A PROSECUTION GEARED TO MINIMIZE THE COUNTS, UNLIKE ALVIN ‘MAXIMUM COUNTS’ BRAGG’S 34:  Hunter Biden prodded US officials to help crooked client —but he won’t face foreign agent counts at tax trial: ‘Not relevant’.

HE’S LEARNED TROLLING FROM THE MASTER:  JD Vance Visits Harris’s Media Pool: ‘Thought You Guys May Get Lonely’ Since She Doesn’t Answer Any Questions.

UNINTENTIONALLY TELLING THE TRUTH:  Biden on Peaceful Transfer of Power: ‘If Trump Wins, No, I’m Not Confident at All…I Mean if Trump Loses’,

I THINK SO. HE’S KAMALA’S INSURANCE POLICY:  Will Tim Walz Make It To Convention As ‘Stolen Valor’ Scandal Grows? (Reader FLASH POLL).

IN VIEW OF THE SPICINESS IN EUROPE, THIS NEEDS TO BE REVISITED:  Prepare to be Assimilated.

SHE DIDN’T SAY SHE SUPPORTS ISRAEL, SHE SAID “SHUSH, YOU’LL GET ME IN TROUBLE WITH THE RUBES.”:   Kamala Harris scolds anti-Israel hecklers chanting ‘We Won’t Vote for Genocide!’ in Michigan: ‘If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that’.

THEY HATE THE CONSTITUTION WITH AN UNDYING FIRE:  Jurisdiction-Stripping Or Court-Killing? The “No Kings Act” Is A Decapitation Of The Constitution.

THERE IS A TIDE IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN:  The Coming Deluge?

THERE’S AN UPDATE FROM DRAGONCON. PAGE DOWN:  Dragon Dragon, Quite Contrary!

I should be writing. But they got me to be polite. Those who know me know that’s a bad sign.

STOLEN VALOR: Tim Walz launched political career on false claim as combat veteran in the War on Terror.

UPDATE: Walz Falsely Claimed He Served in Afghanistan. When a Local Vet Called Him Out, His Office Did Nothing. Walz launched his first congressional campaign as ‘a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom.’

FLASHBACK: Why would anyone need to lie about having been in Vietnam? “O,the stained souls, the small-hours doubts, the troubled manhood of so many American men who didn’t go to Vietnam when they could have — the strange guilt they seem to feel when they confront Vietnam veterans. Strange: There were some cheaters and liars, but all that most of them did was exercise their legal rights, in the manner of Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut attorney general and Democratic Senate candidate — five deferments, then a safe stateside slot in the Marine reserves…Harvard and Yale and social connections are nice, but at 3 o’clock in the morning you find yourself outranked by high school dropouts whose names are on the wall of the Vietnam Memorial. Not in the eyes of the world, but in your own eyes. What a withering stare it must be for some men, that they’ll shame themselves far worse than they were shamed before, by telling a lie.”

MORE:

STOLEN VALOR gets worse for Kamala Harris’ VP pick…

Here is @Tim_Walz on CSPAN back in 2007 on his military service:

“𝐈 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝟐𝟒 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐧.

𝐈… pic.twitter.com/j4JlWT5B1O

— Kylie Jane Kremer (@KylieJaneKremer) August 7, 2024

UPDATE (10:40 PM):

🚨Just in: A Video from 2009 shows a veteran confronting Tim Walz’s staff over claims that he served in Afghanistan. The veteran said Walz could go to jail for violating the Stolen Valor Act of 2006 for claiming to have served in Afghanistan when he didn’tpic.twitter.com/LdvtHJ5FnQ

— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) August 8, 2024

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD:

WOEING: NASA delays Crew-9 launch as it grapples with Starliner problems.

WELL, THAT’S OFF-SCRIPT:

John Fetterman expects Donald Trump to win Pennsylvania.pic.twitter.com/DOu7ZGSabG

— The American Conservative (@amconmag) August 7, 2024

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Chang’e-5 Mission Discovers Significant Water-Rich Mineral in Moon Soil.

LOL: ‘Go Communist Immediately’: The Stunning Fumble That Re-Opened the Definition Fight. “Republicans have seized a moment in this election cycle largely handed to them by the Kamala Harris campaign. By picking a relatively obscure governor as a running mate, Democrats handed Donald Trump and the GOP a golden opportunity to redefine their opposition.”

SADLY COMMENTS ARE TURNED OFF BECAUSE I’D LOVE TO READ THE REPLIES:

How nice of the Trump camp to help publicize Gov. Tim Walz's compassionate and common-sense policy of providing free menstrual products to students in Minnesota public schools! Let's do this everywhere. pic.twitter.com/hk6v8cs8p4

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 7, 2024

HMM: Melting Away Alzheimer’s: How Dopamine Dissolves Harmful Brain Plaques. Don’t worry, be happy!

PURPLE HEART DAY: Honoring Our Heroes.

I LIKE HIS STYLE:

JD Vance after physically walking up to Kamala Harris’ plane to ask why she’s hiding from reporters:

"Hopefully it's going to be my plane in a few months. I also thought you guys may get lonely, because the VP doesn't answer questions from reporters."pic.twitter.com/xmXBC16MSY

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 7, 2024

EH, HOW CAN WE HAVE A WAR ANYWAY WHEN SO MUCH OF OUR LEADERSHIP IS ON CHINA’S PAYROLL? What do You Mean We’re an 11 Carrier Navy in a 15 Carrier World?

FACE THE MUSIC: Federal Judge Denies Harvard’s Motion to Dismiss Antisemitism Lawsuit.

THAT HARDLY SEEMS SPORTING: Champagne found on 19th-century shipwreck off Sweden is declared off limits.

UNCLE OF HAMAS HOSTAGE SAYS FORCE IS THE ONLY SOLUTION: The incessant drumbeat in the Mainstream Media and among Washington politicians (mostly but not entirely Democrats) is that a negotiated ceasefire is the only way to liberate the dozens of Israelis and a handful of Americans being held by Hamas.

Not so declares Shimon Or, uncle to hostage Avinatan Or, according to Richard Pollock, whose latest Substack column ought to be mandatory reading for every member of Congress, every Biden administration political appointee and every Washington-based journalist.

THE CONVIVIAL CUP: What happens to your brain when you drink with friends? “Grab a drink with friends at happy hour and you’re likely to feel chatty, friendly and upbeat. But grab a drink alone and you may experience feelings of depression. Researchers think they now know why this happens.”