Joe Biden’s Phony Physical . . . Joe Biden made history last Saturday, and he did it with relatively little fanfare. On that day, he became the first of the 45 men we’ve elected president to reach the ripe old age of 79 while in office. We’d congratulate him, but that would be disingenuous. Friday, the day prior, The Washington Post reports that he had what was called a “routine physical” at Walter Reed Medical Center, whereupon his doctors pronounced him “fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency.” Uh-huh. Did that exam include a test of Scranton Joe’s cognitive abilities? An exam of the sort that first-term Texas Republican Congressman Ronny Jackson has been clamoring for since Biden took office? Apparently not. Why on earth would we need to inquire whether the American president is a few fries short of a Happy Meal? Patriot Post

 

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Kevin McCarthy lacks support to be House speaker if GOP takes majority . . . Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia Republican, claims that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy lacks the votes to be speaker if the GOP recaptures the lower chamber next year. Mrs. Greene joined fellow Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida on his “Firebrand” podcast, posted on Thursday morning, and she blasted Mr. McCarthy, California Republican, for the “failure of our leadership.” “We know that Kevin McCarthy has a problem in our conference. He doesn’t have the full support to be speaker. He doesn’t have the votes that are there,” she said. Washington Times

 

Comrade Down: Senate Forces Biden to Dump OCC Nominee, Lenin Scholar . . . Five Senate Democrats told the White House late Wednesday they will not support Lenin scholarship recipient Saule Omarova to serve as Comptroller of the Currency, nuking her chances to serve as the country’s bank regulator.
The Democrats—Sens. Jon Tester (D., Mont.), Kyrsten Sinema (D., Ariz.), Mark Kelly (D., Ariz.), Mark Warner (D., Va.), and John Hickenlooper (D., Colo.)—join all Senate Republicans in opposition to Omarova, who came under scrutiny over her proposals to use the banking system to "bankrupt" the oil and gas industry and her education in the Soviet Union. Axios reported Wednesday that the Democrats informed the White House they will not support Biden's nominee. Washington Free Beacon

 

U.S. Looks to NATO to Deter Russian Aggression as Ukraine Warns of Possible Coup . . . The Biden administration plans to use a meeting of NATO foreign ministers to focus on how the alliance should respond to Russian military pressure on Ukraine as the Ukrainian president warned Friday of a possible Moscow-backed coup attempt. The meeting, which is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, comes amid debate within the alliance’s ranks about how to be firm about the possibility of Russian aggression, as it masses troops near Ukraine, while keeping political channels open to Moscow. Karen Donfried, the top State Department official for European affairs, said Friday that the U.S. is deeply concerned about “large and unusual” Russian troop movements near Ukraine, which American officials have warned allies could be a prelude to invasion. She said the U.S. is looking at a range of options and wants to use the NATO meeting to discuss how the alliance can act together. Wall Street Journal

 

Going to War With Russia Over Ukraine Is Nuts . . . Analysis. By Rebekah Koffler. As a former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) officer and specialist in Russian doctrine and strategy who participated in dozens of war games that simulated a U.S.-Russia conflict, I am gravely concerned about the high risk of Washington going to war over Ukraine.  If you thought $2 trillion and 6,000 American lives were a steep price to pay for a no-victory outcome of a 20-year engagement in Afghanistan, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Predictably, Washington "experts" discharge advice that is not grounded in reality. Is Ukraine among America’s vital security interests? Is America’s safety, security, territorial integrity and long-term survivability even remotely reliant on Ukraine? U.S. costs and losses in a war with nuclear Russia would be catastrophic. Such a war is unwinnable, and it is not worth sacrificing American lives to wage. Fox News

 

 

 

Hungary warns of US interference in bid to oust premier Viktor Orban . . . Hungary’s government on Thursday said it expected the US to try to interfere in elections next year in an effort to unseat premier Viktor Orban’s rightwing populist Fidesz party, adding Washington held a grudge against Budapest for its close ties to former President Donald Trump. Foreign minister Peter Szijjarto said that he expected Washington to deploy the Magnitsky Act, which can be used to impose sanctions and other measures against foreign nationals for corruption or human rights abuses, before the central European country’s general election next April. Fidesz faces its toughest challenge yet as Orban runs for a fourth successive mandate in elections next year. Szijjarto said Budapest would fend off attempts to defeat the government. Financial Times

 

Ukraine: NATO’s original sin . . . By promising something it can’t deliver, NATO has helped keep Ukraine in crisis. For the second time this year, Russia has amassed an estimated 100,000 troops around Ukraine, prompting increasingly frantic “hands off” warnings to President Vladimir Putin from Washington and Brussels. Yet by promising Ukraine and Georgia that they would become NATO members back in 2008, without specifying how or when, the Western alliance actually bears its share of the blame for casting this region of eastern Europe — long a part of the Soviet Union and the Russian empire — into a state of prolonged crisis. But we can still make up for it. Politico EU

 

New ‘Omicron’ Covid-19 Variant Spreading . . . 
Variant, also known as B.1.1.529, has the scientists very concerned. Omicron has an unusually large number of mutations: around 50, including more than 30 on the spike protein, the structure that the virus uses to attach to human cells and the main target of many current Covid-19 vaccines. Viruses mutate all the time, and most mutations make no difference to how the virus operates. But in some cases they can make a virus spread faster or improve its ability to evade the body’s immune system or vaccines.

