Joe Biden assisted off stage by wife Jill after trainwreck debate

I Took The Cheapest All Inclusive Cruise (On an Old Ship)

The Plot Thickens :: SteynOnline

The Plot Thickens :: SteynOnline
Well, at least nobody bothered with the usual leaden rituals of American presidential debate.
There was no "spin" ...other than this fairly half-hearted post-game revelation from NBC News:

• Apparently, the poor chap came down with a "cold" forty-five seconds before airtime. Maybe that rebound Covid he's prone to, or the avian flu...
• On the other hand, he did claim that he "finally beat Medicare"...

The moderators did their best. 

• Here's Dana Bash signaling to Joe the direction in which to point his head:

Lots here!

Lunch video-----The Flights That Changed How Pilots Handle Disaster | WSJ Booked

Noon-toon

 

Now what?

Delusion.

 

Reality check - Melanie Phillips

A few things the mainstream media may not have told you

• Northern Israel on fire after Hezbollah rocket attacks, June 2024

Here are some things about the Iranian war against Israel that the objective, balanced and accurate mainstream media may unaccountably have omitted to tell you.

• Today, the Iranian proxy army Hezbollah in southern Lebanon fired a massive barrage of more than 100 rockets towards the northern Israeli town of Safed. This attack caused a city-wide power outage.
• Swathes of northern Israel are once again on fire as a result of rocket attacks by Hezbollah. 
• One-third of the homes in Metulla have been demolished by rocket fire. 
• The former mayor of the town of Safed, Ilan Shochat, said: This is Hezbollah's new strategy – intentionally firing on open areas to ignite fires and burn the north...

Eating their own!

 

It is not too late for Joe Biden to go

The best that can be said of Joe Biden’s stumbling debate performance was that it took place in June.

• For more than a year, private conversations in Washington have been dominated by the president’s ageing. But the public omerta on that topic broadly held up. That cognitive dissonance has now collapsed. 

The story is now about whether Biden can be persuaded to step down. 

The choice is his alone. 

Having crushed the Democratic nomination, Biden would be within his rights to ignore pleas to step aside. 

• Potential alternative nominees, such as Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, and Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan’s governor, will be unlikely to speak out. The risk of being labelled a traitor and ruining their presidential chances would be too great. 

#1 This day 1954-----little things mean a lot / kitty kallen

Ukraine attacks Russia’s oil sector, Canada attacks Canada’s… you sure you want us in NATO? From the BOE REPORT

Energy is the lifeblood of everything and at this point in history, hydrocarbons are the blood in the system. - Terry Etam

• Recently, Ukraine has been launching massive drone attacks against Russian oil refineries/infrastructure. Seems reasonable, what with the invasion and all. Actually, it is more than reasonable, and about as logical as it gets. The Russians know this also; when they really want to rattle chains they go after western Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

And then, as a final but impressive gasp of inept state control, witness Canada’s frantic flailing to control the situation by…Canada cracks down on any speech it doesn’t like, with sweeping rules measured against undefined regulations...

• We’ve all heard about bill C-59 by now, the government of Canada’s crackdown on any comments related to emissions reduction mitigation efforts that do not adhere to “internationally recognized methodology”. It’s a Soviet-style attempt to crack down on any talk about what companies are doing to reduce emissions, or anything they do that is an attempt to reduce “the environmental, social and ecological causes or effects of climate change”...

"Far-right"

Ferry companies grapple with rising threat of EV fires

Operators are implementing new measures to ensure the safety of passenger and crew on board vessels - Tom Barlow-Brown| The Naval Architect 

• Ferry companies, which carry both large and varied numbers of vehicles and a multitude of passengers, could be particularly at risk from fires breaking out on board. 
• This is likely to grow as more and more EVs, powered by lithium-ion batteries, are adopted for private and commercial use...
• In 2023 several fires took place on large ro-ro vessels carrying sizable quantities of EVs. The most recent of these, onboard the Fremantle Highway, led to the death of one crew member and gutted the vessel...

Global Warming Myths Debunked by IPCC Expert Gregory Wrightstone

What if higher levels of CO2 in the atmosphere are beneficial to Mother Earth and beneficial to all life on our planet?

• "And what if global warming does not pose an existential threat to humanity?..

In this intriguing interview, Gregory Wrightstone, Expert Assessor for the IPCC, joins us to discuss his controversial views on climate change.

