Yes, It's Ungrateful to Turn Your Back on the National Anthem by Ben Shapiro

Like self-declared Marxist Cullors, who currently owns three separate houses worth over $1.5 million each, Berry is in it for the attention and the profit. Yesterday, nobody had heard of her. Today, everybody has. It's that simple.

 Ben Shapiro  "This week, heretofore nearly anonymous hammer thrower Gwen Berry made international headlines when, during the podium ceremony for winning bronze in an Olympic trial, she turned away from the United States flag as the national anthem played. The anthem wasn't played for her, or for the other competitors in the hammer throw; every day during the trials, a pre-scheduled anthem went out over the sound system.

"Berry turned 90 degrees from the flag, stood with her hand on her hip, and glared directly into the camera. It was a deliberate provocation and a deliberate attempt to raise her own profile. "I feel like it was a setup," she later complained, "and they did it on purpose."

"Actually, Berry just saw an opportunity to maximize her profile, and she seized it with alacrity. In the United States, there's far more money to be made and fame to be achieved by spurning the American flag and the national anthem than by embracing it: Colin Kaepernick makes millions because he failed as a quarterback but succeeded as a self-aggrandizing symbol of supposed racial bravery. Meanwhile, the thousands of athletes with track records superior to either Kaepernick's or Berry's who stand for the national anthem remain anonymous.

"While Berry was protesting the national anthem, the Chinese government was busy arresting the editor of the pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily. That arrest came on the heels of the arrest of one of Apple Daily's columnists for "conspiring to collude with foreign countries or foreign forces to endanger national security." While Berry was protesting the national anthem, the Taliban was busy spreading like a metastasizing cancer over Afghanistan, preparing its new subjects for the tender mercies of brutal Islamist rule. While Berry was protesting the national anthem during an event at which she threw heavy objects for sport, billions of people were living in absolute privation the world over." . . .

It's all OK, Gwen; CNN and MSNBC will exalt you. TD

Jill Biden to Meet with World Leaders at Tokyo Olympics While Joe Stays Home

 

Neon Nettle

Plan revealed in bombshell Japanese newspaper report

"Jill Biden will be present for the July 23 opening ceremonies while Joe stays at home, the Yomiuri Shimbun daily reported on Sunday, according to Reuters.

""The paper also reported that Jill Biden is expected to hold a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.

"The move has caused a stir considering the other high-profile world leaders who will be attending the Games.

"France, which is hosting the 2024 Olympics in Paris, is sending President Emmanuel Macron to the opening ceremony, according to Reuters.

"The news has prompted speculation about why Joe Biden isn't attending himself". . . 

Man Crowned Miss Nevada USA, First In Pageant History

  ZeroHedge  . . . "The 27-year-old winner had been competing in transgender pageants since 2016, while she was working as a model. She started competing in cisgender pageants at the beginning of last year. " . . .

#LasVegas I present to you our new Miss Nevada USA: #KatalunaEnriquez 👑 Kataluna is the first #trans queen to go to #MissUSA but she did not win because she is trans. She won because she is a remarkable, talented, & poised woman. #TransIsBeautiful @Lavernecox pic.twitter.com/IChz0JMV41

— Krista Whitley (@SocialKrista) June 28, 2021

 Methodist Church to add ‘Non-Binary’ as Gender Option | Neon Nettle

. . . "One board member was against the change. 

“ 'I’m appreciative of the recognition of all God’s people, but I am also cautious that we are making a decision that appears to affect less than half our global constituency,” the Rev. Steve Wood, lead pastor of Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church in Johns Creek, Georgia, said.

“ 'I’m just wondering if we are creating more angst than we are creating benefits, so I have to speak against it.”

"The article also notes the church’s Book of Discipline says that homosexuality is “incompatible with Christian teaching.' ”. . . 

The John Lewis Act is the Dems' Path to Permanent Power

 Ann Coulter  "The official position of Fox News is that the Democrats’ John Lewis vote-stealing bill is “narrower” than the Democrats’ “For the People” vote-stealing bill. (This will be an exhibit in my museum titled, “Stupid People Can Never Help Your Cause.”)

