Month: June 2023

I have always been interested in geography. Actually, probably not always, but at least since fourth grade. In fourth grade I had Ms. Conroy, who looked to be about eighty. Most likely she was not eighty because she was still teaching, but to a nine year old she looked very very old. In addition to looking ancient, her vision was not very good, and she never, ever got out of her desk chair. 

So what does this have to do with liking geography? In the beginning it was my fourth grade geography book that I liked a lot. It was a big rectangular book … tall enough that Ms. Conroy could not see the student  sitting behind the propped-up book at his desk. This unique combination allowed for uber chicanery in that classroom during Geography, as the boys, including yours truly, could leave their desks and crawl around on the floor to anywhere in that classroom. … Fourth grade Geography was so much fun!

Back to the real world geography. How many of you can tell me where Uganda is? Yes, it’s in Africa. But where? What about the capital of Uganda? 

FYI: Uganda is a landlocked country in eastern central Africa bordered by Kenya and South Sudan, and is on the north end of Lake Victoria. The capital is Kampala. After reading that you probably know more about Kenya than President Biden, who just spurted:

“This shameful act is the latest development in an alarming trend of human rights abuses and corruption in Uganda.”

Why this sudden interest in Uganda?

From Coffee and Covid:

On Monday, 5/29/23, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed some new laws including the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality,” which was defined as same-sex rape of a child. Biden somehow immediately issued a statement condemning Uganda’s new law and pledging strong sanctions against the small African country.

“And we are considering additional steps, including the application of sanctions and restriction of entry into the United States against anyone involved in serious human rights abuses or corruption,” said Biden, obviously meaning Ugandans. He also mentioned in his statement: canceling AIDS Relief money, deleting other foreign aid to Uganda, nixing Uganda’s eligibility for international programs promoting economic growth in Africa, and suspending travel visas for some or all Ugandans.”

Wow, this really has JB steamed!

One might ask where is the similar indignation when it comes to the other infamous ‘U’ … the Uyghurs in China.  As most are aware the  Chinese government has committed a series of ongoing human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in Xinjiang that is often characterized as genocide. With reference to the Uyghurs, I have not heard him say: “This shameful act is the latest development in an alarming trend of human rights abuses and corruption …”

Whereas Uganda gets a ‘boom,” from J.B, China and the Uyghurs get the silent treatment. Does that have anything to do with geography?  No, more likely is it that the Uyghurs do not vote?!

6/3/23

After reading about what is happening both in the East and in the West, it is becoming apparent that this “trans” nonsense is slowly coming to a boil. It has been simmering for a while and now the heat is being turned up.

First from Vermont:

Last month, the girls’ varsity basketball team at Mid Vermont Christian School forfeited a playoff game rather than compete against Long Trail Mountain, a team that has a male player who claims to be female. Consequently,  the Vermont Principals’ Association (VPA) has decided to punish the Christian school as a result.

“If you don’t want to follow Vermont Principal Association’s  rules, that’s fine,” said Jay Nichols, the VPA’s executive director. “But then you’re just not a VPA member. It’s fairly simple. That’s really all we’re gonna really say about it.”

The “rules” to which Nichols referred are the VPA’s so-called “Best Practices for Schools Regarding Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students.” Those “best practices” demand that Christian schools jettison their religious beliefs and instead allow supposedly “transgender and gender nonconforming students … to participate in physical education and sports in accordance with the student’s gender identity.”

This dictum means that boy’s teams from Mid Vermont Christian School will also not be able to compete!

Common sense tells me that mandating confirmation against a school’s Christian beliefs will be found to be unconstitutional. In the end this will result in a lot of wasted money spent defending this arbitrary VPA “rule.”

Second from BlazeNews from Oregon:

Lakeridge High School students have apparently been removing tampon dispensers from the walls of boys’ bathrooms and depositing them in the toilet.

According to the Daily Caller, the school sent out an email about the issue and reportedly attached a photo of a dispenser in a boys’ restroom toilet.

Oregon state law requires public schools to supply free tampons and sanitary pads in bathroom dispensers, including in restrooms designated for males.

“Each time that the dispensers are taken down, the school needs to spend time and resources putting them back up in order to be compliant with House Bill 3294 [Menstrual Dignity Act],” the email noted, according to the Daily Caller.

“This is a perfect example of throwing away tax dollars in Oregon public schools,” vice president of Parents Defending Education Caroline Moore noted, according to the outlet. “This isn’t about vandalizing school property — we all know that is bad. The boys are signaling they are not girls and they want to be left alone. It is appalling that any school district is furthering the bizarre agenda from the left where they neglect science and believe men require tampons. Aren’t the teachers supposed to be teaching them elementary facts, like I don’t know, anatomy?”

Again, this will end up costing Oregon taxpayers a lot of money as this phenomenon of putting tampon dispensers in toilets will just continue, and will likely spread.

Mark my words, these two examples are just the beginning as this entire issue is slowly coming to a boil!

6/2/23

The following incredulous story was reported on multiple sites including The New York Post, Fox News, Yahoo News, the Insider, and undoubtedly many more. The reason that is was reported everywhere is because it is so unbelievable.

From PJMedia:

Rachel Rogers was employed as a sales associate at the Lululemon store in Peachtree Corners, Ga., for five years. But after the same group of looters attacked the store for the fourth or fifth time, making off with thousands of dollars in merchandise, she called 911.

Assistant Manager Jennifer Ferguson described the scene. “All of a sudden we see some gentlemen run into the store in masks and hoodies,” Ferguson said, “They swiped until they couldn’t hold any more product and ran out the door.”

Certainly one can understand a company directing employees not to interfere in a looting incident. But Rogers was fired for disobeying a company policy that prevented her from calling the police to the scene. As it was, the same group of thieves hit another Lululemon store in the area the next day and were caught.

The “no 911 call” policy was initiated to protect the company, said Ferguson.

A week later, Rogers was fired. She had apparently run afoul of a company policy that had a “zero tolerance” for calling 911.

Regional Manager for Lululemon openly questioned why they would call the police. Stating that it would “look bad for Lululemon to be the company calling the police”. 

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Understand that I have never set foot in any of the three Lululemon stores in the San Diego area, and probably never will especially after reading this story, which is absurd on so many levels that it’s hard to know where to start.

First of all: If the policy of Lululemon is just to allow shoplifters free reign, then it stands to reason that it’s prices must be way too high as the other Lululemon customers are, in essence, paying for all of the losses incurred because of the shoplifters.

Second: How many times should Lululemon just ignore the same brazen shoplifters?  One? Two? Three? This was the fourth or fifth time that these same shoplifters had victimized that same store! I cannot belief that this Lululemon store had allowed it to go on for so long.

Third: Once the word gets out that Lululemon is just going to look the other way when someone is robbing store A, then how long before these brazen thieves hit Lululemon stores B,C,etcetera? To me closing one’s eyes while sustaining losses in multiple stores, is not a good long term way to run a business.

Fourth: It’s amazing that two employees were fired because they were trying to look out for their employer. I sincerely doubt that there will be a line of people trying to work for a company that treats their employees this badly.

And finally: If the regional manager who fired the employees for calling 911, is still working for Lululemon, then Lululemon deserves all that it gets!

6/1/23