Michigan Could Put You in Prison for ‘Misgendering’ –

PJ Media 

 Make no mistake about it: the radical left will keep trying things like this, and if we don’t fight like hell to preserve a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, free speech will be a relic of the past.

Michigan Could Put You in Prison for ‘Misgendering’ – PJ Media  "In Canada “misgendering” an individual is considered a hate crime ever since the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code were amended in 2017 to include “gender identity” and “gender expression” as protected classes. In 2019, a father in British Columbia was found guilty of “family violence” for not referring to his daughter by her preferred pronouns.

"We can’t write this off as Canadian craziness anymore. A recently passed bill in Michigan, HB 4474, seeks to make it a felony to “intimidate” someone by using the “wrong pronouns,” also known as “misgendering.”

"According to the bill, “‘Intimidate’ means a willful course of conduct involving repeated or continuing harassment of another individual that would cause a reasonable individual to feel terrorized, frightened, or threatened, and that actually causes the victim to feel terrorized, frightened, or threatened.”

"The bill does not define harassment but defines gender identity or expression as “having or being perceived as having a gender-related self-identity or expression whether or not associated with an individual’s assigned sex at birth.”

"In other words, the state literally wants to force citizens to “affirm” the gender identity of transgender people. If the bill becomes law and you don’t affirm the gender identity of transgender or non-binary people, you risk a fine of $10,000 or as much as five years in prison.

"Those accused of misgendering people could potentially get their sentence reduced if they submit to woke re-education. The bill states that a sentence can be reduced by no more than 20% if the defendant agrees to community service “intended to enhance the offender’s understanding of the impact of the offense upon the victim and wider community.” . . .

Disney's 'Snow White' Dwarf Changes Are a Lose-Lose Scenario

 Disney is being mocked for changing the "seven dwarfs" in its "Snow White" remake. (insider.com)   

"On Friday, the Daily Mail published set photos from the upcoming live-action remake of Disney's first animated feature film, "Snow White." The photos appeared to show that the new movie had swapped out its seven dwarfs in favor of seven diverse individuals, and mockery quickly ensued." . . .

Woke Businesses Are Starting to Feel the Heat from Consumers and Competitors (townhall.com)   "Numerous prominent corporations have taken big hits to their bottom lines and stock prices this year in the wake of political controversies they have brought on themselves with woke and sexual agendas.

"Leftists used to mock censorship complaints by saying, “Build your own Twitter if you don’t like it!” They are starting to get their sarcastic wish as consumers and investors vote with their pocketbooks against corporate wokeism.

"The Disney corporation’s stock price is down 55 percent from its most recent peak. The company lost nearly $900 million on eight movie box-office bombs between June 2022 and June 2023, American Military News reports. The losers include big franchise items such as Lightyear, Thor: Love and Thunder, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, The Little Mermaid, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

"The independent film Sound of Freedom, by contrast, brought in more than $130 million in its first three weeks after costing a minuscule $14.5 million to produce.

"Disney’s streaming platform Disney+ lost four million subscribers in the first quarter of 2023, after 2.4 million people exited in the last quarter of 2022. These are the first subscriber losses for Disney’s streaming platform, ever. I predict the trend to continue." . . .

Woke Disney: 10 families who are swearing off Disney due to its left-leaning politics | Fox News    . . ."Added Garibay, "It's no longer a safe haven for families to promote good over evil, but rather an environment without a moral compass."

"Garibay also said, "Christians should wake up to the fact that this isn't your grandmother's Disney. In fact," she said, "Disney is now devoted to confusing your children."

"A Tennessee father of a 10-month-old daughter told Fox News Digital, "As a new father, I have decided not to expose my baby to any of Disney's products — anything they stream, or the theme parks. There are so many other wholesome options for her.' " . . .

Highlights of the week - Don Surber (substack.com)

‘Out of control’ fire aboard a massive car-carrier ship spotlights the calamitous consequences of electric vehicles

 Olivia Murray - American Thinker

Are these little “eco-friendly” batteries the catalysts for massive environmental calamities? I’m not a gambler, but if I had to wager, I’d suspect…yes. 

"There were 3,783 vehicles on board, including 498 battery electric vehicles, a Tokyo-based

spokesperson for K Line (Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha), which had chartered the vessel, said."

. . ."Update via CBS News:

The Dutch coast guard said Thursday that the cause of the fire was unclear and that only about 25 of the vehicles on the ship were EVs, but in the audio of an emergency call released by Dutch broadcaster RTL, someone can be heard saying "the fire started in the battery of an electric car."

