The implosion of America's #MeToo movement is tragic and revealing. In the end, it was just one more means to attack Republicans. But the weapon boomeranged and began taking out prominent Democrats. And the #MeToo movement covered for the Democrats, rapidly becoming just one more partisan attack group masquerading as a victim protection movement. Twenty years ago the movement could have hid its sordid record. But even with a largely compliant media, the truth got out. How many women will be sexually harassed and abused because the #MeToo cause has been tainted with political opportunism?
Good grief! Just how many anti-science Trump voters are in Europe? "Protests against fresh Covid-19 restrictions have rocked Europe over the weekend, with demonstrations breaking out in places such as Brussels, Vienna, Rome and Amsterdam."
I didn't know why there was so much panic over the Omicron variant of the Xi Jinping Flu Covid-19 virus--and neither do the South Africans (Via Instapundit): “The new Omicron variant of the coronavirus results in mild disease,
without prominent syndromes, Angelique Coetzee, the Chairwomman of the
South African Medial Association told sputnik news on Saturday.” … “We
will only know this after two weeks. Yes, it is transmissible, but for
now, as medical practitioners, we do not know why so much hype is being driven as we are still looking into it.” 
Yes, I've lost my trust in crucial institutions. Or more precisely, under their woke, politicized, and/or inept leadership they've forfeited my trust. The only thing I trust these days is a smaller federal government with fewer powers. Via Instapundit.
Extending the Los Angeles-class SSN service life. For some boats.
Russia's "mine field" in orbit: "The ASAT test was a success but it created 1,500 bits of debris large enough to be detected and tracked from earth. Some of that debris ended up on a collision course with the ISS, but missed."
As I read and listen about the Michigan football win over Ohio State, the idea that we battled as a resilient team keeps coming out. Which is what I worried about last year, although my solutions weren't used. And then we won the Big Ten championship. After years of seeing the ingredients of good players and a good coach fail to produce these results, I feel good for the team and Harbaugh who faced a lot of criticism (much justified given his job and the results, of course) these last few years.
Iran has lied, is lying, and will lie about their nuclear weapons program. Israel isn't happy about the Biden administration's approach to dealing with Iran's nuclear program. As I wrote two weeks ago: "Iran won't agree to a deal that doesn't reward them with money while not significantly stopping their nuclear program. Yet the Biden administration will agree to a ["interim"] deal slanted to Iran, which Iran will be happy to keep forever knowing Biden won't dare end it. The Israelis are right to oppose that. And FFS, the original deal is crap." The Biden administration policy is designed to fail if the objective is halting Iran's nuclear weapons progress.
I wonder if an Israeli strike against Iran--should that happen--would focus on destroying Hezbollah in the short run--forcing a humiliation on Iran while daring Iran to escalate and justify an Israeli strike campaign against Iran's nuclear infrastructure. Israel is accelerating its ground force training.
Model output is not real world data: "According to Kevin Trenberth,
once in charge of modeling at the National Center for Atmospheric
Research, '[None of the] models correspond even remotely to the current
observed climate [of the Earth].' The models can’t properly model the
Earth’s climate, but we are supposed to believe that, if carbon dioxide
has a certain effect on the imaginary Earths of the many models it will
have the same effect on the real earth." And "curve fitting" doesn't make the model better.
The Omicron variant is not the mid-term elections variant. We're still one or two away from that. Omicron is the Build Back Better variant.
Interesting: "Turkey is ready to act as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia, President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying by broadcaster NTV on Monday, despite having angered Moscow by selling armed drones to Kyiv earlier this year." "Despite"? Mediating means keeping Russia from invading and trying to capture Ukrainian territory.
Infiltration: "Undercover Taliban agents—often clean-shaven, dressed in jeans and sporting sunglasses—spent years infiltrating Afghan government ministries, universities, businesses and aid organizations." I was worried five years ago when it was clear we abandoned trying to win, and pulled Afghan forces back to bases and cities. We never did seize the initiative as planned. And without the initiative in government hands, the Taliban were able to infiltrate and exploit the passive "strategy" of the Afghan security forces shaken by being abandoned by America. We stopped trying to win. The Taliban never stopped trying to win.
