DANA MILBANK claims Ted Cruz is a hypocrite.

Dana Milbank is either crazy, stupid, or more likely a progressive Democrat (i.e., both).

A WOMAN IS ANYONE WHO IDENTIFIES AS A WOMAN. Provided she has the correct 'internal state of being'.

Huh?

WHO IS MOST OUT OF TOUCH? Both is an acceptable vote.

THE DIPLOMAD ON JUDGE KITANJI BROWN JACKSON: Preserving the false narrative.

I WOULD SAY "you've gotta be kidding me" but these are Democrats and they're not kidding. Democrats propose massive fossil fuel subsidy.

And don't kid yourself; they'll take the subsidy away at the appropriate time (for them, not us).

This is about power, pure and simple. And they plan to keep it, by any means necessary.

WHAT IS A WOMAN? The 'Freeport Question' of our time.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: the real reset is coming.

Accordingly, the nations of the world would have to surrender their sovereignty to an international body of experts. They would enlighten us on taxes, diversity, and green policies.

These "new orders" and "resets" always entail far bigger government and more unelected, powerful bureaucracies. Elites assume that their radical changes in energy use, media reporting, voting, sovereignty, and racial and ethnic quotas will never quite apply to themselves, the architects of such top-down changes.

Only if we let it.

I HAVE A BETTER IDEA: The International Energy Agency (IEA) and Biden Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm are proposing car-less Sundays. Instead, let's have car-less cities, starting with Washington DC.

Keep cars to rural America, where they're actually needed.

THE TRUTH HURTS:

Linked from here.

SPRINGTIME 2022, Week 4: We're sort of back in the saddle again after the freeze two weeks ago. Here's the forsythia that was frozen and nearly dead last week. I've pruned it back some, and the flowers are back, not as abundant as before, and it's beginning to show leaves coming out.

My usual view of the pond from our deck. Hopefully it won't be as obscured this year as is usual. The tulip magnolia (we think) has survived, but the flowers are gone and don't seem to be reappearing. Some of the low-lying brush is coming back, but I'm working hard with the brush cutter to keep it under control.

The fire pit view has most emphatically changed. The picture is a little dark, but that's the trunk of an 80⁺ foot tall pine tree lying across the top of the fire pit. Luckily it missed the barn (and house ... and me) when it fell. Damage to the fire pit doesn't appear extensive, but we won't know for sure til the trunk is cut up and removed. Otherwise, the view is normal for this time of year -- I've already cleared the brush, and the trees are still bare. No buds in evidence yet.

Here's another view of the fire pit area showing the remains of the top of the fallen pine. The remaining pines appear healthy, and the deciduous trees are still bare.

Here's the house, taken from down the road a bit. That's a small patch of mountain laurel at the bottom, and as you can see the trees are still bare. By next week we should see some budding and I'm hopeful that the dogwoods on the other side of the house will be in bloom.

Finally, the road to civilization. As usual, the trees are barren, but the road should be returning to its tunnel-like status soon.

Until next week then. Pictures from the pond if it's warm enough for the trek....

DAY BY DAY explains why the People's Convoy truckers continue to encircle Washington DC on Interstate 495.

I WAS 26 AT THE TIME: On this date 51 years ago the climate scientists predicted a new ice age was coming.

And now for the breaking news -- it hasn't happened.

THE GREAT RESET is already underway.

Forget the gratuitous insult to polygamists; the fact of the matter is that the digital 'haystack' is alive and well in an isolated part of America and your 'needle' is there to be pulled out and examined at any time, for any reason. Or no reason.

NEWS FROM THE SWAMP: Pelosi's electric car 'windfall'.

And if you believe that's not insider trading, check with me for a great deal on oceanfront property in Arizona....

Added thought: East coast swampland is very valuable.

THE COMING DISASTER: Welcome to the most dangerous two years in American history.