The Morning Report - 7/31/20

Good morning, kids. The weekend is here and the end of July. Already. We're still having to deal with much of the citizenry fearing for its life thanks to a massive and successful psychological warfare operation that has convinced them that a virus that is marginally more dangerous than seasonal flu is an extinction level event that warrants masks, environmental suits and the self-inflicted destruction of our economy in order to cope with it. Naturally, the magic bullet is defeating Donald Trump and instituting the overnight final transformation of the last vestige of America as founded into a totalitarian, socialist hell-hole.

As an aside, I realize the late Herman Cain died from the Chinese Lung AIDS. But what the cranks, crackpots and trolls won't tell you is that he was a senior citizen, as is the overwhelming majority of victims of this and other respiratory viruses including common colds, a cancer survivor with a compromised immune system, and as a black person might also be more genetically predisposed to be more vulnerable (though I can't confirm that with 100% certainty). With 150,000 victims - assuming that that is an accurate and honest count, which I seriously doubt - out of a population of nearly 320 million, do the math.

Circling back, the cries for more draconian, almost medieval measures and reinstituted lockdowns grow shriller and louder even as now an overwhelming torrent of evidence from doctors and other honest "experts" is pouring in, both confirming the uselessness and danger of the aforementioned measures as well as the real magic bullets: HCQ as a treatment and prophylaxis as well as getting back to normal human interaction to spur herd immunity. See: Sweden. Yes, the Sweden that Bernardo Sandersnista and every other filthy socialist hack is always screaming about insofar as America should be emulating it. The silence from those quarters now about that country is deafening.

The science and statistics are in. Lockdowns and masks are dangerous to our health and wellbeing - physically, mentally, and societally. Yet still, the Democrat-Media Complex persists.

And speaking of persistent, as in cancerous anal warts, the Democrat-Media Complex was absolutely orgasmic over the economic numbers that came in yesterday. Evidently the economy - thanks to its self-imposed strangulation which had nothing to do with the Trump administration's previous 3-year economic miracle - contracted by 33%. What the propagandists conveniently don't tell you is, while the downturn is nothing to cheer, it's 33% ANNUALIZED, not in the last quarter alone. Cue Richard III's line about lawyers and substitute in journalists (lawyers now come second).

So, while we're all sitting at home, watching our government add trillions of dollars of more debt in a comparative nanosecond to the trillions accumulated during both the Dubya and Obama years as businesses large and small collapse and die, switching the channel we are greeted with the sight of American (or all things considered, anti-American) cities in the hands of bona fide, dictionary definition (dictionaries published more than 10 years ago, that is) terrorists/insurrections burning them to the ground while the "journalists" and gigantic fat-bergs of greed and power-lust tell us that what we're seeing is either a "myth" or it's a result of evil police officers arresting innocent, patriotic citizen protesters.

Lest we forget the "mostly peaceful" protests, which are rapidly becoming a mostly peaceful mash-up of Kristallnacht and Dresden, are supposedly as a result of the death of a career criminal at the hands of Minneapolis police over Memorial Day weekend. In point of fact, we have yet another psychological warfare operation insofar as a problem that is created by Democrats in Democrat controlled cities and states (bad policing and the generational immiseration of American blacks) is used as a pretext to blood libel America as founded, free market capitalism, Judeo-Christianity, and non-colored persons into putting 244 years of its history, and 2,000 years of societal development into an oven and turning on the gas... and liking it. And woe betide anyone who objects.

Lowest of the low, representing what I just stated were the actions of the NBA.

On a court that says in large black letters, "Black Lives Matter," every player, coach, and referee in attendance at the Thursday evening Utah Jazz v New Orleans Pelicans NBA game took a knee during the national anthem...

The kneeling from the NBA players and staffers comes the day after a bombshell ESPN report outlined alleged abused [sic] of children at NBA youth training camps in China.

"Every player, coach and ref takes a knee during the national anthem before the Pelicans-Jazz game," Bleacher Report posted on Thursday night...

There is no difference between the black-clad Antifa terrorists who firebomb courthouses, George Soros who is no doubt financing much of this terrorism, "reporters" who lie to our faces, and the likes of LeBron James and Adam Silver, who allow this debasement and defiling of the nation that made their success possible. In fact, they are quite possibly even more reprehensible and contemptible than the brain dead youth with the Molotov cocktails.

