Biden EPA to make it easier for states to block fossil fuel projects (CNN) But high gas prices are Putin’s fault.

Undoing Trump, EPA to empower states and tribes to oppose pipelines (Washington Post)

Nearly half of families with kids can no longer afford enough food 5 months after child tax credit ended (CNBC)

‘Slow-walked or watered down’: Friendly fire strafes Biden’s climate office (Politico)

Biden Considering Retroactive Cancellation of Federal Oil & Gas Leases… As Gas Prices Approach $10/gal in California

US Gas Prices Have Doubled Since Biden Took Office: AAA

Diesel Once Again Racing Higher Than Prices For Crude Oil, Gasoline

Elise Stefanik Really Doesn’t Need to Embrace Trumpism (New Yorker)

Why Republican politicians (almost) all go off the dial (N.Y. Daily News)

What studies reveal about gun ownership in the US (CNN) From the Nartative point of view, that is.

Jan. 6 committee set to make its case public with prime-time hearings (Washington Post) Just in time for the mid-term elections. What a coincidence.

Can televised hearings bring the truth about January 6 to the US public? (The Guardian) No,  but that’s not the point – the point is to bring the Narrative to the U.S. public.

Why Trump Isn’t to Blame for the Nation’s Toxic Political Tribalism (Politico)

‘Hateful’ anti-LGBTQ graduation speech at Ohio high school sparks outrage (NBC)

Trump’s latest Jan. 6 grift poses a hidden challenge to Democrats (Washington Post)

Ben Sasse wants an optimistic GOP. He’s going to be disappointed. (Washington Post)

Trump can’t blame Democratic crossover voters for his Georgia failures (Washington Post)

MSNBC guest: ‘White Men’ are the biggest ‘threat’ to women’s ‘liberty as citizens,’ ‘right to vote’

This is an absolutely savage new ad against Herschel Walker (CNN) If he were running as a Democrat, they’d call it racist.

Jan. 6 Committee Adviser: No ‘Smoking Gun’ Showing Trump Planned US Capitol Breach

How to force Big Oil to pay for carbon cleanup (S.F. Chronicle)

Kirk’s Insights on Climate Risk (EconLog)

San Francisco’s “managed retreat” from rising sea levels (Axios) Let me know when real estate prices in Malibu start dropping.

Endangered Anegada rock iguanas are being eaten like popcorn by cats (Washington Post)

COP26: Are nations on track to meet their climate goals? (BBC)

Climate is a local issue now (Axi0s)

California court rules a bumblebee is a fish under environmental law

Can floating cities help coastal communities threatened by rising sea levels? (EuroNews)

Hydrogen cars are not more eco-friendly than gas-powered cars. Here’s what to know (Interesting Engineering)

Eli Roth, Fran Drescher and More Urge Hollywood to Prioritize Environmental Issues at Hollywood Reporter/EMA Sustainability Event

Drought-stricken US warned of looming ‘dead pool’ (BBC)

Sorry, natural gas pipelines aren’t temporary: We must pivot decisively now to save the planet (N.Y. Daily News)

The net-zero Dark Ages: Democrats’ war on the poor (The Hill)

Claim: Climate Change is Making US Classrooms Too Hot

Climate change is harder on less educated people (The Economist)

Climate Nuttiness: IPCC Scientist Peter Kalmus Unglued (‘Scientist Rebellion’ a dud)

Anti-Green Blowback: ESG Funds Suffer Biggest Monthly Outflows On Record

CDC Confirms Case Of Monkeypox In Philadelphia, First In Pennsylvania (CBS)

COVID-19 was deadly to working-class Americans in 2020, researcher says (Seattle Times)

The CDC is sending monkeypox vaccines to people at high risk in a race to prevent the spread (CNBC)

There May Be 2 Distinct Strains Of Monkeypox Circulating In The U.S. (CNBC)

Special Olympics reverses vaccine requirement after Florida threatens $27.5M fine (Politico)

California County Reinstates Indoor COVID-19 Mask Mandate  Scott Adams bitched mightily about his county being the only one in the country to reinstate a mask mandate.

