WELL, MSNBC: ‘Fact-Based Truth’

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WELL, MSNBC: ‘Fact-Based Truth’: MSNBC Demonized Ron DeSantis; Where’s the Apology?

"So, according to Mike Barnicle, the “experts” were agreed that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was doing the exact opposite of what was needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Barnicle specifically contrasted Florida’s governor to the governors of Massachusetts, New York, California, Illinois and Michigan, where “fact-based truth” allegedly prevailed.

Well, where are we now, more than two months later? How did Barnicle’s “expert” opinion fare? Here are the per-capita coronavirus death rates (deaths per million residents) for these states:

New York ………………………. 1,519

Massachusetts ………………… 950

Michigan ………………………… 534

Illinois ……………………………. 400

Florida …………………………… 108

California ……………………….. 100

So, Florida’s death rate has been 93% lower than New York, 89% lower than Massachusetts, 80% lower than Michigan, 73% lower than Illinois...Read on.

You’re not judged according to results. 
You’re judged according to where you’re situated in the narrative.--Posted by Glenn Reynolds "

AM Fruitcake

History for May 30

History for May 30 - On-This-Day.com
Stepin Fetchit 1892, Mel Blanc 1908, Benny Goodman 1909


Michael J. Pollard 1939, Gale Sayers 1943 - Football player, Wynonna Judd 1964 - Country musician (The Judds)


1911 - Ray Harroun won the first Indianapolis 500. At the time, it was known as International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race. Harroun's average speed was 74.59 miles per hour.


1958 - Unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean conflicts were buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Medicare Chief Says Cuomo Is Wrong To Blame Trump Administration For His Nursing Home Order | The Daily Caller

Medicare Chief Says Cuomo Is Wrong To Blame Trump Administration For His Nursing Home Order | The Daily Caller:

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is wrong to say his state was following the Trump administration’s guidance when ordering nursing homes to admit coronavirus patients from hospitals, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator (CMS) Seema Verma said Wednesday.

The way we were-----1953 Compatible Color TV Announcement

Boob-tube-----Johnny Carson: Hilarious Phrases You'll Never Hear, Tonight Show 1989

Fascinating!-----Two heirs bought Midland, Michigan dams as a tax shelter. Tragedy followed. | Bridge Magazine

Two heirs bought Midland, Michigan dams as a tax shelter. Tragedy followed. | Bridge Magazine
"In 2006, the clock was bearing down on Lee Mueller’s family.
Heirs of the founder of the Boy Scouts of America, Mueller and his relatives needed to reinvest money from the sale of an Illinois property in less than a year — or pay $600,000 in taxes to the IRS.
Eventually, a solution came to Mueller, an architect who lives in Las Vegas, and his cousin, Michel d’Avenas, a California musician who is the son of a French count and is now known as the Pebble Beach Bagpiper.
They would avoid taxes by purchasing four small hydroelectric dams in mid-Michigan near Midland, according to hundreds of pages of federal court records reviewed by Bridge.
The deal was troubled from the start..."
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Where liberals rule-----Minneapolis Police Killed George Floyd, Then Failed To Protect Property Owners From Riots – Reason.com

Minneapolis Police Killed George Floyd, Then Failed To Protect Property Owners From Riots – Reason.com

• Police departments exist to protect people's persons and property. 
• The Minneapolis Police Department has failed to do either.

"Police in Minneapolis catalyzed Wednesday night's violent protests by killing George Floyd on Monday. 
They've since done a terrible job of protecting innocent property owners from being victimized by the rioting that's erupted in response to Floyd's death..."

Election disaster in mail-in voting state confirms Trump's fears - WND

Election disaster in mail-in voting state confirms Trump's fears - WND:

Attention to President Trump's tweets Tuesday regarding mail-in voting was focused mostly on Twitter slapping a "fact-checking" alert on the messages, warning readers they shouldn't trust the claims.
But the Gateway Pundit points out, amid studies showing mail-in voting is more likely than in-person voting to be exploited by fraud, that Trump is raising the concerns amid a ballot scandal in Oregon, where everyone votes by mail already.

When manliness was a core value-----Fans of Best of the Web Today

Fans of Best of the Web TodayElliot Eisenberg shared a post.

Little guy big heart.

Traces of Texas

May 26 at 6:22 PM

"Traces of Texas reader Larry Cobbs alerted me to this trace of Texas (of which I was unblissfully unaware) and included this following caption:

In May of 1861, 9-year-old John Lincoln "Johnny" Clem ran away from his home in Newark, Ohio, to join the Union Army, but found the Army was not interested in signing on a 9-year-old boy when the commander of the 3rd Ohio Regiment told him he "wasn't enlisting infants," and turned him down. Clem tried the 22nd Michigan Regiment next, and its commander told him the same. Determined, Clem tagged after the regiment, acted out the role of a drummer boy, and was allowed to remain. Though still not regularly enrolled, he performed camp duties and received a soldier's pay of $13 a month, a sum collected and donated by the regiment's officers.