From the "Well, Duh" files: "The US military will reinforce deployments and bases directed at China and Russia, while maintaining forces in the Middle East adequate to deter Iran and jihadist groups, the Pentagon said Monday, referencing results of a review."
The war in Syria continues. Will Iran try to overthrow Assad to avoid getting pushed out?
The three main Chinese fleets. Note their weakness in mine clearing and anti-submarine warfare.
Global Posture Review: "More American military resources should be dedicated to Guam and Australia as the United States tries to keep pace with the Chinese military in the Indo-Pacific region, the Pentagon announced Monday[.]"
But everyone he knows can afford an electric vehicle and a personal recharging station in their 4-car garage! And pay for the rising electricity costs, too.
Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti evolved into a base "hub" so slowly I hardly noticed: "The Virginia and Kentucky National Guard are deploying 1,000 troops to the horn of Africa amid a continuing shift in U.S. war efforts away from the Middle East." This is unrelated to drawing down in the Middle East. The hub has been active with an infantry battalion rotated there for some time. This time it's a National Guard unit, reflecting the ongoing role of the Guard as an operational reserve for routine use.
Let's hope we finally get justice for Jussie--good and hard.
I believe the alternative is to sit in a chair, lean forward and place your head between your knees, clasp your hands behind your head, and kiss your ass goodbye: "The Biden administration has enlisted two nuclear-disarmament advocates to present the Defense Department with 'alternatives' to the United States' long-standing intercontinental ballistic missiles system, according to a copy of the project proposal obtained by the Washington Free Beacon." What could possibly go wrong? Tip to Instapundit.
During the past football season, in a number of close games I suspected Michigan was holding back plays and counting on brute force to beat opponents rather than let Ohio State see the plays. It led to some dangerously close games. And I suspect it led to losing to Michigan State. But if I'm right, the coaching discipline paid off with a loss that ultimately didn't matter in order to get a victory when it mattered a lot.
Some of the failures seem isolated or blown out of proportion, but we should get a grip on keeping the source of 99% of our combat unit reserves in shape: "The National Guard system – crucial to America's military defense and vital to state emergency operations – is reeling from corruption and misconduct that reflect overarching command failures, a USA TODAY investigation has found."
Are we eager to surrender again or just concerned about the Americans and residents totally not stranded in Afghanistan? "Pakistan has 'welcomed' a second round of talks between the United States and the Taliban since the latter’s takeover of Afghanistan earlier this year, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) spokesperson says." Of course Pakistan welcomes the chance of getting America to pay for Pakistan's engineered victory of the Taliban.
I'm so old I remember when Trump was causing democracy to die in darkness: "The Biden administration has yet to publicly disclose critical information on the number of illegal immigrants in the United States, a violation of congressional guidance and a departure from federal transparency standards." Via Instapundit.
Once more with feeling, Biden can't end wars, he can just end our efforts to deny enemies a victory: "President Biden promises to help end the seven-year civil war in Yemen and ease the humanitarian crisis it's created. But that would involve U.S. pressure on Saudi Arabia, which has been blamed for escalating the war. NPR's Jackie Northam reports that new U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia raised doubts about Biden's efforts." Yes, Saudi Arabia escalated the war--by resisting the Iranian victory. If the war "ends" Iran has a proxy state on the Red Sea. But it's NPR so don't expect brain cells to rub together too much.
Why aren't media personalities accusing Whitmer of being a murderer? "In fact, just yesterday, Michigan hit a new record number of COVID hospitalizations and is second in the nation for the number of cases, averaging over 5000 a day, as opposed to the 1393 average in Florida." We all know it is because Vitamin (D) protects her from any but the gentlest and fleeting of media criticism.
Going along with Russia's lies: "Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014 after the country’s Moscow-friendly president was driven from power by mass protests. Weeks later, Russia threw its weight behind a separatist insurgency that broke out in Ukraine’s east." FFS Military Times! Russia invaded Crimea and months later invaded the Donbas under cover of supporting local resistance. Russia waged war on Ukraine and still is. Stop averting your eyes from the basic truth.
Shocking truth from the world of science: "A team of criminologists has found that every 10 to 17 new cops added by
a city police department can be expected to save one black person from
being murdered." Well, for every 10-17 cops allowed to do their jobs, that is. Tip to Instapundit. I will repeat:
Enjoy this while can. Satire becomes leftist reality fast these days. Tip to Instapundit.
