That’s A Shame month

Don Surber (substack.com)

. . ."Which is, of course, about time because the LGBT crowd has gotten away with bullying people for years. It takes someone with courage to stand up. JK Rowling did." . . .

"June 2024 is turning out to be That’s A Shame month for the LGBT crowd, especially the T-girls. Will Thomas who calls himself Lia got kicked out of the Olympics and Biden’s use of federal funding to force girls to give their sports trophies to boys in drag got kicked out of 10 states.

"Biden used Title IX funding — which is supposed to help women in college — to coerce colleges to accept T-girls as women. It’s a Mafia muscle move. Or maybe it is the Mafia that uses the federal government as a role model. Either way, Speak Softly Love.

NYT reported:

"A federal judge on Monday blocked the Biden administration’s new Title IX regulations in six more states as Republicans and conservative groups try to overturn a policy that expanded protections for LGBT students.

"In a 93-page opinion, Judge Danny C. Reeves of the Eastern District of Kentucky ruled that the Education Department had overreached in expanding the definition of “sex” to include gender identity.

"Judge Reeves halted the regulations in Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Virginia and West Virginia just days after a federal judge made a similar ruling for Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana and Idaho.

"Title IX, which was passed in 1972, prohibits sex discrimination in educational programs that receive federal funding. The new regulations broadened the scope of the law to prohibit unequal treatment of pregnant students and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

"The Indiana Capital Chronicle got to the heart of the matter in its headline, “U.S. judge blocks Biden Title IX rules, says ‘sex,’ ‘gender identity’ not the same thing.”

"So just as the ATF decided that bump stocks are machine guns, Biden decided drag queens are women. Boy will Sam Alito have fun ripping this proposal into tiny pieces." . . .

"On June 6, 2020, Rowling retweeted an op-ed piece that discussed “people who menstruate,” apparently taking issue with the fact that the story did not use the word women. “‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?” she wrote. How dare she mock them!"

The Looney Tunes left took another hit this week when Brittney Griner, the only WNBA player anyone heard of, stood for the national anthem. It was her first game back since her little, um, vacation last year. Her protest for social justice ended when she got a 10-month taste of Russian justice, comrade. 

When Will The Ministry Of Truth Shut Down The Lyin’ Biden Ads?

  Issues & Insights (issuesinsights.com)  

Liars are going to lie, and there are no liars like Joe Biden’s Democratic Party of 2024. It’s as if the Disinformation Governance Board were still in business and was dishing out lies rather than exposing them. But then that is exactly what it was designed to do. 

 "President Joe Biden’s reelection ad campaign contains a boatload of misinformation and disinformation. Will the censors shut it down? Will the media alert their readers and viewers to the falsehoods? We all know the answers to those questions.

"The political left is obsessed with shutting down any speech that doesn’t agree with its narrative. And it has successes to show for it. The Twitter files are the preeminent example. There exists a censorship-industrial complex, “a state-sponsored system targeting ‘disinformation,’” says journalist Matt Taibbi, who had access to the Twitter files, that strike “at the essence of the right to free speech.”

"Hardly two years ago, and just a little more than a year into one of the worst administrations in U.S. history, the Biden White House created a Disinformation Governance Board. Its mission was to do the “critical work across several administrations” of addressing “disinformation that threatens the security of our country,” which meant punishing speech the Democrats don’t want the public to hear.

"It didn’t last long. In less than four months it was dissolved. Turns out that people didn’t trust it. Many instinctively knew that its real mission was to censor political opponents and the free expression of private citizens who don’t hold the “correct” opinions and beliefs.

"It would have also been good cover for the Democrats’ incessant lying, recently manifesting itself in the Biden campaign ads. Following is some of the inflammatory, and intentionally misleading, content from those ads, followed by the facts.

“ 'If I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath. … It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country.”