"Yes, it’s “narrower” in the sense of being 1 MILLION times worse. The John Lewis bill will do everything the “For the People” bill does — and so much more! They just don’t tell us what, exactly. The language of the bill is full of anodyne, uplifting language about equal voting participation — but the details will be turned over to left-wing zealots at the Department of Justice, suddenly empowered to enforce voting rules so insane that no elected official would dare vote for them.

"Inasmuch as nearly every congressional Democrat is fine with the provisions in the “For the People” bill — which are ludicrous — imagine how much worse the “You Can’t Blame Me” bill is.

"It will be faceless bureaucrats at the Department of Justice who give meaning to the happy words in the John Lewis bill. Federal government employees — i.e., the people actually making the rules — cannot be voted out of office. (Or fired — this is government work.) Indeed, these are people who could never be elected to any office on account of their repellent political views and, often, repellent physical appearance.

"This is how Democrats impose fascistic rules on the citizenry without ever having to cast a dangerous vote: They write laws with vague statements of high principle, then dump the actual rule-making onto a government agency, where refugees from the ACLU issue edicts outlawing private property, due process, free speech and honest elections." . . .

Rule 50 states: “No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas.”

 Is Olympian Gwen Berry's Disgraceful 'Athlete Activism' Productive? – PJ Media

"While most Americans recognize Berry’s right as an American citizen to protest, in today’s socio-political climate there are certainly more effective ways to go about gaining the respect and, ultimately, the change she seeks.

"This isn’t hard. Good sportsmanship costs nothing. Don’t want to cover your heart during the National Anthem? Fine, stand silently while it plays. But deliberately showing disrespect by turning your back, covering your head with an activist t-shirt, and diminishing the experience of your fellow teammates (who both happened to have earned a higher medal than you) is not only unacceptable to most Americans, it also goes against the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) own Rule 50." . . .

Jen Psaki Asked if Biden Supports Olympic Team Member Who Disgraced the Us Flag - the Answer Will Make Your Blood Boil

Mitt Romney's malicious envy

He's a born globalist, which explains his affinity for Biden and the leftmedia.  He hates Trump more than he loves America.

 Patricia McCarthy; American Thinker  "Mitt Romney prides himself on being a thorn in President Trump's side, but he is just a gnat buzzing about the leftmedia that now revere him.  He's become a joke but has yet to realize that.

"Romney wins the prize among the pathetic group of RINOS who think they can vanquish Trump by treating him and his supporters like pond scum.  The problem with the left and the RINOS is that they assume, with no hint of irony, that they are smart and the rest of us are not.  Actually, it is they who are blinkered to the point of blindness. 

. . . "Romney is fawned over by the hapless Chuck Todd and venal Jake Tapper, two of the most radical non-journalists who have doled out carefully constructed fake news on a daily basis for years.  No wonder their ratings have crashed.  Romney is happy to be one of their stooges.

"Todd and Tapper (and Wallace, Stephanopoulos, Williams, Maddow, O'Donnell, etc.) are long-term de facto activists for the Democrat party and do their bidding without regard for the truth.  They now embrace the vacuous Mitt Romney.  He's a traitor to his declared party and to the values of the Latter-Day Saints he has long espoused: the primacy of family and country.  He's a nasty piece of work." . . .

Romney Blames Climate Change For Severe Weather…. Via Weasel Zippers

NYC Pride Gets Violent As Partiers Attack Elderly Food Vendor Leaving Him Bloodied (VIDEO)

  Clash Daily.com  "On Sunday night, in NYC’s Greenwich Village neighborhood, an elderly hot dog vendor was beaten bloody by the Rainbow “Love Is Love” crowd after allegedly hurling anti-gay slurs at the crowd." . . .

Rowdy revelers were caught on video beating up a hot dog vendor late Sunday night — as all hell broke loose at Washington Square Park, police said.

The chaos at the Greenwich Village greenspace resulted in the arrests of eight people, including a woman charged with biting an NYPD lieutenant, cops said Monday morning.

