Pandem Variants, Masks, Gargle, GOP, Jan 6, Exec Priv, Big Lie, Evil, Gaetz

  • Infidel753 has the initial facts on the fairly new Omicron variant.
     
  • Here in Missouri, if our Governor ever faced accusations that intelligence exceeded the legal limit, he would have many overlapping proofs of innocence.
     
    Our favorite Earth-Bound Misfit watches the latest drama:

    • Mike Parsons opposes any masking requirements, which is run-of-the-mill dumb among Republicans in these parts.
    • Mike Parsons orders a study to prove he is right about opposing mask-mandates. This elevates the dumb a bit.
    • The study proves he is wrong. Mandates work. This merely documents the dumb. A deal of sorts, but still not that big a deal.
    • He tries to hide the study, which is way-y-y-y dumb.
    • News media find it anyway. Duh! Making it even bigger news than if he had been honest about it. Now it’s a newsworthy news story that can’t be ignored in news coverage by local news organizations.
    • Governor Parsons blows up, mad as hell about it being found. Which produces headlines everywhere.

     
    Of course, separately, this never gets old:
     

  • At Scotties Playtime, Senator Ron Johnson (R-Idiocy) abandon’s bleach injections and says gargling with mouthwash cures COVID.
     
    Along that vein, so to speak
     

  • Some of us do get frustrated by so many lazy accept-whatever-they-say reporters interviewing prominent disinformation political types. Tommy Christopher shows that it is not always that way. A Senator who opposes vaccine mandates by employers seems unprepared for a couple of sharper than usual CNBC anchors and trips all over himself.
     
  • The Palmer Report documents the documents and a bad week for Mr. Trump that ended in a very bad day yesterday.
     
  • Hackwhackers, discovers the newly discovered Republican Power Point presentation directing Jan 6 efforts to overturn the election of Joe Biden and the national rejection of Trump. Then posts several pithy internet reactions. Entertaining, instructive, and, on reflection, horrifying.
     
  • One major news item this week involved Trump losing so far his executive privilege claim on archived White House documents. The appeals court decision was unanimous. News Corpse covers the coverage, watching for the slant from the Fox Network.
     
    Turns out there is no slant. Fox didn’t mention it at all.
     
    Well, I suppose reporting nothing on one side and nothing on the other is Fair And Balanced after a fashion.
     
  • Green Eagle explains the part of law that may make Mike Pence unwilling to testify to the Jan 6 Committee. Has to do with the Constitutional right to kill Vice Presidents.
     
  • Julian Sanchez joins fellow Cato Institute personality Caleb Brown in podcastville to consider the Mark Meadows case and Congressional access to information from former executive branch officials. Julian Sanchez seems to think the case represents a fuzzy legal issue with no clear answer.
     
  • The good news for Mr. Trump is he has attracted heavy duty investment into his very own social network. The Borowitz Report covers the bad news. The network’s standards have been violated and Trump has been banned.
     
    If you haven’t read his blistering statement about the expulsion, it’s because he hasn’t found anywhere to post it.
     
    Warning: None of it is true. It’s satire, folks.
     
  • CalicoJack in The Psy of Life takes a close penetrating look at why middleclass suburban white voters fall for racist dog whistles and variations of the Big Lie and other lies, and why Democrats are perpetually caught flat-footed and unprepared.

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