I FIND THIS AMUSING: Four reasons why you never get a tax refund.

I never get a refund for one very simple reason: I don't give the government -- any government -- a penny more than I owe and a day before it's due.

It's my money, not theirs.

ABSOLUTELY: Is STEM [science, technology, engineering, mathematics] being politicized?

I am (or was) a Senior Member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers); I left years ago when it became obvious that the IEEE had turned down the (future) social justice lane.

RANDOM THOUGHT: Woke is a synonym for worthless.

BUT THEY'RE VERY GENEROUS WITH YOUR MONEY: Biden and Harris each gave less to charity in 2021 than others earning similar incomes.

RANDOM THOUGHT: The sole reason for Twitter is to control traffic for the crazies.

I DON'T THINK HER LOSING HER JOB IS 'DANGEROUS PRECEDENT': MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski says Elon Musk Twitter takeover could set 'very dangerous precedent'.

SOME OBSERVATIONS about the unbearable lightness of Bernie Sanders.

These observations lead directly to a consideration of the greatest and most destructive blind spot of the fact-challenged progressive outlook: the refusal to recognize the fundamental inequality of human beings and their capabilities. This refusal is manifest in their inability to appreciate the unique genius of entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk, and instead to respond to them with a destructive hatred born of envy and resentment, which are the key passions of the progressive mind (emphasis mine). It also leads directly to an inability to appreciate the insurmountable obstacles to their utopian schemes.

Ask yourself what leads to envy and resentment. I would suggest the answer is incompetence.

READ THE TWEETS: Staffers at Bezos-owned paper [Washington Post] blast Musk's offer to buy Twitter outright.

Then read the comments, which are uniformly pro-Elon.

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GLENN YOUNGKIN [R-VA]'S REVENGE: Entire Loudoun county school board may face voters in November election.

Criminal charges to follow? (One can hope.)

ITS HARD TO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES when people keep pulling away the curtain. BLM cofounder Patrisse Cullors says she gets triggered by charity transparency laws.

WASHINGTON POST COLUMNIST rips parental rights laws as ‘homophobic’ and compares to Black people being denied gun permits.

Bigoted, anyone?

BIDEN WANTS TO REGULATE EVERYTHING; even your air conditioning. So ... if I don't have air conditioning, will he supply it?

DEMOCRATS GOTTA HAVE A CRISIS even if they have to manufacture one....

VOTERS 'AREN'T STUPID': Even CNN analyst rejects notion Biden has 'messaging' problem.

And that's a problem for Democrats.

AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN: Liberals' latest reasoning behind a student loan debt bailout is beyond laughable.

If you went deeply in debt to gain the latest advanced 'woke' degee, then you have a problem -- but it's not my problem.

RANDOM THOUGHT about political tag lines:

Republican: Make America Great Again

Democrat: Make America Poor Again

Accurate, or not?

EVERY MORNING WHEN I WAKE UP: Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?

REASON # 1 TO OWN A GUN: Intruder shot in head while breaking into child's bedroom.

I love 'feel-good' stories....

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The debasement of our professional and political classes.

Two comments: (1) debasement is too mild, depravity fits better; and (2) as one who prefers action to restraint, my preference is for retribution.

ELON MUSK is not joining Twitter's Board of Directors. That's good news.

I rather suspect he feels he can be more effective reforming Twitter off the Board of Directors than he could on it.

Liz Peek has more.