• Most important points

- We discuss the potential benefits of increased CO2 levels
- Exploring popular myths about global warming
- Scientific evidence that challenges the prevailing narratives about climate change
- Insightful commentary on climate policy and its implications

AM Fruitcake

 

History for June 28

History for June 28 - On-This-Day.com 

Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712 - Philosopher, writer, composer

• 1778 - Mary "Molly Pitcher" Hays McCauley, wife of an American artilleryman, carried water to the soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth and, supposedly, took her husband's place at his gun after he was overcome with heat.
• 1914 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo along with his wife, Duchess Sophie.
• 1949 - The last U.S. combat troops were called home from Korea, leaving only 500 advisers.
• 1950 - North Korean forces captured Seoul, South Korea.
• 1978 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the medical school at the University of California at Davis to admit Allan Bakke. Bakke, a white man, argued he had been a victim of reverse racial discrimination.
• 2007 - The American bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list.
• 2010 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Americans have the right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they live.

The way we were-----This Killed All But 1,000 Humans 900,000 Years Ago

Monumentally Stupid Anti-Trump Video Debunked

They KNEW the cheat was planned!-----Aug. 17, 2020--Opinion | If Trump Cheats in the 2020 Election, Activists Are Ready - The New York Times

Election sabotage needs to be met with the largest protests yet. Aug. 17, 2020
Rosa Brooks, left, a law professor at Georgetown, and the activists Rashad Robinson and Rahna Epting are among those contemplating what might happen if the November election is marred by dubious maneuverings.

• This summer, a bipartisan group of former government officials, political professionals, lawyers and journalists held a series of war game exercises about how the 2020 election might go wrong. 
• Convened by the law professor Rosa Brooks and the historian Nils Gilman, it was called the Transition Integrity Project, and the results were alarming.
• “We assess with a high degree of likelihood that November’s elections will be marked by a chaotic legal and political landscape,” said a resulting report. President Trump, it said, “is likely to contest the result by both legal and extralegal means.”...

Yeah, global warming. Right.-----CDC warns of increased dengue fever risk in U.S. as worldwide cases soar - UPI.com

The CDC warned doctors and other healthcare providers to be on the lookout for an "increased risk of dengue virus infections in the United States in 2024. - Sheri Walsh

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory Tuesday, warning of increased dengue fever risk in the United States as cases of the mosquito-borne virus hit record numbers in hotter, humid regions around the world...

Trillions of $$ to politicians gonna fix it!-----New Panic: Slowing the Burning of Fossil Fuels Will Cause Global Warming DAVID STROM

Well, I just learned that if you burn fossil fuels, you warm the planet, but if you quit burning fossil fuels, you will still warm the planet.

• In the world of climate scientists, everything causes the apocalypse. 
• Whatever day or hour it is, it is time to panic.
• Well, I just learned that if you burn fossil fuels, you warm the planet, but if you quit burning fossil fuels, you will still warm the planet...

This cop’s power trip cost taxpayers $175K 💰

"Justice has a long arm, and the Vermont State Police just got the finger.

In February 2018, Gregory Bombard was illegally pulled over, arrested, and locked up for nothing more than swearing and giving a state trooper the bird. 

With the help of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and the ACLU of Vermont, Bombard sued the Vermont State Police and Trooper Jay Riggen for violating his First Amendment rights.

Pritzker Bastardizes Economic Research - by Jeffrey Carter

Adds A New Teacher's Union Controlled Educational Bureaucracy to the Backs of Illinois Taxpayers
"Governor Pritzker of Illinois might be one of the biggest doofuses around. He was born on third base and thinks he earned it...As governor of Illinois, he’s only made it worse. 

• People are leaving and the state is bust. 
• You can’t even get emergency service when you need it in Chicago. 
• He says he balanced the budget, but it is easy to do when you increase spending and increase borrowing. What me worry budgeting. 
• The little people will pay the taxes while Pritzker meets with his estate and tax attorneys to check on his tax free investments in the Bahamas.

Today, he rolled out a new initiative. 

It’s a Department of Early Childhood Equity. 

There’s that “equity” word again...

Lunch video-----TRUTH about "Hanoi" Jane Fonda - Forgotten History

Noon-toon

We must be interested!

 

Australian Premier Creates Ministry In Charge Of 'Changing Men's Behavior' | ZeroHedge

First, Australia blamed guns for violent crime; now they are blaming men in general.

• The development of totalitarian governments always coincides with sweeping efforts to socially engineer the population to adhere to less rebellious behaviors. 
• Specific groups that present a threat to the regime are usually identified and targeted with propaganda or indoctrination. 
• In tandem, the rest of the population is also conditioned to fear those groups and treat them with suspicion. 
• In this way the establishment elites mold the more submissive public into a shield that protects them from the revolutionaries that might dethrone them.
• But what happens when the social engineers want to create tyranny on a global scale?

Expect more of the same "order" if Biden is reelected.

 

Despite claims from the climate spin doctors... - Chris Martz Weather | Facebook

Despite claims from the climate spin doctors that last week's heatwave was “unprecedented,” not one state set a new “all-time” high temperature record for the month of June.
If you want to find more information about these records [e.g., location(s) and/or date(s) set], see the link I dropped in the comments below.