INFLATION SPIKES: highest in 30 years.

Want to guess when it started?

Based on the dates in the chart above, my guess is that it began with the introduction of government intervention in the form of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-123), the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (P.L. 116-127), the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (P.L. 116-136), and the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (P.L. 116-139) in March and April of 2020.

Then along came the Biden administration in January 2021....

And here we are today.

POWERLINE'S Week in Pictures has two favorites this week:

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Now go see the rest (with this caveat: it's impossible to unsee the first gun picture).

GREGG JARRETT: Adam Schiff's disgraceful legacy.

Adam Schiff is such a lowlife he could walk under a snake's belly without stooping.

WELL, IF TWO MASKS DIDN'T WORK, think of how well three masks won't work.

RANDOM THOUGHT: There ought to be a "Eff U; go away Little Person and bother someone who actually gives a shit what you think" clause embedded in the Constitution for the States to invoke as needed.

Actually there is; it called 'federalism'. And the States should be much more aggressive invoking it.

SHOE EXPLAINS the price of free stuff.

THAT'S SOMETHING any cat owner knows.

THE RITTENHOUSE TESTIMONY from a gun owner's perspective.

Follow the link and read the whole thing.

INFLATION'S GREAT! IT REDISTRIBUTES MONEY: The New York Times does inflation.

Unmentioned is the fact that it redistributes money from those who have the least to those who have the most.

WHERE WAS HE FOR TWO WEEKS? Gavin Newsom had adverse reactions to COVID booster and flu shots.

But he couldn't just admit that without giving ammunition to the vaccine hesitant.

OCTOBER GUN SALES 30 percent above pre-pandemic levels.

And I'm open to increasing that percentage.

BLACK LIVES MATTER promises bloodshed in New York City if Mayor-elect Eric Adams "reverses the abolition of the NYPD’s controversial anti-crime units".

I'm okay with that as long as it's their blood being shed.

GOOD FOR THEM: Florida is considering a return to federalism. Hopefully more states will follow Florida's lead.

COULD IT BE THAT the coronavirus is is attracted to masks, which is why masking is so ineffective?

As ridiculous as it is, it's still a better explanation than I've heard from our elitist know-it-all boobs, both medical and political.

PRICKLY CITY explains the Bully Boyz.

THIS IS OUR GOVERNMENT TODAY: "We’ve over-invested in red tape, under-invested in infrastructure, and taught at least two generations of young people that jobs like trucking are somehow beneath them."

At all levels....

NOTE: I posted on the same topic here.

FLORIDA GOV. RON DESANTIS threatens to make border crisis personal for President(ish) Joe Biden:

Governor Ron Desantis proposes bussing illegal immigrants, brought to Florida, up to Delaware. "I will send them to Delaware and do that. If he's not going to support the border being secured, then he should be able to have everyone there."

I understand Martha's Vineyard is also nice this time of year....

YOU HAVE TO BE EFFING KIDDING ME: Vermont has reportedly become the first state to require all secondary schools, grades 7-12, to distribute condoms.

I've always been taught not to attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. This isn't stupidity.

IS THAT A SERIOUS QUESTION? Is Joe Biden really this dumb?

Well, yes. But then there's certainly no place for McAuliffe in the real world....

I'LL SEE YOUR SWORD AND RAISE YOU AN AK-15 (!?) RIFLE: Portland driver threatened with sword calmly walks to trunk and gets rifle.

It's clear that (a) the media doesn't know a damn thing about guns (an AK-15, for chrissake?) and
(b) the tide is turning against angry (Leftist?) 'bully boyz'.