Highlights of the week

Tuesday is the 247th anniversary of the birth of the greatest land of all!

Meanwhile, Happy Canada Day today to the citizens of the runner-up country.

ITEM 1: NYT said, “Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Based Admissions at Harvard and U.N.C.

“In disavowing race as a factor in achieving educational diversity, the court all but ensured that the student population at the campuses of elite institutions will become whiter and more Asian and less black and Latino.”

No man is above the law, not even the president — of Harvard.

ITEM 2: Politico reported, “Ruling on college admissions could fuel attacks on corporations’ diversity efforts.”

I sure hope so.

Fox reported, “Boston University School of Law students were offered therapy after three controversial Supreme Court decisions this week about affirmative action, religious freedom and student debt forgiveness.”

I hope they use the Don Corleone Treatment of a slap across the face and a command to be a man.

ITEM 3: Miranda Devine reported, “John Solomon called Joe Biden’s secret cell phone that Hunter Biden was paying for. ‘Boy was he shocked. He hung up pretty quickly.’”

Biden was disappointed because it wasn’t Sonny telling him about another bribe.

ITEM 4: After getting the judge to ban Donald Trump from speaking about his case, Jack Smith gave CNN an audio tape edited to make it sound like President Trump confessed.

The judge should make Jack S pay but as OJ Simpson said, Trump should shut the heck up about the case. It is not necessary because the silenced majority already backs him 100%. (And I mean silenced.) Everyone else does not matter.

ITEM 5: CIA waterboy Bob Woodward said, “Donald Trump is an alarming, dangerous threat to national security.”

And the waterboy said, “I'd never seen anyone in government, let alone a president handle a situation like this so irresponsibly.”

What makes Trump dangerous to the CIA is he hasn’t been bought off by Iran, Red China or Ukraine.

ITEM 6: NYT said, “Short-Lived Mutiny in Russia Sheds Light on Putin’s Hold on Power.

“The armed standoff on the road to Moscow, brief as it was, represented the most dramatic struggle for power in Russia in decades.”

The media has counted Putin out so many times that I added a third digit to my tally board.

ITEM 7: Mother Jones reported, “No Labels, the political outfit preparing to run a unity ticket in 2024 that Democratic strategists and Never-Trump Republican operatives fear will siphon votes from President Joe Biden, is what’s known as a dark-money group. Unlike political parties, political action committees, and House, Senate, and presidential candidates, it is not required to reveal who is funding it. And No Labels, which says it intends to raise $70 million to possibly place a third-party candidate on the presidential ballot next year, refuses to disclose who is financing this project.”

$70 million in politics these days it barely half of what it takes to get re-elected governor of Illinois.

It’s like a lemonade stand taking on Coca-Cola.

ITEM 8: The LA Times reported, “4 in 10 California residents are considering packing up and leaving, new poll finds.”

(Cue Dueling Banjos.)

On behalf of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, I want wandering Californians to know that our state is poor and in-bred. West Virginia has every kind of snake known to man. We may have piranha in the Kanawha River. Just move along. Nothing to see here. Maryland is nice.

(Insert obligatory note that Deliverance was set and filmed in Georgia.)

ITEM 9: The Daily Caller reported, “A cervical cancer trust is drawing criticism for recommending that vaginas be referred to as ‘bonus holes’ so as not to offend transgender people [men].”

Grab them by their bonus holes.

ITEM 10: Politico reported, “Documents reveal Eric Adams sent migrants to Florida, Texas and China.

“Between April 2022 and April 2023, the city spent around $50,000 on travel costs to resettle 114 migrant households around the country and globe.”

Republicans in DC are all RINOs and Democrats anywhere are Hippo-crits.

ITEM 11: CBS reported, “Scot Peterson, a sheriff’s deputy who was at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School but didn’t confront the gunman during the deadly Parkland shooting in 2018, was found not guilty of child neglect and other charges Thursday. Peterson, now 60, was charged in connection with the deaths and injuries on an upper floor of the building attacked by gunman Nikolas Cruz.

“Peterson was sobbing as the 11 not guilty verdicts were read in court. The jury had been deliberating since Monday.

“Speaking to reporters after the proceedings, Peterson said he ‘got my life back.’”

The kids he was hired to protect won’t get their lives back.

ITEM 12: WPRI reported, “A Rhode Island senator was arrested Thursday for allegedly vandalizing another person’s vehicle at Garden City Center.

“Cranston police say Sen. Joshua Miller, a Democrat, is suspected of keying the victim’s SUV in the parking lot around 3:30 p.m.”

The victim had a “Biden Sucks” bumper sticker on his car. Well, he was just asking for it, hiking his skirt like that, right?

ITEM 13: NewsNation reported, “A collegiate summer baseball team in Macon has faced some bacon backlash from a nonprofit led by doctors who claim the organization glorifies unhealthy foods.

“Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has demanded the Macon Bacon baseball organization choose a new name, offering a suggestion like Macon Facon Bacon instead. The nonprofit said a name change would help encourage fans to stay healthy.”

The name has nothing to do with food and everything to do with pigs procreating.

ITEM 14: The Jeff Bezos Post said, “Liz Cheney on what’s wrong with politics: ‘We’re electing idiots.’”

Wyoming Republicans stopped doing that last year.

ITEM 15: AFP reported, “Astronomers across the world announced on Thursday that they have found the first evidence of a long-theorized form of gravitational waves that create a ‘background hum’ rumbling throughout the universe.”

