Jennifer Delacruz's Mild Holiday Forecast

Once again we've got a video of the news highlights at ABC News 10 San Diego. Ms. Jennifer's weather report starts at 5:05 minutes. If you scroll back to the beginning, there's coverage of the San Diego impeachment march and the counter protest. We've got activists protesting all over the country this weekend, a sign of a vigorous healthy democracy, not the totalitarian regime leftists have been warning about since last November.

In any case, here's Ms. Jennifer:

ICYMI: Lidia Yuknavitch, The Book of Joan

This book looks really good.

At Amazon, Lidia Yuknavitch, The Book of Joan: A Novel.

Juliana Barr, Peace Came in the Form of a Woman

At Amazon, Juliana Barr, Peace Came in the Form of a Woman: Indians and Spaniards in the Texas Borderlands.

Omar El Akkad, American War

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I've got this one on order.

Remember, purchases through my Amazon links help fuel my book reading addiction at no additional cost to yourself, and your support is greatly appreciated.

I'm having a lot of fun!

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Elizabeth A. Fenn, Encounters at the Heart of the World

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Holly Williams Reports from Raqqa, Syria (VIDEO)

For CBS "Face the Nation":



Also, at the New York Post, "A series of car bombs rocked the Syrian capital, killing at least eight people and wounding a dozen more."

Nina Agdal Uncovered for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2017 (VIDEO)

As always, she remains one of my favorites.

President Trump Tweets Photoshopped Video of Him Wrestling 'CNN' to the Ground

He's the ultimate troll.

And boy does this piss off the leftist establishment, lol.

Watch, "#FraudNewsCNN #FNN."

Also at the New York Times, via Memeorandum, "Trump Tweets a Video of Him Wrestling ‘CNN’ to the Ground."

Seen on Twitter, ".@AnaNavarro on Trump CNN tweet: “It is an incitement to violence. He is going to get somebody killed in the media”."

Nah.

It's hilarious.

More at Twitchy, "CNN responds to that ‘Trump punches out CNN’ video."

Jennifer Delacruz's Mild Sunny Forecast

For some reason, ABC News 10 posted most of their evening newscast to YouTube. Ms. Jennifer's near the end of the clip, at 10:40 minutes. However, if you scroll back a minute or two, there's a great little segment on the Oceanside 4th of July parade, which was held today. I love the patriotic stuff. There's almost nothing that makes me more happy, considering the youth anti-American culture that seems to be taking over these days.

In any case, here's the lovely Ms. Jennifer in that fantastic tight black dress:

Silicon Valley Women Open-Up About Sexual Harassment

Leftist tech progressives are the biggest hypocrites.

At NYT, "Silicon Valley Women, in Cultural Shift, Frankly Describe Sexual Harassment":

Their stories came out slowly, even hesitantly, at first. Then in a rush.

One female entrepreneur recounted how she had been propositioned by a Silicon Valley venture capitalist while seeking a job with him, which she did not land after rebuffing him. Another showed the increasingly suggestive messages she had received from a start-up investor. And one chief executive described how she had faced numerous sexist comments from an investor while raising money for her online community website.

What happened afterward was often just as disturbing, the women told The New York Times. Many times, the investors’ firms and colleagues ignored or played down what had happened when the situations were brought to their attention. Saying anything, the women were warned, might lead to ostracism.

Now some of these female entrepreneurs have decided to take that risk. More than two dozen women in the technology start-up industry spoke to The Times in recent days about being sexually harassed. Ten of them named the investors involved, often providing corroborating messages and emails, and pointed to high-profile venture capitalists such as Chris Sacca of Lowercase Capital and Dave McClure of 500 Startups.

The disclosures came after the tech news site The Information reported that female entrepreneurs had been preyed upon by a venture capitalist, Justin Caldbeck of Binary Capital. The new accounts underscore how sexual harassment in the tech start-up ecosystem goes beyond one firm and is pervasive and ingrained. Now their speaking out suggests a cultural shift in Silicon Valley, where such predatory behavior had often been murmured about but rarely exposed.

The tech industry has long suffered a gender imbalance, with companies such as Google and Facebook acknowledging how few women were in their ranks. Some female engineers have started to speak out on the issue, including a former Uber engineer who detailed a pattern of sexual harassment at the company, setting off internal investigations that spurred the resignation in June of Uber’s chief executive, Travis Kalanick.

Most recently, the revelations about Mr. Caldbeck of Binary Capital have triggered an outcry. The investor has been accused of sexually harassing entrepreneurs while he worked at three different venture firms in the past seven years, often in meetings in which the women were presenting their companies to him.

Several of Silicon Valley’s top venture capitalists and technologists, including Reid Hoffman, a founder of LinkedIn, condemned Mr. Caldbeck’s behavior last week and called for investors to sign a “decency pledge.” Binary has since collapsed, with Mr. Caldbeck leaving the firm and investors pulling money out of its funds.

The chain of events has emboldened more women to talk publicly about the treatment they said they had endured from tech investors...

Keep reading.

