IT’S AN IDEA SO CRAZY, IT JUST MIGHT WORK: Governor DeSantis Has an Amazing Plan to Deal With Rioters and Mostly Peaceful Protesters™: Prosecute Them.
Archive for 2020
September 23, 2020
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: New 3-D printing method could jump-start creation of tiny medical devices for the body.
EX-COP BRETT HANKISON INDICTED BY KENTUCKY GRAND JURY IN SHOOTING DEATH OF BREONNA TAYLOR.
UPDATE: And here we go:
Rioters in Louisville had a U-Haul on standby loaded up with supplies, and immediately geared up as soon as the Breonna Taylor decision was announced.
People pretend these riots happen out of nowhere. They don't. They're well-coordinated and prepared. https://t.co/AuTZp1Z57D
— David Hookstead (@dhookstead) September 23, 2020
Earlier: Louisville mayor puts curfew in place, says National Guard is coming.
(Updated and bumped.)
WHERE’S HUNTER, FAT? Senate Report Details Hunter Biden’s Extensive Foreign Business Dealings — and Obama Officials’ Efforts to Ignore Them.
(Classical reference in headline; updated and bumped.)
ANOTHER REASON TO GET OFF MY LAWN: The CDC Doesn’t Want Kids Trick-or-Treating for Halloween. “The very safest activities, according to the CDC, are carving pumpkins with members of your own household, having scary-movie night, or throwing a ‘virtual Halloween costume contest.’ (How fun.)”
VERNON JONES: Trump Did More for Blacks in 4 Years Than Biden Has in 40.
Analysis: True.
SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Once exposed to humans, animals start to lose their fear of predators.
TROLL LEVEL: POTUS DJT. Snopes: Trump Campaign Falsely Suggests Biden Promoted ‘White Power’ Symbol.
In reality, Biden used the hand gesture to illustrate his assertion that massive corporations and U.S. President Donald Trump himself have in the past paid “zero” in taxes.
So evidently, using the “Okay” hand gesture to indicate zero is not racist, but using the “Okay” hand gesture to indicate, err, “Okay” is?
As Glenn noted in December when Rolling Stone got the vapors because someone at the Army-Navy game flashed the OK sign, “The 4Chan trollers have scored again. I remember when ’culture jamming’ was a lefty thing, but the lefty culture jammers never scored at this level.”
I AGREE. ALL THE #ORANGEMANBAD STUFF HAS REALLY HURT OUR RESPONSE. Dr. Fauci says ‘divisive’ society hurting COVID-19 fight.
TRUMP’S GET-OUT-THE-VOTE EFFORT ENTERS A NEW PHASE: Some Protests Against Police Brutality Take a More Confrontational Approach: The protests are moving into white residential neighborhoods, where activists demand that people choose a side.
“It went from a peaceful march, calling out the names, to all of a sudden, bang, ‘How dare you fly the American flag?’” said Mr. Moses, who is Black and runs a nonprofit group in the Portland, Ore., area. “They said take it down. They wouldn’t leave. They said they’re going to come back and burn the house down.”
Mr. Moses and others blocked the demonstrators and told them to leave.
“We don’t go around terrorizing folks to try and force them to do something they don’t want to do,” said Mr. Moses, whose nonprofit group provides support for local homeless people. “I’m a veteran. I’m for these liberties.”
Nearly four months after the killing of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police, some protesters against police brutality are taking a more confrontational — and personal — approach. The marches in Portland are increasingly moving to residential and largely white neighborhoods, where demonstrators with bullhorns shout for people to come “out of your house and into the street” and demonstrate their support.
These more aggressive protests target ordinary people going about their lives, especially those who decline to demonstrate allegiance to the cause. That includes a diner in Washington who refused to raise her fist to show support for Black Lives Matter, or, in several cities, confused drivers who happened upon the protests. . . .
A small free literature selection was set up on the grass and overseen by three people in ski masks. It was a popular offering, and people crowded around, craning to see the pamphlets.
Titles included “Why Break Windows”; “I Want To Kill Cops Until I’m Dead”; “Piece Now, Peace Later: An Anarchist Introduction to Firearms”; “In Defense of Smashing Cameras”; and “Three-Way Fight: Revolutionary Anti-Fascism and Armed Self Defense.” . . .
Neighbors in impressive Craftsman-style homes pulled down their shades and turned off their lights, though many could be seen peering out of dark windows. One woman stepped out of an expansive home looking angry; upon seeing the crowd, she quickly retreated indoors. A few young couples stood in their doorways. A Black woman driving past honked and cheered.
One white man stepped onto his patio clapping and hollering in support of the passing march. The group called for him to join. He smiled and waved them on, still clapping. They began to chant that he was spineless. He looked worried. But the march moved along, and he went back into his house.
“You’ll never sleep tight, we do this every night,” the protesters chanted.
This isn’t protest, this is domestic terrorism.
Related: Louisville mayor puts curfew in place, says National Guard is coming. “Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron will announce at 1:30 p.m. whether the three officers who fired their weapons the night Taylor was killed will face charges.”
JOANNE JACOBS: Not indoctrinated, just ignorant. “Most students learn little or no history, pro-American or anti-American, in elementary school, writes Wexler. They may not learn much in middle school either. They’re not indoctrinated, just ignorant.”
YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: China Perfidy Roundup. “Time to zig while everyone else is zagging over the Supreme Court nomination fight, and once again offer up a roundup of Communist China’s ongoing perfidy.”
TRUMP: A UNITER, NOT A DIVIDER! Lisa Murkowski Reverses Position on Filling SCOTUS Vacancy, Won’t Rule Out Vote to Confirm.
Related: Joy Behar concedes Democrats’ SCOTUS loss: ‘We’ve lost that battle.’
It’s always good to hear the lamentations of the Behars, but don’t get cocky.
STEAMROLLER: Lisa Murkowski Reverses Position on Filling SCOTUS Vacancy, Won’t Rule Out Vote to Confirm.
For what it’s worth, I’d guess that vulnerable GOP senators are hearing from their constituents just how much they’d like to see another conservative sitting on SCOTUS.
VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: Explosive Report on Biden Family Corruption Syndicate.
Insanity Wrap needs to know: What does Hunter Biden do for a living?
Answer: Seriously, we read all the reports and we still can’t tell what he does, aside from bend his father’s ear.
Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.
- Seattle voters get what they asked for, good and hard.
- Meet the Psycho Rage Girls.
- Bill Clinton’s grisly dinner date.
And so much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.
TEACH THE CHILDREN WELL: My generation is being raised to hate America — it’s time to stand up for our history.
OH: Just 1% of US Counties Have Had Nearly Half of All COVID-19 Deaths. “The five counties with the most COVID-19 deaths represent just 0.2% of all counties, but they account for 16% of all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S., nearly three times their population share of 6.5%.”