Chet Collins

Biden’s COVID campaign promises have aged terribly - Washington Examiner

Biden didn’t hesitate to lump all the responsibility for last year’s deaths on Trump’s shoulders and label him unfit for office. So, it’s perfectly fair for us to ask the president to accept that same responsibility — or admit he was wrong to throw such smears around in the first place.

The latter is the appropriate response. Humility is a welcome virtue.

Democrats and Republicans Reach Deal to Try to Prevent Government Shutdown - WSJ

Democrats and Republicans reached an agreement to extend government funding through Feb. 18

Democrats have total and they still can’t pass a basic budget. They can spend and finance new money like never before, but struggle to fund essential government functions.

No different than when Republicans had total control of Washington.

Totally dysfunctional, and paradoxically, a system that incentivizes dysfunction.

Never fear, America, in the end Democrats and Republicans will hold hands and waste your tax dollars without qualms and then pat each other on the back for their very good governance.

Omicron Reinfects Government - WSJ Opinion

With Omicron’s discovery days ago in South Africa and before that the surge of infections in Europe, it is striking how reflexively governments are reverting to the strategies used at Covid’s onset in early 2020—crude travel bans, lockdowns, border closings and quarantines.

Emphasis mine.

Hour-to-hour adaptability is the 21st century’s defining characteristic. One word defines government’s response to the Covid pandemic: rigidity.

‘Handled Variety Of Tasks,’ Writes Kamala Harris, Struggling To Fill Out Performance Review Self-Assessment - The Onion

Harris reportedly said to herself as she sat in her West Wing office and stared at the blank form, eventually resorting to a Googled list of phrases commonly used by employees when evaluating themselves. “Let’s see. Oh, that’s good—I’ll put that I ‘used my organizational and problem-solving skills to help others facilitate the achievement of key objectives.’ That could mean anything.

Some Professional Degrees Leave Students With High Debt but Without High Salaries - WSJ

In three popular fields—chiropractic medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine—every professional program with available data had median debt loads that topped median earnings two years after graduation.

Oops.

Metaverse Real Estate Piles Up Record Sales in Sandbox and Other Virtual Realms - WSJ

Republic Realm, a firm that develops real estate in the metaverse, said it paid $4.3 million for land in the world Sandbox, the biggest virtual real-estate sale publicized to date

I’ve got some digital plots that I’m willing to let go for $4.2M.

A Dubious Union Revote at Amazon - WSJ Opinion

Union advocates claim to empower workers but are quick to cast them as dupes if they refuse the union message.

Big day!

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I lost 3lbs on vacation.

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Make this trip end.

Gulls hitching a ride across the bay in the ferry’s draft. Kind of genius.

Let me see if I can go find it.

Choppy morning on the Delaware Bay.

Racist Joe Biden Bans Travel From Africa - The Babylon Bee

Voters are reporting that they are devastated to learn Biden is just as racist as Trump was when he restricted travel from China. Just like when Trump did it, Biden’s racist travel ban is obviously an attempt to keep people of color out of our country while using COVID as an excuse. Sad! 

IT’S 2021!!!!!!!

Civil rights groups and various liberal organizations have not yet come out and condemned the racist, xenophobic travel ban as they did during the Trump travel ban. This is probably just because they forgot, or maybe they had too many Thanksgiving leftovers and fell asleep. 

Biden’s Covid Death Milestone - WSJ Opinion

Covid deaths this year have now surpassed the toll in 2020 with 350,000 since Inauguration Day. It would seem that Mr. Biden has done no better than Donald Trump in defeating Covid despite the benefit of vaccines, better therapies, and more clinical experience. The left politicized Covid by holding Mr. Trump responsible for a disease that was always going to be hard to defeat.

Now the media is silent on the topic. The point is that this isn’t a political opportunity, it’s a national challenge.

Christmas lights going up, house by house.

Nice day in town.

Janet Yellen Announces Americans Can Use Promo Code ‘THANKS’ For 10% Off All U.S. Goods And Services

“To activate the promo code, simply mention it to your Whataburger cashier, or visit treasury.gov/thanks. Remember, this amazing offer won’t last, so now’s the time to book that babysitter or finally get that Instant Pot! Again, that’s T-H-A-N-K-S, thanks.”

Atlantic sunrise.

U.S. Joins With China, Other Nations in Tapping Oil Reserves - WSJ

The six countries combined are likely to put about 65 million to 70 million barrels from government stockpiles onto world markets, according to a tally by RBC Capital Markets. That figure is only a little more than half of the world’s daily consumption, which the Energy Department estimates will surpass 100 million barrels in the final three months of 2021.

Excellent, that’ll get us through lunch.

What’s the plan for this afternoon?

Airpower.

Daddy & Me time with Lucy.

My favorite animal at the zoo.

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