Quick hits as we march into March.
- There is hope for Chicago, as evidenced by Lori “Lightweight” Lightfoot becoming the first incumbent mayor there to lose a re-election bid since 1983. Lightfoot finished THIRD in the runoff race. Chicagoans were voting against crime in the streets and general stagnation. Johnstown, take note.
- LIV, the Saudi-funded alternative to the PGA, drew about one-tenth the television viewership of the PGA in its first golf event of the season. For perspective, LIV was outdrawn in the ratings by an edition of cable TV’s “World’s Funniest Animals.”
- For those singing the song that Ukraine is winning the war that it is fighting with Russia as a proxy for the U.S. and the rest of NATO, understand that a former U.S. Marine fighting alongside the Ukraine army reports that the average Ukraine soldier reporting to the front lines at Bakhmut survives four hours, give or take. Time to call out celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz for another Vogue cover shoot of Zelenskyy and wife as a distraction.
- The U.S. Department of Transportation is about to have its internal watchdog examine the private plane usage of Secretary Pete Butt (whatever) while in office. Reportedly, the former Mayor Pete had at least 18 trips on private jets at taxpayers expense from the time he took office through mid-December of last year. No wonder he’s never around to do his job, like dealing directly with the train wreck in Ohio.
- For those of you keeping score at home regarding COVID mania: Various government agencies have been forced to concede the virus likely escaped from a Chinese lab, there was gain-of-function research going on there perhaps partially funded by the U.S., natural immunity from being infected by COVID is superior to anything obtained via vaccine. Oh, and masks are relatively useless. Stay tuned.
- The Biden regime can’t protect our borders, can’t respond in timely fashion to domestic disasters, can’t do much of anything well, but the department of energy is proposing efficiency standards for gas stoves that would rule out about one-half of current products on the market. They are coming for your stove to appease the environmentalist zealot branch of the Democrat (Socialist) Party. But keep Pete flying around on those private jets at government expense.
- If the economy and consumer are resilient and strong, as trumpeted by the Biden regime and its favorite economic advisers, why are large bankruptcy filings (more than $50 million in claims) coming at the highest rate since 2009? Why are house prices falling and credit card debt climbing to all-time highs? Why are so many of those job openings being trumpeted by Biden lackeys part-time, low-paying, seasonal, or some combination of the three?
- Elon Musk, who has turned Twitter into a more fair space for non-Woke opinions during his ownership, is rumored to be taking on the artificial intelligence offerings of others, that have displayed a clear left-wing, Woke agenda in their early interactions with the public. What people constantly forget when computers are involved is that some human set up the programming, the parameters, and thereby can skew the computer’s results just like poor parents can raise dysfunctional kids who turn into dysfunctional adults.
We’re done, for now.
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