PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS:
UPDATE: Note that in the left photo, which Palmer demanded to “burn that shit down,” is the $30M Minnehaha Commons Affordable Housing Project in Minneapolis that was scheduled to open next year, before being destroyed on Wednesday Night in arson approved by a former ESPN NBA reporter: Former ESPN NBA reporter criticized for hypocritical tweets about George Floyd protests.
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE: Arizona’s Mark Kelly Sat on Advisory Board of Company That Partnered With Chinese Tech Giant.
I’M SO OLD I CAN REMEMBER WHEN ALL CARS DID THAT: 2020 Ferrari F8 Tributo Demands Driver Involvement.
MY PROPHETIC SOCIAL MEDIA FRIENDS: Some of my Facebook friends predicted that the shutdowns, by reducing employment esp. among the working poor and creating boredom by shutting people up in their homes would be the tinder for social conflagration. I thought that was unreasonable, but now it’s hard to gainsay.
POLITICIZED SCIENCE SUCKS: Scientists raise concern over hydroxychloroquine study. “Dozens of scientists have raised concerns over a large-scale study of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine published in the Lancet that led to the World Health Organization suspending clinical trials of the anti-viral drugs as a potential treatment for COVID-19.”
XI’S GOTTA HAVE IT: Explaining to Rush Limbaugh the purpose of Joe Biden.
BUT HAPPILY, THE PREDICTED DEADLY VENTILATOR SHORTAGE NEVER MATERIALIZED HERE: DIY Ventilators for COVID-19 Could Be a Vital Stopgap.
AS AMERICA BURNS, TRUMP DECLARES ‘ANTIFA’ A TERRORIST GROUP.
UPDATE: “This is the memo I’d write to@realDonaldTrump if I worked in the WH,” Kurt Schlichter tweets, linking to this collated Twitter thread.
ANDY NGO: Antifa’s American Insurgency. The far-left has perfected the art of rioting:
Media, politicians, the public — all of us — have underestimated the training and capability of left-wing extremists, who are united in purpose. All the parts of rioting serve a purpose. Looting and fires destroy local economies. Riots can overwhelm the police and even the military. All of this leads to a destabilized state. America is brave and beautiful. She is not invincible.
Read the whole thing.
Related: Neo on The riots and the hard, organized left.
NARRATIVE TWEAKED: Saint Paul Mayor Walks Back Claim That Everyone Arrested Was From Out Of State.
Slate is also tweaking the narrative:
That ties in with today’s narrative; rioters are now the good guys once again:
A POWERFUL AND IMPORTANT BLOG, ONE THAT PREDATED EVEN THIS ONE: Walter Olson announces he’s closing down Overlawyered.
SO I GUESS THE SNAP POLLS HAVE COME IN AND THESE RIOTS AREN’T HELPING THE DEMOCRATS:
Looking at lefty takes on social media, it seems that these riots are entirely justified responses to systemic racism, and the only possible way to force social change, and they’re being instigated by white supremacists.
SO YOU’RE SAYING THESE RIOTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS WILL KILL US ALL? Pandemic historian: Don’t rush reopening. In 1918, some states ran straight into more death. “In Philadelphia, battles between politicians, slow responses, and huge crowds at Liberty Loan parades led to a massive increase in influenza cases after such gatherings.”
ROGER SIMON: Let Elon Musk Show the Way for America, Not the Rioters.
Not the first time that riots and space exploration highlighted the duality of modern America life. Amity Shlaes tweeted yesterday a topic she explored at length in her new Great Society book:
That disparity was even more on display during the Apollo 8 mission, which took man around the moon for the first time in his history, during the otherwise horrid year of 1968, as dramatized in this classic scene from Tom Hanks’ 1998 HBO miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon:
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