Chet Collins

Gorgeous January day.

Beautiful weather in Miami. It feels refreshing, like the first warm-up of spring.

Love the view from my hotel room… right at the end of a runway!

Trump’s Approval Rating Among Terrorists Hits All-Time Low - The Babylon Bee

just half said they would like to see the president dead. The others claimed they would be perfectly happy with a pallet full of cash

Everyone On The Internet Awarded Honorary Degree In International Affairs - The Babylon Bee

the institutions wanted to honor those people who are suddenly experts on the Middle East, terrorism, and the intricacies of Iranian government

Feels like spring.

I called the property management company yesterday at noon about a major water leak in the yard. Still haven’t heard back.

CNN Attacks Babylon Bee: ‘The Internet Is Only Big Enough For One Fake News Site’ - The Babylon Bee

Reporters at the media outlet also pointed out that their news was “much faker” than The Babylon Bee’s.

Iran Announces They Will Stop Pretending To Follow Nuclear Deal - The Babylon Bee

Iranian officials then revealed that their National Center to Help Children and Orphans and their Department of Puppies and Candy were actually nuclear facilities in disguise this whole time.

Warren Proposes Bankruptcy Overhaul in Return to Signature Issue - WSJ

“Our research ended up showing that most of these families weren’t reckless or irresponsible—they were just getting squeezed by an economy that forced them to take on more debt and more risk to cling to their place in America’s middle class,” Ms. Warren wrote.

We’ll call this the “permissive view.”

The two dumbest automotive regulations in the United States:

• Mandatory front license plates
• Annual inspections

United Methodist Church To Split Over Whether Or Not To Be Christians - The Babylon Bee

a tentative plan to split the church over differences on whether or not Methodists should be Christian or some sort of social group with a vague deist motif that makes up morality based on whatever it feels like.

So much to do today, I really should get started.

Iran Lacks Allies in Confronting the U.S. - WSJ

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a phone call Friday with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the killing “grossly violates the norms of international law” and urged Washington to “solve all problems at the negotiating table,” according to a Russian foreign ministry statement.

Very rich advice, indeed.

Iraqi Parliament Votes in Favor of Expelling U.S. Troops - WSJ

BREAKING: Iraqi Parliament votes to expel U.S. troops from the country, after airstrike that killed top Iranian military leader

Incredible. Iranian-backed lawmakers pushed this through under the guise of protecting national integrity, when the result is likely to be the disintegration of Iraqi sovereignty, and in short order. ISIS overran a third of the country a in a short period of time after the US withdrawal at the end of 2011.

I sometimes don’t want to take the time to sit down and write a blog post, but usually walk away satisfied for having done the work.

I could really go for a nap.