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Tuesday, July 6. 2021

Tuesday morning links

Was yesterday a holiday? I didn't get the memo.


 Dem Rep. Cori Bush Says American Freedom Is Only For ‘White People’…


National Geographic Says 4th of July Fireworks Are Racist Because Smoke Disproportionately Affects Black People


 To Stop Climate Change Americans Must Cut Energy Use by 90 Percent, Live in 640 Square Feet, and Fly Only Once Every 3 Years, Says Study


 The pandemic didn't affect mental health the way you think


 YET MORE PROVERBS FOR MODERN TIMES


Chicago:  Chiraq: 88 Shot, 14 Killed…


A city where black lives do not matter


Can Unhinged Pro-Crime Progressive Prosecutors Survive The Crime Wave They Helped Create?


 Judge Orders Thug-Loving Minneapolis City Council, Mayor to Hire More Cops. Good Luck With That!


VDH:The Genesis of Our American Collective Meltdown. Our adversaries can’t quite believe their good fortune. Had they thought up ways to divide and impoverish America, they could not have improved on our own collective meltdown.


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Pigs will fly when the authors of that study live in 640 sq feet, drop electricity use 90% and fly once only every three years.
#1 Dale the grumpy peasant on 2021-07-06 08:43 (Reply)
Deep down, everyone is a climate change "denier." Particularly the globalist elite.
#1.1 OldCurmudgeon on 2021-07-06 10:02 (Reply)
"Everything's an emergency when you can't remember yesterday." (From the 'Proverbs' link)

They want everybody to live in an urban box, and then they try to prove their point using the disproved junk science and comparisons to mostly rural, underdeveloped nations that underpin their 'Climate Accord' targets - while the worst nation-offenders by far have refused to even sign the fatally-flawed accord, understanding that it means the end of their own national development.

Just keep remembering to refute and reject every new doomsday prediction, by referring to the list of every past doomsday prediction. Wrong on every count.
#1.2 Aggie on 2021-07-06 10:22 (Reply)
Of course the author won't; is one of the "elite" and is, therefore, exempt from the restrictions to be placed on thee and me.
#1.3 Frances on 2021-07-06 23:04 (Reply)
That had to be one of the best VDH essays he has written. Sady it is so true.
#2 Stargazer on 2021-07-06 08:50 (Reply)
Our friend Stuart and VDH get it. Interesting to note that neither one mentioned the power of the academic community to create and enforce this madness.
#3 faculty wife on 2021-07-06 09:08 (Reply)
Re: To Stop Climate Change Americans Must Cut Energy Use by 90 Percent, Live in 640 Square Feet, and Fly Only Once Every 3 Years, Says Study

What did the study say the Chinese would have to do?
#4 mudbug on 2021-07-06 09:35 (Reply)
The Chinese probably funded the study.
#4.1 B. Hammer on 2021-07-06 11:41 (Reply)
I'll start right after I kick the bucket and no I do not need their help.
#4.2 Don (Link) on 2021-07-06 13:57 (Reply)
Was yesterday a holiday? I didn't get the memo.

The calendar on my Windows PC dutifully informed me that July 5th was Independence Day (observed), meaning the Feds, those lazy bastards, took the day off. So the garbageman came and took trash away, but the postman didn't stop by to resupply.

As for me? I took advantage of this Federally-mandated fake day off to proudly fly my flags--Old Glory, the Texas state flag, and the Betsy Ross flag--to give a silent but flamboyant "in your face" to my Blue-Anon* neighbors. Oh, and I worked online most of the day.

*This adjective passes the comment filters; a$$h0le may not.
#5 Mike Anderson (Link) on 2021-07-06 10:10 (Reply)
This was news to me as well - since when has the Monday of the Fourth of July been a holiday? What day do they take off if the Fourth falls on a Thursday? Do they get the Monday after Christmas and New Years off as well?
#5.1 Jerryskids on 2021-07-06 10:25 (Reply)
This has been going on for decades. Why is it a surprise to anybody?

4th of Jul on a M-F, you get that day off. If it's on weekend, you get either F or M off.

If Christmas or NYD falls on Sa or Su, you get either F or M off.
#5.1.1 DrTorch (Link) on 2021-07-06 12:07 (Reply)
I've been self-employed most of my life so I've always had my choice of days off. Some years I picked August 2nd, other years I picked June 15th.
#5.1.1.1 Jerryskids on 2021-07-06 17:39 (Reply)
I've been an employee my entire life and I enjoy it. Life isn't a contest. If you don't like being self-employed, then do something else. But don't complain or brag about how hard you work as if we care, because nobody cares.

I like having my 96 hours sick time, 120 hours paid vacation, and maybe 10 paid holidays every year. And no, I'm not a federal employee. I've also worked where there was no sick time or vacation, and it sucked. That's why I don't do it anymore.
#5.1.1.1.1 jack walter on 2021-07-06 20:55 (Reply)
Any company with a couple hundred employees or larger is going to offer paid holidays. If they didn't, then most would quit and get a job at a better employer. Why does that bother you?

Flying your flag is a flamboyant in-your-face? Either you live in a very strange neighborhood or you need a hobby.
#5.2 jack walter on 2021-07-06 20:43 (Reply)
America’s Ruling Class and China’s Ruling Class Are More Similar Than You Think.

https://humanevents.com/2021/07/04/americas-ruling-class-and-chinas-ruling-class-are-more-similar-than-you-think/
#6 feeblemind on 2021-07-06 10:18 (Reply)
America’s Ruling Class and China’s Ruling Class Are More Similar Than You Think.

Well, not you specifically, I'm sure.
#6.1 Jerryskids on 2021-07-06 10:37 (Reply)
Dem Rep. Cori Bush Says American Freedom Is Only For ‘White People’… Idiot on parade...

National Geographic Says 4th of July Fireworks Are Racist Because Smoke Disproportionately Affects Black People: The STUPID is STRONG in these ones...

To Stop Climate Change Americans Must Cut Energy Use by 90 Percent, Live in 640 Square Feet, and Fly Only Once Every 3 Years, Says Study: See comment above...

Can Unhinged Pro-Crime Progressive Prosecutors Survive The Crime Wave They Helped Create? I surely do HOPE NOT.
#7 Sam L. on 2021-07-06 10:39 (Reply)

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