HEH: Democrat Governors Afraid Cuban Desire For Freedom Could Spread To The U.S.

Related: ‘You Just Don’t Understand Socialism Like I Do,’ Says College Freshman To Man Who Escaped Socialism On A Raft.

FINANCIAL QUESTIONS NEEDED: Korving and Co, financial advisors and retirement planners are one of Helen’s Page advertisers and publishers of Before I Go and the Before I Go Workbook. Recently they answered questions about retirement. Now, they are answering your general financial questions for free. If you have a financial question you would like answered, put it in the comments (or contact them here) and they will choose a few to answer on Helen’s Page. Thanks very much. (Bumped)

VIDEO: The Latest Stunt by the Texas ‘Champagne Socialists’ May Be the Dumbest Yet.

FROM INSTAPUNDIT READER, FARMER, AND AGRONOMIST BART HALL: “PSA for anyone who eats in the US or Canada. This year’s wheat harvest is shaping up as dreadful. Durum, used for pasta and bread flour, looks to be the worst in at least 60 years. Soft White Winter wheat, used for pastry flour, and Hard Red Winter [all-purpose] are facing the worst harvests since the 1988 drought. This is a good time to stock up and hoard, since the news is not widely known. Pasta keeps just about forever and a doubling in price is not inconceivable. Same with assorted flours if you bake at home, except flours should be stored in a freezer to prevent damage from Indian Meal Moth and other bugs. Bread also freezes quite well, and will do just fine for at least a year, probably two. Canola oil is also likely to see a price jump, as the crops across Alberta and Saskatchewan have also been clobbered. It also keeps well for years.”

We don’t eat much pasta, and avoid canola oil, but maybe I’ll put away some farfalle and penne.

Related: Cheap Eats.

MARK PULLIAM: No-Fault Divorce And Its Discontents.

THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT BEIJING GOT THE MONEY: WHO Squanders Cash on Shoddy Chinese Vaccines.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Fourth Circuit Rules Federal Law Banning Handgun Sales to Adults Under 21 is Unconstitutional. “Our nation’s most cherished constitutional rights vest no later than 18. . . . we refuse to relegate either the Second Amendment or 18- to 20-year-olds to a second-class status.”

The full opinion (which I haven’t read yet) is here.

UPDATE: Here’s more from Eugene Volokh.

BIDEN WELCOME CENTER A ‘COMPLETE SH–HOLE:’ One might think the State of Delaware would make sure the roadside rest center named for its most famous citizen would be suitable for human use. Alas, not so much, according to The Washington Free Beacon.

HARSH BUT FAIR: Texas Democrats Running Away From Their Duties Isn’t New or ‘Uncharted.’

NEWS YOU CAN USE: How To Get Off The X.

HE’S ENJOYING HIS ICE CREAM: ‘Where’s President Biden?’: Officials Sound Alarm As ‘Socialist Shock Troops’ Deployed On Cuban Protesters.

GLORIOUS NEWS, COMRADES! FULL COMMUNISM HAS FINALLY BEEN ACHIEVED: North Korea Faces Another Terrible and Totally Avoidable Famine.

AT HELEN’S PAGE: Clicks & Colluders.

DON’T BE EVIL: How Google Translate deceives you. “Now, I don’t know if Google Translate omitted that damning reference because it obviously provokes the question I raised — why are oppressed Palestinians inspired by the land-grabbing oppressors of history? — before or after I cast the spotlight on it in my article.”

FASTER, PLEASE: Molecules Produced by Gut Bacteria Could Help The Human Body Fight Cancer.

HMM: AG Barr’s Handling of Election Fraud Claims Slammed by Ex-U.S. Attorney in Letter Released by Trump. “On Election Day and afterwards, our Office received various allegations of voter fraud and election irregularities. As part of my responsibilities as U.S. Attorney, I wanted to be transparent with the public and, of course, investigate fully any allegations. Attorney General Barr, however, instructed me not to make any public statements or put out any press releases regarding possible election irregularities.”

UH OH: Athletes may have more than twice the risk of irregular heart rhythm.

OLD AND BUSTED: “The Pinedale Shopping Mall has just been bombed with live turkeys. Film at 11!”

The New Hotness? Who says fish can’t fly? Aerial stocking places fish in Utah lakes via airplane drop:

“They’ve been using airplanes to drop fish into the water since the 1950s, and it’s estimated that over 95% of the fish survive and thrive after their plunge from the air. ‘Using this method, so it’s actually really efficient and it is, believe it or not, less stressful on the fish because we can get them into that higher, you know oxygenated water sooner,’ Utah DWR outreach manager Phil Tuttle explains to ABC4.com, adding that a single flight can drop up to 35,000 fish into a natural habitat.”

TRANSPARENCY: Keith Ellison Moves To Shield Records on Controversial Legal Scheme.

GOOD: NASA moves ahead with plan to support private space stations.

TYLER O’NEIL: An Ominous Portent for America Under Biden Gets Even Worse.

HMM: Hydroxychloroquine, remdesivir fail to improve COVID-19 outcomes in study. I’m not sure about remdesivir, which I think was supposed to be given to people who were already quite sick, but it’s been known for a while that the time to give HCQ is as early as possible, not when people are already hospitalized. Yet we keep seeing studies where it’s given to people who are already very sick.

THAT ’70S SHOW:

But, hey, the Administration wants you to know you saved 16¢ if you treated your family to the lamest Independence Day cookout ever (without driving anywhere).

The big guy won’t notice until his 10% cut no longer buys him enough ice cream.

ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: Cornel West quits Harvard with blistering letter attacking racism and ‘spiritual rot’ at university.

STOP CORPORATE TYRANNY: If you are on a corporate board, or know someone who is, or you own corporate stocks, or know someone who does, then you need to know about this new effort and Sarah Lee has the details.

Some real powerhouse groups are being Stop Corporate Tyranny, including Alliance Defending Freedom, the Center for Economic Opportunity and Americans for Limited Government, among others.