"Trump said those words. It’s true. But he wasn’t threatening violence if he loses. Listen to the entire passage, not just a couple of sentences cherry picked by dishonest apparatchiks, and it’s clear he’s talking about the U.S. auto industry being harmed by foreign competition. While we don’t agree with Trump’s proposal to place tariffs on imports, honesty about what he said is still important." . . .

Leftist MSNBC Contributor's Claim that a 'Feeble' Trump Was Guided Off Stage During Rally Blows Up in His Face

 

RealityBites by Broc Smith

MEDIA FAIL: Leftist MSNBC Contributor's Claim that a 'Feeble' Trump Was Guided Off Stage During Rally Blows Up in His Face After Footage Emerges Exposing the Truth (VIDEO)   . . ."Now, some are also trying to suggest that President Trump, not Biden, is actually the one with mental problems. Brian Tyler Cohen, an MSNBC “News” contributor and podcast host of an ironically named show called “No Lie,” decided to gaslight America by sharing a photo yesterday that he claims shows Trump being escorted off the stage.

"The incident supposedly occurred during a Trump rally in Hialeah, Florida, in November 2023.

" 'Here is a photo of Trump having to hold someone’s hand to guide him off stage,” Cohen wrote. “I’m sure this will get just as much coverage as the daily “BiDeN oLd” story gets.”. . .

. . ."But then a video emerged showing what actually happened. It turns out Trump was shaking hands with his eldest son, Don Jr., before exiting the stage without assistance." . . .

"If this is the best left-wingers can do to smear Trump as physically and mentally unable to handle another term as President, Americans have nothing to worry about. Biden, of course, is a far different story."

MSNBC, you recall, is the home of Joy "Racism" Reid, Ali "Fiery but mostly peaceful" Velshi. and  Fake News Fabulist, Rachael Maddow.

WATCH: Fox’s @GregGutfeld calls out liberal media over claims from White House that Biden videos are ‘cheap fakes’: "Where were these anti-hoaxers in the ‘fine people hoax’, the ‘drinking bleach hoax’, the ‘koi pond hoax’, the ‘migrant kids in cages hoax’, the ‘border patrol… pic.twitter.com/LmnygWM4kW

— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) June 18, 2024

Some translation required | Power Line   "President Biden met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office yesterday. The White House has posted a brief readout of the meeting. NATO News has posted a five-minute video of Biden’s and Stoltenberg’s public statements here on YouTube. Biden read from the usual cards his staff prepares to orient him in space and time.

"This is entirely my reconstruction of the background to the RNC Research video clip below. I take it that the press was ushered into the Oval Office for a quick peek before Biden met privately with Stoltenberg. Biden mocked the reporters shouting questions with a childish outburst of gibberish. He found himself amusing. He nevertheless frequently falls into such gibberish without trying to be funny.

"Is this any way for Biden to treat a core group of supporters? Or is this another instance of Biden reaching the seventh age of man described by Jaques in As You Like It — “second childishness and mere oblivion…”?

Israel Gave Work Permits, While Palestinians Planned Oct. 7 Massacre

 Gatestone Institute But the people of Gaza chose Hamas when they had the chance to vote for someone else. TD  Or did they? Explainer: Was Hamas Elected by a Majority of Palestinians in Gaza? (yahoo.com)

. . ."Now, Palestinians can blame Hamas not only for dragging them into a disastrous war with Israel, but also for having left tens of thousands of families jobless in the wake of their loss of permits to work in Israel." . . .

• Prior to the October 7 massacre, more than 170,000 Palestinians were working in Israel, constituting an important source of income for the Palestinian economy.... The Palestinians from the Gaza Strip who were permitted to work in Israel received many of the same rights as Israeli workers, including health insurance and pension plans.

• "I will be able to earn about $120 dollars a day [in Israel], while I cannot even earn $250 dollars a month in Gaza. Due to the difficult political and economic conditions, the people of the Gaza Strip suffer greatly from poverty and are unable to build a future for their children like their parents." — Mohammed Kamal, a 38-year-old father of four from the Gaza Strip, newarab.com, March 24, 2022.