For all the talk about the fierce urgency of returning to the craptacular 2015 Iran nuclear deal, that deal didn't prevent Iran from being able to enrich Uranium to weapons grade quality. Paging Israel. And Israel has Gulf Arab allies worried about Iran now.
Um, far less than Trump's enemies used those institutions against him? I mean, approximately. What a moronic take.
The Turks will help Ukraine upgrade helicopters.
America confirmed North Korea's determination to build nuclear missiles because "intel efforts recently showed that North Korea had been mining far more uranium ore than previously thought." I wonder if the extra mining effort is part of a path for Iran's nuclear program outside of even the awful Iran nuclear deal.
Turkey tested an air defense system. Is this Turkey's plan to back out of the S-400 deal with Russia that triggered American and NATO reactions to isolate Turkey? If so, remember we have an Erdogan crisis and not a S-400 crisis.
Was the British loss of an F-35B due to human pre-launch error? It's hard to believe something that basic could be overlooked.
China's population may peak next year. Peak population is arriving 8 years earlier than projected a decade ago. That's a problem for China. Let's be careful out there. Xi Jinping may be far more aware of the trends at home than we can see, and believe his chance to strike is fleeting.
It's so odd that after the 2015 Iran nuclear deal--for which we did not contest Iran's claim it never had a nuclear weapons program--that Iran could believe it has the capacity to wipe out Israel with cheap and green nuclear-generated electricity: "'We will not back off from the annihilation of Israel, even one millimeter. We want to destroy Zionism in the world,' the senior Iranian military spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi told the country’s state-run media." Tip to Instapundit.
I think this is an excellent point: Forward presence has nearly broken the Navy, which should focus on preparing for war instead of sailing close to foes. I agree and also worry that forward presence--embraced when nobody could challenge America at sea--now just dangles our best ships close to capable enemies, temping them to strike first. Forward presence should be limited to a trip wire of our less capable LCS and smaller combatants to show the flag.
Whether or not the critique of Eisenhower is correct, I worry that the Army's DNA still values a tidy, synchronized frontline above all else. The 2003 campaign in Iraq may be the exception to the rule.
The United States Army needs to decide if its large-scale combat operations core competency has a place in American strategy for fighting for Taiwan. I agree (in a 2020 article) and think it is a broader question (in a 2018 article). Long range Army fires to support the Navy are fine. But that isn't the Army's reason for existing.
This is an interesting essay on "America First" thinking from both the left and right. But I disagree with the parenthetical aside: "The United States has spent more time at war since 2000 than in any prior century in total. (And since 9/11, it has waged war largely unsuccessfully.)" We won in Iraq. And until we decided to lose Afghanistan with completely unrealistic plans that would predictably fail we were doing well enough. But more broadly, if the war on terror is a holding action during the Islamic Civil war in order to prevent collateral damage on the West and help the normals defeat the jihadis, you have to judge our war effort differently, no?
For no apparent reason I'll post this again:
Will the Taliban get a UN seat even as Taiwan is denied one? That's how the sainted international community tends to roll.
Not Taliban 2.0! No! Way! "Taliban curtailing women's rights in Afghanistan, killing female activists[.]" Why aren't American feminists the most militant anti-jihadis on the planet?
Excusing racist violence. Don't expect the media to have a "national conversation on race" any time soon.
The Anschluss deepens: "In an interview, [Belarus] President Alexander Lukashenko also said for the first time that he recognizes the Crimean Peninsula as part of Russia and plans to visit it soon."
Racist justification for segregation.
Effing Russians: "Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of deploying half of its army or 125,000 troops to Donbass[.]" Well that's where Russia is currently fighting Ukraine!
If Biden manages to "end" the Yemen war we'll get more of this: "The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen has destroyed an explosive-laden boat used by the Iran-aligned group in the south of the Red Sea on Wednesday, Saudi state TV said."
Say, why didn't Chris Cuomo "believe all women" who accused his brother, the governor, of sexual assault and harassment? #BrosBeforeHoHoHos
Kidnapping: "A new report by a human rights group has found more than 600 Taiwanese arrested overseas have been deported to China in recent years." Shame on the countries that go along with this CCP kidnapping.
