PEOPLE WITHOUT JOBS DISTURBING THE SLEEP OF THOSE WHO HAVE TO GO TO WORK IN THE MORNING:

Or as I like to think of them, Trump’s 2020 get-out-the-vote movement.

WELL SURE, THAT’S WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO THINK…“If You’re Reading This, You Might Be A Conspiracy Theorist.”

THIS IS A GREAT IDEA, EXCEPT THAT IT WON’T MAKE ANY GIANT CONTRACTORS CONSIDERABLY RICHER: ‘Missile barges’ could be America’s secret weapon in the Pacific.

#TIMESUP: ‘WomenForBiden.com’ puts spotlight on harassment claims against him.

ENDORSED. Recommendation: Andy Ngo at the GOP Convention.

NOT ENOUGH: Goodyear Tire partly backs down, revises policy against “Blue Lives Matter.” “The revelation that Goodyear effectively lied about it’s own training sessions caused even more of an uproar. Now Goodyear has backtracked, partially.”

Related: Audio From Goodyear Training Session Leaks: Leftwing Messaging Is Okay, Because Leftwing Political Agitation Isn’t Political.

NEW? DNC considering new ‘steal underpants’ platform.

IF YOU WATCH SPORTS TO GET AWAY FROM POLITICS, YOU’RE OUT OF LUCK:  California pro sports teams are falling all over themselves to endorse Prop 16, which would repeal Prop 209 from the California Constitution, thus allowing the state to grant preferential treatment on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, and national origin.  Friends of mine with a sense of humor have answered back with a petition demanding that these teams to allocate 15% of their positions to Asian Americans.  (Asian Americans are about 15% of the California population.)  Go ahead, sign it.  You know you want to.

SELF-DEFEAT: Cash-Strapped USPS Killed Profitable Custom Stamp Program Over Jesus Stamps.

WHAT MYSTERY? Denver doctors may have found the answer to a pandemic mystery: What happened to all the heart attacks? “Stauffer’s team found that cardiac arrests at home in Denver more than doubled in the two weeks after the statewide stay-at-home order was issued compared with historical averages. Even compared with more recent data, the weekly average of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests jumped to 46 during those two weeks, versus 26 or 27 in the three months prior.”

Seriously, what mystery?

Plus: “Stauffer and his colleagues found that the number of people in Denver who died of cardiac arrests at home in the two weeks following the statewide stay-at-home order was greater than the total number of people who died of COVID-19 in the city during that time.”

How many of them could have been saved had they made it to an ER?

DEMOCRATS TRY TO LOCK IN DOMESTIC LAWFARE: The Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act Would Criminalize Politics.

‘I MAKE NO APOLOGIES WHATSOEVER:’ Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Defends Banning Protesters From Her Block, Citing Safety Concerns.

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YOU WILL BE MADE TO CARE: Jimmy Fallon’s Re-Education Wraps in Time for Election Day. “The once-genial host got bullied by the press (and peers?) into his current sad state.”

THE GREAT IMPLOSION:

A couple days ago I referenced Tom Wolfe’s classic essay “The Great Relearning,” and it may be that we have to go through the Great Implosion in order to relearn things like common sense.

As you have heard, California is going through a series of rolling blackouts of the kind not seen since the botched electricity “restructuring” almost 20 years ago ultimately ended up costing Governor Gray Davis his job. Maybe Gov. Gavin Newsom had this fate in the back of his mind with this Babylon Bee-worthy (but in fact real) story from yesterday:

California governor demands probe of power blackouts

Here’s a thought for Gavin: Look in a mirror. Maybe we should start a grassroots effort to mail in thousands of pocket mirrors to aid in the probe.

Newsome used this exact same play last summer, when, as Jon Gabriel wrote,  “Newsom finally noticed that his state has the highest gas prices in the nation, and he’s angry:”

So angry, in fact, he ordered his Attorney General to investigate the decades-long mystery.

“There is no identifiable evidence to justify these premium prices,” Newsom wrote in a letter to state Attorney General Xavier Becerra. “If oil companies are engaging in false advertising or price fixing, then legal action should be taken to protect the public.”

Newsom correctly identified the symptom but remains clueless about the cause. He at least pretends to be.

Having used the same “demanding an industry probe” stunt at least twice, “Pretends” is the key word here.

THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT: Biden: A Diminished Trojan Horse With an Army of Marxist Transformers Inside.

I SUPPOSE I SHOULD THINK ABOUT DOING THE SAME: Volokh Conspiracy Now Readable on Parler.

I WILL BE A PRESENTER AT THE VIRTUAL:  Prometheus Awards’ 40th Anniversary Ceremony.

AND I’LL ALSO BE IN A PANEL WITH F. PAUL WILSON. (Me, squee? You can’t say I squeed. Mature writers don’t fangirl.  …. okay, fine. I totally fangirled there for a moment.)

OR WE COULD, YOU KNOW, JUST GET OFF THIS PLANET AND SETTLE ON OTHERS.  NOTE: NOT ONE OF HIS “WAYS” IS IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENTABLE; THEY ALL REQUIRE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT MAY NOT BE ACHIEVABLE. OTHER THAN THAT THEY’RE TERRIFIC:  MIT professor unveils 5 ways to save ourselves from total human extinction.

OTOH I suppose us settling other worlds would mean escaping our would-be Earth-encompassing would be Masters…. and of course no leftist can be having with that.

GOOD LORD. DON’T THESE PEOPLE READ SCIENCE FICTION? OR DO THEY ONLY READ THE NEW, “SOCIAL CRITIQUE” SCIENCE FICTION (ALSO KNOWN AS NAVEL GAZING?):  Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida.

AND HEAR THE LAMENTATIONS OF THEIR WOMEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE CERVIXES:  Emotional breakdowns after Trump ads appear on the Washington Post’s website.

THE GANG THAT COULDN’T PHOTOSHOP STRAIGHT:  Underwhelming: Kamala Harris virtual cheering section included duplicates.