• It appears that the murderers and rapists from the Gaza Strip saw Israel's goodwill gestures as an indication of Israel's weakness. In addition, they apparently saw the controversy in Israel surrounding the Israeli government's judicial reform plan as a sign that Israel had become extremely weak, especially when anti-government protesters threatened to boycott military reserve service.

• The October 7 atrocities serve as a reminder that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not about improving the living conditions of the Palestinians or strengthening their economy. Instead, the conflict is about the desire of the majority of Palestinians to slaughter Jews and destroy Israel.

• Pre-and post-October 7 public opinion polls have consistently demonstrated that the majority of Palestinians back Hamas and believe that the atrocities committed on that day were "correct."

• Now, Palestinians can blame Hamas not only for dragging them into a disastrous war with Israel, but also for having left tens of thousands of families jobless in the wake of their loss of permits to work in Israel.

• Instead of brainwashing and indoctrinating their people against Israel and Jews, Palestinian leaders need to be required to focus on creating job opportunities and boosting the Palestinian economy, which the flow of international handouts have relieved them from doing." . . .

How 'Let's go Brandon' became an anti-Biden conservative heckle

 BBC (bbc.com)

. . ."The meme feeds into several long-running beliefs in conservative circles - that liberals are snowflakes who get offended at things quickly and that so-called liberal media will censor all criticism of Biden," Amarasingam says." . . .

"The phrase was spotted on T-shirts as well as a banner pulled by a plane at Donald Trump's rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Saturday. It's a recurring meme on right-wing social media websites.

"Fans chanted it at college football games last weekend in Texas and Mississippi.

Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz mentioned it on a conservative podcast, calling it "one of the funniest things I've ever seen".

"But what does it mean?

"In short, it's an insult directed at Democratic President Joe Biden - and a way for conservatives to thumb their noses at what they see as liberal bias in the mainstream media.

"It all started at the end of a televised Nascar stock car race in Talladega, Alabama, on 2 October. NBC reporter Kelli Stavast was interviewing the winner, driver Brandon Brown, when members of the crowd in the grandstand behind them began chanting an obscenity directed at the president.

"The vulgar word directed at Joe Biden was clearly picked up on the broadcast's audio.

"Whether by mistake or as an intentional attempt to deflect from the swearing on live television, Ms Stavast told Mr Brown that the crowd was cheering him on with chants of "Let's go, Brandon".

"The conservative social media ecosystem quickly latched onto the moment.

"Obscene chants directed at the president have been a recurring theme at conservative gatherings and sporting events in recent months, so the "Brandon" line became a tongue-in-cheek way of evading media censorship and public sensibilities - while still getting the point across to those in the know."

Here it is, though one regrets the repeated use of God's name by Brandon. TD

Gavin Newsom Wants to Be an Emperor - He wants power, power, and more power.

  The American Spectator | USA News and Politics   

"Newsom is determined to become president and transform America in the image of California. He still hopes he will get his chance this cycle. That could happen, as, by the day, Biden’s cognitive decline appears worse and worse." . . .

. . ."This is who Gavin Newsom wants to be: a man who so shapes the course of history that citizens see him as the god-like creator of the world they live in. As former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who authored the foreword for my book, explained, “Newsom cloaks a selfish agenda beneath a false compassion for the marginalized and underprivileged.”

"Newsom, ever-ambitious and ever-desirous of being at the forefront of societal progress, has already found incredible success at leading America in his chosen direction.

"Newsom ignited the gay marriage revolution. He began the COVID lockdown insanity. He duped America into marijuana legalization. He launched a soft-on-crime regime. He led the way on an endlessly generous homelessness strategy. And he spearheaded the radical sex education that has overtaken America’s schools.