I guess I don't have much to add to the Oxford High School murders in my neck of the woods. It is heart breaking and I hope justice is provided. I don't know how I could go on if one of my children was shot. May the wounded recover. I hope the families of victims can cope. And I'm thankful these crimes are rare. The parents of the shooter may need to answer for a string of failures.
At least China should have no doubt that Taiwan is inside our defense perimeter: "Japan and the United States could not stand by if China attacked Taiwan, and Beijing needs to understand this, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday."
LOL! Those are tears of laughter and not despair. I was all over that "Loretta issue" five years ago. Symbolic of a struggle against reality, indeed. Related information on how to tell if someone is a Nazi.
The Russian espionage and special mission submarines are interesting. But they suffer from lack of money and America embeds these capabilities in our attack submarines fleet. So is America's approach better or worse than America's. And is this a real problem for America in war? Would the Russian special mission subs really last long at sea?
Libya: the UN remains hopeful while reality suggests otherwise. It seems like the UN is just validating a period of rearming and preparing to go to war again by the factions.
About the news that British marines forced American Marines to surrender in an exercise. Um, no. But the evolving Americans did like some of the British Vanguard Strike Company tactics enough to copy them.
I've long suspected that the lockdowns have caused more death and damage than the Xi Jinping Flu. I suspect an honest look at the trade offs will verify this. When this is over. Although it feels over to me despite all the people I see wearing masks. I'm scheduled for a booster in a month. With the same stuff. Not going to a hospital if I get Covid would be good. I guess I'm getting to an age when that would be wise to avoid. Although I'm open to canceling if I find out my original shot still does that. And I want to travel. We'll see. Tip to Instapundit.
I guess Stacey Abrams thinks she is running for reelection now. I will always be thankful to Biden for one priceless moment that he had with Abrams on live TV. She thought she was there for a live announcement of Biden choosing her for his VP candidate. The look on her face as she realized she was getting a lovely parting gift instead was priceless.
Fortunately Putin has caviar tastes with a spam budget: "Putin has used the power of the Kremlin to shore up his rule, often by making Russian politics more predictable, while sowing chaos abroad to prevent a unified international community from standing together against his abuses."
The Army says it has 5 tasks in the Pacific, but only one approaches its core competency of large-scale ground operations: "to counterattack with infantry and aviation 'to restore the territorial integrity of our allies and partners.'" Why specify infantry and aviation? Is this an oversight or is armor and artillery left out to imply limits on the scope of Army action short of its real core competency? And armored forces might be very necessary to restore territorial integrity.
Would China send in the marines to restore order and protect ethnic Chinese in the South Pacific? And if they land, will they leave?
I have no interest in entering the abortion debate. But objectively speaking, Roe v. Wade is bad law. If it is struck down by the Supreme Court, state laws will return. Which can be changed. And Congress could legislate. And maybe on average America will rise to nuanced European levels of restrictions. Charities could use money to pay the travel expenses for women who want to travel to states that allow it--instead of just raising money off of the issue. People on both sides can cope with this situation. Or use it to heighten divisions for their own purposes. Gosh, I wonder what will happen?
The left wants us to lower our expectations for public safety and order. People react to that. Criminals get bolder. The rich with walled property and private security. The middle class with vigilantes/militias to protect property and lives. And the poor with weapons to protect themselves. This is their "progress." The criminals have started pillaging high-end stores. When the criminals storm the walled castles of the woke rich, what will they do?
This article on Army roles in the Pacific says infantry, Stryker, and attack helicopters are envisioned to throw back "incursions." Which certainly implies smaller scale operations. Perhaps the East China Sea is the focus, in defense of Japanese islands. Sure, logistics have to be improved for more than that outside of South Korea. But still, it would be nice to have more vision for the future.
The method to the madness cuteness of my recent cat memes? Tip to The Morning Briefing.
The Navy wrapped up naval exercises with allies in the Philippine Sea and the Strait of Malacca.
BS: "The Trump presidency posed an existential threat to NATO and to transatlantic relations." This talk of saving NATO despite Trump is just a bunch of delusional charging at windmills puffery. Trump strengthened NATO and added American military capability to Europe.
South Korea's naval horizons are expanding beyond North Korea. That blue water shift has been building for some time.
The shifting fortunes of Ethiopia's massive army.
The demand for hate crimes exceeds the supply in America. Via Instapundit.