They're not only a mortal enemy. They. Are. Scum.

CIVIL WAR 2.0: LEFTIST REIGN OF TERROR, WAR ON POLICE
• "Other weapons reportedly found included bear spray, tasers and improvised spike strips, according to [Police Chief] Best. The items were reportedly being given to people in the crowd."
  Authorities Seize IEDs In Seattle -- DHS Also Confirms Their Use In Portland Protests
  
• "FrontPage Magazine's tagline is correct: 'Inside every progressive is a totalitarian screaming to get out.'"
  Portland Riots Showcase the Left's Terror Odyssey
  
• "The chaos the mob wrought is altogether repugnant to both the dignity of free expression and the nobility upon which the country was founded."
  The Leftist/Violence Nexus
  
• "They always eat each other."
  The Revolution Turns On Itself: Portland "Wall of Moms" Accused of "Anti-Blackness"
  
• "The mural painting was the only public event on Hizzoner's public schedule Thursday aside from his daily press briefing where he failed to even mention the 10 people shot in eight incidents across the city Tuesday and Wednesday."
  De Bolshevik Paints Another Black Lives Matter Mural, as Shootings Plague NYC
  
• "During the riots one evening, Duncomb said he was followed by a man and then stabbed in the back after putting his hand on the person's shoulder and confronting him. He believes it was Antifa."
  Andrew Duncomb, a Conservative and Vocal Trump Supporter, Believes He Was Stabbed in Portland Over His Beliefs
  
• "Their target isn't injustice in America, it's America itself."
  Civil Rights Vet Warns Against BLM Riots
  
• "If we are to call today's agitators part of a movement, we probably need a new definition for what the term means."
  On the Decline of American "Movements"

  CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS, FACTS AND AMERICA IMPRISONED

• DeWine: "I agree with the statement from Dr. Steven Hahn, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, that the decision about prescribing hydroxychloroquine to treat [Chinese] COVID-19 should be between a doctor and a patient."
  Ohio Board of Pharmacy Reverses Rule, Okays Hydroxychloroquine After Governor's Request
  
• "Dr. Fauci, age 79, is in a higher-risk group but has never been seen wearing goggles or a face shield for extra protection against [Chinese] COVID-19."
  Dr. Fauci Now Wants Us to Wear Goggles as Extra Protection from Chinese COVID-19
  
• Lloyd Billingsley: "Anthony Fauci's record of attacking dissenters and suppressing the truth."
  White Coat Supremacy and Cancel Culture
  
• Quack-quack-quacking out the other side of his padded bill, now.
  Fauci: "I Don't Think We Need to Go to Lockdown Again"
  
• Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.: "[Chinese] COVID-19 can cause a fever, but nothing like the fever of hysteria gripping broadcast and social media over hydroxychloroquine, a potential treatment for the Wuhan flu."
  Hydroxy Hysteria Reaching a Fever Pitch
  
• "Because from a medical perspective there is no proven effectiveness of masks, the Cabinet has decided that there will be no national obligation for wearing non-medical masks."
  "Effectiveness Unproven": Dutch Government Won't Use Mask Mandate; "No Proven Effectiveness"
  
• If the crisis is passing in Florida, Texas and Arizona and elsewhere, shouldn't the public know about that?
  Despite What You've Heard, the Chinese COVID Crisis Probably Peaked Two Weeks Ago (I think more like 3 months, but why quibble - jjs)
  
• "Review of [Chinese] COVID-19 outcomes suggest a strong connection between Vitamin D and disease response. So, a better response includes fewer masks and more freedom."
  Are the Social-Distancing Shutdowns a Contributing Factor to US Chinese COVID-19 Challenges?
  
