AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States has determined that race-based affirmative action in higher education does not comply with the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection. MSNBC reported this as being a racist decision because, dontchaknow, if top schools like Harvard ignored race and just accepted the best of the best, about half the students would be Asian.
- https://bongino.com/msnbc-hack-melts-down-after-scotus-bans-affirmative-action
- https://notthebee.com/article/in-6-3-decision-supreme-court-rules-race-based-affirmative-action-programs-unconstitutional-violating-the-14th-amendment
DOLPHINS: Jessica Blacklow caught this amazing photo of an entire pod of dolphins surfing in sync off a beach in Manly.
FAUXTUS: CLICK https://rumble.com/v2wtqab-biden-putin-is-clearly-losing-the-war-in-iraq.html to hear Dementia Joe inform us that Putin is losing the war in Iraq. CLICK https://rumble.com/v2wv9mz-biden-freezes-while-struggling-to-get-through-speech.html to hear him struggle to talk.
GET WOKE, GO BROKE: The National Geographic Magazine began publishing in 1888 as a scholarly journal. In 1905, it began including pictures, then in the 1910s, added color photos. Until 2015, the magazine was owned and managed by the National Geographic Society. In the 1980s, it boasted 12 million subscribers. In 2017, it began pushing wokeness, then in 2019, The Walt Disney Company took over. Today, what was once a “well-respected scientific and educational organization … known for its stunning photography, groundbreaking documentaries, and in-depth reporting” is closing up shop.
- https://notthebee.com/article/national-geographic-is-firing-all-of-its-staff-writers-and-will-no-longer-appear-in-print-on-newsstands-beginning-next-year
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geographic
- https://h-o-m-e.org/does-disney-own-national-geographic/
MALARIA: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an alert for Florida and Texas, after a handful of people contracted malaria from local mosquitoes in Florida and Texas. The last time local mosquitoes infected anyone was in 2003 in Florida. The species that can carry the parasitic disease are found in multiple areas around the United States, but they can only become infected and spread it if they first feed on someone who has it.
“Malaria is a medical emergency and should be treated accordingly. Patients suspected of having malaria should be urgently evaluated in a facility that is able to provide rapid diagnosis and treatment, within 24 hours of presentation.”
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/florida-issues-statewide-emergency-malaria-alert_5364646.html
- https://www.yourgenome.org/facts/what-is-malaria/
GRAMMY NOTES: As a certified bus driver who had actually earned a living navigating a 66-passenger bus filled with screaming children through city traffic, I took no guff from my teen drivers. I took no guff from my passengers either. LOL
I recall one pompous male of Class 5 driving age sneering, “Right on red!” at me when I was sitting at a light. I calmly informed him that the right-on-red law did not apply to a bus carrying passengers, which he obviously would not know since he had not qualified for a Class 2 license.
Another time, I was taking college students to an end-of-year picnic. One of them tried to light a joint. I hollered at him to put it out. He said no, so I pulled over, informed the fully loaded bus that I would be on duty for hours, ferrying hundreds of students to and from their party, that second hand smoke is intoxicating, that I wasn’t risking anybody’s life so that somebody could get high ten minutes sooner. Then I pointed out that we were miles from nowhere, but if any of you have a Class 2 license and know how to drive this vehicle, to let me know. The other passengers made sure the jerk put it out.
Driving a school bus is not for wimps.
SHORTS:
CLICK https://twitter.com/itsNTBmedia/status/1674447325102522372 to see an absolute legend.
polination.blog 
American Math Team: Yay! I so love America. It is nothing like any other nation. America is a flame in the hearts of people anywhere who agree that we hold certain truths to be self-evident…
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Nat’l Geographic – It’s a Wonderful Life clip, which I wish had just a second or two more at the start
youtu.be/meGl5462XhQ
The Wrong have taken over all the science & mechanics and so on great magazines of the past. All bowing at the altar of climate change and gender blenders.
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School bus stories: light up a j on the bus? Ye gaws! Dumazz.
We ran a kind of rock restaurant for a while. Between band sets, I came out of the office one evening to find the main room reeked of pot. It was a hot night and the doors were open. I saw some kids lounging on a couch and said, “Do you smell…?” and they all answered, hilariously in unison, “yes!” I walked out the back exit, and there, hiding behind the dumpster, were the culprits, thinking they were safely off the radar. I did vent most vociferously. We tried so hard to run a clean place! Dumazzes.
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Back in The Beginning, when MiladyJo left Big Urban to live in Wild Oklahoma, I taught her to drive. On a stick. Decades later, she’s an excellent driver, and I can almost be a calm passenger.
Taught our 3 kids to drive. Stories I could tell! A good one:
Not long after we moved to Oklahoma, my manic older brother (now recently deceased God bless him) came by for an extended visit. Manic he was, yes, but sharp. I knew he was a Detail Man. At the time, I was teaching firstborn daughter to drive and she was getting to that cocky I-know-it-all stage. I put my bro in the passenger seat, her in the driver’s seat, and me eating popcorn in the back. By the time we just got down to the gate, he had spotted so many violations — little things I would’ve let pass — she was a nervous wreck. Miss you, bro — you had great talents.
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It’s a Wonderful Life … I was thinking of that scene when I wrote about the Natl Geog closing. 🙂
May your brother rest in peace. {{{{{MW}}}}}
I was telling Dearest yesterday about the time my 5-years-older brother took me out for a driving lesson. He was and is a very gifted teacher and has the awards to prove it. Anyway, this particular time, he took me out on the local highway in pouring rain. When we got home, Mom was so upset with him. He said, “Mom, would you rather she go out in bad weather for the first time after she gets her license and is alone or now with me there to coach her?” Mom shut up after that. 🙂
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Real-life conditions are the best test.
I let driver’s permitted Daughter take the wheel one trip home. I was in the passenger seat, and Milady and the boys were in the back. We hit the toll road, so exits were limited. As soon as we passed the last exit before ours, in the space of less than twenty miles, a storm rolled in and she had to dodge orange construction barrels with crazy lane changes, a lot of big, speeding, spraying semis, all while it rained cats and dogs, with tremendous lightning. All I could do was help her watch traffic, and keep encouraging her. When we reached our exit, she was really drained. What a great lesson, though. Never worried about her handling bad weather after that!
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YIKES!!
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