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Aug

TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Greetings! Dept. of Confusion: In corporate blog post over the weekend, Google announced that it was changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.  But there’s a catch: it’s only in Google Maps U.S.   People using Google Maps in Canada will still see Lake Ontario.  And everyone outside of the U.S. and Canada will see it referred to like this: “Lake Ontario (Lake America). This is no inconsequential hiccup. Google Maps holds roughly 75% of the global digital mapping and navigation share and reaches more than 2 billion people a month. Worth noting: Apple Maps and Waze (owned by Google, btw) still use Lake Ontario. Also Worth Noting: The editorial board of the Syracuse Post-Standard, which is headquartered 34 miles south of Lake Ontario, described the renaming as an embarrassment. “Are there no grownups in the administration?” the editors asked in an August 30 editorial....World’s worst vegetable: It’s kale, according to PJ Media, which describes it as “hell lettuce.” I think it’s fairly safe to assume that almost all sides of the political spectrum can agree with this assessment. However, Pete Hegseth may want a word with PJ Media’s editors since kale is one of the best foods to combat sexual dysfunction and the Sec. of Defense is notoriously testosterone-obsessed. (Oregon Medical Centers)...Check this out: I was a guest Friday on the Bench Presse podcast, hosted by Canadian journalist and author Brigitte Pellerin.  You can watch the 24-minute program here....Gone fishing? If weather conditions are permitting, I will not publish Tuesday because I’m scheduled to head to the mouth of the Connecticut River fishing for striped bass. Rain is forecast....If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard


Today's Headlines From the Right

Here’s Hoping Trump Leaves the MSM Propaganda Machine in Ruins

source: PJ Media

The enemy-of-the-people MSM machine propped up the drooling husk of Joe Biden in the hope of getting rid of President Trump forever. The truth-torturers gave it everything they had, too. They turned Jan. 6, 2021 into the holiest day on the Democratic Party calendar, repeating every "insurrection" lie ad nauseam.

How Trump Loyalists Are Taking Over American Media

source: European Conservative

Trump’s allies are buying up America’s media giants as lawsuits weaken the old guard, reshaping the country’s information landscape—but the takeover looks driven more by power and money than by a coherent conservative vision.

Anti-Trumpism Is Driving the Media to Cheer Hostile Powers

source: National Review

The enemy of your enemy is sometimes still the greater enemy.

Watchdog Group Claims Major Corporations Are Keeping “Woke 1.0” Alive

source: Daily Caller

“7Eleven, Carhartt, DraftKings, Duluth Trading Co, Traeger, Bank of America, BlackRock, and Nike are evidence Woke is still alive and well in corporate America,” Consumers’ Research claimed in a report Friday.

Woke Comes to Northern Illinois University

source: The Gateway Pundit

The school hosts socials connecting students with gender and sexuality programs. Sadly, woke ideology continues to be promoted by universities, and the cultural Marxist takeover of academia continues despite efforts to stop it.

Democrats Determined to Stay Woke

source: Washington Free Beacon

Just 35 percent of Democrats said the party should distance itself from the "woke" politics of recent years, while 42 percent preferred to stand their ground.

As Lindsay Clancy Jury Deliberates, Another Killer Mom Walks Free on Insanity Plea

source: Daily Wire

While jurors consider the case of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy, a New York City judge has found another mother — who also killed her children — not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. Dimone Fleming, now 26, had repeatedly stabbed her three young sons before submerging them in a bathtub

Lindsay Clancy Did It. Period

source: Conservative View from NH

The truth about who is the victim in this case has been blurred to the point that a high percentage of people have forgotten the three young lives that were snuffed out by their mother, and see her as the real victim and are looking for mercy and peace for Lindsay. Where are the signs asking for mercy and peace for three innocent children?

Lindsay Clancy, the Left and the Blatant Disregard of Children

source: Victory Girls

The tragedy here is that the left has gone too far. This is what happens when abortion and “assisted suicide” gets masked as “compassion” and “care”. It’s hard to have compassion for a woman who murdered her children when the feminists who believe in abortion and “mercy killing” newborns rally in her corner.

Young Americans Need to Learn Communism’s True History

source: Washington Examiner

Socialism is gaining ground, particularly among younger adults. It is sometimes modified with the word “democratic,” as in the name Democratic Socialists of America, but the modification is lipstick on a pig. Socialism and communism spring from the same desire to elevate government over family

All States Should Follow Florida in Teaching Evils of Communism

source: The Federalist

For too long, students have been kept in the dark about communism and are now falling for it all over again.

Let’s Stop Letting in Ungrateful Immigrants

source: WND

Some of them come legally, some come illegally, and they're coming in numbers that we can't fully assimilate.

Will Politics Overwhelm 2026’s Oscar Season?

source: Hollywood in Toto

Films tied to Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch and Gaza abound. This might be the most politically charged Fall in some time.

20% of College Students Support Hamas

source: FrontPage

Higher education has become a terrorist training camp.

Manners Are the Foundation of Morals

source: Washington Stand

They are a child’s first training in moral reasoning. They are virtues practiced in everyday life. The content of a child’s heart determines what a child will think, say, or do. Thus, by helping our children learn to love what is good (manners), we instill the desire to choose what is right (morals).

The Left Rebrands Criminals as “Justice-Involved”

source: SteveGruber.com

Criminal. Offender. Convicted felon. Rapist. Murderer. Apparently those words are getting a little too straightforward for Democrats. In Minneapolis, they are instead called “justice-impacted.”

If Your Boys Hate School, It Might Be Because American Schools Are Designed to Tear Down Young Men

source: NY Post

In the past 25 years, schools have become unfriendly to boys. Boys doing things that boys have always done – pointing fingers at each other, saying “bang bang you’re dead.” Drawing pictures of weapons. Throwing snowballs. All that now gets a boy in trouble.