rush. Pick on someone who can protect himself, like Joe’s son Hunter. Hunter is a gifted polemicist, and now that he has settled his paternity suit and has his crack pipe back from that rental car he left it in, he will be a real asset for you on the stump.

Mike Bloomberg is not included, but still - think of the Soviet Union before it collapsed.....

FIXED: "This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience [for us] on our website."

It's called truth in advertising....

ANDREW MCCARTHY: Why wasn’t Andrew McCabe charged?

A 'deep state' victory? Maybe not, as the Durham probe is not centered in Washington, D.C.

I think we're seeing some very good reasons for disassembling Washington, D.C., and moving significant elements of it to other locations in the U.S., primarily in flyover country.

WORKS FOR WHOM? California is proof that progressive values work.

California sucks, but California's Assembly Bill 5 infection sucks worse. More on that in a future post.

THIS APP automatically cancels and sues robocallers.

'Cancel and sue' isn't enough; I want a plague of electronic locusts to infect every robocaller to forever and beyond....

'MAYOR PETE' BUTTIGIEG, the evasive chameleon.

IN DEFENSE of Michael Bloomberg. I don't think much of Bloomberg, but the attacks on him (as far as his treatment of women goes) appear to be more smoke and mirrors than substantative.

Democrats lie; worse, they bully and lie.

DURING THE DEMOCRAT DEBATE, all they talked about was how to spend your money.

If the Democrat debate had to be summed up in one sentence, it would be, "America's a disaster and Trump is really evil, so we need to take all your money and spend it in ways that we super-duper promise you will make things better."

That is, when they weren't busily hating Trump.

THE DEMOCRATS' LAS VEGAS DEBATE IS OVER: Here's my summary.

MIKE BLOOMBERG just destroyed the Democrat party.

A QUESTION FOR ELIZABETH WARREN: What on earth leads you to believe that I would want my child to go to one of your universal child care indoctrination camps? Even for 'free'?

IN WASHINGTON, D.C., Republicans respond to the Democrats' debate.

COGNITIVE DISSONANCE in a television advertisement: "We're not a discount broker but we'll sell your home for as little as a 2% commission." Um, please explain how you can sell your brokerage services at a discount and not be a discount broker.

[As a retiree, I watch entirely too much television.]

THE 2020 ELECTION IN A NUTSHELL:

Trump: "I want to keep America great."
Democrats: "We want to defeat Trump."

So far in the Democrat debate there has been nothing about America ... not even much about defeating Trump.

THIS IS A SERIOUS QUESTION? CNN'S Brian Stelter asks "Was I stupid to take Avenatti seriously as possible 2020 candidate?"

CNN'S CHRIS MATTHEWS: Democrats lost 49 states with McGovern and it could happen again with Bernie.

I expect 50; maybe - just maybe - 51 if D.C. comes into play.

NEVERTHELESS, THEY PERSIST: Political pundits have no idea what they’re talking about. Here's why:

Maybe all this ... proves is that elections are strange and complicated, hard to predict and analyze with any certainty. Maybe it's just difficult for upper-class residents of New York City and Washington, D.C., to assess the hearts and minds of average Americans. No one in the political punditry business would ever admit this, however. If it were true, what would be the point of their careers?

Pundits are like Bloomberg: plenty of 'gray matter', no skills whatever. So they're stuck in New York city and Washington, D.C.

MY THOUGHT AS WELL: "At the rate things are going ... Bloomberg may yet emerge as the most awful person in a field of remarkably awful people."

BUT IS BLOOMBERG INTERESTED IN RUNNING ON A HILLARY TICKET? Clinton says she’s not interested in running on Bloomberg ticket.

WATCH AS VICTOR DAVIS HANSON destroys Bloomberg for his ignorant remarks denigrating the skills and intelligence of farmers. Here's the video:



The last 10 seconds is devastating for Mini Mike.

THE AMERICAN WAY: One man's awesome response to a neighbor's complaint about his Trump flag.

