Chet Collins

Xi Jinping’s Eager-to-Please Bureaucrats Snarl His China Plans - WSJ

Indeed, some local officials have become so focused on pleasing Mr. Xi and fulfilling party mandates that they can neglect their basic duties as public servants

Keep it up, my bros!

Remember the blue sky.

I’m still waiting for the day when the garbage men knock on my door and tell me I’ve crossed the line.

Collins Park is now open.

Fence Around U.S. Capitol Should Come Down, Many Residents and Lawmakers Say - WSJ

Some critics also point to the expense of the fence, which is costing the government $1.9 million a week

This is emblematic of the disconnect between Washington and taxpayers. There has been zero justification for continuing to fund this deployment and they just don’t care.

Opinion: Fact-Checking Facebook’s Fact Checkers - WSJ

China last winter censored doctors who shared “dangerous” misinformation about the novel coronavirus on social media. Now America’s self-anointed virus experts and social-media giants are also silencing doctors with contrarian views in an apparent effort to shut down scientific debate.

A damning rebuttal. Still unclear why people use and/or trust Facebook.

Gone But Not Forgotten: Remembering Those Lost In This Past Year - The Babylon Bee

For as long as we’ve remembered, the Land O Lakes Indian girl has been there, silently judging us as we ate entire sticks of butter at 3 am. But no longer. Eat a stick of butter for the homies on this one.

U.K. First Major Economy to Set Plans to Claw Back Covid-19 Costs - WSJ

In a possible bellwether for other wealthy countries, the U.K. said Wednesday that it would raise taxes starting in 2023 to cover the heavy costs of the pandemic

Party’s over.

Short on Babies, China Wants People to Live and Work Longer - WSJ

China loosened such controls in 2016, ending the decades-old one-child policy to allow all parents to have two children.

Curtailing the right of married couples to mutually decide the appropriate use of their creative powers is a demonstrably wicked policy and an affront to humanity.

Texas Governor Hailed As Conservative Hero For Ending Unconstitutional Mandates He Implemented - The Babylon Bee

“Great job, Governor Abbott – you really ended those tyrannical edicts that you yourself put in place last year!” said one Texan as he chugged a Bud Light and drove his tractor around for no good reason. “I’m proud to have you as my governor!”

Eric Swalwell Says He Feared For His Life During Capitol Riots, Almost Had To Use His Nunchuck Skills - The Babylon Bee

When asked where he learned to use the nunchucks, he said his girlfriend showed him, but she goes to another school and you can’t meet her.

Estimated 9 Billion Already Dead From Texas Mask Mandate Reversal - The Babylon Bee

Scientists have followed the science very scientifically to determine this catastrophic end to all human life on Earth immediately began after Governor Greg Abbott called his press conference, announcing his plan to literally murder everyone by not making them wear t-shirt fabric on their faces.

Cat nap.

Pink sunset.

Experts Warn Lifting Mask Mandates Could Contribute To Dangerous Spread Of Freedom - The Babylon Bee

I’m worried other states will see this. People will start thinking they are supposed to take responsibility for their own health and their own decisions. And that’s just not what America is about.

Does anyone use iOS Stocks.app?

The start of something exciting.

Texas Governor Lifts Covid-19 Mask Mandate, Business Restrictions - WSJ

“Removing state mandates does not end personal responsibility,” he said.

Why is this the last line of the article?

This is the crux of Abbott’s argument. People should take personal responsibility of their own accord, not because of some indefinite governmental emergency authority.

It’s interesting to see all of the backlash. Some argue that because the state government says that masks are no longer required, many people will wrongly think its okay to stop wearing their mask in public.

Many of the people making that argument take the exact opposite position on the legality of recreational drug use. They say that if local governments remove criminal penalities for Schedule 1 narcotics, it won’t encourage more people to use drugs. No one ever mentions that the usage of these drugs remains illegal under Federal law.

Right or wrong, our legal code does signal a form of morality to society.

Dr. Suess’s If I Ran the Zoo will no longer be published or sold.

That title was a Caldecott Honor winner.