"Given the details of this specific incident and what we know about EVs, all signs point to the culprit being…an electric vehicle! When EV batteries catch fire, they burn hotter and longer than most fires and the fire is “impossible” to snuff out, so mitigation strategies instead focus on “cooling”  (instead of extinguishing) the vulnerable or burning apparatuses. A prominent blog on fire science gives us the working knowledge of an EV battery blaze:

A high-voltage battery is made up of many cells packed tightly together inside a watertight, fire-resistant box. When a single cell fails, it is essentially a small explosive that produces a tremendous amount of gas and heat (1,200 degrees F) in tenths of a second. The failure is an exothermic chemical reaction that does not require oxygen from the atmosphere to sustain itself. The heat released from each individual cell is transferred to the neighboring cells, which causes them to fail as well.

Once a battery cell fails, it is impossible to extinguish the failed cell as the chemical reaction inside the cell happens far too quickly. The only way to stop a thermal runaway is by directly cooling the cells involved to ensure that the failed cell does not cause the cells around it to also fail.

 Don Surber (substack.com)  "ITEM 2: Tech Crunch reported, “Ford slashes the price of the F-150 Lightning EV pickup.”  Oddly enough, there is not a big market for battery-operated trucks. I bet they are great for hauling Bud Light to Gay Parades and Drag Queen Story Hours."

Maureen Dowd can't seem to figure out who the liar-in-chief is

Jack Hellner - American Thinker  

Anyone who believed the Russian collusion story probably still believes that Biden never talked to Hunter about his business dealings. They must be toting off the same bong as Hunter’s friend and benefactor. 

 "Whenever I see a column in the New York Times by Maureen Dowd, writing about our liar-in-chief, I assume that she is talking about the current commander-in-chief who has been a congenital liar his entire life. The Moment of Truth for Our Liar in Chief. . .

. . ."Would Trump have authorized National Guard troops to the Capitol if he really wanted to overthrow the government? Sadly, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi didn't do her job to secure the Capitol and sadly, the media never cared about the truth.  

A Capitol Police timeline of the days and weeks surrounding Jan. 6 shows former President Donald Trump’s Department of Defense (DOD) offered the National Guard’s assistance in the days leading up to the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol, validating claims from Trump administration officials that were said to be false by liberal fact-checkers.

"Would Trump have told the people at his January 6 rally to march peacefully and patriotically if he wanted the rally to be violent? The media and other Democrats, along with some Republicans, also bury that truth.

"I do not recall the media saying that Democrats wanted to overthrow the government when they challenged the 2000, 2004, and 2016 election and supported riots." . . .

The Left's War On Joy

  American Thinker

Wokeism aims to decrease the human population simply by reducing the joy that makes life livable in a hard world. We must understand and resist.

Life under leftism image by Pixlr AI.

"The average Western household is hardly aware of busybodies’ plans to ban or sabotage convenience appliances, from dishwashers to leaf-blowers. They also don’t know that, for years, the water flow in US showerheads is restricted so that they don’t fully enjoy their showers. In the same way, in Europe, vacuum cleaners are less powerful than required for best performance.

"A recent article in the National Review entitled “The War on Things that Work“ describes a crusade by what the article calls “the Environmentalist Left” against “convenience” and against “things that work”.

"But even more than convenience, the people behind the ungodly and anti-human ideology of Wokeism are after things that we, the humans, crave. “They” are after our joy.

"The justification to reduce joy is often, although not solely, “Climate” or “limited resources,” but this nihilistic ideology invariably seeks and finds the rationale to oppose the things that make humans happy." . . .

Detransitioner Chloe Cole Stuns Congress, This Is 'One of Biggest Medical Scandals' in U.S. History

 RedState

This is madness. Anyone who advocates for this kind of stuff is simply macabre. She also said that her parents were coerced using the latest progressive line, “Would you rather have a dead daughter or a living transgender son?”

"Nineteen-year-old Chloe Cole brought a strong (and heartbreaking) message to Congress Thursday, saying that the so-called “gender-affirming” care she received “ruined” her childhood and has caused lasting negative consequences which she will live with forever. President Biden, along with his transgender Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, has forcefully advocated that such care be given to minors even when the long-term effects of surgeries and hormone treatments are largely unknown.

"What is known, however, is that 15-year-olds who aren’t old enough for a cigarette, a tattoo, a beer, or a driver’s license should not be allowed to opt to disfigure their bodies simply because they’re having complicated adolescent feelings.

"Speaking before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, Cole was harshly critical of the medical establishment and the toll their advice has taken on her life:

I used to believe that I was born in the wrong body. And the adults in my life, whom I trusted, affirmed my belief, and this caused me lifelong, irreversible harm.

I speak to you today as a victim of one of the biggest medical scandals in the history of the United States of America.

I speak to you in the hope that you will have the courage to bring the scandal to an end and ensure that other vulnerable teenagers, children and young adults, don’t go through what I went through.

