Kamala Harris Bombs at the Naval Academy . . . 
Hers was one of the worst 2021 commencement speeches. Have you heard the one about the Marine with the rolled-up solar panel? Kamala Harris attempted humor during a commencement address to graduating sailors and Marines at the Naval Academy last week. And the audience looked like they wanted to crawl under the nearest solar panel. Addressing the next generation of America’s warriors, the vice president cracked a quip about how they’d just love all that green investment she and Joe Biden are planning: “Just ask any Marine today, would she rather carry 20 pounds of batteries or a rolled-up solar panel, and I am positive she will tell you a solar panel—and so would he.” Ms. Harris’s attempt at gender-inclusive, environment-friendly comedy elicited an appreciative and raucous peal of laughter—but only from her. WSJ

 

 

RNC featuring Tim Scott in ad campaign attacking Biden agenda . . . The Republican National Committee (RNC) has released a new ad attacking President Biden's agenda that features Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.). "A president that promised to bring us together should not be pushing agendas that tear us apart," Scott, the GOP's lone Black member of the upper chamber, says in the ad. "Our best future will not come from Washington scheme and socialist dreams, it will come from you, the American people." The remarks were taken from Scott's rebuttal to Biden's speech before a socially distanced, pared-down joint session of Congress earlier this year. The Hill

 

Supreme Court term to wrap up with a bang . . . As the Supreme Court wraps up its spring term, the justices are preparing to weigh in on a series of hot-button issues. Here are five of the biggest cases still awaiting a decision before the court’s summer recess:  faith of Obamacare, voting rule laws, college athlete compensation, religious liberty and gay rights, and free speech at public schools. Wash. Examiner

 

 

 

North Korea Warns Of ‘Acute And Instable Situation’ In Message To Biden Admin . . . North Korea warned the United States it was creating an “acute and instable situation” in the region Monday following a recent summit between President Joe Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-In. The warning was North Korea’s first response to the May 21 summit between the U.S. and South Korean leaders at the White House, The Associated Press (AP) reported. Biden and Moon had agreed in a joint statement to end decades-long restrictions on South Korea’s missile program. Daily Caller

 

Iran Nuclear-Fuel Production Plummets After Natanz Explosion . . . Iran’s production of nuclear fuel plunged in recent weeks, the United Nations atomic agency reported on Monday, following alleged sabotage of its main nuclear facility in April that Tehran has blamed on Israel. The drop in production, detailed in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s confidential report circulated Monday, gives the first substantive insight into the impact of the incident, which took out the power supply at Natanz and destroyed potentially hundreds of centrifuges, machines that enrich uranium. Israel has declined to comment on the incident, one of several at Iran’s nuclear facilities over the last 18 months. WSJ

 

Covid Prevention Measures Are Keeping Childhood Diseases at Bay . . . The disinfecting and hand-washing that became common during the Covid-19 pandemic have also served as powerful tools against a host of childhood ailments such as chickenpox, stomach viruses and strep throat, recent data suggest.The virtual disappearance of the flu has been well-documented, with cases down 99% or more in the U.S., Europe and other parts of the Northern Hemisphere over the winter. The U.S. recorded just one child death related to the flu in the 2020-21 season, down from 199 the previous year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. WSJ

 

UK intelligence reassesses COVID lab leak theory, now says its ‘feasible’ . . . US and UK step up calls for WHO to take a deeper look into possible origins of COVID-19. British intelligence services are now reportedly reassessing their position on the theory that COVID-19 leaked from a lab in China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology. A Sunday report from the Sunday Times of London quotes British spies who initially dismissed the lab leak theory, but now say it is "feasible."  Fox News

 

Is Your Money Enabling Terrorism? . . . The Biden administration is helping to prop up Hamas in Gaza and thereby enabling terrorism. We shouldn’t stand for it. We should be watching the secretary of state’s visit to the middle east — and keeping track of how much money the Biden administration is distributing that ultimately helps prop up terrorism. We are seeing a real shift to an anti-Israeli attitude in the Democratic Party. Gingrich360 

 

Time Magazine Takes Chinese Cash To Promote Controversial Drone Business . . . As part of a $700,000 advertising campaign, Time magazine published articles from a Chinese state-run media agency touting a controversial Chinese drone maker accused of helping the government surveil Uyghurs and boosting the Chinese Communist Party’s latest five-year economic plan. Time has published 75 online articles from China Daily as part of the lucrative ad deal, which began late last year. The Justice Department requires China Daily to disclose its media activities under the Foreign Agents Registration Act due to its affiliation with the People’s Republic of China. The news agency paid millions of dollars for advertising and printing over the past six months to American newspapers and magazines, including Time, the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and Foreign Policy magazine. Wash. Free Beacon

 

Michael Flynn says coup 'should happen' in U.S., then denies claim in Parler post . . . Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said at a convention in Dallas that America’s armed forces should follow the lead of those of Myanmar, who seized power after a disputed election. He was asked during a question-and-answer session at a QAnon conference by a man who said he was a Marine, “I want to know why what happened in Myanmar can’t happen here?” The QAnon crowd, some of whom have praised the Myanmar coup, cheered, and Mr. Flynn, who was former President Trump’s first national security adviser, had to pause. “No reason. I mean, it should happen here,” he said, according to a video posted on social media. Then on social media, he denied calling for any such action.

 

Former Navy SEAL-Turned-Actor Left Hollywood Because He Couldn’t Express His ‘Love For This Country’ . . . Former Navy SEAL Cade Courtley claimed he left Hollywood because he couldn’t express his “true core values.” Courtley went from Navy SEAL to performing Hollywood stunt work. He hosted his own show, “Surviving Disaster,” in 2009 before making the decision to leave Hollywood about five years ago. “You’re not going to be working in that business if you have patriotic or conservative values. That’s just the reality of that business.” Daily Caller

 

Five things to know about the new spotlight on UFOs . . . The Biden administration is taking a more serious look into unidentified flying objects (UFOs), publicly acknowledging what had previously been considered the realm of conspiracy theories and science fiction.  Congress and the public are expected to hear more soon from intelligence agencies on what they are calling “unidentified aerial phenomena.” 1. An intelligence report is coming next month; 2. The White House considers UFOs a concern; 3. Military members are speaking out; 4. There is growing pressure to act; 5. There are possible national security implications. See details in The Hill 

 

You Don't Need All That Grilled Meat: Try These 7 Great Meat Substitutes! . . . Whether it's because you care about the environment or because you think meat is icky, you're trying to wean yourself off the stuff. But it's barbecue season, and you'll be tempted to go back to meat as you smell those delicious burgers your neighbors are cooking up. Don't give in! We've got you covered with these seven great meat substitutes:
1. Instead of bacon, try bacon-wrapped bacon. And then take the whole thing and wrap it in bacon.
2. Instead of hamburgers, try hamburgers but with patties in place of the buns, lettuce, tomato, and ketchup. Yeah, so just like 7 patties stacked on top of each other.
3. Instead of surf and turf, order surf and surf and turf and turf and turf. If you're feeling peckish, throw on another turf.
4. Instead of hormone-free chicken, try double-testosterone-injected chicken. Only real men can handle this extra-manly chicken. See the rest in Babylon Bee