The Ramadan Red Pill (VIDEO)

Here's Faith Goldy, for the Rebel:

Conservative Student Lexie Kaufman Flees Emerson College After Year of Harassment

It's sad she had to flee. Folks need to stand up and fight back, but it's hard.

At Legal Insurrection, "Conservative Student Flees Emerson College Over Harassment."

After #LondonBridge Jihad, Security Debate Sharpens in British General Election (VIDEO)

I guess the polls are tightening, and it's possible Britain could have a hung parliament after tomorrow's election.

Whatever happens, Islamic jihad should be the top priority, but as always, expect nothing to change. Indeed, if Corbyn's able to win, expect things to get worse. Much worse.

But see the Telegraph U.K., "FINAL DAY OF CAMPAIGNING: General Election 2017 Tories on course for majority of 100 after latest forecast - the eight charts that show how Britain will vote."

And at the Los Angeles Times, "With British election looming, security debate sharpens as two bridge attackers publicly named":

Three days before a British general election in which security concerns have surged to the fore, Scotland Yard acknowledged Monday that the extremist Islamist views of one of three slain attackers who carried out a weekend terrorist strike had been known to investigators.

On the first weekday after the ramming-and-stabbing attack on and near London Bridge that killed seven people and injured dozens more, Londoners and visitors held a moment of silence amid a solemn vigil on the banks of the Thames — but they also resumed their workaday routines.

Commuters streamed on foot past police barricades and heaps of memorial bouquets. The bridge itself reopened, though some streets near the attack scene remained closed off.

Police for the first time publicly identified two of the three dead attackers — Pakistan-born Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, and Rachid Redouane, 30, who had said he was of Moroccan and Libyan extraction. News outlets scrambled to learn more about them, redoubling questions about the plotting that preceded the attack, and whether it should have come to authorities’ attention.

With an increasingly hard-fought general election set Thursday, fallout from Saturday’s attack took on ever-growing political significance.

Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party was still favored to win the largest share of seats in Parliament, but a poll published Monday by the organization YouGov suggested her party would fall 21 seats short of a 326-seat majority, while the rival Labor Party stood to increase its share.

For the last month, May has attempted to cast as the election’s centerpiece the terms of Britain’s exit from the European Union and her ability to provide stable leadership during fraught negotiations with the EU. Instead, she found herself forced to defend having presided over the cuts of thousands of police jobs during her six-year tenure as home secretary, the top security job.

Her chief rival, Jeremy Corbyn, said the prime minister should resign over the police cutbacks — a position he walked back somewhat by urging voters to let Thursday’s election be a referendum on that.

May, for her part, pointed to beefed-up security already in place, with more measures to come. “This was an attack on London and the United Kingdom, but it was also an attack on the free world,” she said Monday.

Max Abrahms, a political scientist at Northeastern University who has studied the impact of terrorist attacks on elections, said both Conservative and Labor leaders “are trying very hard to seem tough on terrorists,” adding: “There’s no question the attack in London will affect the election.”

Both candidates have also had to deal with another unexpected factor: President Trump. On Sunday and Monday, the president sharply criticized London’s Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, with whom he previously feuded.

Corbyn denounced the presidential tweets; May defended Khan but refrained from directly criticizing Trump, who is highly unpopular in Britain...

Selena Gomez Steps Out in Beautiful Slender Orange Dress

At Drunken Stepfather, "Selena Gomez at z100 Radio Station in Manhattan."

#LondonBridge: Sadiq Khan Should Be Ashamed

From Katie Hopkins, at London's Daily Mail, "No wonder they didn't want us to know who the London Bridge Butchers were. The more we find out, the more ineffectual the people who are supposed to protect us from the killers look":

The more we find out, the scarier it gets. READ: https://t.co/r1v8g21W8k

— Katie Hopkins (@KTHopkins) June 6, 2017

I commend Piers Morgan. There's something I never thought I would hear myself say.

I watched him interview Sadiq Khan on GMB this morning and he was 100% more professional than I would ever have been.

I can imagine coming round to find Sadiq lying on the floor with camera three lying across his limp body, and me wild-eyed, legging it down the South Bank.

