Another reason to send your kids to private school

Another reason to send your kids to private school or home school. California bill to ban schools from expelling disruptive students close to becoming law.

A great American, David Koch, passed away. He was hated by liberals, unjustifiably. Stilton's Place commented on one of these liberals and listed some of David's contributions.

Volcanologists are disputing historic eruptions, including the 1786 one at Mount Shasta.

The Omega Centauri globular star cluster has about 10,000,000 stars.

The first crime in space. An astronaut is accessing another person's bank account from the space station.

Tourists have beeb alerted to mysterious rolling balls of poop in Great Smoky Mountains. Read the story of the Dung Beetles. For extra credit, watch the video.

Who knew how much money there was in video games. This five-man team each took home more money than Tiger Woods got for winning the Masters.

The interesting history of the discovery of Lithium for Bipolar Disorder.

The reliably liberal Columbia Journalism Review published an editorial by Bernie Sanders on how to fix journalism.  After a general criticism of Trump, he proposes a solution which reflects his limited understanding of economics.

This is kind of surprising. Despite efforts toward diversity, minorities who "whiten" their resumes are twice as likely to get called in for an interview.

Here's an interesting interview for people who live in California: what will happen if the "big one" hits on the San Andreas Fault.

We're running out of helium; how will we fill those balloons at parties? Fortunately, a couple of guys found a big supply in Tanzania.

This baby space shuttle just broke a record by orbiting for 719 days doing what nobody is saying.

They opened the first COSTCO in China and the influx of shoppers overwhelmed the store. The chickens were popular.

Trump admin pushes religious protections for contractors, incurs LGBTQ wrath.

The Polar Star icebreaker is wearing out.

Does the future of health care include trips to Cancun?

Reportedly, the last 16 years of temperature measurement show no global warming.

Opinion: Red-light cameras undermine rule of law. But do they make things safer?

"The U.S. Air Force Blue" is a song composed in 1957 as an advertising jingle for recruiting ads. It became so popular that an  unsuccessful effort was made to replace the Air Force theme song. Click on the link in this article to hear and see the commercial featuring the song.

Recycling is dying because of economics. Recycling household waste never really made sense anyway, and finally the business model is failing.

The Babylon Bee takes on Christian Bible-reading habits.  The Bee has been having a little spat with Snopes, the alleged fact-checking web site that always favors liberal sources. Snopes has been fact-checking the Bee, which of course is pure satire. Here's how the Bee responded.

Something that reads like it came from the Babylon Bee: a FAQ about Christianity for the non-believer.

Things are getting worse in San Francisco. Some people are giving up and moving to Austin.

Sometimes even Bill Maher is right. Here he talks about Trump derangement syndrome.

When Trump made statements about problems in Baltimore, Nancy Pelosi accused Trump's son-in-law of being a slumlord. Here is a rebuttal to Pelosi's slur.

Dilbert took on global warming, as seen below. The climate scientist in the cartoon even looks like Michael Mann, inventor of the hockey stick temperature chart.

Green Energy Movie

Michael Moore has a new documentary that you will hear more about: ‘Planet of the Humans’. It's about green energy and the theme seems to be that green energy is a false promise. The film doesn't have distribution yet, so it may never make it to theatres. Naturally, since it's Michael Moore, it has an anti-corporation theme.

Allahpundit is prepared to listen to any and all conspiracies about the death of Jeffery Epstein.

Lindsey Graham explains to reporters why he needs an AR-15.

John McWhorter "We were lied to about what happened in Ferguson" and why it matters.

The founder of Accuweather says that the "record" heat waves are not new.

What is the greatest Christian book of all time? The Emerging Scholars Network started with 64 nominations and narrowed it down to one. View the tournament bracket here.

The Curiosity Rover stumbled onto a sedimentary rock on Mars. Sedimentary rocks have layers deposited by water or wind. That little machine has been running around Mars for seven years now.

Apparently Galileo toned down his theory that the earth orbited around the sun in an effort to stay out of trouble with the Pope. Scroll down to the timeline.

You can buy a small, solar-powered house from Amazon, only $24,000.

Who couldn't figure out that this was going to be a bad idea?  US Navy going to ditch touch screens in favor of physical throttles on ships.

The Democrat Party candidates with their wrongheaded opinions about global warming.

Victor Davis Hanson takes on Tucker Carlson and why the left hates him.

A hailstone almost 5-inches diameter set a new record for Colorado, but the biggest was 8-inches in South Dakota.

One way to reduce mass shootings: eliminate "gun free" zones.

The teachers union

The California teachers union spent $4M lobbying against charter schools.  And how about this hypocrisy: “All of this is to ensure that all students have a quality school and a quality education”.

The United States has the most generous immigration policies in the world.

Mosquitos are not just annoying, they changed everything in history.

Joe Biden has a little corruption problem that may come out if he gets the nomination.

While you were watching the Democrat debates, Mitch McConnell rammed through more judges.

Ridgecrest, California, roughly 154 miles from the Los Angeles area, experienced powerful earthquakes on July 4th and 5th, 2019. Here is a cool video of the surface rupture.

There's some debate in the Air Force between retiring the A-10 Warthog, a terrific ground support fighter (which works very well and is loved by the soldiers on the ground) and using one of the fancy new high tech fighters instead.  Now the Air Force is looking at something a little more down to earth, a turbine-powered supplemental fighter.

A little pushback against global warming frenzy, especially at the human cost.

