Quick Hits

A few stories that aren't on anyone's radar.

Outside activities are racist.....(to get around the paywall, try this proxy server):

• The North Face was once a simple one-stop shop for hiking gear. But today, having upped its TikTok game, you’re more likely to spot a Gen Z urbanite sporting its puffer jacket than a countryside trekker.

  Now, The North Face is aiming for further approval from the socially conscious cohort by offering customers 20% off if they take a racial inclusion course. The one-hour-long course called ”Allyship in the Outdoors” begins by inviting customers to ask themselves: “How many people of color do you see on the slopes, on the hills, or on the trails?”

  Later in the module white customers are told that the great outdoors isn’t so great for people of color.

Most national parks we've visited, we're run across all sorts of ethnicities. Walking trails is one of the cheapest forms of vacation known to mankind. And look at all the kids out hiking at Roosevelt and Canal most weekends.

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We hadn't heard of this when it passed in California last year, but now that it's taking effect, look at the democrats running away from it - billing you for electricity costs based on your W-2:

• Many of California’s legislative Democrats are running from their idea to partly base electricity bills on the income of ratepayers. Yes, the idea has its challenges. But the status quo many Democrats seem to prefer is to continue sticking it lower-income Californians rather than making energy bills more equitable.

  Climate change has created a property insurance crisis, an electricity crisis, and an overall public financing crisis. None of these crises are close to resolution while rates for Pacific Gas and Electric customers have doubled in just five years, largely driven by costs to fix and expand the grid.

So all the rich people who installed solar panels and windmills to cut down on their electric bills? Yeah, you're still paying double what you did a few years back to fund the poor who can't afford the skyrocketing electric costs of America's failed state.

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Paramedic gets five years in prison for dosing a mental:

• A judge on Friday sentenced paramedic Peter Cichuniec who was convicted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain to five years in the Department of Corrections, which is essentially the minimum sentence for his second-degree assault conviction.

  [...] The jury found Cooper not guilty of second-degree assault with intent to cause bodily harm and not guilty of second-degree assault for administering drugs without consent. The jury found Cichuniec guilty of second-degree assault for administering drugs without consent and acquitted him of second-degree assault with intent to cause bodily harm.

One thing no one wants is medical assistance slow rolling to a call because the paramedics are worried about prison time.