MATT DeLISI & JOHN PAUL WRIGHT:  “Mass Incarceration Hysteria: Those Alleging that the United States Imprisons Too Many People Rely on Faulty History and Bad Facts.”

A VACCINE FOR RABIES:  Working toward a rabies vaccine, Louis Pasteur and his collaborator Emile Roux had learned to grow the virus in rabbits and then weaken it by drying out the infected nerve tissue.  They had tried the vaccine that resulted from this novel approach on dogs, and it seemed safe.  But at the time 9-year-old Joseph Meister was mauled by a mad dog, it hadn’t yet been tried on human beings.

On this day in 1885, young Meister became the first to be treated with the vaccine (actually a series of vaccines).  He survived.

(Meister went on to be caretaker at the Pasteur Institute.  His story, however, ends sadly.  In 1940, days after the Nazis marched into Paris, he urged his family to flee Paris, but refused to leave his post at the Institute.  Somehow he got it into his head—falsely—that his family had been captured and killed.  He therefore killed himself.  They returned to find him dead.)

DON’T GET COCKY: The 2022 House Midterm by the Numbers. “In 2022, Republicans enter the midterm with much more room from their competitiveness limit than they had in 2014 and with many reasons to think that their 247 limit may no longer be their limit. There is significant movement of working class voters across racial and ethnic groups toward the Republicans. There is movement in party affiliations. In the end, history regularly constrains us; but, on occasion, history can also be made.”

HEH: Biden Travel Secretary Buttigieg’s Flight Among Hundreds Canceled on July 4 Weekend.

DEAL OF THE DAY: NOUHAUS ErgoTASK – Ergonomic Task Chair. #CommissionEarned

ED MORRISSEY RESPONDS TO MY NEWSWEEK PIECE: Is there a conservative argument for packing the Supreme Court? “That’s such a good idea, in fact, that the founders were way ahead of Glenn. His proposal reflects the Constitution’s foundation for the US Senate, which was supposed to be filled by appointees from state governments to represent their interests. . . . We’d be better off repealing the 17th Amendment and returning the authority to name senators back to state governments on staggered calendars, as is the case now. (I’ve been wondering whether Glenn meant this as a wicked satire to make that very point, but let’s take it at face value.)”

SEEMS LIKE A NO-BRAINER: Newberg, Oregon ‘Kids Not Camps’ petition. Stop homeless camps near schools.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, DOG AND PONY SHOW… TANSTAAFL DAY FIVE- Good Lord, Is It Really Morning? And Free SF picture.

If it makes you feel better, I’m giving a free picture away every day. Also, eh: It’s not an emergency. It’s just blog funds. If my blog is worth it to you, donate.

ILLEGAL NATION: Biden Granting Backdoor Amnesty at Unprecedented Rate. “The numbers of administrative dismissals are stunning, nearly double the rate that the Obama Administration dared during Barack Obama’s last year in office.”

SPIKED:  Boris Johnson is finished.  Maybe.

THERE’S A NEW KIND OF PENTAQUARK AND A FIRST-EVER PAIR OF TETRAQUARKS:  CERN scientists discover three ‘exotic’ subatomic particles.

I don’t know. This sounds dirty to me.

I HEAR HE LIKES CUBA’S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM … MAYBE HE’D ENJOY THE ‘PRIVILEGES’ OF THEIR CITIZENSHIP?  Michael Moore vows to give up ‘privileges’ of US citizenship in July 4 rant.

OF COURSE THEY DO:  Today’s blacklisted American: Democrat politicians threaten local Aspen newspaper for its news coverage.

MAYBE? ME, I USE THE HEINLEIN METHOD: How to find the least dishonest politician to vote for.

The Heinlein method: Ask a well intentioned idiot who he intends to vote for. Vote against.

BUMPERSTICKERS FOR THE FRONT OF YOUR CAR: RUN AOC, RUN:  Please, AOC, Run for President (And Why She Can’t).

SO, I THINK WE’RE HEADED FOR REAL HARDSHIP IN THE FALL:   The Spectacle of Woke Feminists.

Thanks to my metabolism, I can weather famine on a pack of gum and diet soda. These idiots, though, are in deep trouble. Even before they curl up in the fetal position crying for their guru.

AS COMPARED TO WHAT?  Wisconsin Dem Calls US Founding ‘Awful’.

Everyone should shout that back at these idiots. As compared to WHAT? And how are the countries — USSR — that killed millions upon millions in their seventy year official existence?  Or perhaps shorter: Stop being an idiot, and learn some real, non Marxist history.

THEY’VE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS AND YEARS:  WATCH: Libs Spend Independence Day Hating on America.

IF YOU HAVE KIDS IN THIS DISTRICT AND HAVEN’T PULLED THEM, YOU’RE COMMITTING CHILD ABUSE:  Virginia School District Prohibits Teachers From Contacting Parents When Students Change Gender.

THE USUAL:  Highland Park Killer, Captured, Sent Signals For Years.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED:  Red States Have Recovered Faster After COVID Pandemic Than Blue States.

It’s almost like having a government that doesn’t hate you is better for you?  Who’d have thunk it?

NO MORE COMPUTER MODELS OF ANYTHING:  Scientists Now Claim Their Model Shows Rocket Launches Damage Ozone Layer.

Garbage in/garbage out.

LOOKS SIDEWAYS AT HOW THE FBI HAS BEEN ACTING. WOULD YOU TRUST THEM WITH YOUR KID’S INFO?  The FBI’s Child ID App is as Fishy as It Sounds.

A VICTORY:  Maryland Dropping ‘Good and Substantial Reason’ Requirements for Wear and Carry Gun Permits.

OPEN THREAD: Who was in my thread last night?