ICYMI: Today’s blacklisted American: YouTube blacklists group exposing Chinese genocide in its Xinjiang region.

WHY DOES ISRAEL RECEIVE SUCH DISPROPORTIONATE ATTENTION, AND CRITICISM?: Israel’s Critics are Repulsed by Jewish Sovereignty and Military Power.

The most important conclusion from all this is that criticism of Israel’s use of military force cannot easily be reduced by Israel “behaving” differently. It’s not how Israel uses force that is the primary source of criticism, but ideologically based repulsion at Jews collectively exercising military power via their sovereign state, at all. This is why, in my experience, when critics of Israel claim that Israel is using “disproportionate” force, one can never pin down what level of force these critics would accept. If the IDF’s very existence is repulsive to them, and Israel is deemed inherently illegitimate, no amount of force can be acceptable.

I’M GONNA GET ME A BEER (CONT’D):

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Surprise — Teachers’ Unions Are Showing Their Evil Again. “I don’t think that the Republicans consciously turned away from school choice, but somewhere along the line, it dropped way down on the party’s list of priorities. As I said earlier, it’s a winning issue that has broad support when you’re not talking to a teachers’ union flack or one of the Democrats the unions have in their pockets. Republicans have been talking about minority outreach for years and school choice is perhaps the best way to do that.”

SCOTT RASMUSSEN: 54% FAVOR FREEDOM & EQUALITY CANDIDATE; 29% PREFER SOCIAL JUSTICE & EQUITY CANDIDATE.

OUT SOON: Mark Levin’s American Marxism. But already #2 on Amazon. You can get it here at Barnes & Noble. (Bumped)

COVID DEATH COUNTS INCLUDE THOSE FROM DELAYED SURGERIES? LifeSiteNews looks at a Canadian think tank’s analysis that finds more than 2,300 people died following delays in needed surgeries, delays occasioned by Covid-related restrictions in hospitals.

The actual total is likely much higher because data for four provinces and multiple medical associations/hospitals was not available for the analysis. LifeSiteNews also notes that one procedure was not delayed at all during the same period, abortions. Anybody aware of similar data for the U.S.?

HARSH, BUT FAIR:

Remember: Saying that you can’t discuss race without teaching critical race theory is like saying you can’t discuss stars without teaching astrology.

FYI, FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED: HillFaith launches a new series of “HillFaith Studies” today with an eight-week look at Jesus’ “I am” statements about Himself. All are welcome, and at the end you can declare your answer to C.S. Lewis’s great trilemma: Lord, Liar or Lunatic.

TOUGH ROOM UPDATE: Never a dull moment! :-)

HMM: Apple defeats attempt by TikTok and others to bypass App Tracking Transparency in China.

With App Tracking Transparency, developers need to get user permission to access IDFA. Only 4% of Americans choose to do so, and the global opt-in rate is only 12%.

Chinese tech giants had hoped to avoid this by switching instead to CAID: the Chinese Advertising ID. Apple’s rules explicitly forbid this type of workaround, but large developers were gambling on Apple being afraid to ban popular apps that might limit the appeal of iPhones in China.

However, Apple did indeed enforce its ban on CAID, preventing the workaround from being used, and killing demand for it.

Overall, Apple’s dealings with mainland Communist China are nothing to be proud of, but I suppose this is something.

REMINDER: Bill Cosby’s not free on a technicality. He’s free because his prosecutors cheated.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Manhattan Institute Offers Toolkit for Parents to Fight Back Against Woke Schools.

ICYMI: ABA Gets An Earful Over Proposed Diversity Training Mandate For Law Students.

IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T HEARD, I HAVE A NEW BOOK OUT:

Yes, it is a shortish novel. The full length stuff is hanging by this much (holds thumb and forefinger apart about a quarter of an inch) and the first will be the next in the Shifter’s series, then a mystery, then Darkships will continue.

This one? Well, it was supposed to happen January 2020. And then…. 2020 hit me. I’ve been blaming it for 2020 in fact.

What is it about? Well, it all started when a friend said “How would you do a science fiction homage to Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe?”  And then my brain got mean.

FROM SARAH A. HOYT: Other Rhodes

Lily Gilden has a half-crazed cyborg in her airlock who thinks he’s Nick Rhodes,
a fictional 20th Century detective. If she doesn’t report him for destruction,
she’s guilty of a capital crime.

But with her husband missing, she’ll use every clue the cyborg holds,
and his detective abilities, to solve the crime her husband was investigating
when he disappeared.

With the help of a journalist who is more than he seems,
Lily will risk everything to plunge into the interstellar underworld
and bring the love of her life home!

I NEVER THOUGHT I’D SAY THIS, BUT GEORGIA O’KEEFFE’S QUOTE IS MY FAVORITE:  Artist Quotes About America.

As an American writer, I say: Amen Sister. Too Right.

I HAVE AN IDEA: IGNORE THE BLACKLISTERS. BONUS FOR LAUGHING AT THEM:  Today’s blacklisted American: Baseball bans man for expressing his opinion at baseball games with banner.

BE NOT AFRAID: Bring Back the Fear!

I repeat. Be not afraid. Then they’ll have no power over you.

IT’S NOT THE PANDEMIC. IT’S THE OPPRESSION:  Important People–People Who Matter.

NO. ACTUALLY THEY WANT TO BE YOUR OWNERS: Leftists Want To Be Your Parents.

The whole “parent” thing is the same way that owners used to treat slaves. It’s called paternalistic. Not paternal.

AMEN:  Opening America’s Borders Is Not Compassionate, It’s Inhumane.

MY EYEBROWS ARE UP AT MY HAIRLINE:  The NSA Does Not Deny Reading Tucker Carlson’s Emails.

ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE THINKERS OF OUR DAY:  Happy Belated Birthday, Thomas Sowell.

SERIOUSLY, CUBA, VENEZUELA, THE PRC… WHY ARE THEY STILL HERE?  Cori Bush And Maxine Waters Issue Racist Rants For July 4th.

And since they are racial supremacists, why don’t they go to Africa. So many countries to choose from in Africa. They’re spoiled for choice. (Or just spoiled.)

MAKES SENSE. THEY JUST MISSPELLED IT:  Dr. Anthony Fauci Named “2021 Humanist of the Year”.

They mean “humanitarian”…. in the sense that those who eat vegetables are called vegetarian.

NAH GUYS, THIS IS AN ACT OF DESPERATION ON HIS PART:  VIDEO: Mark Zuckerberg Ruined Our Lives, Now He’s Ruined July 4th.

Keep in mind his organization tried to brand those of us who fly the flag as extremists.  This is Mark Zuckerlizard feeling the cold breath of a turning tide on his neck.

Sing it with me boys and girls: You [Zuck] ‘d better learn to swim or you’ll sink like a stone, for the times they are achanging.