FOOD FOR THOUGHT

"In a few weeks, there's going to be a new cookie in town. But don't worry, Girl Scout cookie lovers. Toast-Yay! will never replace perennial favorite Thin Mints. Thanks-A-Lots have been retired to make way for the French toast-inspired variety that is dipped in icing. Cookie sales start Feb. 12 & continue through March 21."  Omaha World Herald, 2/1

POLITICAL POTPOURRI

"Joe Biden is off to the most left-wing start of any Democratic president in recent memory. The dulcet tones of Biden’s inaugural address already seem an artifact of a bygone era. Republicans will hammer him for the rest of his presidency for failing to deliver on his unifying message, but the fact is that Biden is governing as he promised — further to the left of his own record, further to the left of Barack Obama, and further to the left of any Democrat who made his career prior to the ascendency of the cultural left.

"It’s not new for Democrat presidents to want to tax, spend, and regulate, even if Biden seeks to do more of all three than his immediate predecessors did. Biden layers on top of this a cultural agenda that represents a new dimension of radicalism that would be alien and baffling to past Democrats, who may have wanted to extend the New Deal but never sought to transcend the gender binary." Rich Lowry, National Review Online, 2/2

"White House climate czar John Kerry traveled to Iceland by private jet in 2019 to accept an environmental award and defended his transportation choice to a reporter at the time by calling it, “the only choice for somebody like me.”  Mairead McArdle, NRO, 2/3

Kerry flew to Iceland in October, 2019 to receive the Arctic Circle award, an iceberg sculpture, for his leadership on climate issues and being “a consistent voice pressuring the American authorities to commit to tackle environmental matters,” according to Icelandic outlet RUV.

COVID

"Happy Groundhog Day. Today we begin with the math that says we probably won’t finish vaccinating the most vulnerable until May, look at vaccination appointment websites that keep crashing and state health officials who apparently forgot about seniors who aren’t tech-savvy, and wonder why hospitals can remain open in bad weather but not vaccination centers."  Jim Geraghty, NRO, 2/2

"CDC:  Use noisemakers instead of cheering."  Drudge Report, 2/2

TRENDING *

*compliments of the Babylon Bee

> Google deletes 100,000 negative reviews of Planned Parenthood from unborn babies"

> "California declares Christmas caroling a felony"

> "New evidence suggests Jesus encouraged disciples to loot city after flipping tables in temple"

> "Local atheist demands evidence for God, besides entire universe"

HERE'S TO YOUR HEALTH

"Get a flu shot every year. One of the best ways to prevent the flu is to get a flu shot every year. (Some children may need two vaccines in one season.) There are over 200 trains of flu viruses, & they can mutate, which is why a new formula is created every seasons . . . If you're hesitant because of an egg allergy, there are two egg-free caccines available--Flucelvax & Flublok."  Reader's Digest, Nov. 2020

DEPT. OF SHAMELESS JOKE-STEALING *

*compliments of Reader's Digest, Nov. 2020

"Astronomer discovering an asteroid coming to destroy earth:  'This will make me famous but not for long.'"

"If aliens ever attack, we will probably be fine unless they realize how easily we are influenced by traffic cones."

"My review of our solar system:  1 star."

"If you're ever feeling down on yourself, just remember how in 2018, when I hosted Thanksgiving for my family, I told them to park in the wrong spot & every single person's car got towed."