• "We have proven that distance learning is not as effective as being in the classroom."
  South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Says Kids Will "Definitely be in the Classroom" This Fall
  
• "California's public schools won't reopen on time and can't get online learning in place, while teachers' unions issue a long list of demands."
  Schools Want Money for Nothing
  
• "The mandate is open-ended, and 'will remain in effect until a determination is made that such a requirement is no longer necessary.'"
  Malig-Nancy Pelosi Mandates Masks on House Floor, Threatens Members with Removal for Noncompliance
  
• Nothing to do with his being a senior cancer survivor with compromised immunity. Nope. All Trump's fault.
  Leftists Blame Trump For Herman Cain's Death
  
• "Properly testing a vaccine is a difficult process -- and the FDA knows it."
  Don't Get Too Excited About a Chinese Coronavirus Vaccine

  SHAMPEACHMENT, CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• By what authority does a court have to usurp the prosecution's power?!
  Michael Flynn Case Continues as Appeals Court Sets Hearing on Whether To Dismiss Charges
  
• Call me when indictments are handed down.
  FBI Finds Two "Material" Errors In Audit of 29 FISA Applications. The Carter Page FISAs Had 17 "Significant" Omissions
  
• "Democrats have a lot invested in the Russian collusion narrative and to have it officially debunked would be very damaging to their election prospects." (and their candidate is a co-conspirator- jjs)
  Dems Fear Release of Durham's Findings Before the Election

  DEMOCRAT-LEFTIST SCANDALS, CRIMES, CHUTZ-POCRISY, MESHUGAS

• I'm shocked.
  Clinton Was With Epstein On Private Island at Same Time as "2 Young Girls," Witness Claims In Unsealed Court Docs
  Also...

• "Omar has faced other campaign finance issues in the past as well."
  Bro-Fo Omar/Nur Pays Husband's Firm Another $600,000 In Just Three Weeks, Bringing Total Over $1.7 Million
  
• "Ossoff did not include the payment on his initial 2020 disclosure on May 15, and his campaign did not respond to a request for comment."
  Ossoff Received Thousands From Al Jazeera Media in Past Two Years

  POLITICS, 2020 ELECTION

• "Without mentioning Donald Trump by name, Obama likened the president to segregationist Democrat Gov. George Wallace of Alabama, and compared federal law enforcement officers to the police who beat civil rights marchers across the South."
  Obama Uses John Lewis Funeral to Call for "Eliminating the Filibuster"
  
• "Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???"
  Trump: "With Universal Mail-In Voting... 2020 Will Be the Most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in History"
  
• "And judging by the Democrats' hysterical response to the tweet, he achieved that goal."
  Trump Had an Intelligent Goal When He Tweeted About Delaying the Election
  
• Absolute proof, as if you needed it, that Mail-In Voting is a titanic Democrat cheat.
  Mitt Romney: "I'm a Fan of Voting by Mail"
  
• "Joe Biden isn't perfect but we'll settle for white lies over white supremacy... and a president we can influence over a president we can't."
  "Settle For Biden" Is Real, and It's Spectacular
  
• Yeah, Biden may not be perfect. For real.
  Joe Biden: "The 2020 Census...Is Now Two Censuses Ago--Soon to Be"
  
• "Our right to vote shouldn't be taken away."
  ACLU Advocates For Felon Voting Rights; Points To Racism
  
• Julie Kelly: Agree to the Democrats' terms... or else."
  The Misery Compact
  
• "'I'm on the team' is a message from Bill Hagerty that Republican leadership, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, likes to hear."
  Romney and Kushner's Man In Tennessee Might Be Coming to the Senate (If He Wins the Primary)
  
• Conrad Black: "The most telling statistic that emerged in the past week was that more than 60% of Americans feel uneasy discussing their political preferences.
  Clouds of Summer Obscure the Coming Thunder of November

  FIRST AMENDMENT, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER BIG TECH

• "Maybe not even Orwell imagined such an outrage and nightmare."
  Playing Social Media Whack-A-Mole With America's Frontline Doctors
  
• "It was just two weeks ago that a massive security breach at Twitter raised concerns over its danger as a national security threat."
  Twitter's Absence Loomed Large In Big Tech Hearing
  
• "The monopolistic power of today's Internet companies is overstated." (huh... - jjs)
  Don't Break Up Big Tech
  
• "This is disgraceful."
  Black Democrat Vernon Jones Rips Into MSNBC Host For Asking If He's "A Paid Campaign Surrogate"
  
• "The Times took issue with Trump stating in West Texas, "People fight all of their lives to get into the suburbs and have a beautiful home. There will be no more low-income housing forced into the suburbs. It's been hell for suburbia.'"
  New York Times Appears To Insinuate White Suburbanites Are Racists
  