Russia deploys Bastion anti-ship missiles to Matua Island in the Kurile Island chain. While the missiles certainly are close to Japan, I suspect that they are intended to stop a Chinese naval attack on Russia's SSBN bastion in the Sea of Okhotsk, under the cover of threatening Japan.
Wasn't Biden sold as restoring respect for norms and institutions?
Poland is facing a Belorusian human wave assault on its border. Say, here's a hot take! "Migrants caught attempting to cross into Poland from Belarus were often pushed back, contrary to international rules on asylum." The stupidity! It burns! Refugees must seek safe harbor in the first country they get to. Asylum shopping is not allowed. So Belarus has the obligation to grant asylum to the Middle Eastern refugees in Belarus. And when you consider Belarus is waging war on Poland by importing those refugees, the obligation for Poland to go along is nowhere to be found in international law.
Space war! This makes sense: Space war theory is best understood by "framing spacepower in terms of terrestrial (stuff on planet Earth) effects, but it doesn’t necessarily go very far in terms of justifying an independent Space Force." Good point. But I have no idea what the author is talking about when he says "no state can currently prevent any other state from accessing space if the latter has the technical capacity to build rockets capable of carrying satellites." You can take out most of a country's access to space by either bombing their small number of space launch facilities or placing fighters over the launch sites to shoot down rockets heading up while they are still going slow.
Special forces are restoring skills to directly support conventional combat operations by operating behind enemy lines for recon, direct action, and supporting insurgencies and irregulars.
Executive summary: We must get back to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal to slow down Iran's nuclear drive because despite the deal, Iran is--notwithstanding Iran's unchallenged claim that it never had a nuclear weapons program--now on the cusp of being able to build nuclear weapons. I really don't get this nuance thing.
What?! "Violent robbery caravans?" Roving bands of armed barbarians are now sacking our Democratic-run cities. When did Oakland become Mad Max? Tip to Instapundit.
If you wonder why the Biden crime family think it can get away with it, ponder some of what the Clinton crime family got away with: "Jeffrey Epstein 's access to the Clinton White House has been laid bare
by visitor logs exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com, which reveal the
later financier visited at least 17 times during the former president's
first few years in office." Tip to Instapundit.
But these loons bow before 1619 and think slavery is the bedrock of modern America: "Senate Democrats are blocking legislation that would prohibit imports from China made with Uyghur slave labor[.]" Tip to Instapundit.
China smiles as corruption looks to have a clear shot at undermining the Philippines again.
The Kim is dead! Long live the Kim!
So this author rejects the concept of collective defense and deterrence for Ukraine? Remember, in theory NATO shouldn't be necessary given that the United Nations is based on the theory of the entire world uniting to deter or resist aggressors. We should help Ukraine kill Russian soldiers.
I do worry that this period of time as a strange inter-war vibe about it. But if so, Putin has the role of Mussolini this time.
Huh: "The U.S. Navy’s top officer in the Indo-Pacific region has asked for more aircraft carriers to deter China and Russia." I think that kind of thinking is foolish and a waste of limited resources.
Huh: "In June, a three-hour summit in Geneva between Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden had been cordial — far more so than might have been expected given Biden’s campaign rhetoric about Russia. ... The anti-Kremlin posture of the Democratic Party also appeared to have diminished." The Democratic Party's anti-Russia stance was sudden and out of character. Who can be shocked that it is returning to its glorious "reset" days? Would Putin really risk this chance for a compliant Democratic Party by openly escalating its war against Ukraine?
Interesting: "According to the military journal 'Jane’s Defence Weekly,' the forces massing on Ukraine’s border include some of Putin’s most modern units, including the elite 1st Guards Tank Army and Russia’s 4th Tank Division, both equipped with T-80U main battle tanks and self-propelled artillery." Is this just theatrics? The Russian army actually prefers their older updated T-72s to the newer T-80. Unless these T-80s have been upgraded to T-90 standards--an upgraded T-72--are the Russians bluffing?
The 1619 project was unavailable for comment: "A U.N expert says contemporary forms of slavery exist in Sri Lanka, with vulnerable groups such as children, women, ethnic minorities and older people particularly affected."