"You can see Newsom’s ambition to be the man to shape history reflected in his style of governance. He operates through actions that push the boundaries of leftist ideology. Consider his announcements of two years of free college for all Californians, free healthcare for all illegal immigrants, and a moratorium on gasoline-powered vehicles after 2035. He also performs grandiose stunts that elevate his national profile, such as his pro-abortion billboard campaign, his tour of red states, and his debate with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

"Throughout his political career, Newsom’s driving desire for power has been present to an embarrassing degree. All the way back in 1998, he told the San Francisco Chronicle that he was thinking of running for president some day. “If you’re in politics and you want to make an impact,” he said, “you should be as successful as possible and the most influential position is president.” Additionally, during Newsom’s time as lieutenant governor, it was an open secret that Newsom cared only for using the job to become governor." . . .

Here comes the old "As I wrote in my book" bit:  

"Therefore, it is crucial that we know our enemy. Luckily, this enemy has many skeletons in his closet. His hidden past is so troubling that, if Americans knew the truth, they would oppose having him anywhere near the White House.

"To truly grasp the shocking extent to which this is true, read Newsom Unleashed: The Progressive Lust for Unbridled Power."

12 Leaked Questions From CNN’s Upcoming Presidential Debate : Parody

 

AfterMath

Babylon Bee  "With the first 2024 presidential debate right around the corner, the public is eager to find out what topics will be covered and what questions the CNN moderators will ask the candidates.

1. "Fortunately, The Babylon Bee has obtained the following leaked list of debate questions for the upcoming CNN presidential debate:
2. "Which of President Trump's crimes should he be executed for?": With so many to choose from, this will be an important opportunity for each candidate to show wisdom.
3. "Are you a convicted felon?": Only candidates who answer "no" will be allowed to stay in the race.
4. "If you were on a boat with a giant battery and the boat started to sink and there were sharks in the water, would you stay on the boat and risk electrocution or jump in the water and risk a shark attack?": Just like Abraham Lincoln and John Breckinridge were asked in 1860.
5. "Please demonstrate your fitness for being president by standing perfectly still with your arms stiffly to the side and staring blankly ahead.": Biden has reportedly been practicing his response to this question for years.
6. "What's the most illegal thing you've ever done, and don't worry, you totally won't be indicted for it?": Clearly an unbiased question intended to illicit honest and relatable answers and not in any way a trap for any specific candidate.
7. "Mr. Trump, why are you such a loser?": The voters deserve to know.
8. "How many Pearl Harbors and 9/11s does it take to equal one Jan 6?": A simple mathematical question that will establish the gravity of the worst day in human history.
9. "On a scale of 1 to 10, rate your daughter.": Only the creepiest of answers will suffice.
10. "Who shot first, Han or Greedo?": One of the most important questions of our time.
11. "This question is for Trump. Why are you the literal personification of evil on planet Earth?": Any professional journalistic organization would ask this question.
12. "Follow-up question for Biden. How ya doin' pal?": Elected officials have to face tough questions.
13. "President Biden? Hello? Can you hear us, sir?": Quick, cut to a commercial break! Here's a word from our sponsors!  

"If the questions above are any indication, the nation is in for the most fair and impartial presidential debate of all time."

New Debate Rule Allows Moderators To Zap Trump With Giant Cattle Prods Anytime They Feel Like It | Babylon Bee

Germans -- Even During the Hitler Era -- Were a Better People Than the Palestinians

 Dennis Prager (jewishworldreview.com)

"To be "pro-Palestinian" today means being pro-Hamas just as to be "pro-German" during World War II was the same as being pro-Nazi. The only difference is that the Germans as a whole were a better people than the Palestinians. If you support the Palestinians, you should know whom you support."

Hitler hosts Grand Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini in 1941 in Germany.

"Immediately after the burnings, rapes, mutilations and murders of Jews on Oct. 7, I was not alone in noting the one moral difference between Hamas and the Nazis: The Nazis tried to hide their crimes against the Jews from the German people (and the world) while Hamas proudly publicized their crimes against the Jews to the Palestinian people (and didn't mind that the world would inevitably see them bragging about killing Jews). In addition to videoing their atrocities, Hamas paraded captured Jews — dead and alive, clothed and naked — in front of cheering Palestinian crowds in Gaza.