Dutch Airline Pilots Association blocks mandated vaccinations for new pilots

CDC Sending Vaccines to People Suspected of Monkeypox Exposure

Despite Setback, UN Push for More Power Marches On

Woke LA District Attorney George Gascon backtracks and admits County Sheriff DIDN’T agree to charges against driver, 17, who mowed down mom and baby – after the teen was sentenced to just five months in a juvenile probation camp (UK Daily Mail)

Fact-check: Has the Supreme Court ever taken away a constitutional right? (Austin American Statesman)

The [Redacted] Truth About the CIA’s [Redacted] Role in Watergate (Daily Beast)

Pray that San Francisco recalls DA Chesa Boudin

Avenatti’s Hundred-Plus Appearances on CNN Skipped in Report on His Sentencing

Smart Asian women are the new targets of CCP global online repression

MSNBC Devoted 15 Minutes of Promos to Abortion ‘Heroes’ Film on HBO

Red Flag Gun Laws Set The Stage For Selective Disarmament Of Conservatives

Enough is Enough: The Criminal Case Against Mark Zuckerberg

FBI Has ‘Secure’ Workspace in Law Firm That Represents Democrats: Document

Asylum Seekers Overwhelm Shelters in Portland, Maine

New York Times Uses Uvalde Massacre to Crank Up Its Beto-Mania in Texas Again

British Police Stand in Way of Tank Symbolising Tiananmen Square Protests

Voter Fraud Today, Voter Fraud Tomorrow, Voter Fraud Forever!

Naomi Wolf: We’re Now in the Last Stage of a Tyrannical Takeover

Albany to Adams: You can’t always get what you want (Politico)

How To Fight Racism on Turtle Island

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An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but – as a bonus – apples will greet good gut bacteria with open arms. And that’s because researchers recently uncovered evidence that apples build a community of healthy bacteria in the colon. This is due to their high content of non-digestible compounds, including fiber and polyphenols. While the health benefits of eating apples have been known for years, researchers recently began evaluating the various varieties for differences in the amount of non-digestible compounds they contained, hoping the result could bring new hope to obese individuals. As it turns out, Granny Smith apples are a cut above the rest.

Take whatever action you deem appropriate.

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From deaths due to vaccine-induced myocarditis to a significant increase in heart attack risk among youth, the risks tied to COVID-19 shots continue to grow – while their effectiveness in children reached an embarrassing low.

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Sailer’s Law of Mass Shootings indicates that the high ratio of wounded to dead suggest that the perp(s) were black.

Confirmation: Even though

Pace said one officer was “within 10 to 15 yards of the shooter, watching this person shoot into the crowd” when he returned fire. Two guns were recovered at the scene, and one had an extended magazine.

no description is provided.

In the provided doorbell video, the shots come very quickly, too quickly to have been aimed seriously. In the cellphone video, it’s obvious that most of the people wandering around are black.

‘No arrests have been made’ and ‘a citywide manhunt is underway’ and they don’t think it worthwhile to mention a description of the perp(s) in news reports? Now, let’s see, why would that be?

UPDATE: Mass Shooting in Philadelphia Leaves 3 Dead, 11 Injured Amid Weekend of Mayhem

… ‘several active shooters’…. They provide a police tip-line number but, again, no descriptions.

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For years, proponents have hailed indoor growing techniques like hydroponics (growing plants in nutrient-rich water rather than soil) and vertical farming (packing rows of plants beneath grow lamps inside of a warehouse, basement, or retrofitted shipping container) as ways to “democratize farming” for anyone who wants to give growing a go, regardless of whether they own any fertile land. And the indoor farming business is booming. In January, the commercial farming company Square Roots opened its fourth facility of shipping container farms in Wisconsin. The company says the collection of containers are capable of producing a couple million packages of plants—leafy greens like lettuce and herbs—per year. Walmart got in the indoor farming game in January when it invested in Plenty, another commercial vertical farming company. Some companies have even positioned themselves as one-stop shops for farm production, all packed into a single unit.

All they’ve managed so far is trendy low-rise crops like kale and lettuce, maybe some potatoes and strawberries. I’m waiting for them to do something significant with bulk row crops like wheat, oats, barley, rye, and maize, or pole crops like beans and tomatoes.

(And don’t get me started on tree fruits like apples, pears, lemons, oranges, peaches….)

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Let’s see:

• Reference to Ukraine? Check.
• Reference to ‘climate crisis’? Check.
• Buzz-phrase ‘wakeup call’? Check.
• Suggestion that one instance means a trend? Check.
• Start with a cozy story rather than getting to the point? Check.
• Buzz-phrase ‘sustainable’? Check.
• Creating a new hip-and-trendy term (‘regenerative’) for farming techniques that are centuries old? Check.
• Assumption that farming needs a government ‘scheme’? Check.
• Spouse has a professional outside job that no doubt brings in serious money? Check.
• Fruits and veg good, meat bad? Check.
• Buzz-phrase ‘climate-friendly’? Check.
• Buzz-phrase ‘carbon negative’? Check.

