FRANZ KAFKA SMILES: Barnes & Noble Cancels ‘Diverse Editions’ Line After Being Accused of ‘Blackface.’
Yet another reminder that as Ray Bradbury predicted in Fahrenheit 451, the books will be burned as much to protect everyone’s feelings as much as to block the ideas within them.
WELL, GOOD: NATO Eyes Troop Reductions in Afghanistan as U.S. Draws Down. “The Trump administration’s decision to eventually withdraw several thousand troops from America’s longest war has triggered a debate within the 29-country alliance.”
NH GOV. SUNUNU VOWS PERFECT PRIMARY: ‘WE’RE NOT IOWA.’ Note this item, buried a few paragraphs in:
New Hampshire voters boasted that Iowa’s issues have made their primary the real 2020 presidential kickoff.
The Granite State’s simple voting system with clear paper ballots is a more representative way of picking candidates, voters told the Herald.
“It makes no sense to have a caucus in this day and age,” said Derry, N.H., resident Christine Rosenwasser, an undecided Democrat. “There should be paper ballots, and you have a primary. It just makes much more sense here.”
Paper ballots? What a cutting-edge idea!
Related: Iowa mess gets worse: Analysis finds inconsistencies in over 100 official caucus-site reports.
JEFF DUNETZ: Some Snarky Thoughts And Questions About The End Of The Impeachment Farce.
Between this and Iowa, it’s going to be a long time before we run out of snark.
IF IT SEEMS STUPID, IT PROBABLY IS STUPID: Understanding the Iowa Caucus Cock-Up
NOW SEE, THAT’S WHERE I’M DIFFERENT FROM A CUTTLEFISH — IT’S PRETTY MUCH THE OPPOSITE FOR ME: Cuttlefish opt for lighter lunch when shrimp is on the dinner menu.
Several restaurant owners argued that restaurants will suffer especially under the new electricity and natural gas usage tax, as they are heavy users of natural gas for cooking, and traditionally, food outlets are operated on a very slim profit margin.
One of the most identifiable names included in the emails was from former-State Sen. and Denver City Councilwoman Paula Sandoval, a restaurant owner and member of a politically well-connected Democratic family that includes current Denver City Councilwoman Amanda Sandoval.
“I requested an analysis from XCEL energy of what it would cost my business and annually it will be approximately $3,000 or $250/month,” Sandoval wrote on August 21 in an email to Councilwoman-At-Large Debbie Ortega.
“As a restauranteur in your district, I think it is irresponsible for Denver City Council to push a ballot initiative that will increase the taxes on my business without a proper stakeholder process. I urge you to have a stakeholder process where constituents can communicate concerns with the proposal to council members before you stick us with a yearly bill of over $43,000,000,” she continued.
As previously reported by Western Wire, that includes the admission by Denver City Council President Jolon Clark’s staff that businesses were intentionally left out of the process due to time constraints in the development of the proposal.
They were left out because better-connected interests — woke environmentalists — wanted them left out.
Centrist Democrat entrepreneur John Hickenlooper did more than any other single person to bring downtown Denver back to life. But far-left Democrat governor John Hickenlooper set the stage for the wokest elements of his party to kill it again.
IT WAS NECESSARY TO DESTROY THE ECONOMY IN ORDER TO SAVE IT: In California, Protecting Workers Means Outlawing Their Jobs. New video from Reason TV:
Earlier: House Democrats to vote to take controversial California ‘gig economy’ regulations national.
FASTER, PLEASE: Lab discovery shows promise for treating multiple sclerosis.
FASTER, PLEASE: New Gene Study Unravels Cancer’s Secrets.
DECOUPLING: Coronavirus tests U.S. medical system’s unhealthy reliance on China for drugs, supplies. “The basic building blocks of U.S. health care are now under the control of the Chinese Community Party.”
Update: “Community” typo from the original NBC News story.
HALF HOLDEN CAULFIELD, HALF VERUCA SALT: SOTU: Another reminder, if one was needed, about the Left’s juvenile narcissism.
SCENES FROM A SANCTUARY STATE: More than 1,500 aliens with ICE detainers released from the Orange County Jail in 2019, many re-offended. “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Acting Director Matthew T. Albence has repeatedly expressed concerns about how state or local policies limiting cooperation with ICE can lead to more crime. According to data recently released from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, in the two years since the implementation of California’s State Bill 54 (SB54), the sheriff’s department has rearrested more than 400 of those they released on whom ICE had active detainers. The aliens who were rearrested include those with charges including: rape, assault with a deadly weapon, child sex offenses, domestic violence, identify theft, and driving under the influence.”
Government’s job is to make the right people feel good, not to keep everyone else safe from rapists who shouldn’t even be in the country.
FROM AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: Green New Deal Promises Energy-Efficient Gulags In Every Neighborhood.
DOUBLE STANDARDS ARE THE BEST STANDARDS — YOU GET TWO! Double Standards on Rush Limbaugh’s Presidential Medal of Freedom.
HMM: The Chinese doctor who sounded the alarm on the Wuhan coronavirus has died. Pretty convenient for the authorities, but possibly just how things shook out.
UPDATE: Doctor who sounded alarm on coronavirus not dead despite conflicting reports, hospital claims. You’d think they’d have things straight on this one, but stay tuned.
IN THE MAIL: From John M. Ellis, The Breakdown of Higher Education: How It Happened, the Damage It Does, and What Can Be Done.
SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE LEFTISM: Lunatic on ASU Campus Threatens MAGA ‘Slash His Throat and Every Republican.’
THE 21st CENTURY IS NOT TURNING OUT AS I HAD HOPED: Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills.
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