The mutations found in Omicron include some that haven’t been detected before along with some that have. Some of the known mutations have made other variants more transmissible or better able to evade parts of the immune response prompted by vaccination or a previous Covid-19 infection. Scientists are also worried by the rapid increase of cases in South Africa since the strain was first detected. Wall Street Journal

 

 Omicron COVID variant: US to limit travel from 8 southern Africa countries. . . The United States will restrict travel from South Africa and seven other countries starting Monday over concerns of the "heavily mutated" COVID-19 omicron variant, senior administration officials said. The Biden administration will follow advice from Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and restrict travel from several African nations following the identification of variant B.1.1.529, which appears to be highly contagious among young people. Fox News

 

Island of Rhesus Monkeys in South Carolina Exposed as Fauci’s Source for ‘Excruciating Experiments’ . . . A group that investigates taxpayer-funded experiments on animals has disclosed a document exposing the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) “excruciating experiments” on rhesus monkeys. The monkeys, which are owned by NIAID, are acquired from Morgan Island off the coast of Beaufort, South Carolina. Justin Goodman, vice president of advocacy and public policy for the White Coat Waste Project (WCWP), told The Epoch Times that the nonprofit taxpayer watchdog group obtained the document in October through the Freedom of Information Act, revealing that the NIAID has spent $13.5 million in taxpayer funding on experiments that involve injecting monkeys with various infectious diseases such as Ebola and the Lassa virus that result in hemorrhaging, pain, brain damage, loss of motor control, and organ failure

 

Dr. Anthony Fauci is the director of NIAID, a division of the National Institute of Health (NIH), itself a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Epoch Times

 

Trafalgar: Most likely voters prefer Joe Rogan to Dr. Fauci as Thanksgiving guest . . . Most U.S. voters would prefer hosting podcaster Joe Rogan rather than Dr. Anthony Fauci at their Thanksgiving gatherings this year, according to a Trafalgar poll released Tuesday. Trafalgar’s survey of 1,092 likely 2022 general election voters, conducted Nov. 13-16 on behalf of the nonprofit Convention of States Action, found that 51.3% preferred Mr. Rogan and 48.7% preferred Dr. Fauci as a potential guest to attend their Thanksgiving gathering. The responses split along party lines, with 82.9% of Republicans preferring the former “Fear Factor” host and 83.1% of Democrats preferring Dr. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Washington Times

 

Black Friday Shopping Is Back, but the Doorbusters Aren’t . . . The Covid-19 pandemic didn’t just change consumer habits. It also prompted retailers to rethink Black Friday, one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Many stores stayed closed this Thanksgiving, in a break with a pre-pandemic tradition of opening Thursday evening. Retailers have moved away from doorbusters, the deeply discounted items available for a limited time that drew hordes of shoppers to stores on Friday morning. Instead, they have been dangling Black Friday deals all month, both online and in stores. Some hosted streaming events on their websites on Friday as an alternative to visiting a store. Wall Street Journal

 

Where US workers are quitting jobs at record rates . . . Workers in the U.S. resigned from a record 4.4 million jobs in September. Many Americans are leaving roles for better working conditions and pay amid a historically fast economic recovery.
The wave of resignations hasn’t been uniform across the country, though. States in the West, including Hawaii, Montana, Utah and Oregon, saw the largest growth in quits in September, according to the Labor Department. Eighteen states broke or tied their records for quits levels in September. Industries experiencing high turnover rates drove quits in the Western U.S. in September and led many Northeastern states to see a more rapid increase in quits since the start of this year. Quits in the education sector—which accounts for a larger share of employment in Northeastern states than many others—have risen at the fastest pace of any industry since January. Reopening timelines and vaccination rates have also helped spur employer demand for workers in the Northeast this year. Fox Business

 

Santas are also in short supply this year, which leads to some intriguing alternatives . . . A few weeks ago, Courtney Bryant’s boss approached her with a task. It was really important, he said, and would probably take some time. He was “making it seem like it was just going to be this really big thing,” she says. “He said, ‘I need you to find a Santa.’ I literally just cackled. I thought he was joking.” Her boss is on the board of a Fort Worth nonprofit organization that is holding an event Dec. 4, a prime weekend for holiday parties. He wanted a performer who could play Santa for the kids in attendance. How hard could it be? She started reaching out to the many Santa talent agencies who handle such requests. And they all came back to her with the same answer: No-N0-No. In total, she estimates she reached out to about 50 different Santas and companies, all of whom turned her down.  Washington Post

 

Here’s What 375 Women Told The Supreme Court About The Harms Of Late-Term Abortion . . . Hundreds of women harmed by second and third trimester abortions urged the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in a joint amicus brief, divulging painful details of regretted procedures.
The 375 women signed affidavits describing how they were harmed by their abortions, detailing injuries including punctured uteruses, punctured colons, sterility and excessive bleeding, among other side effects. Daily Caller

 

Homeschooling on the Rise. Parents Increasingly Pull Children out of School . . . Since that time, the structure of how children are educated has transformed after the pandemic sent everyone home. Online learning included mastering its central platform: the Zoom video conferencing software, with teachers trained specifically for a classroom setting now attempting to synchronize a virtual learning experience. By 2021, school board meetings throughout the United States had become controversial, with the ever-shifting COVID-19 medical policies as well as the school curriculums brought into question, possibly contributing to what has been called a “dramatic rise” in homeschooling. Epoch Times

 

Antifa Has A History Of Using Skateboards As Weapons . . . Far-left groups such as antifa appear to use skateboards as tools of destruction, videos captured at protests and riots show. Anthony Huber, one of the men fatally shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during the 2020 riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, had gained attention for the use of his skateboard to attack Rittenhouse. Daily Caller

 

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