This is one criticism of regenerative farming, which O’Connell concedes: on farms where fields are left empty for perhaps one year in three, the yield is lower than those farmed in more industrial ways with crops fed by synthetic fertilisers. If all food was produced in this way, critics say, people could go hungry.

No shit, Sherlock. One-field-in-three-fallow is how they did it during the Middle Ages. Nothing new about it. The reason people adopted ‘more industrial ways’ was to grow more food and feed more people.

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Six teenage girls were treated to a culture-enriching experience when they attempted to take a train home from an amusement park in the Veneto region of northern Italy.

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The City of Minneapolis, that is. Not too many years ago, Minneapolis was known as a safe place. But that seems like another galaxy at this point. Last night, a gun battle broke out on Fraternity Row at the University of Minnesota. I don’t think the criminals were frat brothers. You can hear the gun battle in this surveillance video, from an alley that I take it is behind the fraternity buildings.

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Hey, it’s Free Government Money, right? Nobody ever pays that back!

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Studies on COVID-19 vaccines have suggested links between Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)—an incurable and fatal prion disease—and getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

A recent French pre-print on CJD and COVID-19 vaccination has suggested that the COVID-19 vaccine may have contributed to the emergence of a new type of sporadic CJD disease that is a lot more aggressive and rapid in disease progression as compared to the traditional CJD.

CJD is a rare disease caused by an abnormal protein in the brain called a prion.

Prions naturally occur in the brain and are usually harmless, but when they become diseased or misfolded, they will affect nearby prions to also become misshapen, leading to deterioration of brain tissue and death.

The disease is incurable as once one prion becomes infected, it will continue to propagate to other prions with no treatment capable of stopping its progress.

Veterans Affairs Denies Life-Saving Lung Transplant to Unvaccinated Veteran

Scott Alexander’s correction on ivermectin and its meaning for the rationalists

Peer-Reviewed Studies Confirm Vaccine/Mask Mandates Did Not Stop COVID Spread In Schools & Universities

Probable case of monkeypox found in San Francisco resident (S.F. Chronicle)

Welcome to the Great Reinfection (Wired)

COVID in California: Highly contagious omicron subvariants spreading fast in this Northern California county (S.F. Chronicle)

Here’s what each Bay Area county said about the possible return of mask mandates (S.F. Chronicle)

Over 550 Monkeypox Cases Reported as Virus Spreads Undetected (NewsMax)

Number of Mass. counties with high COVID levels has dropped to 5, per CDC (Boston Globe)

Pfizer’s Paxlovid reduces COVID risk in seniors regardless of vaccine status -study (Reuters)

More cases of monkeypox expected as CDC warns of community spread (Politico)

Tory MP Who Won’t Disclose Vaccine Status Asked to Leave House of Commons Precinct

Will FDA Allow Pfizer, Moderna to Skip Clinical Trials for Future COVID Vaccines?

Retired Lawyer Claims Rolled out COVID Jabs Differ From Those Trialed Before Authorization

Within 24 Hours of Reopening, Some Shanghai Neighborhoods Shut Down Due to New COVID Cases

Woman Shot by Kansas City Police Was Armed, Body Camera Reveals Amid Activists’ Outrage

The Horror, the Horror: “On Being Black At Cannes: How Microaggressions Marred My Festival Experience”

NYT in 2016: “F.B.I. Statistics Show That African-Americans, Who Constitute About 13 Percent of the Population, Make Up About Half of Both Gun Homicide Victims and Their Known or Suspected Attackers.”

Man murdered after girlfriend used AirTag to investigate cheating

Medical Schools Violating Federal Law With Scholarships Offered to Select Races: Complaints

Progressive VA Prosecutor Bankrolled By Soros Has a Disturbing History

Majority of Americans Say Allowing ‘Preferred Pronouns’ Confuse Children: Poll

CNN: Americans Need to Realize the Economy Is ‘Too Good’ Right Now

Sr Manager at Google Resigns After Dalit Activist Disallowed from Giving Lecture

China Will Partner With Russia To Promote ‘Real Democracy’: Wang

2020 Election: Arizona Woman Pleads Guilty to ‘Sophisticated’ Ballot Harvesting Scheme

Court Rejects Los Angeles DA Gascón’s Directives

I’m Pro-Second Amendment. But if the Libs Want to Get Rid of It, Here’s What They’d Have to Do. (Daily Beast)

Los Angeles DA George Gascon ‘overstates his authority,’ can’t ignore California law, court rules

NYC Mayor Adams vows to not be ‘heavy-handed’ on illicit weed sales: ‘Enjoy yourself, light up’  (N.Y. Daily News)

How we pronounce Uvalde says a lot about the power of language in mixed communities (NPR)