. . .

US women spark fury with ANOTHER listless rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner at World Cup - as Holland's players proudly sing their anthem with arms wrapped around each other |

  Daily Mail Online  . . ."By comparison, the Dutch team sang proudly to their anthem, Wilhelmus, with the players wrapping their arms around each other before the game began in Wellington, New Zealand.

" 'All 11 Dutch women sang their anthem. Too bad we can't match them,' one fan said on Twitter." . . . 

Holland's team

America's team

America’s biggest problem is ‘poor leadership’: poll

America’s biggest problem is ‘poor leadership’: poll (nypost.com). Not just our President; it is in the silliness that runs across all of government: Newsom of California, the teeny-bopper AOC; Maxine Waters, Chuck Schumer, Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, Mitt Romney and, well...all those scowling Democrats at the State of the Union and at the confirmation of a Republican Supreme Court Justice from Alito on to Kavanaugh.

Reading Winston Churchill's World War Two has shown me how a government of competent people can save a nation from disaster. What the US has for citizens today from our President down to the Women's soccer team and the hordes looting businesses into bankruptcy spells the end of the nation our forefathers gave us. The Tunnel Dweller 

 The biggest Potemkin village nowadays is the pretense that Biden is really in charge of the federal government and national policy. Major media outlets assiduously avoid even recognizing the curtain hiding DC’s actual power brokers. Who is actually making the decisions? NY Post

"For that sake, McConnell should make plans to retire from office, and the GOP leaderships should frankly push him towards that, because clearly his health is on the wane and he doesn't need to take either himself or his party to Dianne Feinstein and Joe Biden levels."

These are the people launching us into WW3 against Putin. pic.twitter.com/u3wifgyLyQ

— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) July 26, 2023

Neurosurgeon I know just texted me in response to the McConnell video saying it’s obvious that McConnell just suffered from an acute stroke.

“You can see it in the eyes. Dead eyes. Forgets where he is and who he is. Cognitive breakdown. Common in stroke patients”

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 26, 2023

 Biden’s pooches remind us of the saying that people and their dogs are alike - American Thinker  . . ."It's also no surprise when the mean neighbor has an aggressive dog that occasionally goes beyond barking and heads straight into biting territory.

"In the White House, the mean neighbor is Joe Biden. After all, Democrats boast about how vicious he is, apparently to show that he’s conscious and he cares:. . ."

OH MY: Jill Biden’s Ex-Husband Reveals How the Vicious Biden Crime Family Has Bullied Him for Years - Says He Wants to Protect Trump (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Cullen Linebarger   . . ."I can’t let them do this to a president that I love and respect. I can’t let them do this to our country. This is why I’ve come forward. This is the only reason I’ve come forward."

The Democrats’ Dilemma: How to Convince Joe Biden to Drop out of the Race - American Thinker    

If the Democrat establishment succeeds in getting Biden to resign or drop out of the race and the choice is between Gavin Newsom and Gretchen Whitmer, Whitmer would, in all likelihood, be the preferred nominee as she will be a formidable presidential candidate pitted against Donald Trump.  But finding a new candidate to replace Joe Biden is the easy part, getting him to resign or drop out of the race without triggering a political firestorm may prove to be far more difficult.

All noticed by the Babylon Bee: Senators Excited Thursday’s Lunch Will Now Include Pudding With Their Strained Peas | Parody    "Members of the Upper House shuffled excitedly down the hall on their way to lunch Thursday after hearing Congressional chefs were prepping something special in addition to their usual meal of strained peas and blended cube steak.

"Oooo! I hear it's chocolate pudding!" exclaimed Senator Dianne Feinstein. "I haven't had chocolate smooshsmosh since Otto von Bismarck made his trek across the Delaware and another thing why are the lights in here so bright and where's Dorothy with my whacking stick…."

"Senator Mitch McConnell was seen padding toward the cafeteria with a sparkle in his eye after hearing about the addition to the meal, which interns call a "big deal" for the aging senators who look forward to little added treats to their standard lunches.

"I sure do   love……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. pudding." Senator McConnell told reporters."

Biden Put Down After Biting Another Baby | Babylon Bee  . . ."He had just become too dangerous and unpredictable," said Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who is black and also gay. "It's a sad day, but we made sure he got to enjoy his favorite things before the end came. Playing ball in the backyard, having his tummy scratched…everything he loved." . . .

Race to salvage sinking cargo ship carrying 3,000 vehicles including 350 Mercedes as it burns out of control in North Sea after fire 'caused by electric car'

  Daily Mail Online   "The race is on to prevent the sinking of a cargo ship off the Dutch coast which is carrying almost 3,000 vehicles, including 350 Mercedes-Benz, as it burns out of control with an electric car believed to be behind the deadly fire.