But no busts were made in the alleged beatdown of the 65-year-old vendor, who was attacked at Fifth Avenue and Washington Square North just before 11 p.m., according to police.

Disturbing video shows several people surrounding the man, in a bright yellow shirt, with one pummeling him in the face and knocking him down. The attacker can be seen clocking him again as he tries to get away.

The vendor was left with a bloodied face and taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition for cuts on his head, authorities said.

#BreakingNews
Video of the food cart worker who was injured. Onlookers say he made a hateful slur to someone from the #LGBTQ community on #pride at Washington Square Park in NYC #NYC #PrideMonth pic.twitter.com/Z7ttYA6Kay

— Leeroy Johnson (@LeeroyPress) June 28, 2021

Turn your back on THIS!

 Psaki: Biden Respects Olympian Who Turned Her Back On US Flag During National Anthem… | Weasel Zippers  "Why do we have athletes representing America who don’t like America?"

Is Olympian Gwen Berry's Disgraceful 'Athlete Activism' Productive?

Daily Dose of Downey: 'Pride' Riots, City Chickens, and Another Crybaby Athlete From a Sport No One Has Heard Of

Who knew the United States had an Olympic women’s hammer throwing team? Who cares what the Bronze winner thinks? Taking a page from the Kaepernick-Rapinoe Woke Sports Playbook, the third-place winner of a “sport” no one has heard of is successfully making waves for her lack of loyalty to the country that sent her to the U.S. Olympic trials. In what is probably a publicity stunt, a black hammer-throwing athlete (I’m not using her name) decided to snub the U.S. flag after taking the bronze medal in her sport. Look for her next year peddling Subway sandwiches or Woka-Cola.

A Tale Of Two Olympic Activists (clashdaily.com)   . . . "There are some factors that should be noted in regards to both situations:

Berry was not set up, given the statement by the USA Track and Field spokesperson.

When standing on the podium when the national anthem is being played, you respect that flag, especially since you are representing your country.

If Berry is disappointed in her country, then she should not be pursuing her dreams of being in the Olympics.

Systematic racism in America is a myth.

America is not a fascist nation.

Joking on social media about “exploding” the President’s head might result in you being investigated by the Secret Service.

With Biden in the White House, one might think that both Berry and Wolfe would be focusing more on being athletes and less on being activists.

It’s unlikely that flag-burning is allowed at the Olympics.

An athletic event is no place for politics, no matter what the political climate is.

• "Bottom line: Keep politics out of the Olympics."

UPDATED: “CNN is neither truthful nor honest”...Republican Mo Brooks Confronted by CNN’s Jim Acosta On The Street

Come on, man!

100%FedUp  "Alabama Republican Rep. Mo Brooks has refused to go on CNN, so CNN reporter Jim Acosta decided to ambush Rep. Brooks to confront him about refusing to appear on the fake news network. What Rep. Brooks does in response to Acosta’s question is exactly how every Republican should respond. It’s a mic drop moment!" . . .

. . . "Acosta was referring to the fiery speech the Alabama Congressman gave on January 6th. Rep. Brooks commented after the speech in response to claims he incited violence on January 6th:  “The radical left’s absurd claim that I called for violence is pure bunk. I called for exercise of freedom of protest at the Capitol and for fighting for our cause at the ballot box in the 2022 and 2024.”   Watch here.

Updated, 6/30: SHOCK STUDY Shows US Media COLLAPSING!!!  "A new international study finds that the US Media is absolutely IMPLODING! In this video, we’re going to take a look at a massive survey that places the US media dead last in terms of trustworthiness, we’re going to look at precisely HOW the mainstream media attempts to deceive audiences, and why more and more people are no longer buying it, guaranteeing that the days of the mainstream media are indeed finally over; you are NOT going to want to miss this!". . . 

What's Stopping Disney From More LGBT Characters Like Loki? China

 The Federalist  "The MCU officially has their first openly gay main character. Sort of.

"Midway through episode three of the latest MCU Disney Plus series “Loki,” a small conversation between the God of Mischief and an alternate universe version of himself called Sylvie reveals that both have a dating history of impermanent dalliances with both men and women. Lasting under 30 seconds, the bit of dialogue serves little plot function except to show the bonding between the two versions of Loki." . . .