ADA Shakedown Lawsuits Are on the Rise

The Top 10 Creepiest & Most Dystopian Things Pushed By The World Economic Forum

Pennsylvanians Say State on Wrong Path, Many Consider Leaving: Poll

WashPost Caught Stealth Editing Lorenz Lies About Comment Requests

‘Tax the Rich’? North Carolina Dem Stashes More Than $1 Mil in Cayman Islands Fund

The Case Against Hate-Speech Laws: a Canadian Perspective

4 PINOCCHIOS! WashPost Fact-Checker Slaps Biden for ‘Fantastical’ Utility Prices Claim

Biden’s Most Preposterous Lie Is Too Much Even for The Washington Post

Biden Administration Remains Complacent About Iran Despite Escalating Threats

Federal Agencies Celebrate Pride, Ignore Memorial Day

FBI Altered Statement On Intrusion Into Democrat Server Based On Input From Democrat Lawyer

Joe Biden, America’s Greatest Gun Salesman

Deliberate Dishonesty: Biden Keeps Repeating Lies About the Economy

Biden’s Inner Trudeau: On Guns, The President Seems To Be Operating Under The Wrong Constitution

Pain at the pump: Gas costs nearly $10 a gallon at this California station

Up to 15,000 may join largest ever migrant caravan to walk through Mexico to US (The Guardian)

Three top press officers leave White House amid reports of dysfunction

Americans Will Never Forget The Historic Economic Collapse During Joe Biden’s Presidency

Is stagflation in America’s future?

EPA raises amount of ethanol that must be blended with gas

Gasoline Prices Now Double What They Were When Biden Was Inaugurated

Yellen Throws Biden Under The Bus On Runaway Inflation: She “Wanted” $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Cut By A Third

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Now that we are over the most serious televised issue of our day with the verdict going to Johnny Depp over Amber Heard, loosen your seat belt and relax. Coming soon are the televised hearings of the so-called January 6 Committee.

Vying on your screens, as dramatically presented by the behind-the-scenes media wizards for the role of the put-upon Johnny and the even more put-upon Amber will be, well, every member of the Committee. As you read this, you can be certain that the staffs of the Committee members have been toiling into the wee hours to decide the angle of questioning their bosses will follow if/when given time to question witnesses.

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The Chinese Communist Party is exporting its tyranny all over the world after the United States let it get away with murder 33 years ago during the Tiananmen Square Massacre, three Chinese activists say. It was a bloody night for pro-democracy student protestors on June 3, 1989. Tanks rolled in towards Tiananmen Square, the heart of China’s capital, crushing people and objects in their way. Tear gas and live ammunition inundated the square.

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Immigration has been a huge issue in Austria since the Great Migration Crisis of 2015. However, based on the latest surge of migrants across the country’s borders, the cultural enrichment of Austria has not yet reached its climax.

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Éric Zemmour is a popular French commentator who became a candidate in the recent presidential election as the leader of the Reconquête (Reconquest) party. He did not make it to the runoff, and is now running in the upcoming legislative elections.

Last weekend the League of Champions soccer final was held at the Stade de France in Paris, with Liverpool playing Real Madrid. North African “youths” staged violent riots for the occasion outside the Stade de France, and police had great difficulty controlling them.

To save face, the official French line was that Liverpool fans — you know, those English soccer hooligans — were behind the violence. But this was a canard: all those arrested for significant violence were culture-enrichers.

Beneath Biden’s struggle to break through is a deeper dysfunction among White House aides (CNN)

NBC, WaPo, CNN drop damning reports on WH turmoil, suggest issues plaguing Biden weren’t caused by his admin

The world may be careening toward a 1970s-style energy crisis — or worse (CNN)

In memoir, Hunter Biden’s ex-wife reveals how she learned about affair with sister-in-law: ‘No more secrets’

Texas agriculture official: Prices for US farmers going ‘through the roof’ amid Biden admin ‘comedy of errors’

ABC Covers for Biden With FALSE ‘Fact-Check’ of Assault Weapons Ban

Illegal Border Crossings Increase to 7,500 Per Day in May

Global heating is turning white Alps green, study finds (The Guardian)

Los Angeles’ climate future hangs in the balance as city votes for new mayor (The Guardian)

‘This is our heritage’: Woman saves graves from rising sea levels (CNN)

Record Methane Spike Boosts Heat Trapped by Greenhouse Gases (‘Scientific’ American)

Greenhouse Gases Are Now Trapping Nearly 50% More Heat Than 30 Years Ago (The Weather Network)

Equilibrium/Sustainability — Climate change’s next victim: Pizza sauce (The Hill)

The energy in nuclear waste could power the U.S. for 100 years, but the technology was never commercialized (CNBC)

Toyota’s prototype ‘cartridge’ is a way to make hydrogen portable (Engadget)

The last hunt? Future in peril for ‘the unicorn of the sea’ (The Guardian)

As natural gas expands in Gulf, residents fear rising damage

Melting Glacier Exposes Ichthyosaur Fossils (NASA)

Climate change is harder on less educated people (The Economist)

White House prepares policy to fight Bitcoin mining environmental impact (Finbold) Statists have to have a policy for everything.