Renewable energy has a problem with its need for carbon burning fuels. This article has some interesting graphs about how much energy actually comes from renewables.

The liberals are afraid of the Babylon Bee because they can't withstand humor. It reveals their foibles. Here's the Bee's fun take on global warming.

Is the NYT subject to the whims of the Democrat presidential candidates? They got the Times to change the front-page headline.

Basketball player uses girlfriend's urine to fake drug test, finds out he's pregnant

Here's something that's not a surprise: New York's $15 minimum wage is forcing businesses to cut hours, reduce hiring, even closing down.

Disgraced former FBI agent Peter Strzok sues to get his job back -- With back pay

I just went back to my facebook photos and scrolled through them. There is some really good stuff there from over the years. Keep clicking through.

Can't we all get along

It is hard for half the country to feel much sympathy for the Left that sowed the wind and are reaping an ever growing whirlwind. The usual insightful commentary by Victor Davis Hanson. Read the whole thing.

Here's an interesting article in Nature debunking racial stereotypes in science.  It would be interesting to read the book, but the author is clearly wrong on some issues.

The new F-35 joint strike fighter isn't very good at its job.

Taking a cue from Obama, Elizabeth Warren’s single-payer strategy involves not telling voters the truth.

The Nordic countries so enamored by the Socialists depend on taxing the middle class, not the rich.

Here's Orkin's list of the most rat invested cities in the US.

Why are there so many tornadoes in Tornado Alley?

The scientist-spy who spilt secrets of the bomb: Frank Close’s chronicle of atomic physicist Klaus Fuchs and his betrayal.

A very nice collection of photos of whales.

Here's a really stupid quote from California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra about the Garlic Festival shooter: "The investigation may determine that the gunman broke a law by purchasing the weapon in Nevada and bringing it into the state. "That weapon could not be sold in California. That weapon cannot be imported into the state of California," he said. "There is a very strong likelihood, as we develop the evidence, that the perpetrator in this particular case, violated California law, on top of the crimes of homicide."

The rich and famous hypocrites are flying 114 private jets to a conference with a global warming theme.

The most expensive Navy ship ever built can't be deployed because the elevators don't work.

It probably won't surprise you to hear that the minimum wage is not about helping the poor.

Fact checks are generally about liberals fact-checking conservatives. The Washington Post only fact checks Republicans, ignoring Democrat mis-statements.

Here's another example of the decline in liberal education. Middlebury College is offering courses on zombies, misogyny, masculinity.

The Europeans are learning that they have a problem with what to do with returning Moslem terrorists.

Did you know it might be racially insensitive to hose poop off the city sidewalks?

Here's some background on Comey's misdeeds regarding Trump.

Mueller's Testimony

Here's a report on the Mueller testimony; it didn't go as well as the Democrats were hoping. Chris Wallace says "Mueller's testimony has been a disaster for the Democrats." And it's not just the conservatives; liberal CNN commentator Toobin says the testimony was a wall-to-wall failure for the Democrats. When you've lost CNN....

There are some reports that the Republican's knew ahead of time that Mueller wasn't up to his previous standards.  Victor Davis Hanson says the "Befuddled Mueller confirmed he was a figurehead."

The reliably liberal Rachel Maddow of MSNBC says we need to hear from the people who actually did the work, since Mueller wasn't even familiar with its contents.  More commentary here on who really did the work.

The NYT is hinting that Arron Zebley actually ran the investigation. Here's the NYT article.

To wrap up, I recommend Scott Adams analysis of the Muller testimony. Scott Adams, Dilbert cartoonist, is one of the most insightful commentators around.

The governor of Texas has signed a bill making it illegal for government organizations to discriminate against Chick-fil-a.  This article has a pretty good roundup of why this restaurant chain (the third largest in the nation, after McDonalds and Starbucks) is so unpopular with the LGBTQ community.

These academics are trying to figure out why grades are going up while graduation rates are going down. Is college getting too easy?  I'm sure that dumbing down the humanities has something to do with it.

Everything you wanted to know about the apple business, and the excitement over the Cosmic Crisp.

People are moving out of California because of high taxes and home prices.

Interesting stuff from NASA on how much the recent earthquake moved the earth.

A media outlet finally notices the Epstein-Clinton relationship, Of course, we still hear nothing on the major networks.

Weekly roundup of news

Here's a fun article about the alleged economically deprived Democrat candidates.

Here's a fun article about how Trump's use of Twitter is interfering with the Democrats ability to keep their lies straight.

Rachel Workman attended the Royal School of Mines from 1909 – 1912 (the first woman to do so). Her life experiences dealing with a male dominated profession make interesting reading.

You probably saw Trump on TV saying he had a falling out with Epstein several years ago. Epstein was banned from Mar a Lago because he assaulted a girl there.  Even so, the media is working hard to connect Epstein and Trump, ignoring the connection with Clinton who took many trips to Epstein's island on the Lolita Express.

Do you wonder about those new drugs you see on TV? Turns out that most of them provide no benefit.

A new book says that the Trump team held back damaging information during the Kavanaugh hearings.

A really good women's soccer player dropped off the team because she wouldn't wear a jersey with a rainbow flag.  Here's some follow up from the goalie.

This Finnish study found no evidence of man-made global warming. Read the paper here.

The Palestinian problem will be solved by demographics.

A man who understands women.

Here's a roundup of some government jobs that pay a lot for nothing of substance.

In Sacramento County, it's illegal to work on your own car in your own garage.

A funny story about a millennial writer who has her own take on spelling.

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