SO NOW YOU UNDERSTAND WHY PROGRESSIVES ARE SO DOUR: Study finds avoiding red meat may lead to longer, more miserable life.

PAUL HARVEY RETURNS: So God made a Bloomberg. Vice President Pence responds with the real Paul Harvey.

Linked from Instapundit.

IMPRIMIS: The urgent need for a United States Space Force.

CANDIDATE MICHAEL BLOOMBERG: "He's just another member of the Democrat Clown car, the only difference being that he owns his own limo."

Of course, it's the DiploMad.

ON GLASS HOUSES AND CASTING THE FIRST STONES: The moral relativism of my our tribe(s).

THE AMERICAN LEFT is in the process of attempting suicide. I'm okay with that since I'm confident they'll manage to screw even that up.

WITH A BOOMSTICK, NOT A BROOMSTICK: It's time for Trump to get his Godfather on.

DEMOCRATS: still ready to solve 50-year old problems. Or more realistically, to make them worse.

THE RESULTS ARE (FINALLY!) IN: Surprise candidate Hiltasha Clintonov declared winner of Iowa caucuses.

SAMANTHA BEE (whoever she is) fundraises for Prager U. Not intentionally, just effectively.

WE SHOULD BE SO LUCKY. All Democrats drop out of presidential race since the world is ending from climate change and there's no point to pursuing it.

SWINDLER'S LIST. With apologies to Schindler's List.

WHO SAID THE BABYLON BEE ISN'T A REAL NEWS SERVICE?

CNN: Our ratings are only tanking because Trump is killing off viewers by the millions.

WOMAN DONATES LAST DOLLAR TO WARREN CAMPAIGN in final bad financial decision.

Just because they're prescient....

WORDS OF WISDOM:

Especially today.

PELOSI ON THE WAR POWERS ACT: The power to declare war is constitutionally a power of Congress. Yes, and the responsibility for defending America from terrorism 'constitutionally' belongs to the President.

Maybe if Congress took its job seriously, the President would have an easier time doing his....

RANDOM THOUGHT: The Democrats never stop, do they? First it was Russia, Russia. Failure. Then Ukraine. Another failure. Now it's a Barr fight on Stone mountain ... destined for failure.

SEN. SHERROD BROWN [D-OH]: Congress isn’t doing its job of redistributing income.

I think he's on to something. Since Congress is chock full of 'millionaires and billionaires', let's redistribute their income (Elizabeth Warren, anyone?) to, say, the janitorial staff that cleans their offices.

Oh, wait, it's our income he wants to redistribute....

DEAD PEOPLE DON'T VOTE. Unless they're Democrats.

I THINK there may be a message here.

THE DEMOCRATS: A corrupt, insane [clown] posse masquerading as a political party.

THE DIPLOMAD comments as Slow Joe Biden is shuffled off the dance floor.

KEEP CONGRESS' STAFF LEVELS THE SAME; reduce the size of the federal government to match.

A TALE OF TWO VETERANS: Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Buttigieg.

Politically I agree with neither, but Gabbard comes off as much more human.

I JUST HEARD SHERROD BROWN [D-OH] ON TV saying essentially that the lesson Trump learned from impeachment is that he can do anything he wants. The real lesson - the one the Democrats didn't (and won't) learn - is that they can't do anything they want.

My hope is that when Election Day 2020 rolls around, they'll finally learn that lesson - good and hard.

IT'S TIME for Trump to fight fire with fire.

[T]here is a lesson to be learned: that partisanship begets more partisanship. Put simply, the instigators of Spygate must learn that partisanship is a two-way street. If these Deep State actors feel empowered to use purely partisan malice to inflict pain on their enemies, they should be aware that, eventually, their enemies will do the same thing to them.

It's now time to do just that.

My advice to the Trump administration is to act — now! Let the Hounds of Hell loose on those bad actors who engineered these two failed coup attempts. They are the ones who truly deserve to be punished.

In short, let them know exactly what it feels like to have the Deep State breathing down their necks. And make them pray for forgiveness for what they've done to President Trump — and our country.