Outbreaks of diseases such as monkeypox becoming more frequent, warns WHO (Reuters) SO GIVE US MORE MONEY AND POWER.

Silent spread of monkeypox may be a wakeup call for the world (CNN) Silent?

Companies pull out of drilling leases at Arctic Wildlife Refuge (The Hill)

Once eager to drill, oil companies exit leases in Arctic refuge (Washington Post)

California Gears Up for a New Composting Law to Cut Methane Emissions and Enrich Soil (Inside Climate News)

Claim: Climate Change Driving Snow Cover Loss and Increased “Greening” in the European Alps

New Hampshire Residents File Suit Against Wind Farm Regulatory Agency

Postal Service sued for seizing Black Lives Matter masks during 2020 protests (NBC)

Postal Service sued over seizure of Black Lives Matter masks (The Hill)

Another Funeral Shooting  Say what you will about the Mafia, they didn’t shoot up funerals.

ESPN To Promote Black Business During NBA Finals

Peer-Reviewed Studies Confirm That Vaccine and Mask Mandates Did Not Stop COVID Spread in Schools and Universities  In short, we were lied to from beginning to end.

CDC Issues Warning on Pfizer’s Covid Pills, Alerts Issued For “Covid Rebound” and Positive Viral PCR Tests

Why boosted Americans seem to be getting more COVID-19 infections (CBS)

Illinois Coronavirus Updates: Jewel-Osco Mask Changes, CDC County Map Update (NBC Chicago)

Indoor Mask Mandate In Los Angeles Will Return This Month If Covid Hospitalization Increases Continue Apace

Toronto Police to Allow Unvaccinated Staff Back to Work

Five GOP Senators Seek Info From NIH Acting Director On Royalty Payments To Feds

COVID-19 Vaccination for Children Under 5 May Start by June 21: White House  Vaccine manufacturers need to have the medications officially recommended for children in order to qualify for immunity from liability for adverse vaccine results. KA-CHING!

How the Decisions to Nix Certain Monoclonal Antibodies Were Made

Homeschool Students Soar Above Pre-Pandemic Levels as Public School Enrollment Drops

US Special Olympics Rescinds COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement After Legal Threat From Florida

Can the Medical-Industrial Complex Be Fixed?

Growing Number of Monkeypox Cases Reported Across the US: CDC  I guess it’s time for our next PANIC!

COVID Jab Spike Remains in Body, Affects DNA: 1 Holistic Way to Repair DNA and Reduce Spike Damage

CDC: Current Monkeypox Cases Suggest Community Transmission  Laying the groundwork for the next PANIC!

LA County DA Gascon says recall driven by race-based ‘fear-mongering’ about public safety

Mayor Breed, SFPD to march in 2022 Pride Parade after solution reached

The anti-democratic threat remains very much alive (Washington Post)

Gascón Recall Surpasses 500,000 Signatures, Raises $6.5 Million

House Judiciary Committee Votes to Advance Expansive Gun Control Bill

Ban on Gas Stoves is the end of Korean BBQ in L.A  Koreans are just another kind of white people, right?

BBC Changed Victim’s Statement So As Not To ‘Misgender’ Her Trans Rapist; Report

Kuwait Summons US Diplomat Over Gay Pride Month Tweet

MSNBC Gun-Control Ghouls: We ‘Desperately Need’ To Display Images of Dead Children 

Watch: Dem Rep. Yells “Spare Me The Bullshit About Constitutional Rights” During Gun Debate

Connecticut Offering $150K/Year for Someone to Head Up State’s Own ‘Ministry of Truth’

New York Times Makes the Case for More Inflation

New Discovery+ Show Labels Abe Lincoln ‘Queer as F**ck’

Blasphemy! LGBT Crowd Up in Arms Over Federal Govt. Honoring Nancy Reagan

‘Faith Through Difficult Times’: Falun Gong Practitioner Tells His Story to Raise Awareness of the Dangers of Communism

Susan Collins confronts a moment of truth (Washington Post)

Right-wing conspiracy outlet Infowars moves to exit bankruptcy (CNN)

Alex Jones’ InfoWars agrees to dismiss bankruptcy (Reuters)

Jan. 6 committee reveals details of first public hearing in Capitol riot probe (NBC)

Alito’s draft opinion insults Kennedy’s legacy — will Gorsuch and Kavanaugh sign on? (The Hill)

Abortion rights might soon be gone. Activists worry same-sex marriage is next (NPR) Well, they got that right, at least – both were invented by activist judges.

Emboldened Democrats eye Ron Johnson amid new controversies (The Hill)

Doug Mastriano’s unhinged ‘Nazi’ claim signals deeper danger ahead (Washington Post)

Trump Is Finally Boring (Politico)

Chicago Gal Pals Charged After Their Capitol Riot Photos Give Them Away (Daily Beast) Think of it as evolution in action.

‘Stop the Steal’ Group Fined Over Lack of Evidence in Voter Fraud Lawsuit (Newsweek)

Kimmel Exposes ‘Grifter’ Don Jr. for Lying About Making His Gear in America (Daily Beast)

Jimmy Kimmel Exposes Donald Trump Jr.’s Most ‘Shameless’ Hypocrisy Yet (Huffington Post)

Democrat Reps. Demand Amazon Comply With House Oversight Probe Into Labor Practices

Harwood: Biden ‘Kept the Heat’ on ‘Extremist Republican Party’

Law Professor Suspended for Criticizing Biden’s ‘Affirmative Action’ SCOTUS Pick Will Get Job Back

January 6th Committee Kicks Off Prime-Time Hearings Next Week  Trying some smearing before the mid-term elections. It’s not going to work.

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What started as a Chinese-style “social credit” financial system focused on protesting truckers four months ago has now expanded to guns, mainstream and social media, and religion.

Following the tragic massacre in Uvalde, Texas last week, Canada’s government, some 2,000 miles away, decided they needed to do something. There is no right to gun ownership in Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, backed by masked and clapping seals from his Liberal Party caucus, announced that legislation would be forthcoming to ban (sorry, a “national freeze”) the sale and transfer of all handguns.

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Ross Wightman, who was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome shortly after receiving a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, has become one of the first recipients of funds under Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support Program.

But the plight of others who have suffered vaccine injuries weighs heavily on the realtor and former pilot from B.C.’s Okanagan Valley.

Wrightman says he’s “feeling fired up” about the inaction of government and the medical system in recognizing those who have suffered vaccine injuries.

“The longer this goes on the more angry, and completely disheartened I get by the lack of recognition from government officials and doctors that these things are actually happening,” he wrote in a May 31 Facebook post.

“It’s not a coincidence. … There’s one common denominator.”

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In this week’s massive defamation award to actor Johnny Depp, his ex-wife Amber Heard was left holding a bill for $15,000,000. Even after a reduction for her own award and a statutory reduction of the punitive damage portion, Heard is still looking at $8,350,000 in damages. Many view that amount (which is $1.35 million more than her divorce settlement) to be justified in light of the damage caused to Depp’s reputation and career.

However, the stain of this verdict should be shared with others, even if they avoided the sting of actual damages. That includes many in the media (including the Washington Post staff) who rushed to paint Heard as a victim and Depp as an abuser. Yet, the greatest condemnation should be reserved for the organization that not only pushed that narrative but actually helped draft the defamatory column: the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

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She must be in a different room than everybody else. (I can believe it.)

Someone needs tell TBS’s Samantha Bee that simply making sexual references is not funny or edgy, because that is what the Full Frontal host did on Thursday as part of a bitter rant where she told believers in gun rights to “read the room, freaks” after the mass shooting in Uvalde.

Bee seemed confused by the fact that the NRA does not blame itself or inanimate objects for the shooting, “If you thought the unspeakable horror of last week might have convinced the NRA to cancel its annual circle jerk of a gun convention in [beep] Texas no less, you’d be wrong.”

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Watching President Biden rattle on last night — the White House has posted the transcript here — I thought it was time to get serious about gum control. Yes, it’s time for Biden to quit flapping his gums with the usual dynamics ranging from a whisper to a shout in the deranged old-man style to which we have become accustomed.

Biden himself appeared to have gum control in the back of his mind as he spoke: “For so many of you at home, I want to be very clear: This is not about taking away anyone’s guns. It’s about vili- — not about vilifying gum [sic] — gun owners.” That [sic] was inserted by the official White House Bracketologist, not by me.

Is there anyone among his minders in the daycare operation at the White House who believe he is an effective advocate of any public policy proposal? I think Biden’s statement requires translation. He’s saying: “This is about taking away your guns.”

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A creative writing course at a British university has withdrawn graduation requirement that students should attempt a sonnet, not on the reasonable grounds that it is futile to try to turn people with cloth ears for language into sonneteers, but because the sonnet is a literary form that is white and Western.

I was writing sonnets in high school. Anybody who can’t write a sonnet doesn’t deserve a college diploma.

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One of the general characteristics of Western feminism is its preoccupation with rape. Accusations of rape, the insistence that men are predisposed towards rape, etc. Yet when culture-enrichers are the ones doing the raping, feminists look away. When it’s not a white European man doing the raping, they don’t want to know about it.

The following report documents the rape and violence against women perpetrated by culture-enrichers in Sweden. For many Swedish feminists, the issue of racism seems to trump any concern about rapes committed by third-world immigrants. Any frank discussion of migrant rapes risks accusations of hets mot folkgrupp — incitement against a group of people.

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Where I live, delivery food is typically in sealed bags, perhaps to prevent this very thing.

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Black Californians could enjoy child support forgiveness, free college, free health care, fewer police, and a long-term “truth and reconciliation commission” should Golden State lawmakers pass the proposals outlined this week by the state’s Reparations Task Force.

Following a 2020 law to study the subject, a panel of left-wing academics and policymakers on Wednesday released their findings on how California can remedy the harm against the state’s black residents caused by slavery and discrimination. All black Californians are eligible for the benefits of the program if they can prove they are “descendants of African Americans enslaved in the U.S. or of free Black people living in the country before the end of the 19th century.” A new state agency, called the California African American Freedmen Affairs Agency, would provide genealogical tests for residents.

UPDATE: California Reparations Task Force Recommends 10 New State Offices in Report

“The purpose of government is to hire and pay government workers.” — Jerry Pournelle

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Everythin’ goin’ be plastic bye ‘n’ bye….

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Corona is so 2021. Monkeypox is where it’s at!

‘Groundbreaking’: Feds tap Rachel Levine for new environmental justice office (KOMO News)

New report finds S.F.’s biggest development project ignores huge climate change risk: rising contamination (S.F. Chronicle)

Extinction obituary: how the Bramble Cay melomys became the first mammal lost to the climate crisis (The Guardian)

For 50 years, governments have failed to act on climate change. No more excuses (The Guardian)

Greenhouse gas removal ‘not a silver bullet to achieve net zero’ (The Guardian)

Biden’s Navy Secretary: The Existential Threat Is Climate Change

Claim: Skyrocketing Gasoline Price Inflation is Michael Mann’s Fault

Hard to Have Rational Debate Around Feasibility of Climate Change Action: Dutton

3 New Studies Show Atlantic Tipping Point Unrealistic…”Muted Response”…”Changes To Be Viewed With Caution”

California calls for ‘comprehensive reparations’ for Black Americans (Washington Post) My, what a surprise.

Despite funding concerns, Phil Scott approves environmental justice bill

Joy Reid Compares Concerns Over Gun Confiscation With The Klan

They’re Replacing You, Black America

Watch: Rand Paul’s Democrat Opponent Dons A Noose To Suggest Senator Supports Lynching

Court Shields Warnock From Scrutiny in Messy Custody Battle

State Department Dumps Anti-Cop Spox

Police Identify Tulsa Hospital Shooting Suspect, Say He Targeted Doctor Over Back Pain  Now that we know he’s black, it will sink from the news like a stone.

Cry me a River: Lil Nas X Seethes at BET for No Nomination

Elie Mystal: Second Amendment Was Created to Preserve White Supremacy  Tell that to the blacks who depended on it to get weapons to counter the KKK.

What Alito Should Have Written (Politico)

The US is heading for a civil war (Al Jezeera)

Abortion and guns may awaken a slumbering giant for Democrats (The Guardian) Robert Reich keeps hope alive.

New York on brink of major voting rights act (The Hill)

Why US gas prices are at a record, and why they’ll stay high for a long time (CNN) Anything But Biden.

Experts Not Too Sure About Mayor’s Plan to Install Gun Detectors at NYC Subway Stations (Daily Beast)

US Marines Mocked Over Pride Month Pageantry

Prosecutors Say California Policy Reforms Favor Criminal Suspects Over Victims

Soros-Funded Prosecutor in VA WON’T Enforce Abortion Laws ‘No Matter What the Law…Says’

Time for Another Dispatch from the Rapidly-deteriorating Seattle Area

CNN cutting back on over-hyping everything as “breaking news”

Teen Vogue Op-Ed: Uvalde is Reason to Defund Police  I guess they hire teenagers to run the magazine as well.

