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- Discuss current events in front of your six-year-old. Bring up abortion, riots, and the war in Ukraine. Climate change in particular is apt to scare the pants off little Johnny and leave him in a state of terror. Knowing that the planet is going to implode because he’s been born will likely induce guilt for the remainder of his days—though that attitude may cost you grandchildren someday.
- Complain constantly about the high price of gas, groceries, and housing. These days, inflation is eating up our dollars like the Cookie Monster gobbling his favorite treats. Gripe about costs, and you’ll raise children who believe they are living in dire poverty. One healthy side effect of this delusion is that they may learn to pinch pennies early on and decide to make billionaires their heroes rather than actors or sports figures.
- Pay more attention to your cell phone than to the kids. This not-so-subtle act brings home the message that texting a friend or scrolling through social media is more important than tending to a scrapped knee or a missed homework assignment.
- Even better, give them access to electronic devices. Use your phone as a babysitter for hours every day. Allow them to play games on a screen rather than in the backyard, thus avoiding the dangers of mosquitoes, dirt, and falls.
- Best of all, allow them to take those screens to their rooms at bedtime. Here they can engage in snarky comments on social media, read about humankind going down the tubes, and stay awake into the wee hours of the morning. This fatigue alone will keep them down in the dumps during the daylight hours.
- Never give them chores. Don’t ask them to help with such tasks as laundry or meal preparations, either. This way, when they shamble out into the real world, they can suffer the trauma derived from the realization that no one is going to wait on them hand-and-foot.
- Ignore what they are learning in school. The fourth-grader exposed to critical race theory or gender identity in his classes will not only grow up depressed by society’s “injustices,” but will live in a constant state of rage as well. And he’ll have lots of company: a circle of whining friends.
- Expose them to today’s movie offerings. Almost every one of them is loaded with a cargo of drinking, profanity, violence, and sex. These tools steal childhood innocence, that ineffable barrier which often stands between hope and despair.
- Keep them away from fairy tales. Teach your children early that there are no knights on white horses or princesses wearing tiaras. These antiquated stories simply raise false expectations and guarantee future disappointment. Instead, bring them up to be liberated from illusion and dependent on no one except the government. Make the point that in the real world fairy tales are found only in books and that magic doesn’t exist..."
Monday, May 30, 2022
They were born in the wrong country. Wrong time. I also wept.-----A German WWII Cemetery in Normandy | History Traveler Episode 52
"Terrence Thorn--What this video failed to mention was that 80 percent of these soldiers never saw their 20th birthday. They were boys.
My high school son and I visited this cemetery on June 6, 2013.
After walking around for a while and reading the names of the fallen soldiers, the math of their birthdays and their recorded deaths overcame me and I wept.
Maybe because my son was that age at the time.
The 2 figures at the top of the mound on either side of the cross represent a mother and father.
For decades after the war, they would visit this cemetery on the birthday of their sons and grieve.
Yes, they were the enemy but few of them were Nazis.
They believed that they were patriots of the "Fatherland". 80 percent of the 21 thousand buried here were between 17 and 20 years old when they died.
The mound actually holds over 200 un-identified remains. Our visit to Normandy made us, as Americans, proud but profoundly sad at the same time.
What is up-lifting though, is the way France honors all soldiers who have fallen on French soil."
Biden reportedly planning to cancel some student loan debt. Both Democrats and Republicans criticize the plan. - TheBlaze
Biden reportedly planning to cancel some student loan debt. Both Democrats and Republicans criticize the plan. - TheBlaze:
While the exact details of the plan remain unknown, estimates from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan think tank, suggest canceling $10,000 of student loan debt per borrower would cost taxpayers at least $230 billion.
The CRFB believes such a plan would mostly benefit wealthier Americans ("those in the top half of the income spectrum"), worsen inflation, and ultimately leave the major problem of college tuition prices unsolved.
Douglas Andrews: The Inconvenient Truth About Violent Crime | The Patriot Post
Douglas Andrews: The Inconvenient Truth About Violent Crime | The Patriot Post"By ignoring the data about violent crime in America, Joe Biden does us all a deep disservice.
With an unspeakable tragedy still unfolding in Uvalde, Texas, it seems tasteless beyond words to consider counting crime by race.
But that’s what Joe Biden does — at least when it’s convenient.
With an unspeakable tragedy still unfolding in Uvalde, Texas, it seems tasteless beyond words to consider counting crime by race.
But that’s what Joe Biden does — at least when it’s convenient.
It’s what he did last week in Buffalo, the site of a white-on-black massacre by 18-year-old Payton Gendron, and it’s what he’d no doubt like to do now if he and his fellow racial arsonists can somehow convince us that the 18-year-old Uvalde man responsible for the murders of 19 elementary school children and two teachers is a white Hispanic white supremacist.
So we’ll oblige him..."
So we’ll oblige him..."
Activist Democratic lawyers suffer another setback in Florida - TheBlaze
Activist Democratic lawyers suffer another setback in Florida - TheBlaze:
A Florida appellate court has openly blasted a lower court ruling which attempted to instate a redistricting map favored by Democratic lawyers as as 'patently unlawful,' which raises the likelihood that the map favored by Governor Ron DeSantis (R) and the Republican Florida legislature will in fact be used in the November elections.
Summer Flights Will Be Delayed, Thanks to Government
Summer Flights Will Be Delayed, Thanks to Government"In 2009, after a Colgan Air crash near Buffalo, New York, killed 50 people, Congress decided that airlines could only hire aspiring commercial pilots who already had lots of flight time.
This rule is now causing pilot shortages.
Planning to fly this summer? Good luck.
Delays are up. Cancellations, too.
Why? Because of the pilot shortage.
A pilot shortage?
Planning to fly this summer? Good luck.
Delays are up. Cancellations, too.
Why? Because of the pilot shortage.
A pilot shortage?
How can this be? Flying is a popular job. Some people fly small planes just for fun. Why aren’t there enough commercial pilots?
Because the government passed another dumb law..."
Because the government passed another dumb law..."
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY:
Instapundit-EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: -
Surging meat prices cause summer grillers to order pizza instead.
UPDATE: A friend writes: “You know, the funny (unfunny) part about all this inflation is how ‘food insecurity’ is one of their top virtual signaling issues.”--Posted by
Irina Slav: "From arrogance to insanity: the EU path" - Master Resource
Irina Slav: "From arrogance to insanity: the EU path" - Master Resource
One of her recent posts called out the perilous double-down-on-failure approach of the EU (and UK) on energy policy.
- The problem is in details such as costs, energy density and, as always, reliability. But nobody in Brussels and national capitals seems to care about petty details. The political EU is firmly in “Whatever it takes” mode and we’re all footing the bill.”
It says much about the sorry state of energy thinking that environmentalists greenwash and complain about energy companies greenwashing.
Climate alarmists/forced energy transformationists treat good news as bad in their religious compunction to rail against modern living and prosperity.
Her article follows..."
Her article follows..."
Baby formula out-of-stock rates soared to 70% in May, formula won't be restocked until July - TheBlaze
Baby formula out-of-stock rates soared to 70% in May, formula won't be restocked until July - TheBlaze:
In recent weeks, the out-of-stock rate for baby formula rose to 70% nationwide according to current data gathered by the retail data firm Datasembly, Fox Business reported. This marks a drastic increase in scarcity from the previous weeks when the national out-of-stock rate for baby formula stood at 45%.
History for May 30
History for May 30 - On-This-Day.com
Trey Parker 1972
- 1431 - Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France, at the age of 19.
- 1539 - Hernando de Soto, the Spanish explorer, landed in Florida with 600 soldiers to search for gold.
- 1848 - W.G. Young patented the ice cream freezer.
- 1868 - Memorial Day was observed widely for the first time in the U.S.
- 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.
- 1922 - The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC.
- 1958 - Unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean conflicts were buried at Arlington National Cemetery.1989 - The "Goddess of Democracy" statue (33 feet height) was erected in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
- 2012 - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the Portion Cap Rule. The proposed amendment to the city health code would have required that food service establishments limit the size of sugary beverages to 16 ounces. On June 26, 2014, the New York Court of Appeals ruled that the New York City Board of Health had exceeded the scope of its regulatory authority.
Sunday, May 29, 2022
Ground beef and chicken prices reach all-time highs just before Memorial Day - TheBlaze
Ground beef and chicken prices reach all-time highs just before Memorial Day - TheBlaze:
Michal Nepveux, a senior analyst of animal protein commodities at the risk-management firm Stable USA, said, “The inflationary environment is starting to take its toll. Instead of steak or chicken, we might have pasta or a pizza.”
The seemingly unending rise in inflation is having a considerable impact on how many Americans feel about President Joe Biden’s job performance.
Nine Ways to Raise Fearful, Unhappy, and Woke Kids (Without Really Trying) - Intellectual Takeout
Nine Ways to Raise Fearful, Unhappy, and Woke Kids (Without Really Trying) - Intellectual Takeout
"...Here are just a few maneuvers that can help cast a storm cloud over the sunshine of childhood in this year of our trouble and turmoil.
K-12 Schools Must Put Boys In Girls' Privvies To Get Federal Lunch Money
K-12 Schools Must Put Boys In Girls' Privvies To Get Federal Lunch Money
K-12 schools must allow boys into girls’ private areas to obtain federal funds for lunches, breakfasts, and snacks, the Biden administration announced this month..."
- Biden Admin: K-12 Schools Must Put Boys In Girls’ Bathrooms To Get Federal Lunch Money
K-12 schools must allow boys into girls’ private areas to obtain federal funds for lunches, breakfasts, and snacks, the Biden administration announced this month..."
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