This is a war, and Trump understands that wars are won when the enemy is crushed and begging to surrender.

THE REPUBLICAN TENT IS OPEN: Bernie tells pro-life Democrats to go somewhere else.

WHAT I LEARNED from genuine, honest journalists and other Democrats.

SUE THE BASTARDS! Attorney General Barr announces new sanctuary policies.

Heh. Lawfare works both ways.

JUST THE POINT I've been making for months now:

I’ll note that pride and envy seem to play a major role in the NeverTrump movement in general: Pride in (self-proclaimed) moral superiority, and envy of Trump’s accomplishments, which make him by any reasonable measure the most conservative president of my lifetime. I’d suggest some self-reflection on this point.

Hubris, meet Nemesis.

MSNBC'S JOY REID: Those racists who live in the Heartland aren't voting for the racist Democrat party.

I wonder why....

AMERICAN THINKER: Is 2020 the end of the Democrat party?

I hope so, and to paraphrase Victor Davis Hanson, "Hubris met Nemesis - and lost".

HEH: MSNBC is advertising its New Hampshire primary election coverage on the Fox News cable network.

Doesn't say much for MSNBC's ratings, does it?

DAY BY DAY: Never ever ... ever ... vote for a Democrat.

AND IF YOU DON'T VOTE, WE'LL DO IT FOR YOU. California proposes mandatory voting.

As usual, California has it completely wrong. Voting should be discretionary and it should be hard to vote.

As a voter, you should be required to show up, in person, with a valid picture ID, proof of citizenship, and proof of residency in your voting district in order to register.

Voting should be in person, at a designated voting location, within a designated time period, with picture identification, proof of prior registration, and using a paper ballot. Absentee voting should be permitted only with prior proof that the voter cannot be at the designated polling location within the designated time period.

In simpler language, voting is an act that should properly be restricted to those who take their citizenship responsibilities seriously.

CALIFORNIA IS AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Homelessness continues to grow in the state capitol of Texas. As a former Austinite, the current problem stems in large part from Texas' decision some 30 years ago to to recruit [very liberal] high-tech businesses from Californiaa without first considering the unintended consequences. Now the rats are https://duckduckgo.com/?q=running+rampant&t=ffab&ia=definition running rampant through a sinking ship.

Instead of going to court to redress the homeless problems, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott might be better served by calling in the CDC (Centers for Disease & Prevention. Quarantine is a poor option, but it may be the only one left.

UNLESS YOU'RE STILL IN THE WOMB. Abortion proponent Elizabeth Warren celebrates the 'worth of every single human being'.

Hypocrite? Stupid? Or just plain clueless?

In a strange way, Elizabeth Warren's policy positions remind me of the plot for the 1993 movie Grooundhog Day. In the movie, every day was completely independent of every other day; in Elizabeth Warren's campaign, every policy position is completely independent every other policy position - there is no connection whatever from one day/position to the next day/position.

I'M STILL NOT TIRED OF WINNING: Three glorious days of Democrat agony.

NOTICE HOW MOTHER NATURE SEEMS PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF TAKING CARE OF HER PLANET? Fungi that eats radiation found inside Chernobyl nuclear reactor.

And, I might point out, she cleans forests without killing 500 million inhabitants.

GOOD RIDDANCE: Key impeachment witness Alexander Vindman expects to leave White House post.

NOW OVERCOME BY EVENTS: Vindman and some of his like-minded colleagues have been shown the White House [exit] door. It's about time - the chutzpah of these deep-state clowns thinking that they are the puppeteers and the President the puppet.

Dump them all, and for God's sake, Mr. President, don't replace them.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Remembering the farming way.

I'm old enough to look back on the 'farming way' fondly. That was a time when people stood on their own two feet, for better or worse. They didn't require a government-sponsored nanny overlooking their every move.

It was a better time in many ways.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN A TORTURE WORSE THAN WATERBOARDING: Watching the State of the Union address with Maxine Waters and clueless Democrats.