"This leads to a sobering realization.

"Hamas boasting to their fellow Palestinians about what they did to Jews while the Nazis tried to hide what they did from fellow Germans means there is not only a moral difference between Hamas and the Nazis but a moral difference between the German people during the Nazi era and the Palestinian people today — and for nearly the last hundred years.

"Morally speaking, it would be difficult to name a less impressive people than the Palestinians over the past century. For those who do not understand that a generalization means, by definition, that there are exceptions, I should note that there are and have always been noble Palestinian individuals. But the cumulative Palestinian record of evil over the last century has few peers.

"Let's begin in the 1940s.[1]

"The leading Palestinian religious leader in the early 1940s, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, was a major supporter of the Nazis and their extermination campaign against the Jews." . . .

Muslim members of the Waffen-SS 13th division at prayer during their training in Germany, 1943 - Rare Historical Photos

. . ."Initially, only Nordic volunteers were accepted, but as the war progressed, and manpower shortages became more acute, the Germans began to broaden their definition of “acceptable races” to encompass just about every race except Africans and Jews." . . .

"Muslim adjacents" will do just fine! ‘Miserable little doom goblin’ Greta Thunberg ditches climate activism for Palestine protests | Sky News Australia   "Greta Thunberg has ditched climate activism for pro-Palestine activism, hopping on the latest woke bandwagon with her posse of professional protesters."

"No climate justice in occupied lands!" They had to work to get every cause into one chant.

Dear World: Yes, everyone is wrong and Israel alone is right

 Ronn Torossian - American Thinker

Dear World: Yes, Everyone is Wrong and We Alone Are Right. We Are The Jewish people. We will keep doing what is best for us and that’s all. Live with it -- or don’t. 

. . ."This week, Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said “no” to a proposal that France, the United States, and Israel would form a contact group to work on defusing escalating tensions with Hezb’allah on the northern border. As Gallant said, “As we fight a just war, defending our people. France has adopted hostile policies against Israel. In doing so, France ignores the atrocities committed by Hamas against Israeli children, women, and men. Israel will not be a party to the trilateral framework proposed by France.”

"Rightfully, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently said, “If Israel has to stand alone, we will stand alone. If we need to, we will fight with our fingernails. But we have much more than our fingernails.”

"The reality is that Israel is at odds with much of the world as Jews are in danger worldwide -- and as American and western interests are in great danger worldwide.

"The U.S. is delusional when lecturing Israel on a two-state solution. There is no support in Israel for a two-state solution, we have no one to talk to and we have compromised more than enough. Gaza in 2005 was a compromise for peace, which resulted in October 7th. Now, we are asked to compromise again and reward the attacks of 10/7. Won’t happen in this independent Jewish state.

"Israel knows we have to sometimes fight alone, as history has shown us. The reality is that Israel and the Jewish people have throughout history had hardship." . . .

"Proportionality' sucks and so do its adherants  . . ."Regarding the current war: In no wars other than those involving Israel does the world impose a standard of civilian-death 'proportionality.' In other words, "Israel is the only nation on earth that is tasked with protecting its own people and its enemies." . . .

Another Fast Food Chain Is in Serious Trouble

 

Another Fast Food Chain Is in Serious Trouble – Stephen Green    . . ."EYM Group owns and operates 144 Pizza Hut locations in Indiana, Illinois, Georgia, South Carolina, and Wisconsin but owes millions in franchise fees to Yum Brands. All the Indiana locations were boarded up on Friday of last week, and the Daily Mail reported today that the remaining 129 restaurants "across Illinois, Georgia, South Carolina and Wisconsin are on the brink of shutting as part of the dispute."