He appears to show no conception of the horror our capital city is facing, keeps repeating London is the safest city in the world, and refuses to connect the glaringly obvious dots between Islamic Extremism and the attacks on our children.

He said he could not comment about the 23,000 individuals identified as 'subjects of interest' still at large because this is an ongoing investigation.

He would not answer why we did not do more to the lock up the attacker - Khuram Butt - who went on to be the Butcher of London Bridge because the police operation was still live.

It's a mantra we keep hearing from any of the people who are supposed to be keeping us safe. The Met Commissioner said it yesterday. Boris Johnson repeated it this morning.

How convenient.

Well I'm calling them on this.

I'd like to believe there are good operational reasons for taking over two days to tell us who the killers were.

But I can't help suspecting that it's more about dodging difficult questions and managing the flow of news that is bound to make people bloody angry.

Waiting until our initial horror and rage at the original attack dissipates before releasing information that will make us furious all over again.

And giving themselves time to get their stories straight before the sh*t hits the fan.

Similarly, whenever I hear a top cop or a politician start an interview with a paean of praise to the courage of the rank-and-file officers who helped stop Saturday's massacre, I can't help feeling they are being treated as human shields.

Nobody admires our ordinary police officers more than me and the courage of those who faced down the three maniacs in Borough Market – armed sometimes with just a baton – leaves me in awe.

This is not about the brave officers on the ground. Uniformed, on duty or off. Changing into riot gear on the sidewalk behind their vans. Dancing with our little girls to bring some reassurance to our fear. They are warriors. They should be rewarded. One and all.

But equally if the people at the top were doing their jobs properly, the brave bobbies on the street wouldn't need to be quite so much in harm's way. Sadiq Khan, the investigating officers, MI5, Theresa May - I've lost confidence in all of them.

As a twitter user - Sam White commented; 'Jihadis are cleverly evading the authorities by appearing in documentaries about jihadis with the word jihadi in the title'.

We now know the London Bridge, Manchester and Westminster attackers were all known to counter-terrorism agencies.

The mostly recently named of the three attackers on London Bridge, Youssef Zaghba - even told the Italian authorities why he was flying to Turkey in 2016. 'I'm going to be terrorist,' he said. Police were called and he was prevented from flying.

Authorities confirm complete dossier on him would have been forwarded to MI5 in April 2016 after he travelled to the UK.

His London accomplice Khuram Shazad Butt, 27, a British citizen of Pakistani descent, was well known to authorities and reported repeatedly by members of the public, now frustrated nothing was done.

Band of Brothers at the Eagle's Nest

I think that's Major Dick Winters fourth from the right.

Either way, phenomenal photo, and some of the greatest Americans.

Dick Winters and Easy Company (Band of Brothers) at the Eagle's Nest, Hitler's residence pic.twitter.com/PfS25k0WNk

— History In Pictures (@HistoryInPix) June 6, 2017

PREVIOUSLY: "D-Day 73rd Anniversary."

Bella Thorne Finally Reveals All

At Taxi Driver, "Bella Thorne Finally Reveals All in Public."

Mark Steyn, Lights Out

At Amazon, Mark Steyn, Lights Out: Islam, Free Speech and the Twilight of the West.

Shop Books on D-Day

At Amazon.

Also:

* Jonathan Gawne, Spearheading D-Day: American Special Units in Normandy.

* John C. McManus, The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach.

* Cornelius Ryan, The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day.

Thanks for your support!

More blogging tonight.

D-Day 73rd Anniversary

At the Department of Defense homepage, "Ceremony Marks 73rd Anniversary of D-Day Landings."

Also, at the Heavy, "D-Day 2017: 73rd Anniversary Photos of Normandy Beach Invasion."

And watch, "President Reagan's Address at the Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-Day at Point-du-Hoc - June 6, 1984":

Charles Krauthammer on Immigration Reform: 'Build the Wall'

For Prager University, at great video:

James Holland, The War in the West

At Amazon, James Holland, The War in the West: A New History Volume 2 - The Allies Fight Back 1941-43.

Also from Holland, The Rise of Germany, 1939-1941: The War in the West, Volume One.