CAN THEY REALLY BE THAT STUPID? MSNBC anchor asks if gerrymandering could break Republican hold on Senate.

Well, yes. Yes, they can.

WELL, HE IS IN HARVARD: David Hogg proves (yet again) that he's dumb.

THE WORST MOMENTS of Trump's State of the Union speech for Democrats.

SO WHICH IS IT? Trump critics denounce pro-Trump blacks as 'sellouts' — while criticizing Trump for not having more 'sellouts'.

Hypocrisy is the Left's defining characteristic. Well, that and double standards....

WELL, LAWN FURNITURE will do less damage to America than the current crop of Democrat presidential candidates.

HEADLINE FROM THE BABYLON BEE: "Trump Wins Another Democrat Debate".

I TRIED TO WATCH the New Hampshire Democrat debate, but wound up tuning out. Every time I tuned in it was either "RACISM! RACISM! RACISM!" or "You're too stupid to take care of yourself/your children".

If you're into seeing what others like me thought, go here and scroll down (it's in reverse chronological order). It'll give you the flavor of the 'debate' without the torture of actually having to listen to the clowns.

BECAUSE IT'S ALL THEY HAVE. Why is the academy such a cesspit of racism and hate?

SENATOR TIM SCOTT just gave America a much-needed lecture about fairness. And the Left is shouting "La! La! La!" with their hands tightly covering their ears.

HEY, BERNIE, I thought you believed in resdistribution.

A LIBERAL gets Trump’s SOTU address.

Even stopped clocks....

THE MORNING BRIEFING: It's starting to feel like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a Republican plant.

'Plant' I can agree with; she has the IQ of a vegetable.

GOOD FOR HER: Betsy DeVos will personally fund scholarship Trump awarded to fourth-grader at the State of the Union.

SARAH HOYT on Pierre Delecto. She's right, but I beat her to the conclusion.

THE DIPLOMAD TO DEMOCRATS: "Keep barking, keep barking. Eventually the dog catcher will get you . . . "

NON SEQUITUR explains Twitter.

I think my gorillas in a zoo post of a few years back was accurate...

CAN PRESIDENT TRUMP write an executive order forcing Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff to wear dunce caps when Congress is in session?

And don't forget Jerrold Nadler....

Click on the link and enjoy the rest of the snark.

SO VERY, VERY TRUE: Democrats' total failure and utter humiliation delights all real Americans.

What does it say about the Democrat presidential candidates when Beto the Furry drops out and the level of stupidity/insanity actually increases?

HEH: Women in white.

YOU HAD TO KNOW THIS WAS COMING. It's Trumps fault: Bumbling Iowa Democrats find new target to blame for caucus fiasco - Trump supporters.

PSYCHO ALERT: Lunatic on Arizona State University campus threatens college Republicans.

This is what happens when you decide to close the mental institutions (we used to call them insane asylums). However there's an easy fix: just surround the campuses of colleges and universities with 10-foot chain link fences topped with razor wire. Allow graduates to exit only when they have a job offer in hand and can pass a psychological evaluation.

RANDOM THOUGHT (FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH) ABOUT MAYOR PETE'S RISE IN THE POLLS: My {totally uninformed) guess is that Buttigieg is rising in the Democrat presidential pantheon because they must nominate someone with adequate beleagured minority (victim) credentials.

Now that Pocahontas has become Fauxahontas, he's all they've got left. Otherwise they'll have to go with another old white man....

RAGIN' CAJUN JAMES CARVILLE sounds the alarm as Sanders surges in primary: 'I'm scared to death' for Democratic Party.

I'm not. The Democrat party as currently constituted needs to be killed, a stake driven through its heart, and buried deeply forever and ever.

PELOSI'S SOTU ANTICS: Former Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Speaker Newt Gingrich comment.

KURT SCHLICHTER: What Rush Limbaugh means to me. And you..

Rush's Medal of Freedom award was well-deserved.

I THINK SHE SUCCEEDED: Pelosi does her best to reelect Trump at State of the Union.

