Chart of the Day — so far

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Another human tragedy unfolds, and the Associated Press is there

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AP: Trans Aid Workers in Nepal Turn to Sex Work After USAID Cuts Cost Them Their Jobs

We've been hearing a resurgence in stories about the global body count ever since Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire. Musk oversaw DOGE, which recommended dismantling the Democratic slush fund known as USAID. Since then, we've heard stories about women dying in Africa because their government apparently couldn't afford diesel fuel for the ambulance without relying on the U.S. taxpayer. Musk even threatened to sue Rep. Ro Khanna, who cited a bogus Lancet study to claim that Musk was responsible for the deaths of 4.5 million children.

The Associated Press reports that, thanks to USAID being dismantled, around 100 LGBTQ+ aid workers in impoverished Nepal have few job options other than turning to prostitution. Grab a tissue before hitting play on this video, in which a former aid worker says that USAID used to pay for condoms and lubricant.

Where are the European pocketbooks, and why aren’t they opening? China? Russia? Buehler?

And by the way, Honeybuns, lubes and rubbers were never “free”, they were just paid for by U.S. taxpayers — free to you is not free to me.

Propaganda: the new weather map

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It was bad enough when the media monkeys here in the US and Britain switched their weather maps from the neutral blues and greens they’d used for decades to screaming red and orange to signify “DANGER!” during heat waves; now, it seems, any temperature: high; low; or normal, is a cause for alarm because, you know, global warming is killing us, and the stupid public must be reminded of that “fact”, every day. Here’s today’s local temperature map courtesy of the AP and Greenwich Time, showing a high of 81° in Greenwich. According to my IPhone’s weather app, the average high in Greenwich on July 24th is 82°.

Oh, the horror!

The actual forecast that’s supposedly illustrated by the AP’s schematic? Turns out, we’ll probably survive, at least for today:

A sunny, dry Friday on tap in Connecticut.

After a comfortably cool start, temperatures will climb to around 80 degrees in most towns across Connecticut. With dry air and a light breeze in place, it should feel pleasant even during the warmest part of the afternoon.

Friday night brings another round of comfortable sleeping weather. Skies remain mainly clear, with temperatures dropping into the 50s across most of the state. Some of the normally cooler inland valleys may briefly fall into the lower 50s by early Saturday morning.

High pressure remains in control for the weekend, keeping Connecticut dry and seasonably warm. Saturday looks mostly sunny, with highs reaching the lower to middle 80s inland and upper 70s to around 80 along the shoreline. Humidity stays low, making it a great day for beach trips, cookouts, hiking or anything else outside.

Catharine Salgado, PJ Media:

Climate alarmists have been wrong on every single major prediction for more than 60 years, which you would think would have exploded the nonsense long ago. But then again, this was never about science; it was always about control. The doomsday climate fiction allows leftists to filter almost anyone out of the scientific community, politics, and academia who is not willing to compromise on truth and integrity for the sake of money and ideology. The outrage over the Trump administration challenging alarmist dogma is about the sudden collapse of this filter system, not about genuine fear of climate crisis.

The lies about an alleged climate apocalypse have always been very susceptible to exposure. The examples in the post below are just a few of dozens, if not hundreds, of times various alarmists set quite definite and imminent deadlines for when the apocalypse was supposed to strike the planet, all of which predictions turned out to be false. This is why so many ordinary Americans just don’t buy the garbage anymore.

Related: An easy to read, and oh so alarming chart issued by the UN in 2022: Wr’e doomed, I tell you, doooomed!

Sad, when a mental defective displays her affliction so publicly

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hanging out at the islam gay bar

As this woman’s post demonstrates, cognitive dissonance is often followed by sheer stupidity and ignorance:

Cos Cob Sales

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14 Pond Place, guide price, $2.650 million, sold to Upper East Siders (10065)* for $3.0

*AI Overview

Zip code 10065 is an ultra-luxury enclave in Manhattan's Upper East Side, spanning from Central Park to the East River and 60th to 69th Streets. Known for its high concentration of wealth, the area is home to iconic landmarks like the Carlyle Hotel, The Frick Collection, and the Rockefeller University campus)

Pro tip: don't stab a cop while resisting arrest and you'll probably be okay

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Ah, nostalgia — Madison morons dig out their old BLM posters and WuHan Flu masks from their closets and hit the streets again.

“This never should have happened. Mr. Ruiz should still be alive.”

Wisconsin knifeman Corey Ruiz killed by cops in caught-on-camera shooting was serial felon

The Wisconsin man who was killed by police after knifing a cop was a violent ex-con with a lengthy arrest record, including for battery on police officers, according to records.

Corey Ruiz was identified by state Rep. Shelia Stubbs, a Democrat, who said Ruiz “should still be alive” after police in Madison killed him while trying to arrest the man — whom authorities said had attacked cops with a knife.

Protesters have flooded the streets of Madison, Wisconsin, where the shooting happened and local black activists have seized on the killing.

“Another black man is dead on a Madison street, and our community watched him die before we even knew his name,” said Brandi Grayson, the head of the Madison-based black community advocacy group Urban Triage “That is the cruelty of state violence.”

Before they even knew his name or what he’d done or why he was shot, but what do facts have top do with it?

No idea who he is (was)

Police were responding to calls that someone was attempting to enter parked vehicles in the neighborhood, Patterson said. The suspect fled on a bike through nearby backyards in an attempt to get away before officers contacted him in the street, Patterson said.

The suspect either fell off of his bike or was taken off of his bike by officers and during the struggle pulled out a knife and injured an officer, Patterson said.

An officer deployed a taser but it was unsuccessful, the chief said. The same officer who was injured by the knife fired his weapon and the man who was shot died later at the hospital, the chief said. He described the officer who fired his weapon as a veteran officer, but did not reveal any other details.

Except this one:

This PSA recorded by Chris Rock decades ago should still be required viewing for all black children before they leave grammar school and begin their brief criminal careers:

Regardless of your political leanings, this is outrageous: Turning Point USA openly advertises that it will pay white students more than blacks to pose for its promotional ads

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Oh, dear, I have that slightly skewed: It’s actually a Massachusetts LGBTQ Nonprofit that’s paying people on the basis of race, and they’re paying black kids more than whites, “in the interest of equity”.

“White youth will be paid $20 for participating, and BIPOC youth will be paid $25 for participating, as we plan to use these photos for general and specific marketing. BIPOC youth are paid at a higher rate in align to our commitment to racial equity.”

Anti-disirregardless, I’m sure our social warriors and media flogs will be all over this story, denouncing racism and howling for blood, right? Am I right? Anyone? Buehler?

Convenient to transportation: a mere two-house hop from the RR tracks and I-95, and for just four-and-a-half million dollars

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85 Indian Field Road, (mostly) new construction built on the late Frank Maza’s homestead, was put on the market June 8 at $4.850 million, dropped to $4.450 million June 24th, and is now pending. It will set a new price record for this, the northern half of Indian Field, but what doesn’t, these days?

Trust "The Science"

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