MORE ON THE INSANITY AT SANDIA NATIONAL LABS:  “Illegal retaliation at Sandia Labs for opposing reverse discrimination?”

“IN DEFENSE OF LOOTING“:  David and Glenn commented on this asinine new book a few minutes ago.  HuffPost has now joins NPR in showcasing it.  Donald Trump just inched a little closer to a second term.

EDGAR ALLAN POE FORESAW THIS: How the Virus Penetrated Fortress New Zealand.

WHEN AYN RAND NOVELS BECOME OUR LIVED REALITY: NPR decides that now is a good time to showcase an author of a book called “In Defense of Looting.” NPR’s Report starts: “In the past months of demonstrations for Black lives, there has been a lot of hand-wringing about looting.” Handwringing? H/T Wally Olson.

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Dear Looters: Feel free to visit NPR Headquarters in DC!

WHEN PEOPLE DECLARE WAR ON YOU, BELIEVE THEM:

Related: Kelley Paul: Our harrowing, dystopian night.

Thursday night felt like being in a terrifying dystopian novel. The mob swarmed me and my husband, Sen. Rand Paul, in a tight circle, screaming expletives, threats, and shouting, “Say her name.” We rushed up to two police officers, and I believe that is the only thing that kept us from being knocked to the ground. Even pressed against the officers, we were greatly outnumbered.

As the mob grew and became more threatening, we literally could not move, and neither could the two officers for several minutes. The rioters were inches from us, screaming in our faces.

That was the worst part. At first, I attempted to meet the eyes of one of the protesters and tried to explain that Rand authored the Justice for Breonna Taylor Act, but it seemed to just infuriate them more, as they called me a “bitch” and “racist wh—” alongside an endless torrent of “f— yous.”

Mobs are terrifying. They looked at us with no humanity — just a vicious and righteous zeal. After that, I just kept my eyes down and prayed. All I could think of was the driver who was pulled from his car, viciously kicked in the head and left lying in his own blood in Portland, Oregon, last week.

Now the Associated Press is reporting that Rand used the word “attack” to describe our ordeal “without evidence.” This is disgusting and utter proof of their bias.

When you are surrounded by throngs of people screaming in your face and preventing you from getting away, that is an attack.

Think of the press as garbage people actively opposed to civilization, and you won’t go far wrong.

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DEMOCRATS AND MEDIA (BUT I REPEAT MYSELF) HARDEST HIT: Dow turns positive for 2020, with S&P on pace for best August since ‘84.

THIS IS SUPER SAD, AND HE WAS ALSO GREAT IN MARSHALL, WHICH WAS AN UNDERRATED MOVIE: ‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman dies of cancer at 43.

WEIRD, WE HAVEN’T HEARD A WORD FROM THE FEMINISTS ON THIS: This is why Jacob Blake had a warrant out for his arrest. “The cops involved in the shooting of Jacob Blake — which touched off a fresh wave of angry, anti-police sentiment across the country — were attempting to arrest him for violating a restraining order stemming from an alleged sexual assault, The Post has learned. Blake, 29, was forbidden from going to the Kenosha home of his alleged victim from the May 3 incident, and police were dispatched Sunday following a 911 call saying he was there. . . . Blake is accused in the criminal complaint, which was obtained by The Post, of breaking into the home of a woman he knew and sexually assaulting her.”

Actually, we’ve barely heard from feminists on anything since Biden was nominated. It’s as if they were shoved back into the kitchen until they’re needed again.

WHY THIS STUFF ISN’T HAPPENING IN RED AREAS:

Though I’m surprised Kurt, especially, didn’t put down “give him a medal” as an option.

LIFE IN BILL DE BLASIO’S NEW YORK: Shirtless, spear-wielding man allegedly stabs teen in Times Square. “I feel bad for the small kid. I cannot believe this happened.”

In just a few short months, he’s returned NYC to its 1977-era state.

HAHA, GOOD LUCK WITH THAT: Biden Needs a Sister Souljah Month: Democrats need to convince voters that they really are against riots. The problem with this is that the Democrats aren’t against riots. They’ve been supporting them, egging them on, and covering for them, for months. And everybody knows it.

OPEN THREAD: Is every cop a criminal? Are all the sinners saints? Or is that just what the Democrats’ platform says?

TAKEOFF: SpaceX plans to launch Argentine satellite into polar orbit from Florida.

TOO SOON?

ANDREW SULLIVAN: The Trap The Democrats Walked Right Into: If law and order are what this election is about, they will lose it. “Rioting and lawlessness is evil. And any civil authority that permits, condones or dismisses violence, looting and mayhem in the streets disqualifies itself from any legitimacy. This comes first. If one party supports everything I believe in but doesn’t believe in maintaining law and order all the time and everywhere, I’ll back a party that does.”

GET RID OF THE LICENSE FEE: Dear BBC, we don’t want to live in a land of woke and sorry. The “woke and sorry” isn’t anything anyone wants, really. It’s imposed from the top as a means of control.

NONSENSE, THOSE DIFFERENCES ARE SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED AND DINOSAURS CAN IDENTIFY HOWEVER THEY LIKE: Statistical analysis reveals differences between dinosaur sexes.

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ACCOUNTABILITY CREEPS FORWARD: New York Times must face Sarah Palin’s defamation claim: court ruling.

Say, did I mention I have a paper on libel reform?

WAIT, WHAT? University of Alabama orders faculty to keep quiet about outbreak. “Administration officials at the University of Alabama reportedly have ordered the school’s professors to keep quiet about the coronavirus amid an outbreak that infected more than 500 students during the first week of classes. Faculty in multiple departments said they received emails this week telling them not to discuss the situation in classrooms and to keep students in the dark if they became aware of anyone contracting the virus.”

AN EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM: Russia Just Declassified Footage of the Largest Nuke Ever Tested.

I’M NOT GOING TO MISS PROFESSIONAL SPORTS.

ONCE I WAS, THOUGHTLESSLY, AMONG THE PRO-CHOICE CROWD: We can’t just kill 55 million unborn babies and walk away. Susan B. Anthony List Video cites RNC as Proof Life is Winning in America.(Updated and Bumped).

SHOCKER: Cold weather kills more people than heat, Illinois study finds. This is why global warming is much less of a threat than global cooling.