Insight: “Most new insights come only after a superabundant accumulation of facts have removed the blindness which prevented us from seeing what later comes to be regarded as obvious.” —Isidor Issac Rabi (1898-1988)

“China is unfit to host the 2022 Olympics. President Biden missed an opportunity to pressure the IOC to postpone the games and find a new host country. A diplomatic boycott won’t dissuade the Chinese Communist Party from continuing its human rights abuses, genocide against the Uyghurs, and coronavirus cover-up. Once again, Biden is leading from behind and making a face-saving effort rather than taking the bold action necessary to confront China.” —Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts

Tone-deaf: “I don’t mean to sound alarmist, I mean this: Women will die. I’m very concerned about it. Women will die. In particular, women who don’t have economic resources and can’t then travel to places or somehow have access to safe reproductive health care, including abortion.” —Kamala Harris

Trust her — she’s a doctor: “I think that’s ridiculous.” —Jill Biden, who could’ve kept us from this, when told, “Quite a few Americans have some questions about the president’s current mental fitness.”

The BIG Lie I: “I’ve been against that war in Afghanistan from the very beginning.” —Joe Biden (“Biden did not oppose the invasion of Afghanistan… Then a senator from Delaware, he joined his colleagues in a unanimous vote in support of the 2001 authorization of military force against ‘nations, organizations, or persons’ that then-President George W. Bush determined to have helped perpetrate the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.” —Fox News)

The BIG Lie II: “Everybody says, ‘You could have gotten out without anybody being hurt.’ No one’s come up with a way to indicate to me how that happens.” —Joe Biden (“Critics do not fault the president for failing to have ‘gotten out without anybody being hurt’ but rather for breaking his own promise not to leave Americans behind, among other things.” —Fox News)

Demagogue: “The bottom line is that the way to avoid this virus is to get two shots and then get the booster shot. … It’s patriotic to get this done.” —Joe Biden (Except that the goal posts keep moving … and moving … and moving.)

Reprehensible: “We should do all we can to help our Kentucky neighbors. God be with them — they are hurting. But do not for one second forget that Rand Paul has voted against helping most Americans most times they’re in need.” —Congressman Eric Swalwell

Braying jenny: “We know Rand Paul is a heartless hypocrite. The people in Kentucky deserve the relief regardless of their buffoonish leadership, but if the Dems don’t use this against him and his party in the future, it is a missed opportunity.” —former ESPN host Jemele Hill

Village idiot I: “Sorry Kentucky. Maybe if your 2 senators hadn’t spent decades blocking legislation to reduce climate change, you wouldn’t be suffering from climate disasters. If it’s any consolation, McConnell and Rand have f'ed over all of us, too.” —producer and director Noel Scovell

Village idiot II: “Tie FEMA aid to US senators from that state’s vote to tax carbon, stop fracking, support solar and address Climate Change. No federal clean up funds for people who have helped create the disaster.” —Noel Scovell

And last… “Visited my local public library this past weekend for the first time in years. Very nice place, though I was surprised to find Orwell’s ‘1984’ misfiled under ‘fiction.’ Being a good citizen, I rectified the oversight.” —Pat Sajak