. . . "Disney Plus should be the place where Marvel could inch towards including gay characters, if they truly desired, as it is not currently launched in China. The Communist Chinese censors are not friendly to LGBT content, which is not formally banned but often flagged.". . . 

Biden Orders Airstrikes on Iran-Backed Militias Near Iraq-Syria Border: Pentagon. Dud?

 The Gateway Pundit

. . . "Specifically, the U.S. strikes targeted operational and weapons storage facilities at two locations in Syria and one location in Iraq, both of which lie close to the border between those countries. Several Iran-backed militia groups, including Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) and Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS), used these facilities,” he said." . . .

Perhaps Biden figures he better use the military before it reaches full "woke".

Joe Biden Orders Airstrikes: Bombs Syria Again (breitbart.com)  . . . "Kirby also noted Biden meant to send a message with his latest round of airstrikes.

“ 'The United States took necessary, appropriate, and deliberate action designed to limit the risk of escalation – but also to send a clear and unambiguous deterrent message,” he said.

"Biden did not issue a statement in his name or address the airstrikes with reporters after returning to the White House Sunday from his weekend at Camp David.

"Biden also bombed targets in Syria in February, in retaliation after Iran-backed militias launched rocket attacks injured four American contractors one American service member. One contractor who was not an American citizen was killed, as Breitbart News reported."

Perhaps the new Ayatollah should not have challenged Joe to do push-ups with him.

Biden’s Half-Hearted Bombing for Iran’s Attacks on U.S. Troops Is a Dud – RedState

. . . "The Wall Street Journal reported the February retaliation initially involved two targets, but Biden canceled one when he heard a woman was seen in the area.

"Now comes word that after the February retaliation, Biden, who desperately wants to restart nuclear talks with Teheran, sent a confidential back-channel message to Iran that the new president did not really want a fight with Iran and that attack was minimal and directed at
Iranian militias, not Iran. An official told the Journal that a similar “Take-that-but-don’t-worry-that’s-all” message would be sent after Sunday’s bombing, too.

"Biden has also already eased some economic sanctions on Iran and Iranians, none of which has produced any negotiation movement.". . . 

"WAG THE DOG? "  “At President Biden’s Direction” The U.S. Carries Out Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria"

The Pentagon statement also began with, “At President Biden’s direction…” Does anyone REALLY believe that Biden is directing anything in this White House? There is something else going on here. Is this just a distraction i.e. “wag the dog” a la Bill Clinton? Is it just window dressing to make Biden appear in control. If it’s just to make Biden appear in control, well, that ship sailed long ago

Ian Macfarlane

Kamala lost in the West Texas town of El Paso

Silvio Canto, Jr.  "Many years ago, Marty Robbins sang about being in love with a Mexican girl in the West Texas town of El Paso.  The next country song will be more like "clueless in El Paso."

"At one point, things got so silly that Representative Veronica Escobar, the one who replaced Beto in the U.S. House, said El Paso was the new Ellis Island.  Did someone tell her that people were actually checked at Ellis Island before they came into the country?

"It was a bad day because V.P. Harris, and President Biden, have no idea of the mess that they started.

"First, she went to El Paso, 600 miles from where the damage is.  This is like visiting the Canary Islands to talk about the "root causes" in Guatemala.  Let me add that a lot of Democrats in South Texas were hoping for Harris to visit them in McAllen or Brownsville.  Maybe Harris did not want to shake hands with Javier Villalobos, the new GOP mayor of McAllen.". . . 

Poll: 57% of Texan Voters Disapprove of Biden's Handling of Border Crisis (breitbart.com)

UT/TT poll: 57% of Texas voters, including nearly 9 in 10 Republicans and 47% of Hispanic voters, disapprove of @joebiden’s handling of border security and immigration https://t.co/V6pgdfSEpE #txlege #tx2022 pic.twitter.com/qZD2g6R0ns

— Evan Smith (@evanasmith) June 28, 2021