I SAY YEAH, RON THE SANTIS:  “It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that we have had new thoughts and new experiences which have given us a great advance over the people of that day, and that we may therefore very well discard their conclusions for something more modern. But that reasoning can not be applied to this great charter.

(I’d give you the x-cancel link, but this post broke it.)

AS HE SHOULD:  Trump pardons 9 people convicted of tampering with emission controls on diesel engines. Alaska veteran Mac Spurlock was among those freed after armed EPA agents raided his shop over engine modifications.

CATCHY AS HECK:  Greatest new song to come out of the World Cup!

WHAT HE SAID:  My Culture ‘Tis of Thee- America at 250!  The question of “What is an American?” is currently grinding our cultural gears. Well there is and has been an answer to that question for 250 years- it’s our distinct and indelible culture.

THEY PROMISE EQUALITY AND FRATERNITY BUT DEATH IS THE ONLY GIFT IN THEIR GIVING:  The (Commie) King’s Speech. The new Ugandan communist “it” boy addresses the nation.

THIS FOR THEIR OPINION OF US:  “Yankee Doodle”.

IT CERTAINLY DOES:  An old post of Ian’s. That bears repeating.

AMEN:  THE UNBREAKABLE COLOSSUS AT 250:  America’s Quarter-Millennium of Defiant Liberty…Why This Republic of Rebels and Visionaries Remains the Greatest Nation on Earth and the Only One Worth Shedding Blood to Preserve.

FOR ALL THESE REASONS AND MORE: I Love America Because…  A Happy and blessed Fourth of July to all Americans, who are celebrating our nation’s 250th anniversary. Our country has stood the test of time and is still worth cheering for! Here’s why.

YES, I’M GOING TO SHARE ALL OF THESE ONE DAY LATE:  Independence Day. On the 250th Birthday.

Sorry, but it was very late when I got anywhere near a computer last night.

NO. THE SOVIET UNION DIED OF CENTRAL PLANNING:  We Are Dying of the Same Thing That Killed the Soviets. The system optimizes for the system. The ideology is decoration.

Sorry we are not the same! That said, bureaucracy is always an issue. It needs pruning.

THE EUROPEANS HAVE ALLOWED THEMSELVES TO BE CONVINCED THAT NOT LOVING ONE’S COUNTRY IS A VIRTUE:  Some Thoughts on American Patriotism…

Poor bastards.
The one time my family visited, they were shocked by people flying flags (including yours truly) and our loud, enthusiastic celebration of the fourth of July. How shocked? They kept taking pictures as though they’d wondered onto a strange and outre ritual.  Neighbor flying normal every day flag? Snap a picture. Kids running around with sparklers? Snap a picture. Pick up with flags? snap a picture. … I found their reaction very odd.

AMERICA AD ASTRA:  On Our Way To The Stars.

HAPPY FOURTH. THIS IS FREE ON YOUTUBE THROUGH THE FOURTH:  1776, The Musical. (Video.)

Yes, it has flaws because of when it was written/produced. But it’s still pretty amazing.

VERY CHEERING:  The Phoenix and the Lady- Part Three. In which a great many things are set right.

THEY LEARNED YOU CAN FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME:  Secret pandemic plan that proves nothing was learned from covid.

I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE ANALOGY OF CAMELOT BUT…  Camelot’s Restoration – What Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame Should Have Been. There are two major errors in Infinity War and Endgame. For the 250th Anniversary, let us consider how the MCU’s Infinity Saga should have renewed Camelot rather than destroyed it.

Yes, because of the crazy left in the sixties, but also because Camelot was an illusion. We’re not. but that’s not what it means in her symbolism.

THEY’VE BURNED THEIR CREDIBILITY IN A DUMPSTER FIRE:  The climate scaremongers: Junk sites behind the Met Office’s so-called heat records.

WOULDN’T THAT ELIMINATE A LARGE NUMBER OF BUREAUCRATIC JOBS?  This Republican Has a Wild Idea for Fixing Housing Prices: Let the Market Actually Work.

OUR BUDDIES LOVE US:  We’ve gotta figure out some Japanese holiday we can celebrate to pay them back for this, it’s absurd.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT OF SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO DESTROY US:  Mamdani Trashes America, Trump in Speech Marking Country’s 250th Birthday.

YES, BUT THERE’S OTHER WAYS AROUND IT:  Supreme Court’s awful ruling encourages China’s Hunan Horse to invade America.

INTERESTING:  The Declaration of Independence’s 27 Grievances, Explained. Georgie’s been real quite since Jefferson dropped this one.

THE “AMERICA BAD” MESSAGING IS A ‘UNIFIED’ INFORMATION OPERATION (WHETHER OR NOT IT IS FORMALLY DIRECTED BY MALIGN ACTORS).  Reality is the antidote:  This is why the Scots Are More Excited About America Than You.

LET FREEDOM RING:  Bell Ringing Guidelines for America’s 250th,