Saturday Miscellany

First, whether or not Hunter Biden has turned the White House into his own private cocaine den, the best comment on the efforts by politicians and the media to dance around the truth-- whatever the truth may be-- comes from Louisiana Senator John Kennedy.

The Washington establishment, Kennedy said, is “working harder than an ugly stripper” to cover up for Hunter Biden.

We suspect that the blow is not Hunter’s. And yet, the magnificent ineptitude of the Biden White House, led by the idiot press secretary, has kept the suspicion alive

Second, some clever wags have suggested that the cocaine belonged to Vice President Kamala Harris. It’s the most charitable way to explain her imbecility. As witnessed in the following definition of culture:

Well, I think culture is — it is a reflection of our moment in our time, right? And — and present culture is the way we express how we’re feeling about the moment. And — and we should always find times to express how we feel about the moment that is a reflection of joy, because every — you know, it comes in the morning. (Laughs) We have to find ways to also express the way we feel about the moment in terms of just having language and a connection to how people are experiencing life. And I think about it in that way, too.”

Think about it-- a heartbeat from the presidency. Is this a good way to sell the world on the virtues of democracy.

Third, a mayor in Mexico married a crocodile. No kidding, married a real crocodile.

Victor Sosa, mayor of the southwestern Mexican town of San Pedro Huamelula, described the marriage as “the union of the Huaves and the Chontales,” and “the result of a problem between these two cultures,” according to a video of the ceremony shared by Reuters. Sosa also described it as “the union between the princess and a servant.”

And you were wondering why so many Mexicans are leaving their advanced civilized country to invade our nation. Now you know.

As for consummating their union, I leave it to your imagination.

Fourth, on the Bud Light death watch. Now the once top selling beer has fallen so far out of favor that it is no longer one of the ten most popular beers in America.

More and more people are losing their jobs because some idiot marketing executive thought it would be a good idea to associate the beer with a transgender influencer.

The human cost of Bud Light's $20B Dylan Mulvaney fiasco: Two bottling plants are forced to cut production and lay-off 645 staff due to decline in demand for the troubled brand

Bud Light's sales have plummeted so much that a glass bottling company was forced to shut down two of its plants and lay off nearly 650 employees.

Fifth, the founders of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream managed to say something that was surpassingly stupid for July 4th.

“This 4th of July, it’s high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it,” 

In the go woke/go broke sweepstakes, the owner of the ice cream manufacturers, Unilever, has been following the example of Bud Light and has been losing market value.

In what is unlikely to be a coincidence, Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, has lost $4.29 billion in market cap since before the tweet was sent. On Monday, the company’s market cap was $133.5 billion, as of Thursday, it is $129.2 billion.

It’s still early, but if the trend continues, parent company Unilever stands to lose a lot more. Target has shed $13.9 billion in market value, and Anheuser-Busch has lost nearly $25 billion to date. While Anheuser-Busch has tried desperately to reconcile with its alienated customers, Brian Cornell, the CEO of Target, recently expressed that he thinks going woke has been good for the company.

Evidently, he has to resign.

Sixth, the news from France.  1,000 buildings have been burned, 3300 people have been arrested, 56oo vehicles have been destroyed, and the government has decided to crack down on free speech.

As for the relative calm that has descended on France, one commentator suggested that the reason was simple. The insurrection was bad for the drug business, and the drug dealers, who ply their trade with impunity in immigrant communities, told their clients to cut it out.

Seventh, the millennial generation, well known for not being the best or the brightest, turns out to be comprised of the biggest liars. 13% of millennials confessed to being dishonest at least once a day. For Baby Boomers, the number was 2%.

Eighth, we have reported this before, and the statistics are shaky, but rumor has it that when job applicants preface their application letters with a declaration about their pronouns, this simple fact, in and of itself, will make recruiters less likely to hire them.

If only…..

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