At least one crew member died and others were injured after fire ripped through the Fremantle Highway, a 18,500-ton car-carrying vessel. Rescue helicopters and boats evacuated 23 crew members from the Panamanian-registered ship.

Officials have said there are 'many' wounded. Some suffered broken bones, burns and breathing problems and were taken to hospitals in the northern Netherlands, emergency officials said." . . .

. . ."Ms Versteeg added that the ship is carrying 2,857 cars, of which 25 are electrical.

"She said this 'made the fire even more difficult. It's not easy to keep that kind of fire under control and even in such a vessel it's not easy.'

"The ship's Japanese owner, Shoei Kisen Kaisha, said it was working in cooperation with the local authorities of the Netherlands, a salvage company and a ship management company."

The bashing of Barack Obama -

 Susan Daniels; American Thinker

He added: "It's no coincidence that these 'banned books' are often written by or feature people of color, indigenous people, and members of the LGBTQ+ community[.]"

. . ."Obama was mocked mercilessly on Twitter.  One commenter questioned how books like Gender Queer improved Obama's life.

"The Daily Wire snapped at Obama with an article by Amanda Harding: "Barack, If you'll sit down and read 'Gender Queer,' then defend making it available to kids, I'll do you the favor of running ads all over the country to let people know.  You'll never do it because you know it would disgust normal people that your party wants kids to read it," Robby Starbuck, a former GOP candidate for Congress in Tennessee, wrote, referencing a book that includes illustrations of same-sex sexual activity.

"The rumor is that pedophile Frank Marshall Davis taught Barack Obama more than any books that Obama is encouraging school libraries to stock on their shelves."

Obama: 'I Make Love to Men Daily'  . . ."Given the admitted bisexuality of Obama's Hawaiian mentor, Frank Marshall Davis, and Obama’s mental indulgence in the same, the honest critic has to think hard about this excerpt from “Pop,” a poem Obama wrote about Davis while in college."

Obama Comes Out Against Parent Attempts To Keep Highly Sexualized “LGBTQ+” Books Out Schools, Calls It “Banning” (legalinsurrection.com)

These are the books he’s talking about pic.twitter.com/DRthIVhLw2

— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) July 17, 2023

Watch the United States’ National Anthem play for their first match | 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup™

US women’s team refuse to sing national anthem before World Cup draw with Netherlands (yahoo.com)

The most stinging rebuke came from prominent journalist and media personality, Megyn Kelly, who said before the reigning champions’ second game of this World Cup, that they were damaging the country with their behaviour.

Megan Rapinoe doing her "look at me everyone" schtick

U.S. women’s soccer blasted for anthem stance

 U.S. women’s soccer blasted for anthem stance (msn.com)

"The United States Women’s National Team started off the 2023 Women’s World Cup with a 3-0 win over Vietnam. But they also created controversy over their national anthem stance in the process. During the pre-match ceremony, the United States national anthem played over the stadium speakers in Auckland, New Zealand.

"But as it played, the majority of the players on the team chose not to sing the national anthem or put their right hands over their hearts for the playing of the song. A Newsweek report found that most of the U.S. women’s soccer team remained silent during the national anthem, with their fists behind their backs. Only five players placed their hands over their hearts, and only three of the starting 11 sang along.

"Because of this, the women’s team has been subject to criticism and has drawn the ire of many in the media, including Megyn Kelly, who ripped their actions as “disgusting.” Kelly addressed this on her SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Show on Monday and absolutely tore into the team." . . .

Tom Brady delivers message to U.S. women’s soccer team - pennlive.com

FOX Soccer on Twitter: " FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, VIETNAM'S NATIONAL ANTHEM IS PLAYED AT THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP! We gave them what they wanted: Democrat-controlled government, Biden as President; open borders to all, good and bad; why do they still make a production out of their self-proclaimed distaste for this nation? TD

"Reason #242 why nobody wants to watch U.S. female soccer; most players on the team hate their own country. If you hate your own country so much, why not renounce your citizenship and move elsewhere? Loving one’s country goes beyond politics and social issues, a fact sorely missed by these narcissistic activists."

"We were rooting for Vietnam. Sorry they lost."

Tiến Quân Ca 🎶

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, VIETNAM'S NATIONAL ANTHEM IS PLAYED AT THE FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP! 🇻🇳 pic.twitter.com/gflhypkC0r

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) July 22, 2023

People furious as U.S. women's team refuses to sing national anthem (nextimpulsesports.com)

. . ."This isn’t necessarily a new decision, either. Several players chose to remain silent during the national anthem in 2019 as superstar Megan Rapinoe told Yahoo! Sports that she was probably never going to sing the national anthem again due to racial injustice and systematic oppression in the United States." . . .