The State Department's a 'Hotbed of Resistance' Against President Trump

Um, bureaucratic officials are supposed to be nonpartisan. This is wrong. Extremely wrong.

At the New York Times:

Important @MarkLandler read on State Dept as "hotbed of resistance," as career diplomats start speaking out on Trump https://t.co/xs8p2LR8yY

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) June 6, 2017

Breitbart's Katie Mchugh Fired for Politically Incorrect Tweets

I don't know Katie McHugh. Frankly, I barely recollect her name. But she's been fired from Breitbart, for tweeting that London wouldn't have terrorism if not for Muslims. (Which is an accurate statement, as far as I'm concerned. When was the last time we had an IRA bombing in Britain?)

I did notice that intrepid Twitter scavengers dug up some of the woman's old tweets, and indeed she posts some whack stuff. For example, she tweeted in favor of repealing the 19th Amendment as a method of rolling back welfare programs? I doubt I'd go for stripping women of the suffrage to get a handle of welfare, but it's not a fire-able opinion.

Whatever?

I think I noted yesterday that I'm not really into getting people fired for their views. Kathy Griffin's a special case. I don't feel sad for her, and as Ace noted, sometimes it's necessary to become the left to fight the left. But be careful what you wish for: the revolution always eats its own, and what goes around comes around. This kind of boycott-attack-character assassination and recrimination-style of politics will leave very few survivors. I've been down this road myself (Scott Kaufman and Carl Salonen come to mind).

In any case, via Twitter:

Wow - Breitbart’s Katie McHugh is out at Breitbart after making horrible remarks after London attack https://t.co/03XAiQunMB

— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) June 5, 2017

A Breitbart News editor said she was fired for the anti-Muslim tweets she made after a terror attack in London https://t.co/TRHrRtuFvK

— NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) June 5, 2017

The old Katie McHugh tweets I'm seeing float by are astounding. Happy I wasn't following her but my god, what an awful person.

— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) June 5, 2017

'Wonder Woman'

I love this movie.

The reviews were pretty enthusiastic, but then, you have to see it for yourself. Gal Gadot is lovable, but the movie itself is coherent and refreshing. I hope she stars in a whole bunch of sequels. Now that Wolverine's retired, I'll need something to keep me into the genre.

In any case, some links:

WONDER WOMAN, reviewed. She's quite a Gal. https://t.co/nwGE1bIFQA

— Justin Chang (@JustinCChang) June 1, 2017

Diana Prince, we’ve been waiting for you. https://t.co/r5ixmX0sec

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) June 2, 2017

The NYT review of "Wonder Woman," a blockbuster that lets itself have fun https://t.co/VqqYHQ4M04 pic.twitter.com/crJmHzotgq

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 31, 2017

Wonder Woman is the rare — and most successful — female-led film in an overwhelmingly male superhero landscape. https://t.co/3mlnosEVp1

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) June 4, 2017

The turnout for "Wonder Woman" over the weekend was one of the best ever for a nonsequel superhero film https://t.co/9EEUCodmXW

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 5, 2017

I want to send out the deepest and sincere THANK YOU to all of you who made this so. YOU have helped us make change. Amazing!! #wonderwoman pic.twitter.com/vQQQfOzPyM

— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) June 5, 2017

Is it Ethical to Have Children?

Of course it's ethical.

It's only unethical if you're a leftist anti-humanist.

FWIW, at the far-left Foreign Policy, "As Environmental Catastrophe Looms, Is it Ethical to Have Children?"

President Trump Speaking at the Ford Theater in Washington, D.C.: 'This Bloodshed Must End...' (VIDEO)

Via Associated Press:

Marissa Miller 'iPod Bikini' in Jamaica (VIDEO)

Here's a lovely Sports Illustrated Swimsuit flashback:

Evelyn Taft's Clouds and Fog Forecast

Pretty much expected June weather. Cool and cloudy, but quite pleasant, actually.

And here the pleasant and lovely Ms. Evelyn, for CBS News 2 Los Angeles:

Thomas E. Ricks, Churchill and Orwell

*BUMPED.*

Well, this is certainly timely.

At Amazon, Thomas E. Ricks, Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom.