I was writing a nice diary on the Environomics of electric vehicles when the news came out. I’ll save that for another day.
I was shocked but relieved by the Supreme Court’s decision in the “independent state legislature” case, and disgusted but not surprised by the cheesy fake cake case. I predicted the Affirmative Action decision (not a hard call) in my brilliant, widely unread, dark satirical masterpiece published last October.
Since so much that was recently only literary is already literal, here’s how college admissions play out in the book, set in the near future. You heard it here first! Here’s a 306-word clip from page 215.
NBC Nightly News Wednesday, June 5, 7:05 p.m.
Video shows bustling students on a venerable university campus. Bob Robb says, “For the second year in a row, at Harvard, Yale, M.I.T., the University of North Carolina, and ten other top universities, an average 97% of incoming freshmen are Asian-Americans, this year about 51% female and 49% male and other.
“Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled two years ago that race-based affirmative action is unconstitutional, to avoid problems with the Department of Justice — and to avoid lawsuits from various advocacy groups — these universities began a new admissions process last year.
“Students submit their applications for these universities through AppAnon, a secure service that anonymizes the applications before forwarding them to the universities.
“The universities received applications with code numbers instead of names, with no information about gender, race, or location other than their previous schools. They judged applicants based on test scores, school transcripts and essays. Even letters of recommendation are redacted to show only the code number of the student. Photos, audios and videos are not allowed.
“In the past, these universities attempted to assure diversity in the student body, leaving Blacks, Latinos, Asians, and of course white students all claiming unfair discrimination. So far no one has sued over this new admissions policy.
“In other news, some 220,000 police officers, nearly a third of all cops, remain on sick leave or vacations serving NRNN affidavits on husbands and boyfriends. Estimates are that if each officer serves ten affidavits per day, it may take three or four more weeks to catch up as millions of women continue to fill out and download these documents from the NRNN website.
“In a possibly related story, today marks the fourth day in a row with no reported killings or beatings of Black people by police in the U.S.”
Now that you have already read 0.0028% of The Big Karma Law Firm: What You Asked For, you might as well get yourself a copy here. You can read the back cover/product description, and a sample (the Kindle edition has a much longer sample — enough to tell you what an NRNN affidavit is). What can you lose? If it’s not the funniest serious book you ever read, Amazon has a great return policy.
How many Red states will copy the Texas Good Kids With Guns Act, arming kids 9 and up in the classroom? Will females from 10 to 50 be required to take a pregnancy test in front of a stranger to board planes in Red states? Will a federal judge rule, with a semi-credible constitutional argument, that women’s rights (except voting) are up to the states?
Would you really be surprised by any of this?
Lest you think I am just some grouchy, cynical satirist, you can read my FREE short story, The Early Bird Special, 5,300 words of fun, optimistic, near-future sci-fi, here.
Speaking of optimism: we really can take back the House, Senate and White House in 2024. Here’s how I know. Biden won in 2020 when 57% of voters ages 18-29 voted. We held back a Red tsunami in 2022 with only 23% of young voters nationally (Blue states a bit higher, 5 at 30%+, Michigan 37%, 5 Red states at less than 15%.) About 6 million kids will turn 18 by November of 2024. And it seems that young folks are not pleased with Red policies.
Have a safe weekend and enjoy our Nation’s birthday. Celebrate our Freedom! Starting tomorrow, anyone can carry a concealed gun in Florida. That’s some FREEDOM! What could possibly go wrong?