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Saturday, April 2. 2022

Saturday morning links

 Judge Strikes Down NYC's Toddler Mask Mandate, City Plans Appeal as COVID Rises Again


 Medical Student Purposely 'Misses' Vein With Needle When Patient Laughs at Her Pronoun Button


 It's OK To Say "Gay" But Please Don't Use Offensive Words Like "Boy" Or "Girl"


Gibson Bakery update 


 A Suicide Foretold: How Social Justice Rhetoric is Turning People off Human Rights


Sullivan had a "ghastly" experience with Jon Stewart 


 Not just Russia: America has a problem speaking truth to power, too


Biden's Border Nightmare Continues to Worsen


 Biden's energy screw-up


 The Rules About Corruption Just Don't Apply To The Bidens


 Biden’s Stunts Always Flop

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Regarding the current transgender onslaught this article offers an interesting analysis:

‘Woman,’ Man, And The Fight Against Evil

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/woman-man-ketanji-brown-jackson-woman-gender-ideology-fight-against-evil/
#1 Jm01 on 2022-04-02 09:05 (Reply)
I no longer believe Biden's mistakes are mistakes. I do now believe he is trying to destroy this country. To be clear Biden is a puppet and it is his handlers and others in the shadows who are actively destroying the country through his illegitimate presidency. It is no coincidence that his illegitimate presidency was in no small way enabled by the same country that would most benefit from destroying the U.S. Hmmm!
#2 OneGuy on 2022-04-02 10:34 (Reply)
I do not understand why the NGO's that fund, organize and encourage the border crossing criminals on our Southern border get a pass. No criminal charges, no exposure in the news, no stories about their funding or involvement with countries that are unfriendly to us. The media ignores it and pushes the fairy tale that these people who are destitute simply show up at our borders in brand new Nikes and backpacks and bottles of water. At the same time thousands of unknown and undocumented citizens of unfriendly countries are mixed in with these illegal immigrants and we have no idea how many of them are spies or terrorists. Why is that? Is the media complicit in this assault on Ameica?
#3 Anon on 2022-04-02 10:49 (Reply)
So can we call it the "Boy Or Girl" Florida legislation now?
#4 BobJustBob on 2022-04-02 10:54 (Reply)
Poland is being praised for taking in 2 million refugees. It is something to be proud of to help your neighbors. I am pleased with Poland's actions to help Ukrainians. But it is important to explain that 100% of the Ukrainian refugees going to Poland will not stay there. Poland, like most countries, does not have laws that make you or allow you to become citizens once you step foot in their country. If they stay there a few months or a few years their status will always be Ukranian refugees waiting to go back to Ukraine. If we take in Ukrainian refugees in the U.S. none of the will go home. They will all chose to become U.S. citizens and once they are U.S. citizens they have the right to bring in any number of Ukrainian relatives who will then become citizens and bring in their relatives. THAT is the difference between the U.S. and every other country on earth. THAT is why we should change our laws on immigration.
#5 JustMe on 2022-04-02 11:23 (Reply)
Ukrainian refugees are welcome. I know lots of Bohunks and most of them are great citizens, and even the ones that aren't so great are still okay. Beats the crap out of Jamaicans and Haitians and a lot of other third world trash we attract.
#5.1 Arty on 2022-04-02 17:03 (Reply)
I say trade two illegal immigrants from the Southern border for each Ukranian. Pick them up at the border crossing, fly them from El Paso right to Poland and aim them at the Ukrainian border. If anyone in Hollywood complains send them too.
#5.1.1 George on 2022-04-02 19:19 (Reply)
So Andrew Sullivan had a bad experience with Jon Stewart? What was he expecting? Does he not know a thing about Jon Stewart?
#6 Jerryskids on 2022-04-02 11:42 (Reply)
Re: Biden's energy screw-up

Biden and his green minions are either dishonest, deluded, or plain stupid. It's a tough choice.

There is nothing about solar or wind power that is any more renewable than fossil fuels. Both of those schemes require massive battery backup which requires large scale mining operations. Those batteries, solar cells, and wind turbines don't last forever and the technology for recycling solar cells and batteries is labor intensive and expensive and there is no way to recycle wind turbine blades. In other words, there will have to be continuous mining to keep the system running. Neither the technology nor the money (and there may not be the minerals) exists to produce the batteries required in just the US let alone the entire world.

Also wind and solar will not promote our energy independence. Much of the materials to produce solar cells and batteries (and in the case of solar cells, the current factories that produce them) are located in other countries.
#7 mudbug on 2022-04-02 12:04 (Reply)
With regard to medical student not finding a vein:

My DH went in for the colonoscopy (Catholic hospital). His brother's ex wife and her sister are both women who have survived several bad marriages and are strong feminists. They are nurses in this hospital. As MF readers know I have challenged much of the current feminist ideology. When it came time for my husband to have his exam one "nurse" came in to draw blood, or put in the tube (can't remember which). The first "nurse" tried three times and could not find a vein. She called in another "nurse" who did the same thing--three punctures--no vein. Finally, standing there giggling, they called in a "boss" nurse who succeeded on the third try--NINE TIMES THEY POKED THIS GOOD SOUL looking for a vein--all the time laughing and giggling like school girls. This vein has been easily accessible for all other medical personnel for the past 40 years, they have been able to find it on the first poke. D'ya suppose?
#8 faculty wife on 2022-04-02 12:27 (Reply)
Whoops. I need to clarify the relationship. The two nurses --ex sister-in-law and her sister--, who work at the hospital PLUS my DH ex wife all went to Catholic girls school together! My DH and his ex had a very bad divorce and the sisters are strong supporters of his ex wife. Who by the way was the one to file for divorce!
We do not know the three women who were doing the poking, but clearly they were taking cues from the ex sister in law or more likely her sister, who is higher up at the hospital, and more assertively angry feminist!
#9 faculty wife on 2022-04-02 12:55 (Reply)
This is not in defense of the medical student, she should be run out of residency, sued for malpractice and perhaps charged with battery. The left is destroying the US medical profession right along with everything else they come in contact with. Is this the future of medicine, where doctors feel they have to display their politics and mental condition?

I have experience with two deceased souls, both of which had medical issues that required many blood draws or IV's. The more times you have to have these procedures, especially in short time frames, the harder it can be to find a vain (my experience as a witness, I'm no medical professional, but have spent countless hours in the hospital). The times that one or two tries, would not find a vain, the medical staff would need to bring in an ultrasound machine to help find a vain. However, at no time did the medical staff ever treat my wife or stepfather with anything but apologies and professionalism. I feel bad that your husband did not have the same care and am grateful that my family did.
#9.1 B. Hammer on 2022-04-02 13:49 (Reply)
Sorry. That is not the case for my DH. He has not been sick and was just in for a 10 year exam. Whenever they have drawn blood, or given a shot in the past it has always been easy peasy. This was pure fem/nazis "gotcha ya". Ha ha ha
#9.1.1 faculty wife on 2022-04-03 01:36 (Reply)
Okay, I give up. What's a "DH"?
#9.1.1.1 Roy on 2022-04-03 19:24 (Reply)
DH means Dear Husband!
with so many of these acronyms on the internet it is always good to ask and make sure to understand!

Best,
#9.1.1.1.1 faculty wife on 2022-04-04 00:05 (Reply)
re Medical Student Purposely 'Misses' Vein With Needle When Patient Laughs at Her Pronoun Button

It was just an extra pinprick for crying out loud and conservative media is going ape sh*t over it.

However . . .

It does lead one to wonder about about the mindeset of a peron that does this and then brags about it. What will this person do in the future to people she doesn't agree with? Her actions could be much worse than a pin prick.

One wonders if Wake Forest will do anything to discipline this person?

If they do nothing and this person injures or kills someone because of a political disagreement, could the victim's lawyers go after Wake Forest for allowing her to graduate?

If I were Wake Forest, I would kick out of school to cover the institution's @$$.
#10 feeblemind on 2022-04-02 13:47 (Reply)
This will likely just get chalked up to a mistake on the student's part. Every medical training program has malpractice insurance to cover this and other errors, so Wake will not likely feel any pain aside from bad press.

It is not uncommon for trainees to have a hard time to hitting a vein on the first attempt. So in this case social media is useful. Let the sociopaths identify themselves so the rest of us can avoid them.

All that said, the student should not be allowed to practice medicine. It's completely unethical and unprofessional to allow ones politics to affect patient care.
#10.1 anon on 2022-04-02 15:26 (Reply)
I distrust anything printed in the WaPoo and the NYT.

The Atlantic manages to blame the collapsing US birth rate on... Trump: Ahh, the ATLANTIC.... best when read at the bottom of the ocean.

"Re: Biden's energy screw-up
Biden and his green minions are either dishonest, deluded, or plain stupid. It's a tough choice." All of the above, plus much we don't yet know.


Biden’s Craven Stunts Always Flop: The STUPID is STRONG in Biden...and his minders...
#11 Sam L. on 2022-04-02 14:34 (Reply)
It's OK To Say "Gay" But Please Don't Use Offensive Words Like "Boy" Or "Girl"

Bowing to the rule of the 1%.

Asked people say 21% of people in US are transgender when the real number is 1%. Estimated as 30% Gay or Lesbian, when reality is 3%
#12 JK Brown on 2022-04-02 20:32 (Reply)
Deep State Controlled Demolition of America – Alex Newman
“Democrats are traitors and so are the RINO’s helping them.” https://usawatchdog.com/deep-state-controlled-demolition-of-america-alex-newman/ Newman wrote his book “Deep State” so you know who the enemy is and anticipate what he will do to destroy your life and your country."
#13 Anon on 2022-04-03 11:45 (Reply)

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