HE'S A COMMUNIST. Remember, the rules don't apply to communists.

DID THE OHIO CAUCUS have anything to say about the 2020 presidential election?

In the sense of predicting a future candidate, no. In the sense of proving that Democrats are incapable of managing a bed-and-breakfast, much less a government, yes.

PAYBACK.

Damn! That feels good.

BERNIE SANDERS: We need national rent control. Why?

Even the socialist Swedish economist Assar Lindbeck said, “In many cases rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a city – except for bombing.”

That's why.

FINALLY. IMPEACHMENT'S OVER. And if you believe that I've got a bargain on oceanfront property in Arizona just for you.

THE 2020 DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES IN IOWA: 'Unimpressive, unremarkable, underwhelming'.

Kellyanne Conway has a way with words: "woke is a joke" and "forced to choose which level of socialism they prefer" are phrases of beauty.

RANDOM THOUGHT: The Democrats would be much better off politically today if years ago they has told Bernie Sanders that only Democrats could run on the Democrat ticket.

THIS IS WHAT a 'catwalk' over a computer keyboard looks like:

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On the bright side, Tuxedo is clearly more intelligible than much of what I've seen from progressives online.

BECAUSE THEY DON'T EVEN TRUST THEMSELVES, OBVIOUSLY: Why do Democrats not trust even their own voters?

NOW YOU UNDERSTAND why I keep a thesaurus handy. Only in my case it's to look up words that Democrats can understand. (The featured comment also works.)

ACTUALLY THAT WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA: MSNBC 'contributor' believes that if Trump is acquitted he will shut down voting in California.

I'd suggest adding a couple more states to the list....

IMPEACHMENT IN REVIEW:

Need I say more? (Taken from this PowerLine post.)

Thank God it's over. For now.

I'M BEGINNING TO THINK we dodged a bullet when Obama beat Romney in 2012.

What a petty, prissy, preachy jerk.

VOTERS ACROSS AMERICA: Are you sure you want these bozos in charge of your healthcare?

Reasons here, here, here, and here.

HE'S RIGHT: Rural residents stand to lose the most from Medicare for All. I know; I live in a rural area.

You know who will gain the most? Bernie and his band of controllers. They'll both rake in the cash and simultaneously not be subject to the rules. After all, rules are for the ruled class, not the ruling class (see Congress).

KARL VS. GROUCHO: The Democrats' Marxist civil war.

Can they both lose?

NO REFILLS:

A distraught senior citizen phoned her doctor's office.

"Is it true," she wanted to know, "that the medication you prescribed has to be taken for the rest of my life?”

"'Yes, I'm afraid so," the doctor told her.

There was a moment of silence before the senior lady replied, "I'm wondering, then, just how serious is my condition because this prescription is marked 'NO REFILLS’…."

From my email.

DEMOCRATS solve the coronavirus outbreak.

CHIEF HOUSE IMPEACHMENT MANAGER ADAM SCHIFF [D-CA] has established himself as a contender for recognition as the most repulsive Democratic officeholder in the United States.

And insane. Don't forget insane.

GOOD NEWS, OR BAD NEWS? Tough call....

THEY'RE BEYOND OBLIVIOUS: Lawmakers want to know why people are leaving New York state.

JUST NEVER AT THEMSELVES: 'Woke' elites love to point fingers.

INTERGALACTIC TAXATION: A first for New York state.

UNFORTUNATELY I BELIEVE IT: Being 'canceled' is the new virtue.

FINALLY THE TRUTH OUTS: Gun control is actually people control.

Which explains its passionate embrace by the Left.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS when you're diverse, inclusive, tolerant ... and stupid.

PRESS LOCKED OUT OF TRUMP RALLY; Trump blamed. She's mad he didn't offer her Joe Biden's closet.

THAT SHOULD WORK: The Democrats’ election strategy is to call everyone a moron.

RANDOM [IMPEACHMENT] THOUGHT on final arguments: Impeachment manager Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY] is busy wrapping himself in his own moral virutue. What a maroon!