• "[Wolf] Blitzer did not bring up the NBA's relationship with the Chinese government once during the lengthy interview, nor did he tell viewers about CNN parent company WarnerMedia's partnership with the NBA."
  XiNN Gives NBA Commissioner a Pass on Bombshell China Abuse Scandal

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• Another huge Leftist myth debunked.
  Majority of Guns Recovered in Illinois Are From Illinois

  ABORTION

• "A push for strained taxpayers to fund abortions worldwide isn't what the vast majority of Americans want and represents the agenda of a well-funded, predatory business always seeking more money."
  Democrats Aim To Repeal Decades-Old Ban On Government-Funded Abortions Overseas

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• "Due to the senator's support, the measure, which was already likely to pass, now has bipartisan credibility, especially given Durbin's status as a party leader."
  Dick Durbin Backs GOP Bill Allowing Civil Suits Against China Over Chinese Coronavirus
  
• Yes, Thomas Friedman. We should be just like Communist China!
  Report: Nearly 100 Counts of Corruption During Construction of China's Three Gorges Dam
  
• "China exploits Harvard poll to defend [Chinese] coronavirus response."
  Harvard Taps Former CCP Official to Conduct Polling in China
  
• "Maduro has turned [Venezuela] into a hub of crime and destruction that has expanded beyond the region. This demands a consensus on resounding action."
  Report: UN Investigating Secret Military Deal Between Venezuela and North Korea
  
• "The UN Human Rights Council is a spectacular failure, and acts as a shield for some of the worst dictatorships in the world."
  As China, Cuba, Saudis Line Up For UN Human Rights Council Seats, Democrats Want to Rejoin Too
  
• "Russian prosecutors accused Reed of going on a rampage endangering two police officers while being under the influence of alcohol.""I'm Not Guilty": Russia Sentences Former US Marine To 9 Years In Prison
  
• "UK prime minister Boris Johnson works to avoid the dissolution of the union."
  A Scottish Divorce?
  
• Despair - "Lawlessness now prevails in South Africa."The Slow and Ugly Implosion of South Africa Continues
  
• Hope - "...I know hatred for Israel by me and for my nation, can only attract unprecedented curses upon our nation."
  South African Chief Justice: "I'm Under an Obligation as a Christian to Love Israel"

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• "Such collaboration is concerning in light of the CCP's willingness to use artificial intelligence (AI) to implement its surveillance state against its own citizens and repress Uyghurs in Xinjiang province... And the CCP is keen on weaponizing AI as part of its quest for global dominance."
  Apple, Amazon, Microsoft Attended Chinese Communist Party's AI Conference Alongside Chinese Military Proxies
  
• "If it wasn't for [Chinese] COVID-19, it wouldn't have happened. Huawei has taken full advantage of the Chinese economic recovery to reignite its smartphone business."
  Huawei Now World's Biggest Smartphone Seller
  
• "A fire that has knocked a key Navy ship out of service raises new alarms about the stodgy pace of American military planning and shipbuilding."
  Poor Richard's Fleet

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Robert Spencer: "Deep-sixing reality to avoid offending Muslims."
  UK Cops Consider Dropping Terms "Islamist Terror" and "Jihadi"
  
• "A response to Dead Wrong: The Anti-Muslim Myth."
  Leftist Historians Call 1,400 Years of Jihad a "Myth"

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE BUREAUCRACY, WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE

• "Thursday's settlement will allow the DOE to recoup a portion of the $424 million Tonopah [Solar Energy] owes."
  Trump Recovers Taxpayer Cash on a $1 Billion Obama-Backed Solar Plant That Was Obsolete Before Ever Going Online
  
• "Despite these progressive intentions, Hispanics and African Americans - 45% of the total population - fare worse in the state than almost anywhere nationwide."
  California's "Woke" Revolution is Driving Out Blacks and Latinos
  
• Is it knee-jerk Trump derangement or is Dr. Judy Shelton actually competent, pro-American and anti-globalist?
  Trump's Fed Nominee Faces Rocky Confirmation Battle

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• "...whatever else it does, government absolutely must not slam the private sector. Yet top Democrats at all levels of government are looking to do just that."
  Private Sector Bleeding Badly - But Democrats Are Still Looking to Milk It to Death
  