"How EYM and Yum Brands got here is one of those stories they'll tell for years to business masters students as a lesson on What Not to Do.

"Based in Texas, EYM ended up owing millions to Yum for a number of reasons, including inflation jacking up food costs faster than EYM could boost prices on increasingly cost-conscious diners. But Pizza Hut's problems run back much further than Bidenflation. 

"Yum was showing patience with EYM, giving them extra time to pay their overdue franchise fees. But EYM sued corporate last March for breach of contract — basically, for failing to deliver a competitive product for franchisees to sell. According to the suit, Pizza Hut has "not kept up with the heavy competition from its competitors, Dominos, Little Caesars."

"Another complaint was that "In recent years, the best Pizza Hut managed to do is change the cheese in its stuffed crust from mozzarella to cheddar or trot out an occasional, ill-fated appetizer liked the Philly steak melt."

"Yum countersued EYM earlier this month. And for its part, Pizza Hut said, "The company is working to transition these locations and expects many of them will reopen soon," and claims they'll do the same if and when the other 139 EYM restaurants close.

Recommended: Guess How Many High-Speed Internet Connections Biden Built With $42.45 billion

West Coast Messed Coast™: LA Crazies Claim ‘No U-Turn’ Signs Are Anti-LGBTQ

 

Catherine Salgado – PJ Media  . . ."In the latest example of first-world imaginary problems triggering mentally unstable leftists, I give you: homophobic u-turn signs!

LA City just took down a couple “no U-turn” traffic signs in Silver Lake, California because the signs are anti-LGBTQ.

You literally can’t make this up. Beyond parody. pic.twitter.com/5EaukBlCIi

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 14, 2024

"Yes, you read that right. Activists in a Los Angeles neighborhood succeeded in getting the city council to remove “no u-turn” signs by claiming they were intended to be anti-LGBTQ. You see, City Councilperself (or whatever the incorrect terminology is) Hugo Soto-Martinez claims, “‘No U-Turn’ Signs were installed with ‘No Cruising’ signs in Silver Lake in 1997 to target and persecute the LGBTQ+ community.” So apparently homosexuals eagerly questing about neighborhoods for a sex partner to cuddle up with and watch The Acolyte are being prevented by eeevil traffic signs.

 . . ."California isn’t the only West Coast state with an idiotic move this week about sodomites and street signs — or, rather, street murals. If you’re a woke leftist activist, you can burn down cities, deface valuable historic statues, and storm Capitol buildings with impunity. But in Washington, three teens who dared to leave scuff marks on a Pride Month crosswalk could be going to jail for several years. Boys and girls, our word of the day is “Orwellian.”

Below is the Washington Times account of this dastardly outrage in Spokane, Washington:

If King Theoden were a Democrat: pic.twitter.com/QazXE95Eow

— Catherine Salgado (@CatSalgado32) June 15, 2024

The California Exodus May Be Just Beginning

 Stephen Green – PJ Media  "Will the last person to leave California please turn off the lights? Assuming they aren't in the middle of one of California's increasingly frequent brownouts, that is.

"Relocation firm moveBuddha looked at searches for 100,000 moves just this year, and five of the top ten were people looking to get out of the Golden State for almost anywhere else. "5 of the top 10 exit metros are in California, the firm reported on Monday. "Los Angeles has the highest interest in outbound moves, with 42% more outbound inquiries than runner-up San Francisco. Per capita, the prize goes to San Francisco.". . .

. . ."I hit U-Haul's website to price the 26-foot truck a family would need to move a three- or four-bedroom house from one city to another. Tech workers leaving the Bay Area often end up in Austin, Texas, so that's the route I priced. U-Haul charges $5,040 for the trip east. But if you're a brave and/or confused soul looking to move from Austin to San Francisco, that same 26-foot truck will set you back just $2,514.

"People will pay big bucks to leave California because it's worth it."

So sad; California was beautiful beyond measure in all respects when I first moved there in 1961 after discharge. TD