Headlines

Meadows blames Pelosi for impasse on coronavirus relief

Women-managed funds are outperformIng as tech exposure pays off, Goldman finds

Alleged Portland shooter was previously arrested for bringing illegal gun to riot but was released

Oregon governor blames ‘armed white supremacists’ for violence

What happens if China get Covid-19 vaccine first?

JPMorgan’s market guru who called the comeback says Trump’s re-election chances are rising

Top Democrat operative admits voter fraud is no myth

NPR promotes defense of  looting as ‘imaginative sense of freedom and pleasure’

U.S. coronavirus cases pass 6 million

ExTrump advisor Michael Flynn loses appeal seeking quick dismissal of criminal case

The numbers are in: RNC garnered 25 million more total viewers than DNC

Update: St. Louis officer dies after shot in head

STAND UP FOR AMERICA!

Supremes

Should I have pictured Diana Ross’s singing group?

I recently speculated that some woke American blacks have gone beyond seeking racial equality ... to demanding black supremacy ... see: Today’s Poser. Let’s call them  “supremes” ... and, by the way, they’re not all blacks either ... many lefty white pols see advantage in jumping on this cho-cho train. Anyhow, how do you know if you are a supreme?

Well, you might be a supreme if:

- you say All Lives Matter is racist

- you want to defund the police

- you demand reparations

- you want the “black language” taught in the schools

- you want convicts in prison to be able to vote

- you wear a “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” tee-shirt

- you kneel during the national anthem

- you think looting and arson are OK because “they have insurance”

- you try to look and act black even if you are not

STAND UP FOR AMERICA!

Moral Purity

It is wonderful to die for a cause ... any cause! — Voltaire’s tutor

In a perverse sort of way, one has to admire our younger generations who are violently agitating for our moral purity: no more bad cops, no venerating of statues to those who owned slaves or tolerated slavery, compassionate remediation for the income disparities that exist is our country today, hatred for those living a life of white privilege, denying anyone in the world immigration entry into our despicable country, keeping otherwise peaceful minorities incarcerated far beyond what their offenses dictate, dictatorial oppression of peaceful protest. ... even if they involve looting or arson.

All these national injustices need to be remedied ... immediately, no backtracking! “Else we will burn the system down!” All the while conveniently ignoring hundreds of other injustices of equal or greater consequence.

Yes, this naive idealism is kinda admirable ... if misdirected and dangerous ... as a result of indoctrination by ivory-tower pedagogues who have never lived a life that would belie their own fuzzy-headed [im]moral sophistry.

Headlines

Trump threatens to unleash gunfire on Minnesota protesters

Twitter flags Trump tweet on Minneapolis for ‘glorifying violence’

Trump vows to use military on ‘thugs’ ...

Report: Channel migrants ‘threaten to throw their children into water’

Trump says he would shut down Twitter if legally possible

Ted Cruz calls for criminal investigation of Twitter

Chinese state media troll Pompeo over MN ...

Mike Lee: You won’t like it if a Dem can regulate social media

UK to increase Hong Kong visa rights if China pushes security law

Coronavirus live updates: Prescriptions for Trump-touted drug surged, GM restarts most U.S. pickup truck production

War zone Minneapolis ... More chaos, more looting ... Unrest spreads in USA ...

Minneapolis mayor to protesters: Please social distance, wear masks

Reality

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." -- Albert Einstein

Kafka is alive and well. He has hacked into the program in that super-mega-giga-computer that Elon Musk believes is running the software simulation hundreds of years from now that has created our current reality. To me, it seems like the world is loosing it balance ... or perhaps it is just a bunch of 22nd century programmers having some fun with our lives? Not only has our current  political process gotten bizarre, but every day events seem to present themselves as head-scratchers. In particular, here are two news items that seem to be three-sigma events.

The black Milwaukee police officer, who shot and killed a black armed thug, turns out to be a part-time rapper and classmate of the very man he shot. Except for the police uniform this would be a forgettable commonplace event in this Blatz-beer  city ... see: Powerline Blog Posting. So effectively blue pants, a blue shirt and a badge have just caused extensive rioting, arson and looting in Milwaukee ... Strange!

For another real dose of reality, the Obummer administration fessed up today ... under the cover of the Olympic's swimmers' scandal ... that it really did pay $400 million as a quid pro quo for the release of four American prisoners ... ransom that is ... see: NY Post Story. This is after many months of adamantly denying same ... including President Obummer. I guess we are all so used to these scum bags lying that they are not even shamed by this revelation ... How very sad!

Law of the Jungle

Sheriff David Clark

Straight-talking Milwaukee Sheriff David Clark has used the above phrase to describe the rioting, arson and looting (by mostly young black men) that has been taking place there as result of the shooting and killing of a young armed black thug by a black policeman ... see: Reuters Story? He started this observation by saying that under these circumstances "tribal behavior" takes over and this replaces law and order. Gasp! Are these racist comments? Can a black man criticize black rioters this way? One can be reasonably assured that lots of opprobrium will soon be thrown at this sheriff ...  which will then be echoed many times throughout the liberal media.

These rioters were misbehaving as outlined above as well as throwing rocks and bricks at the responding police and fire-persons, injuring some ... and also attacking random innocent white folks. This kind of wilding behavior can easily be characterized as Sheriff Clark did ... not that it will embarrass any of them. These rioters listen to a different drumbeat which drowns out any thought of civilized behavior.

By the bye, President Obummer has not, as of this posting, issued any statement calling for calm in Milwaukee. He hasn't even given it a "tsk, tsk." I guess he must be suffering a severe case of senioritis.

Balti-less

Both the mayor and police chief of Baltimore, Maryland are black ... but this didn't mitigate the rioting that has occurred in this city after the funeral of Freddie Gray, a black youth who was killed in police custody last week ... see: UK Daily Mai Story. Even the feckless mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, handled similar rioting there better than did the mayor of Baltimore  ... who essentially gave the demonstrators there permission to riot and "space to destroy things." What was she thinking?

And so Baltimore has a black black eye ... and many businesses there will have to think twice about rebuilding and reopening.

The futility of such mayhem escapes me and most civilized people ... but apparently this Freddie Gray tragedy somehow gives license for feral behavior on the part of enough of the city's youths to besmirch this city for years to come. What a pity ...

The only real suggestion that I have is that there are enough cell-phone pictures and news coverage that dozens of rioters and looters can be identified and arrested. The justice system in Baltimore should be swift and tough on these miscreants. If the governance there were so inclined, perhaps ... just perhaps, this might assuage such future criminal behavior.

In the end, justice should be served ... else it will be subverted.

Afterward: There are some reasonable law-abiding parents in Baltimore ... see:ABC News Video. Good for her!

After Afterward: And here is a picture of the good Baltimore citizens lining up to protect their police force:

From reddit

How Come?

-        Terrorists never seem to suffer post-traumatic stress disorder?

-        President Obama always finds out about his administration problems from the news media?

-        The Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is not associated with Islam?

-        Tsunamis after under-seas earthquakes are being caused by climate change?

-        President Putin of Russia can’t afford a shirt?

-        Poverty in the United States doesn’t diminish no matter how much is spent to eradicate it?

-        So many Catholic priests sexually prey on children?

-        Only Republicans abuse women? (Afterward ... see: Breitbart Story.)

-        European nations hardly spend any money on national-defense?

-        California doesn’t go bankrupt?

-        U.S. environmental protesters always leave a mess behind?

-        Racial demonstrations generally involve looting?

-        The social media craze is anti-social?

-        Hollywood morality preachers are too often immoral?

-        Hillary Clinton is so politically popular?