Why does the universe hum?

It can’t remember the lyrics.

ITEM 16: The Independent reported, “Imploded Titanic submarine seen for first time as pieces recovered from sea floor.”

The Titan. The first sign of danger was naming the sub for the Titanic.

ITEM 17: Fox reported, “Texas sets all-time power demand records as historic heat wave drags on.”

So how is that coal-is-filthy diss working out, Texas?

ITEM 18: Dana Carvey and David Spade talk covid.

It’s a reminder that SNL was funny in the early 1990s.

ITEM 19: The Kyiv Independent said, “Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg arrived in Ukraine to discuss the ecological consequences of the Kakhovka dam destruction with President Volodymyr Zelensky, the President's Office informed on June 29.”

Kyiv is such a war zone that it has become THE place to go for celebs.

Steve Martin sang that King Tut “gave his life for tourism.” We can now say that about soldiers and civilians in Ukraine.

ITEM 20: The Piñon Post reported, “Libs flip out after someone writes ‘Jesus Saves’ in chalk on Santa Fe ‘Pride’ flag.”

The story said, “Santa Fe City Manager John Blair complained about the taxpayer-funded painted flag being defaced, telling KOB 4, ‘Intentionally placing ‘Jesus saves’ over a version of a pride flag is not intended to be loving or welcoming. It’s meant to be discriminatory and hateful.’”

Santa Fe welcomes everyone — except You, Jesus.

City Hall acts like its name is Satan Fe.

ITEM 21: WRIC reported, “The adult content website Pornhub, one of the most visited sites in the world, has blocked users in Virginia over the state’s new age verification law.

“The law taking effect July 1 [today] will require websites with pornographic content to verify users in Virginia are at least 18 years old before they access the site’s content. The law, proposed by Republican state Sen. William M. Stanley Jr. (Franklin), sailed through the Virginia General Assembly.”

What’s the downside?

ITEM 22: NYT said, “Cheaper Than Water? Retailers Try to Unload Bud Light.”

Water tastes better.

ITEM 23: Drudge pimped a Media-ite story, “Two Months Later It’s Clear: Tucker Carlson Needed Fox News More Than Fox Needed Tucker.”

The story said Tucker’s latest commentary drew “just 14 million views” on Twitter.

With the exception of a Trump town hall meeting, no Fox show has topped 3 million since he left. His average audience was 3 million.

ITEM 24: All Israel News reported that an archaeologist uncovered the location of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Surprisingly the location is 6,000 miles from DC and Disney World.

ITEM 25: Resist the Mainstream reported, “Multiple female job candidates allege they were asked sexually explicit questions during interviews when seeking employment at the private office of tech billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates.

“The claims stem from incidents that reportedly transpired within Cascade Investment, Gates’ money management firm run by Michael Larson, who has been handling Gates’ finances for almost three decades.”

He may no longer be the richest man in the world, but he is its richest creep.

ITEM 26: Yahoo reported, “Special counsel Jack Smith is reportedly ready to drop a hammer blow of up to 45 additional criminal charges on former President Donald Trump in the classified documents case, especially if Trump-friendly Judge Aileen Cannon looks set to thwart the case.”

Trump should take the case directly to the Supreme Court to get a new special counsel. His lawyers can cite the 9-0 Supreme Court overturning of Smith’s persecuting prosecution of Republican Governor Bob McDonnell as the reason Smith is unfit to practice law.

ITEM 27: NBC reported, “The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of an evangelical Christian web designer from Colorado who refuses to work on same-sex weddings.

“The justices, divided 6-3, said that Lorie Smith, as a creative professional, has a free speech right under the Constitution’s First Amendment to refuse to endorse messages she disagrees with. As a result, she cannot be punished under Colorado’s antidiscrimination law for refusing to design websites for gay couples, the court said.”

Colorado’s persecution of Christians shows the power of Christ. The regime would not go after his adherents if they were unimportant.

This, the boycotts and woke movies failing made June the best pride month ever.

ITEM 28: The New York Post reported, “New York state is reeling from a COVID-era exodus to low-tax locales as revenue during this fiscal year is down nearly 20%, according to a report.”

I don’t know whether to laugh till I cry or laugh till it hurts.

ITEM 29: Fox reported, “Nebraska solar farm crippled by hail, underscoring power source’s fragility.”

Fra-gee-lay. It must be Italian.

ITEM 30: Gateway Pundit reported, “Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt Proposes Making July ‘American Pride Month.’”

Irishman George M. Cohan gave us Yankee Doodle Dandy.

Jewish immigrant Irving Berlin gave us God Bless America.

California-born Lee Greenwood gave us God Bless the U.S.A.

101st Airborne veteran Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock gave us the best rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner.

There’s your diversity. There’s your America.

ITEM 31: The New York Post reported, “The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Biden’s controversial program to forgive student loan debt for roughly 40 million borrowers exceeded his executive authority.

“On the last day before the high court’s summer recess, the six conservative justices ruled the $400 billion plan could not use an earlier 2003 law meant to help veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars to implement the program.”

$400 billion?

Why that’s enough to fund four more Ukraine wars.

Oh, and the decision quoted Nancy Pelosi, who as speaker said, “People think that the president of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not. That has to be an act of Congress.”

ITEM 32: Government-owned BBC reported, “A proposal to slice emissions from coal and wood-burning pizza ovens in New York City by 75% has left a bad taste in the mouths of some locals.”

And yet NYC still allows pineapples on pizzas.