THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE IN THE US. THIS IS NO MORE AND NO LESS THAN AN ATTEMPT BY A MARXIST FIFTH COLUMN TO OVERTHROW WESTERN CIVILIZATION:  Say It Ain’t So, Horatio!

The presentism of these Chapeu de Derriere wearing fools is next level, too. They don’t understand that most people go along to get along and believe whatever is fashionable in their day. Which is funny, since that’s what they do. The future which doesn’t come with an arrow will judge them and their heroes harshly.

IT’S LARPING (LIVE ACTION ROLE PLAYING) ALL THE WAY DOWN. ADVICE TO THE NORMIES, PARTICULARLY DULL LEFTIST NORMIES. LEAVE LARPING TO THE SF/F COMMUNITY. MY PEOPLE ARE BETTER AT IT. AND OTHER THAN A FEW HOTELS, WHEN SOMEONE TETHERS THE 400lb CAPTIVE ELF TO AN OVERHEAD PIPE OR THE LIKE, WE DON’T DAMAGE PROPERTY: Revolutionary theater in Minneapolis.

HIS PROPOSALS WILL NEVER CATCH ON. THEY SERIOUSLY UNDERMINE CORRUPTION AND GRAFT:  Police Reform.

I AM SO TIRED OF SEMANTIC INSANITY. WHAT THE H*LL ARE “BLACK VOICES”?  NO SERIOUSLY. I’M SO TIRED OF “ONE ALLOWED OPINION PER RACIAL CATEGORY.” IT’S STUPID. AND I’M TIRED OF STUPID. LET’S SPEAK IN INDIVIDUAL VOICES: THE DEMANDS OF THE COLLECTIVE BLACK VOICES AT FREE CAPITOL HILL TO THE GOVERNMENT OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

I always find myself in the position of the brown girl in this:

NOT THE BABYLON BEE: San Francisco Municipal Railway says it won’t transport SFPD to protests: ‘We have a lot of work to do.’

UPDATE: Needless to say, SF-Muni is not making the San Francisco Police Officers Association happy at the moment:

(Updated and bumped.)

I AGREE. ONLY A KAIJU WILL DO:   Current Events: I Need a Kaiju.

INCONVENIENT NUMBERS: Repudiate the Anti-Police Narrative. In testimony to Congress, Heather Mac Donald presents the facts on police and race — including the statistics that the Washington Post has retroactively altered to fit the current narrative.

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“PEACEFUL” PROTESTS CONTINUE: Anarchy in Seattle. Antifa-affiliated activists seize control of a city neighborhood and declare an “autonomous zone.” A member of the Seattle City Council calls it a “victory” against “the militarized police force of the political establishment and the capitalist state.”

TRUMP 2020’S LATEST UNPAID SPOKESPERSON: Dem House candidate Kim Olson: ‘If people loot, so what? Burn it to the ground.’

RETAIL SUPPORT BRIGADE SITREP: So Helen and I paid our first visit to the recently reopened West Town Mall in like three months plus. It was a little sad. A number of smaller stores were closed — though to my relief, Mori Luggage, run by a nice lady, had just moved to a better location — and quite a few of the open ones had sentinels at the door who would disinfect your hands and tell you not to touch things. (To be fair, it was places like Sephora whose combination of frequent shoplifters and reduced staffs may have led to the gatekeeper approach.) Most people weren’t wearing masks, though all store employees were. All seating was covered with yellow tape. You really didn’t need a mask, because there weren’t many people around. All told, kind of depressing. More fun needed.

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OPEN THREAD: Five Year Plans and New Deals, wrapped in golden chains.

IT’S COME TO THIS: San-Jose Police Fire Rubber Bullets At Protest, Hitting Their Own Racial Bias Trainer In The Testicle.

JIM TREACHER: Not Being a Racist Isn’t Good Enough Anymore, Proclaim Our Self-Styled Overseers.

I don’t tend to pay much attention to MSNBC second-stringer Ali Velshi, but the other day, he forcefully ejected the following nugget of cognitive fecal matter and it briefly floated to the top of the Internet. Watch this clip:

“Well, if you think you’re not racist, you could be right. But in this day and age, that’s simply not good enough. Up next: Why it’s time to check our bias at the door and lean into the discomfort that is necessary for real change.”

Wait until Velshi discovers that he works alongside Al Sharpton.

As Treacher writes in response:

America didn’t kill George Floyd. “Whiteness” or “systemic racism” or any other trendy buzzword didn’t kill George Floyd. Those cops did. They’re in jail now, awaiting trial. Good.

That’s it. That’s all I owe anybody. Hell, I don’t even owe anybody that much. And I absolutely will not kneel and grovel for forgiveness for someone else’s crimes.

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SPACE: New SpaceX spacesuits get five-star rating from NASA astronauts.

HARSH, BUT FAIR: The New York Times Says Tom Cotton’s Essay ‘Fell Short of Our Standards.’ What Standards?

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Have you noticed that the allegedly educated, thoughtful parts of our society just swing from one variety of mass hysteria to another with hardly a pause in between?

AND THE BEARDS HAVE ALL GROWN LONGER, OVERNIGHT:

Related:

● The Real History of Antifa.

● Antifa Militants Seize Seattle Police HQ, Set Up ‘Autonomous Zone.’

● Seattle’s Autonomous Anarchist Zone Learns a Hilarious Lesson About Theft.

● Pandemic Paranoia Makes ‘The Lives of Others’ a Remarkably Timely Movie.

BIDEN SAYS THERE IS “SYSTEMIC RACISM” IN “EVERYTHING” AMERICA DOES.

Great moments in projection: ‘You Ain’t Black’ and Joe Biden’s 10 Other Acts of Racism.

But if only Biden had done something to correct “systemic racism” during his – checking notes – eight years as vice president and 35 years in the Senate.

AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: McGruff The Crime Dog Put Down.

In response to a growing anti-police sentiment, McGruff the Crime Dog has been taken to the vet and put down.

“We just didn’t feel safe with him around,” said activist Ray Clarke, one of the people who demanded McGruff be euthanized. “He was always urging people to ‘Take a bite out of crime,’ and we don’t need more violence like that from law enforcement. He has to die.”

Shades of this classic 1973 National Lampoon cover:

ZOOM CHOOSES SIDES: Zoom closed account of U.S.-based Chinese activist “to comply with local law.” They’re not really a “U.S. videoconferencing company,” since they’re effectively Chinese-controlled. “Zoom has faced growing scrutiny over security concerns and its ties to China.”

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I KINDA THINK THE RECOVERY WILL BE QUICKER THAN THAT: Alcohol sales could take four years to return to normal.

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