Page 3 Model Danielle Sellers in Titillating Pool Photoshoot

At London's Daily Mail, "Glamour model Danielle Sellers goes completely topless in titillating pool photoshoot.... as she 'prepares to cause a stir by entering Love Island'."

And at the Sun U.K., "WET AND WILD - Love Island’s new girl Danielle Sellers poses topless for sexy photoshoot in a pool: The raunchiest contestant ever will be making her way onto our screens and ruffling feathers in the house."

Mark Lilla, The Shipwrecked Mind

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Challenges for American Workers

At USA Today, "Why does American work feel so bad?"

Mika Brzezinski Responds to President Trump (VIDEO)

I'm not up early enough for Morning Joe, but I doubt I'd be watching it in any case.

Just another wasted far-left broadcast.

Sad.

Following-up, "Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Say White House Officials Promised That National Enquirer Hit Piece Would Be Spiked if They Apologized to President Trump."

I did watched this clip, however. She's all stoic about it, tut-tutting about how she's "fine" after the terrible ---- terrible! ---- Donald Trump tweets.

What goes around comes around, sweetie.

Jennifer Delacruz's Mild Weather Forecast

It's lovely weather, heading into the 4th of July holiday this week.

Here's the fabulous Ms. Jennifer, for ABC News 10 San Diego:

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Folks Need to Get Busy!

Lol.

At LAT, "Americans keep having fewer babies as U.S. birthrates hit some record lows":

Hey stork, you’ve been slacking off — and U.S. health officials know it.

For the second year in a row, the number of babies delivered in the U.S. fell in 2016, according to a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics. For some groups of women, the birth rate reached record lows.

The provisional figures released Friday include 99.96% of all births in the United States last year. Here’s what they show:

Overall births

The total number of babies born in the U.S. last year was 3,941,109. That’s 37,388 fewer babies than were born in the U.S. in 2015, which represents a 1% decline.

The number of births tends to rise as the population rises, so statisticians like to make historical comparisons by calculating the general fertility rate. This is the number of births per 1,000 women considered to be of childbearing age (between 15 and 44).

In 2016, the U.S. general fertility rate hit a record low of 62.0 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44. In 2015, the general fertility rate was 62.5.

Another useful statistic is the total fertility rate. This is an estimate of the total number of babies that 1,000 women would have over their lifetimes, based on the actual birth rates for women in different age groups.

In 2016, the total fertility rate for American women was 1,818 births per 1,000 women. That’s the lowest it has been since 1984.

In order for a generation to exactly replace itself, the total fertility rate needs to be 2,100 births per 1,000 women. The U.S. has been missing that mark since 1971 (though the country’s population has grown due to immigration).

More older mothers

The ages of women giving birth in the U.S. has been skewing older for several years, and that trend continued in 2016.

Birth rates for women 30 and older hit their highest levels since the 1960s, and women in their early 30s had the highest birthrate of any age group.

In 2016, there were 102.6 births per 1,000 women between the ages of 30 and 34. The last time it was that high was 1964.

There were also 52.6 births per 1,000 women ages 35 to 39, the highest that figure has been since 1962...

Teenage birthrates are declining, so that's good news.

But keep reading.

Trump Administration Believes it's Gained Tactical Advantage in War with the Media, Thanks to CNN Resignations and Sarah Palin's Libel Suit Against the New York Times

I think so.

From Hada Gold, at Politico, "Trump seizes the advantage in war with media":

Donald Trump and his allies believe he’s gained a tactical advantage in his war with the media.

As he escalates his attacks on the “failing media,” Trump and his allies are increasingly convinced that recent evidence, including the retracted CNN piece on an aspect of the Russia investigations, will prove to skeptical voters that the mainstream media has a vendetta against the administration.

Many White House staffers were “elated,” a person with knowledge of their conversations said, when they learned that three journalists had resigned over a botched story that claimed newly appointed Export-Import Bank official Anthony Scaramucci was being investigated for his ties to a Russian investment fund.

Trump was quick to publicize the retraction and resignations on his Twitter feed, adding, “What about all the other phony stories they do. FAKE NEWS.” He used the “FAKE NEWS” line again Wednesday morning in claiming that The Washington Post was “guardian of Amazon,” the company of Post owner Jeff Bezos.

Conservative outlets and allies of the president also trumpeted Sarah Palin’s libel suit against The New York Times for suggesting in an editorial that her super PAC played a role in inciting the gunman who shot former Rep. Gabby Giffords. The editorial from May was ultimately corrected, but was nonetheless an embarrassing moment for another media company that’s aggressively reported on the president and received his wrath in return.

The attacks marked an escalation of Trump’s strategy of citing media bias to rally conservatives and undecided voters around the idea that the investigations of Russian influence in the 2016 election are media-driven and politically motivated...

Keep reading.

Maitland Ward Breaks Snapchat

Heh.

At Taxi Driver, "Maitland Ward in Her Shower on Snap Chat."

And she posts to Twitter, commenting, "Here's the Snap Pic that was reported & taken down. If you don't like my SM game please don't follow me. I enjoy having fun and being free."

Also, "So I read the snapchat rules... it says nudity is okay as long as you're not performing any sort of sexual act. Is showering a sex act?"