The next April, at Shiloh, Clem's drum was smashed by an artillery round and he became a minor news item as "Johnny Shiloh, The Smallest Drummer". A year later, at the Battle Of Chickamauga, he rode an artillery caisson to the front and wielded a musket trimmed to his size. In one of the Union retreats a Confederate officer ran after the cannon Clem rode with, and yelled, "Surrender you damned little Yankee!" Johnny shot him dead. This pluck won for Clem national attention and the name "Drummer Boy of Chickamauga."

Clem stayed with the Army through the war, served as a courier, and was wounded twice. Between Shiloh and Chickamauga he was regularly enrolled in the service, began receiving his own pay, and was soon-after promoted to the rank of Sergeant. He was only 12 years old. After the Civil War he tried to enter West Point but was turned down because of his slim education. A personal appeal to President Ulysses S. Grant, his commanding general at Shiloh, won him a 2nd Lieutenant's appointment in the Regular Army on 18 December 1871, and in 1903 he attained the rank of Colonel and served as Assistant Quartermaster General. He retired from the Army as a Major General in 1916, having served an astounding 55 years.

Johnny married Anita Rosetta French in 1875. After her death in 1899, he married Bessie Sullivan of San Antonio in 1903. Sullivan was the daughter of a Confederate veteran, leading Clem to claim that he was "the most united American" alive. Clem was the father of three children. Clem was a companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and the Military Order of Foreign Wars.

General Clem died in San Antonio, Texas on 13 May 1937, exactly 3 months shy of his 86th birthday, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery."

#JOURNALISM: Nowadays, our brave media “firefighters” don’t even run toward the fires...

Instapundit Blog Archive #JOURNALISM

"Nowadays, our brave media “firefighters” don’t even run toward the fires, they try to explain them away to protect the narrative. 

Usually, that’s just metaphorical, but . . .

Meanwhile, a friend on Facebook points out something that the press coverage won’t emphasize: 

• “The police chief is a Democrat. 
• The Hennepin Co Attorney is a Democrat. 
• Amy Klobuchar is the Democrat former DA of Hennepin Co who refused to charge the very cop that allegedly ended this man’s life. 
• The Mayor of Minneapolis is a Democrat. 
• The Governor is a Democrat. 

Leftist leadership has failed Minneapolis for decades.”--Posted by Glenn Reynolds"

Lunch video-----Fleeing California

Noon-toon

House of Representatives conducts first proxy vote in its 231-year history | Fox News

House of Representatives conducts first proxy vote in its 231-year history | Fox News:

The U.S. House of Representatives made history Wednesday by conducting its first proxy vote since Congress first met in 1789 -- as Republicans raised alarms over the temporary voting system implemented because of coronavirus.
It came as the House voted Wednesday afternoon 413-1 on imposing sanctions against Chinese officials for the treatment of Uighur Muslims in China.
More than 70 House Democrats -- about a third of the Democratic caucus --- alerted the House clerk they would be absent from Washington for the roll call votes but designated another member to vote on their behalf. No Republicans voted by proxy.

Northam: Face coverings required in public in Va. starting Friday | WTOP

Northam: Face coverings required in public in Va. starting Friday | WTOP
"Face coverings will be required inside public establishments starting Friday, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. 

...
...These are the few exceptions:

• People who are eating or drinking at a restaurant.
• People who are exercising.
• People who have a health condition that prohibits a face covering.
• Those who are under the age of 10, although Northam strongly recommended children over 3 years old to wear one, if possible.

The governor said the order will be enforced by the Virginia Department of Health, not law enforcement, though Northam noted the penalty can be a Class I misdemeanor...

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Mark Kelly Silent on Firm's Windfall From Chinese Tech Giant | RealClearPolitics

Mark Kelly Silent on Firm's Windfall From Chinese Tech Giant | RealClearPolitics
"Mark Kelly...told an Arizona TV station that U.S. intelligence has repeatedly shown China suppressed information about the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak before COVID-19 spread to become a global pandemic.
The interview was part of Kelly’s new mission: trying to oust AZ GOP Sen. Martha McSally, herself an aerospace pioneer as the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat.
...Kelly, however, has been far more reticent about the investment by a Chinese company in a commercial space exploration venture he co-founded. 
The company, tech giant Tencent, is one of the world’s largest internet enterprises and owns the Chinese social media platform WeChat.
The text platform has more than a billion users and is suspected of monitoring the activity of many of them inside and outside of China...
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#1 This day 1963-----Lesley Gore - It's my party

Fans of Best of the Web Today

Fans of Best of the Web Today--Michael Smith
"The winds of fashion are constantly changing - the face mask has officially replaced the pussy hat as the symbol of the #Resistance."

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Kayleigh McEnany shuts down reporter asking how many dead Americans should be considered a coronavirus success - TheBlaze

Kayleigh McEnany shuts down reporter asking how many dead Americans should be considered a coronavirus success - TheBlaze:

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany shut down a reporter pressing her for a number of dead Americans that should be considered a success for the coronavirus response by the Trump administration.
Ryan Lizza of Politico asked the question during Tuesday's media briefing.
"What does the White House view, as having by election day, what does the White House view as the number of dead Americans where you can say that you successfully defeated this pandemic?" asked Lizza. "Is there a number?"