SEEMS FAIR: “They’re now saying, after Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away, they said, ‘Biden should release his list.'” Plus: “Oh? I’d forgotten that he’d pledged to choose a black woman. Isn’t that inconsistent with his 3 reasons for not giving us a list? There can’t be that many potential choices if he’s got the type of person narrowed down like that. Who are the under-60 black female federal judges appointed by Democratic Presidents? Won’t they all be influenced in their decisions — reason #1, above — even though their names are not on a list? Aren’t they all just as vulnerable to ‘unrelenting political attacks’ as the individuals on Trump’s list (reason #2)? And are you not violating reason #3 by making this pledge?”

There’s not enough Aricept in the world to get a coherent answer out of Biden to those questions.

Plus: “No presidential candidate, other than Donald Trump, has ever done such a thing…. Yes, Trump innovated, but it was Trump, so, of course Orange Man Bad. But it was a good innovation for him, because he wanted to build confidence that he would indeed choose a principled conservative. Now, that the innovation has been done, other candidates will decide whether it suits them. It will suit some, but not others. And, clearly, it would not suit Biden. Biden can’t possibly present a list of names. “

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SMOTHERING THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS: Bob McManus: Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio sure seem bent on pushing you to flee New York.

WE’VE DESCENDED INTO SOME SORT OF BIZARRE HELL-WORLD IN WHICH GEORGE GALLOWAY IS A VOICE OF SANITY: Sturgeon crisis: George Galloway launches campaign to oust SNP leader – ‘enough is enough.’ “I’m sick to the back teeth of hearing about independence.”

OPEN THREAD: Bask in the company of other Instapunditeers.

DON’T SHED A SINGLE TEAR FOR THE SUFFERING OF ‘SORORITY MARXISTS’ — THEY’VE EARNED: “But a funny thing happens on the way to neo-Marxist utopia. Once these unlikely guerrilla warriors are apprehended, they start demanding all of the protections provided by the very legal system they say is corrupt beyond repair. Patterson’s father was outraged that his daughter was being held on $1 million bail, and he claims she has been denied access to the family attorney. Whoa, whoa, whoa — family attorney? Shouldn’t these allies of the downtrodden be relying on public defenders like the people they claim to be defending?”

COMING SOON TO A THEATER NEAR YOU: Kavanaugh II, Electric Bugaloo. 

Back up, Don Corleone! Democrats are threatening to “go to the mattress” if “Don” Mitch McConnell follows through on confirming “Don” POTUS’ replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the election.

Only slightly more genteel than the mafia, “the mattress” in this instance includes abolishing the filibuster and expanding the Supreme Court, naturally with ideological semblables.

Never mind that RBG herself was against court “packing,” calling it “partisan” in an interview with Nina Totenberg, adding “9 seems to be a good number… I think it was a bad idea when President Franklin Roosevelt tried… I am not at all in favor of that…”

Or that if the Democrats pack the court with three or four new justices voting their way, and then the Republicans come back and do the same, pretty soon the Supreme Court will be as large and useless as the UN.

To be fair, I’d be happy to see the Supreme Court rendered useless — it would avoid these nuclear-level scrums each time a Supreme Court justice is replaced.

CHANGE: Space Development Agency praised as change agent in Pentagon procurement.

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, CESSPIT OF SEXUAL ABUSE: Bail Fund Promoted By Kamala Harris Helped Man Accused Of Sexually Penetrating A Child.

WHEN I WAS WEARING A MASK WHILE DOING SQUATS AND DEADLIFTS, I FELT AS IF I’D RUN A RACE BY THE END: Can Wearing a Mask Help Gym Performance?

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PUTTING THE DERANGEMENT IN “TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME:”

IF YOUR SCHADENBONER LASTS MORE THAN FOUR HOURS, CONSULT A PHYSICIAN: Woman Posts Selfie Video of Hysterical Meltdown Over Death of Justice Ginsburg ‘Ruth! You Just Had to Make it to 2021.’

UPDATE (From Ed):

LINING UP THE NARRATIVES:

ANALYSIS: TRUE:

SUPER GAFFE-O-MATIC ’76! Wait, What? Biden Claims 200 Million Died By the Time He Stopped Talking.

THE JOKES WRITE THEMSELVES; TED WHEELER SAYS “LIGHTS OUT PORTLAND:”

Local radio host Todd Herman responded that arson fires are even more harmful than “light pollution,” which is something that Wheeler doesn’t seem too concerned about: Cops Send an ‘Earth to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’ Message: Your City’s on Fire and the Cops Are Leaving.

VIDEO: Shooting the AK vs. the AR . . . Underwater.

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REAL ESTATE: The four most promising worlds for alien life in the solar system.

SHOCKER: 9 Years Into Common Core, Test Scores Are Down, Indoctrination Up: Common Core sucked all the energy, money, and motivation right out of desperately needed potential reforms to U.S. public schools for a decade. So you’re saying everything is proceeding as planned?

EVERYTHING WITHIN THE STATE, NOTHING OUTSIDE THE STATE, NOTHING AGAINST THE STATE: Beijing is publicizing its philosophy of how tech firms like TikTok must aid China’s rise.

ALL THE HISTORY THAT’S FIT TO MEMORY HOLE: Down the 1619 Project’s Memory Hole.

Not least of which: