A belated happy birthday to Richard Scott William Hutchinson, who turned 1 on June 5. He was born 4 months premature after just 21 weeks of gestation. He weighed under 12 ounces.
Dr. Stacy Kern, Richard's neonatologist at Doctors at Children's Minnesota hospital in Minneapolis, said, "When Rick and Beth [his parents] received prenatal counseling on what to expect with a baby born so early, they were given a 0% chance of survival by our neonatology team."
Mr. T is tough. Mike Tyson is tough. But there ain't a man nor beast tougher than Richard Scott William Hutchinson.
And God bless Dr. Kern and the staff for not giving up even when all was hopeless.
ITEM 1: Back to the usual stupidity in the news.
The Post-Millennial reported, "The Chicago Dyke March on Saturday posted a flyer for their upcoming event on June 26 featuring a burning police car as well as an activist burning American and Israeli flags."
Dyke is the name, Marxism is the game.
This is not about promoting individual rights. This is about promoting anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism. And I don't want to hear any crying over calling lesbian dykes, either. Don't like the word, don't use it.
ITEM 2: Yahoo reported, "Nebraska will send state troopers down to the United States-Mexico border to help law enforcement in Texas respond to high illegal immigration levels, the governor announced this weekend.
"'Nebraska is stepping up to help Texas respond to the ongoing crisis on their border with Mexico,' Gov. Pete Ricketts said in a statement. 'The disastrous policies of the Biden-Harris Administration created an immigration crisis on the border. While the federal government has fallen short in its response, Nebraska is happy to step up to provide assistance to Texas as they work to protect their communities and keep people safe.'
"More than two dozen Nebraska State Patrol officers will travel approximately 900 miles south to Del Rio, Texas, later this month to assist Texas Department of Public Safety officers for an estimated 16 days, Ricketts said.
"The move comes a little more than a week after Republican Govs. Greg Abbott of Texas and Doug Ducey of Arizona asked the other 48 governors to consider sending their police to help overwhelmed local and federal departments."
Florida already committed its support.
ITEM 3: CBS reported, "New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard to become first openly transgender athlete to compete at Olympics."
A man will compete against women in weightlifting.
That goes against Olympics history.
A Czech web site recalling this history said, "When an American athlete at the Montreal Olympics, where the East German swimmers won 11 out of the 13 medals, asked about their unnaturally low-pitched voices, their trainer replied: 'We have come here to swim, not sing.'"
Now they come to virtue signal.
ITEM 4: Fox reported, "BMX Freestyle rider Chelsea Wolfe, who qualified as an alternate to represent the U.S. at this year's summer Olympics in Tokyo, said last year that her goal was to win an Olympic medal 'so I can burn a U.S. flag on the podium.'"
Wolfe switched genders to female, which increases Wolfe's odds to win.
Whatever it takes, eh?
If someone else wins the event, please feel free to burn a rainbow flag.
Or better yet, a Chinese one.
ITEM 5: Just the News reported, "As the government reviews several hundred reports of heart inflammation in young people following COVID vaccination, high-profile medical and legal scholars are calling on colleges to scrap their COVID vaccine mandates, calling them unnecessary and potentially harmful to students.
"University of California-Irvine medical ethicist Aaron Kheriaty and University of Notre Dame law professor Gerard Bradley went so far as to invoke the post-Nazi Nuremberg Code in urging universities to abandon their mandates, in a Wall Street Journal op-ed this week.
"Though many universities already offer exemptions based on medical history and religious objections, the professors suggest two more: the emergency use authorization status of the COVID vaccines and widespread natural immunity."
I got vaccinated.
But if one of my children were a minor, I don't think I would allow him to be vaccinated.
ITEM 6: NC Policy Watch reported, "In an unprecedented move, the UNC Board of Governors is refusing to re-appoint a respected law professor to the University of North Carolina Press Board of Governors. The reason, say sources directly involved with the process: the professor’s public statements on the legality of the UNC System’s controversial handling of the Silent Sam Confederate monument and UNC-Chapel Hill’s failure to deal appropriately with sensitive issues of race and history.
"Eric Muller has served two five-year terms on the board of the UNC Press, which exists to advance 'the research, teaching, and public service missions of a great public university by publishing excellent work from leading scholars, writers, and intellectuals and by presenting that work to both academic audiences and general readers.'"
Who said Muller is entitled to this appointment?
He has been on the board for 10 years.
That should be long enough.
Fresh faces, fresh ideas.
ITEM 7: Politico reported, "Oregon Democrats had finally secured total control of redistricting for the first time in decades.
"Then, just months before they were set to draw new maps, they gave it away.
"In a surprise that left Democrats from Salem to Washington baffled and angry, the state House speaker handed the GOP an effective veto over the districts in exchange for a pledge to stop stymieing her legislative agenda with delay tactics."
Suddenly, gerrymandering is good.
ITEM 8: NBC reported, "Since 9/11, four times as many U.S. service members and veterans have died by suicide than have been killed in combat, according to a new report."
Apples and oranges, the kind that make for yellow journalism. Those are two separate groups. There are thousands of soldiers, but millions of veterans.
Veteran suicides are a serious matter, too serious to be exploited like this.
ITEM 9: The Wall Street Journal reported, "The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that strict NCAA limits on compensating college athletes violate U.S. antitrust law, a decision that could have broad ramifications for the future of college sports.
"Monday’s ruling, written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, upheld lower court rulings that said the National Collegiate Athletic Association unlawfully limited schools from competing for player talent by offering better benefits, to the detriment of college athletes.
"The 9-0 decision doesn’t open up a world of direct, unlimited pay for college athletes, an issue that wasn’t before the court. Instead, the justices said the NCAA must allow colleges to recruit athletes by offering them additional compensation and benefits, as long as they are tied to education."
Good.
Thanks to TV, coaches rake in millions. Why not the athletes?
The dirty little secret is football players subsidize the other sports except men's basketball. The men risk CTE so that women's volleyball, softball, and the like exist.
This ruling could go a long way in erasing that inequality.
ITEM 10: Payday Report reported, "Payday Report saw retail workers walk off the job and quit en masse first at nearby Dollar General and then at a local Subway store.
"Nationwide, more than 649,000 retail workers quit their jobs in April — the most number of retail workers who quit their jobs in a single month since the Department of Labor began counting monthly statistics 20 years ago.
"Many workers are quitting to pursue jobs in higher paying fields or to go back to school to learn a new trade."
Good. Employers will either raise wages, improve working conditions, automate, or do some combination of the three.
ITEM 11: Fox reported, "New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman serves as a Washington correspondent for the liberal newspaper, but she appears far more focused on the last White House occupant than the current one.
"Haberman was frequently lauded in the mainstream media for her coverage of the Trump White House with reports on palace intrigue, alleged Russian collusion, and other anti-Trump storylines, but she has barely covered President Biden since he took office.
"Haberman, who is also a CNN political analyst, has written or contributed to more than 100 stories since the day Biden took office and only eight were chiefly about Biden, according to a review of her online profile. The small number of Biden-related stories include pieces about the president’s reaction, or lack thereof, to embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D. At least 70 stories Haberman had a hand in since Biden took office have been about Trump, not including other pieces about key figures from his world such as former Vice President Mike Pence and Rudy Giuliani. Dozens of them concerned Trump's second impeachment trial shortly after he left office."
As conservative Chris Barron told Fox, "She traded in what credibility she had during the Trump administration for 15 minutes of cable news fame. With Trump out of office she’s lost.
"Like a heroin junky who has hocked everything she owned, she’s left with nothing but the desire to hopelessly chase that elusive high. She should consider a new line of work, one that allows her to break her unhealthy addiction."
Heroin may be easier to quit.
ITEM 12: I hit it yesterday. I hit it again.
The biggest media lie about Trump was the racist tag. The second biggest lie was that his critics are not racist.Just a reminder, Trump opened Mar A Lago as the first country club in Palm Beach open to whites, backs AND Jews
— Don Surber (@donsurber) June 21, 2021
He fought racism
Whitehouse perpetuates it https://t.co/F11sXu2WPv
ITEM 13: I also commented on this last week.
The Observer said, "Over 60,000 People Signed Petitions to Deny Jeff Bezos’ Return to Earth."
It still makes me laugh.
ITEM 14: Just the News reported, "The Job Creators Network said Monday it will drop its suit against Major League Baseball for pulling the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta, after state Republicans passed measures to enhance the security of the state's voting system."
Oh well. They can always boycott Coke.
ITEM 15: Mediaite reported, "Critical race theory has become one of the most hotly discussed issues facing our country over the last few months. Since the death of George Floyd, the summer of race riots, and spike in anti-Asian hate crimes, critical race theory has found its way into nearly every institution in our country, including the government, the military, private sector businesses, and education. Yet the media insists it’s much ado about nothing.
