Column considerations

 

In contrast to what you saw in yesterday’s post, sometimes a Turk’s cap (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii) stamen column bends, as above, and sometimes it’s missing altogether, as below. Both pictures are from our front yard on July 1st.

 

 

 

 

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The woke left’s anti-Asian bigotry reflects their panic over the fact that their radical policies, from defunding police to eliminating meritocracy in education, have alienated many racial minorities. Asians, blacks, and Hispanics are all reportedly moving to the political right. Rather than addressing deficiencies in policies to win back minority constituencies, the leftists have resorted to denouncing any minority who dares to think differently as “white supremacist.” In a viral tweet that captured several leftist media headlines, podcaster Noam Blum noticed the irony: “White Supremacy is more diverse than Harvard.”

 

That zinger is from the July 17th article “Anti-Asian Leftists Manifest The Very Racism They Claim To Oppose,” by Helen Raleigh. And don’t let the the author’s English name mislead you: Helen Raleigh “was born and raised in Communist China. She came to the U.S. as a college student. She knew no one and had less than $100 in her pocket.”

 

 

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