A French man chased a fly, and other links

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• A French man chased a fly around with an electric swatter and accidentally blew up his own house -- “The explosion left him with minor burns and his home is uninhabitable, according to local reports. The fate of the fly is not known.”
• Cattle Baron John Chisum’s Legacy Lives On Through Descendants -- “Chisum became involved with New Mexico’s Lincoln County War, a conflict between rival cattle barons, that involved the notorious Billy the Kid.”
• Clara Willoughby Made Significant Progress for State of Texas -- “In 1949, while Clara was chairman of the Tom Green County Child Welfare Board, she became concerned that there were no trained social workers to protect children placed in foster homes and to screen adoptive families.”
• COVID-19 and Comorbidities -- “For 6% of the deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned.”
• Eight charged with sexually assaulting unconscious teen after video surfaces -- “The girl’s mother was alerted to the video and was the one who shared it with detectives, Lapatin told The Post early Wednesday.”
• Joe Biden walks back his national mask mandate, admits it would probably be unconstitutional -- “You can’t mandate that.”
• Kamala Harris Is No Moderate -- “Kamala Harris, they assure us, is a ‘moderate.’ A moderate what? Moderate compared to whom?”
• Loss, Peace, and the Folly of Running Away -- “Life does not prepare you for things like this—but God’s Word does.”
• Meet Antifa’s ‘Alice Phallus.’ When She’s Not Rioting, She’s a ‘Life Coach’ for Portland’s At-Risk Youth -- “People like Alice Johnson...tear apart the very city they purport to help. They riot, loot and commit acts of arson in the name of fighting imaginary fascists and racists. And the mayor and DA just let them do it.”
• Nebraska Man Appeals to City Council to Prohibit Lie of ‘Boneless Chicken Wings’ -- “A man in Lincoln, Nebraska urged city council members to crack down calling chicken tenders ‘boneless chicken wings’.”
• New Thinking on Covid Lockdowns: They’re Overly Blunt and Costly -- “Blanket business shutdowns—which the U.S. never tried before this pandemic—led to a deep recession. Economists and health experts say there may be a better way.”
• Pastor told not to offend gay pride as mob threaten to burn down his church -- “With further calls for police to investigate Josh for a ‘hate crime’, a post in an LGBT group called for Newquay Baptist Church, which often houses families, to be burnt down.”
• Video from priest says Catholics who vote for Democrats will go to hell. One bishop approves this message. -- “As the Bishop of Tyler I endorse Fr Altman’s statement in this video. My shame is that it has taken me so long.”
• What Is the Violence in American Cities All About? -- “The brand of the anarchist is not logic but envy-driven power: to take it, to keep it, and to use it against purported enemies...”
• 1,000 people double-voted in Georgia primary, says secretary of state -- “Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Tuesday that 1,000 Georgians voted twice in the state’s June 9 primary...These voters returned absentee ballots and then also showed up to vote on election day June 9.”
• 52 Black ex-franchisees file a $1 billion racial-discrimination lawsuit against McDonald’s -- “The franchisees say they were forced to close or sell more than 200 McDonald’s locations because of ‘systematic and covert racial discrimination’.”