Remember, if the government had refused to issue lockdowns or mask mandates, that doesn't mean people wouldn't have socially distanced or worn masks. It means individuals would have decided for themselves what to do. As I've noted, before the Xi Jinping Flu hit I had N95 masks just in case.
It's amazing that conservatives didn't start a revolution when Roe v. Wade legalized abortion. But Democratic senators claim that reversing Roe to put the question into the hands of states and Congress where it belongs will mean Republicans reap the whirlwind and justifies a revolution. So who is a threat to our norms and institutions? Who is instigating violence?
American and Indian troops exercised in Alaskan mountains. This had nothing to do with China, we say: "Relations with China 'did not enter anybody's mind in the course of this exercise,' [said] Col. Jody Shouse[.]" I can confirm the troops weren't thinking about China. I went into a field training exercise with our brand new signal equipment while the coup in Russia was going on in 1991. I was totally focused (spending 80 hours in or around the van in 96 hours) on learning my combat fax machine and not Russia. But this exercise was totally about China.
Practice: "The U.S. and Japan are holding a large-scale command post drill involving thousands of troops, a year after holding a scaled-back, mostly virtual version of the exercise." The Australians are observing. It seems like a Senkaku islands defense drill.
Aside from the Constitutional, moral, biological, and religious objections to believing in white supremacy, the idiocy of woke white people is a very practical argument against the concept.
I assume this kind of weather is why it is now called "climate change" and not "global warming": "Hawaii under blizzard warning as 12 inches of snow and winds up to 100 mph expected[.]"
The MQ-25A Stingray aerial refueling drone prototype is being tested on an American aircraft carrier.
Thank God Buttigieg came back from paternity leave! "Biden Hasn’t Fixed The Port Crisis — Ships Are Just Being Counted Differently[.]" As I always say, always check the definitions section. Tip to Instapundit.
Doctor Fauci sends Biden supporters a racist dog whistle signal.
Damn those anti-science Trump voters! "Across the continent, vaccine hesitancy remains high. A recent survey that spans five West African countries found that 6 in 10 people were vaccine hesitant—compared with 13 percent or less in France, the United Kingdom, and other parts of Europe and 27 percent in the United States. Another study
of six different African countries found that less than half of
respondents said they would definitely or probably get the vaccine." Via Instapundit.
A friend sent this to me already but I still laughed again:
Yes, people have gone nuts over anything DeSantis does. A lot of states have state militias intended to fill the gap if the state's official Army National Guard is called up for federal service and sent out of state. As a rule they are small, ill-funded, poorly trained, and attract people who retired from the military. A little more attention might make them a true state emergency force rather than a social club. Michigan has a state defense force. See Chapter 4 of the Michigan Military Act, 1967 PA 150, as amended, being MCL sections 32.651 to 32.687. Is Governor Whitmer a little "fascisty", too?
And yet China--which claims to have defeated the Wuhan Flu--hasn't helped to their close ally Russia? "Russia's COVID-19 death toll has reached at least 578,020, the third worst in the world[.]"
Fingers crossed that the Army has more than hope: "After a handful of unsuccessful attempts to replace the Army’s aging Bradley fighting vehicle, the service hopes it is finally on the right track." Also--groan.
Destroying the military from within: "The proposed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will encourage
critical race theory indoctrination and other 'woke' policies while
reducing our military preparedness." To repeat:
The flawed roster of the State Department's "Summit for Democracy" should not be the membership list of the nations in my proposed Taiwan-based League of Democracy.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with the smallest reluctant first step. Tip to Instapundit.
It's so odd that after that trans-Atlantic unifier Biden won, the Germans said Let's go, NATO! "Germany appears set to abandon its promise to meet the 2%-of-GDP NATO minimum target for defense spending." I missed that news. I guess I missed the presidential complaints and pressure about Germany's faltering defense posture.
Notwithstanding the healing power of "and", is the Biden administration lying or just stupid by blaming crime waves on the pandemic? Tip to Instapundit.
Oh, and I know that WHO didn't use Greek letters for variants to avoid insulting China as I noted in the meme in yesterday's post. The WHO refused to call Covid-19 the Wuhan Flu as part of its kowtow to the Chinese Communist Party's refusal to admit responsibility. So the meme is directionally accurate.
And in a Festivus miracle, the Lions win their first game of the season with a last-second, game-winning touchdown!