Austin, Texas To Turn a Blind Eye To State Abortion Violations

CNN: ‘Emmett Till Moment’ Needed on Kids Killed By ‘Automatic Weapons’  Ignorance on parade.

Inciting Violence? The View Demands ‘Get Rid of Republicans,’ AR-15s

Hapless Trumpist Mo Brooks gives away the GOP ‘vote fraud’ scam (Washington Post)

‘Outsider’ in Nevada’s GOP Senate primary surges, rattling Trump’s pick (NBC) Wherever you go, whatever you do, it’s All About Trump.

House Republicans to unveil conservative road map on climate, energy (Washington Post) I wish I could believe that.

MSNBC, Politico Flip Out Over Normal GOP Election Day Operations

MSNBC Blames Oklahoma For Shooting Despite Admitting Unknown Facts

Mental Gymnastics: The Root Somehow Brings Race into Depp-Heard Verdict

Sandmann Lawyer Joins Kyle Rittenhouse Team, Says Mark Zuckerberg a ‘Top’ Target

New variants are poised to keep Covid-19 circulating at high levels throughout the summer (CNN)

Mayor Adams’ administration sets strict return-to-office policy for NYC workers: ‘Hybrid schedules of any kind are not permitted’ (N.Y. Daily News)

Monkeypox continues to puzzle scientists as it spreads to more countries

Monkeypox is not Covid. Here’s why (CNN)

Omicron is outrunning the vaccines designed to fight it (Axios)

ERs reach record capacity as hospitals are inundated with patients (Boston Globe)

WHO describes what we know about Monkeypox virus transmission (CNN)

WHO says COVID in N.Korea likely ‘getting worse, not better’ (Reuters)

AstraZeneca + Pfizer Vaccines = Better Omicron Immunity (Washington Post)

How Long Do COVID Symptoms Last? Here’s What We Know So Far (NBC Chicago)

The Dying of the Young

Where Has Monkeypox Spread To?

Lawsuit Seeks Damages Over 100,000 COVID-19 Tests Imported From China

Pfizer Asks FDA to Authorize 3 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses for Children Under 5

Shanghai’s Local Authorities Hesitate to Lift Lockdowns as Ordered, Concerned Over Blame for Inevitable Next Outbreak

WHO Says Monkeypox May Have Been Spreading Undetected

Pfizer COVID-19 Pill Does Not Provide Significant Benefit in Patients Under 65: Study

New Institutes of Health Study Suggests ‘Long Covid’ May Not Exist

The Truth About Vaccine-induced Myocarditis: Part 2

Watch: Fauci Admits Biden Mask Mandate Is About Preserving “Authority”

Harvard graduate walks out of Merrick Garland’s commencement address  Perhaps we’ve reached Peak Wokery?

Biden admin to cancel $5.8B in school loans for former Corinthian College students

Biden keeps repeating false Second Amendment claim, despite repeated fact checks

“This Feels Like A Slow-Motion Train Wreck”

Experts Criticize Biden’s Changing Policies for Cuba and Venezuela

Biden’s ‘Salami-Slicing’ On Taiwan: We Aren’t Changing Policy Except That We Are Changing It

High Gas Prices are Caused by Governments, Not Companies

America, Meet Your New Dictator-In-Chief: The President’s Secret, Unchecked Powers

Tapper GRILLS Biden Official on Baby Formula Crisis, CNN Camera Falls to The Ground

‘Morning Joe’ Puffs Sinking Biden as ‘Passionate and Committed’ ‘Empathizer-in-Chief’

US Treasury’s Adeyemo Says Global Phenomena, War Driving Inflation  Never Say Biden.

Hamas-Loving, Israel-Hating Newspaper Publisher Successfully Lobbies Biden Admin To Create Muslim Outreach Post

Biden’s ‘Rolling Calamities’ Aren’t His Fault?

NOT INTERESTED: Nets Hide Hunter’s Horrifying Porn Habit, Affair With Late Brother’s Wife

Janet Yellen Seen Reading ‘Economics For Dummies’  (Babylon Bee)

Retirement Rescheduled: Bidenflation Prevents Americans From Living Out Their Golden Years

Biden’s Border Crisis Puts Country on Pace for Largest Foreign-Born Population in US History

TRAINWRECK: WH Reporters Torch Jean-Pierre Over Baby Formula Crisis, Inflation

Public Was Uninvited From Memorial Day US Capitol Celebration

South Dakota Gov Ready to Sue Biden for School Lunch Policy Tie to Transgender Issues