SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT:

OUTRAGEOUS DOLLY – FROM AMERICAN THINKER:  How is this for obnoxious?  Leftists, one after another, have put a target on country music legend Dolly Parton's back. Her crime against political correctness? Making a Super Bowl ad for Squarespace, an inexpensive website-creating framework for small and start-up businesses.  Here's what enraged them:  "As much as we all love Dolly Parton, it’s still disappointing to hear her literally sing the praises of “working, working, working," thundered a columnist printed at NBC News.  "One job is no longer enough to survive."  Dolly Parton’s Super Bowl ad glosses over the reality for millions of gig workers, critics say.  If Dolly isn't safe, who is?  And who's next?  Mr. Rogers?

ANOTHER RETURN TO THE LAND OF OBAMA – FROM AP:  The Biden administration is set to announce this week that it will reengage with the much-maligned UN Human Rights Council that former US president Donald Trump withdrew from almost three years ago, US officials said Sunday. The decision reverses another Trump-era move away from multilateral organizations and agreements.  US officials say Secretary of State Antony Blinken and a senior US diplomat in Geneva will announce on Monday that Washington will return to the Geneva-based body as an observer with an eye toward seeking election as a full member. The decision is likely to draw criticism from conservative lawmakers and many in the pro-Israel community.  Trump pulled out of the world body’s main human rights agency in 2018 due to its disproportionate focus on Israel, which has received by far the largest number of critical council resolutions against any country, as well as the number of authoritarian countries among its members and because it failed to meet an extensive list of reforms demanded by then-US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley.  The Human Rights Council is a disgrace, a friend to dictators, and President Trump was right to take us out of it. Biden is doing the Obama thing.  In what way will America benefit from rejoining that gang?  It won't.  But the Obama crowd doesn't care.  Their policy is to reward our enemies and attack our friends.

February 8, 2021