"The media’s taken an all-hands-on-deck approach, making every possible argument to defend critical race theory while wondering which will move the needle enough to defend it in the court of public opinion. They’re gaslighting the public into believing that critical race theory isn’t important enough to be concerned with, isn’t actually being applied in our institutions, isn’t understood by its critics, and will wipe out the teaching of black history if it’s forced out of the education system."
If CRT is imaginary, then why are people opposed to banning it?
ITEM 16: Breitbart reported, "The Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada recently hosted its first-ever drag queen show at one of its on-base dining and entertainment clubs, according a base spokesperson."
Corporal Klinger must be running the Pentagon now.
ITEM 17: Buzz Feed reported, "Carl Nassib, the 28-year-old defensive end with the Las Vegas Raiders, came out as gay Monday afternoon, becoming the first active openly gay player in NFL history."
Good for him.
Pass the biscuits, please.
ITEM 18: The New York Post reported, "The Trump Organization accused the de Blasio administration of canceling its lucrative Bronx golf course contract because of a long-running political vendetta the lefty mayor has against the former president, according to a suit filed Monday."
The persecution continues against the man who Made America Great Again and cut unemployment to a 50-year low of 3.5%.
He displeased Red China, which displeases our government.
ITEM 19: Jacob Palmieri reported, "New Poll Is Bad News For Mike Pence."
That was the straw poll taken at the Western Conservative Summit. He finished 10th out of 10:
Ron DeSantis — 74.12%
Donald Trump — 71.43%
Ted Cruz — 42.86%
Mike Pompeo — 39.35%
Tim Scott — 35.58%
Kristi Noem — 29.92%
Tom Cotton — 29.92%
Rand Paul — 27.76%
Donald Trump Jr. — 24.8%
Mike Pence — 21.56%
Palmieri also reported, "Mike Pence was giving a speech at the Faith & Freedom summit. During the speech, you can hear attendees shouting Traitor! along with some clapping."
I guess results matter more than words with conservatives.
ITEM 20: Reuters reported, "When the U.S. Senate this week votes on a sweeping election-reform bill, Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will play a role he relishes: Roadblock to the Democratic agenda.
"McConnell earned the nicknames Grim Reaper and Dr. No after establishing a long track record for blocking Democratic initiatives stretching back into Obama’s second term.
"Even now, in the minority, he continues to wield that power, thanks to Senate rules."
It is called the Loyal Opposition.
Those same rules make Democrats the majority, even though they have the same number of Senate votes as Republicans.
ITEM 21: The Washington Examiner reported, "Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows thinks you can add Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to the list of Republican presidential hopefuls who won’t run against former President Donald Trump in 2024 should he enter the race."
No Republican will dare run against Trump because he is the heart and soul of the party. He did what Bush-Dole-Bush-Bush-McCain-Romney said they would do. Only Dole stood with him.
RINO Liz Cheney will run if Trump runs.
ITEM 22: The Western Journal reported, "More Non-White Voters Approve of Photo ID for Voting Than White Voters: Poll."
It was a Monmouth poll. 77% of whites supported photo ID. 84% of non-whites did.
That means whites who oppose photo ID are Jim Crow racists.
ITEM 23: Euro Intelligence reported, "After Switzerland dropped its negotiations with the EU, the country has now rejected a climate-protection law in a referendum. Concretely, they rejected all three parts of the law in separate votes: on CO2, on pesticides, and on drinking water."
My Surber ancestry is Swiss.
Now for the big news. The story said, "One reason the vote failed was lack of agreement among climate activists. Many rejected it because the law did not go far enough. But what is particularly interesting about this referendum is that the strongest opposition came from young people. 60-70% of the 18-34 year old voted No in the three categories."
There is some hope left for the 21st century to come to its senses.
FINALLY, we legalized marijuana under the guise of raising revenues for schools. This is what states always promise when they legalize a vice (gambling) or initiate a new tax (sales, income).
The Foundation for Economic Education reported, "California’s $100 Million Marijuana Bailout Tells You All You Need to Know about Its Government."
The paperwork is onerous and the taxes are high.
Meanwhile, the illegal pot suppliers are thriving because they already have production and supply chains, and they have no regulations to follow or taxes to pay.
I think FEE is being naïve. California politicians know exactly what they are doing, By giving illegal pot sellers two competitive advantages over the legal industry, they are protecting the lawbreakers, likely for a cut of the action. Back in the day, a moonshiner's best friend often was the sheriff.
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