What a bunch of maroons....

[UPDATE] Heh. President's counsel Ken Starr just (politely) called impeachment lead manager Adam Schiff a liar.

[ANOTHER UPDATE] President's counsel Patrick Philbin just told the Senate that "the House of Representatives is not 'above the law'."

[YET ANOTHER UPDATE] Now it's impeachment manager Val Deming [D-FL] wrapping herself in the moral virtue cloak. When will it end?

[FINALLY? FINALLY?] Dear God, Adam Schiff is back again. Won't this torture ever end? What's next? Nadler?

(bumped)

IS FRIDAY'S ASSAULT ON THE NEW YORK SUBWAY SYSTEM a consequence of the Democrats' free stuff agenda?

I'd say yes.

ACADEMIC LUNACY turned up to 11 (this time in Newspeak). Read it and weep.

A PERMANENT ASTERISK: Since President Trump is certain to be acquitted in his impeachment trial, Democrats are now busily arguing that there will forever be an 'asterisk' by his legacy because the trial was a Republican whitewash.

They're right in a way, but the asterisk will forever be attached to the Democrats of the 116th Congress. All of them, not just the leadership.

IS IT OVER YET? The Super Bowl game itself was good for a football game. The hype, halftime, and virtue-signaling hubris was disgusting. Even though I enjoy football, I doubt I'll watch another Super Bowl.

A THOUSAND WAYS to get sold out.

[G]lobalization has been all about the [global] elites making a killing at the expense of ordinary citizens.

While the post is mostly about China and the U.S. the point is much more general. Globalism writ large benefits the 'elites' to the detriment of the citizenry.

WATCH THE HATE: Michael Moore goes berserk over the DNC allowing Bloomberg in the primary debates.

I'm guessing that it's because he can pay for some of the Democrats' promises, but on the other hand he's only a billionaire....

I CERTAINLY HOPE SO: The Supreme Court’s healthcare decision will hurt Democrats in the fall.

Fix ObamaCare; vote Republican in the next election. (And as an added bonus, stop the stupid impeachment circus in its tracks.)

STUDENTS DEMAND DIVESTMENT FROM FOSSIL FUELS. Professor responds by offering to turn off the gas heating to their college.

Students: But, but ... that would affect us directly.

JON WHO? Failed Democrat candidate no one remembers says he's going to make sure Trump-supporters can't 'show their face in public'.

Even here in Atlanta, no one remembers who Jon Ossoff is. And no one cares if he 'shows his face in public' - unless he gets obnoxious, when he'll get tossed out of the establishment....

Would you rather bounce or slide, Mr. Ossoff?

POWERLINE'S WEEK IN PICTURES celebrates Brexit and Democrat hypocrisy. My favorite, however, belongs to neither category:

Now go see the rest.

IF THEY DO, they'll discover the real meaning of #Resistance.

HARSH, but true. Very, very true.

IT'S NOT A THREAT unless it comes from a Republican.

Democrat hypocrisy has no bounds.

IT'S SUPERBOWL SUNDAY: Are you ready for some football?

Frankly, no. The hype has been - and is - overwhelming. I'll tune in at kickoff - no sooner - and tune out when the hype level exceeds my tolerance threshold.

AMERICAN THINKER: A peek at my America. I'm about 10 years behind the author, but his America is also mine.

It was the job of parents to transmit time-honored wisdom and the job of children to learn it. Later, after completing the needed study on matters of vital importance, the child thinker could discover for himself the ironic truth, missed by many an intellectual, that in order to move freely in life’s journey, one must heed restraints imposed by fundamental constants of life – regardless of who we are and where we come from.

It's time to return to that America.

INSTEAD OF GUN CONTROL, maybe it's time to talk about Bernie supporter control.

AND AT THE OPEN. AND IN THE MIDDLE. House impeachment managers fail at the close.

"THE CURRENT DEMOCRAT PARTY ... has become the greatest threat to our national security and our survival as a nation."