• "Trump did not say how much money he envisions for the second round of stimulus checks."
  Trump Says Second Stimulus Check to Americans Could Be "Higher" Than $1,200
  
• "The economy is highly unlikely to similarly contract over the next nine months, making it an unreliable metric."
  Biden Makes False Statement About US Economic Contraction

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• "The Michael Brown shooting launched Black Lives Matter to national prominence, based on the lie that Brown was shot with his hands up, while pleading 'don't shoot.' For the third time, Officer Darren Wilson will not be criminally charged."
  St. Louis Prosecutor Re-opened Michael Brown Case, Will Not Bring Charges
  
• "The bill, which the American Civil Liberties Union believes to be the first legislative initiative of its kind in the United States, would not permit the release of most sex offenders, but would apply to inmates sentenced for other violent crimes, including murder."
  About 20% of N.J. Prisoners Could Be Freed to Avoid Virus
  
• "History and experience demonstrate that focusing exclusively on violent felonies will fail in fighting crime."
  There Is No Substitute for Proactive Policing

  HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE

• Daniel Greenfield: "It's not about the junk food, but the junk leftists."
  How Progressives Made America Fat
  
• Bill Gates to open his mouth about some other totalitarian scheme in 3-2-...
  Report: US Will Have Half a Million Fewer Births Next Year Due to Pandemic

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• "Their new justification for affirmative action calls for deeper forms of discrimination."
  Professors Race to Make Affirmative Action Last Forever
  
• "The Michigan college has no need to flog itself over the beliefs of individual speakers, the skin color of its students, or the principles of limited government it champions."
  Hillsdale College Did Nothing Wrong
  
• "In a time of social strife and ahistorical grievance narratives, a properly informed patriotism is sorely needed to restore our national sense of unity."
  How Public Schools Paved the Way for Americans to Believe the 1619 Project
  
• "And things will only get worse as long as leftists continue to run our education system."
  The Riots in Portland Started in Public School

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• What's in store for Perserverance on Mars from our intrepid science reporter.
  Perseverance' planned journey in Jezero Crater

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• "Under the NCAA's current rules, I'm concerned that we will soon effectively have men's sports and co-ed sports -- without any dedicated category for females,' said Madison Kenyon, a college athlete who's lost to transgender athletes."
  More Than 300 Female Athletes, Olympians Urge NCAA To Protect Women's Sports

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Scum. Every last one of them. [Rhetorical] Death to the NBA.
  "Every Player, Coach, and Ref" Kneels During Anthem Before NBA Game, Fresh Off Troubling China Report
  
• "Oh my gosh. This town thinks that we're hanging the Confederate flag." (we're rapidly approaching peak stupid - jjs)
  Michigan Bed and Breakfast Owners Remove Norwegian Flag After Backlash
  
• "A win for sanity."
  Trader Joe's Now Denies Being Racist
  
• "If trans kids are taught to have an emotional breakdown at the sight of gender-stereotyped clothing or incorrect pronoun use, they're being set up to fail."
  Netflix's The Baby-Sitters Club Writer: We're Making Tween Trans Propaganda On Purpose
  
• "We still overlook how much Alexander Hamilton shaped American institutions that support civic culture, free enterprise, liberty, and self-government."
  How Alexander Hamilton's Greatness Affected America's Institutions
  
• "If Biden wins the White House this November, his administration will be run by a shadow team of radicals bent on warping America's culture to the left."
  Why Electing Joe Biden Will Make the Culture War Even Worse
  
• "The revolutionary moment sweeping everything away from us will not ultimately be defeated until we regain our civilizational confidence as Americans."
  Civilizational Confidence is the Key to Preserving and Restoring America
  
• "If the progressives succeed, they will create what the Founders feared."
  "Cancel Culture": Old Tyranny in New Bottles

  HITHER & YON

• Christian Toto: "Gemma Arterton is sensational in an otherwise by-the-book melodrama."
  Summerland Offers a Masterclass in Twee Storytelling
  
• "Mr. Jones wasn't a hit financially, only bringing in $2.25 million, but it tells an incredibly important story."
  Mr. Jones: A True Story of the Holodomor (and what it means today)
  
• Rabbi Fischer: "The ninth day is July 30."
  Judaism's Saddest Season: The Nine Days and Tisha B'Av

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