VIOLENCE: Trump will not give them a pass [2:41] – “Anarchists and rioters have wreaked havoc on Portland, Ore., for nearly two months. Democrats have excused and emboldened them, and they’re now claiming the real problem is that federal law enforcement has intervened to restore order . . . If radicals feel emboldened, that’s because Portland has long allowed political violence to occur with impunity,” The Wall Street Journal editorial board, “The Mess in Portland”, July 20, 2020

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-mess-in-portland-11595286956

COVID-19: A recent report by British experts from the Department of Health, the Office of National Statistics (ONS), the government’s Actuary Department and the Home Office estimates that the death toll in the UK from the lockdown (not the virus) could be as high as 200,000.

The current virus death toll in Great Britain is 45,500.

• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/19/lockdown-may-cost-200k-lives-government-report-shows/

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BORDER: President Trump has delivered on his campaign promise to build a “big beautiful wall” on the southern border.

FOX & FRIENDS: More rioting and destruction of property in Democrat cities [10:22] – Portland’s mayor actually defends anarchy.

THE FIVE: If you have time, watch this right to the end [8:04] – Democrat mayors care more about Trump’s headlines than they do about their citizens dying.

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MOST OF THE NEWS: Violence. Coordinated attacks on cops. Fake news. Media lies. COVID lies. Cancel culture destroys more lives. Persecution of Christians conservatives. Desecration of Catholic statues. Yada yada.

I can’t do it today. Good news and fun today only!

WE ARE ALL CREATED EQUAL: [2:39] – Our solutions are not political. They are personal, moral, and spiritual.

GOYA BUYCOTT: Goya Foods claims to be the largest Hispanic-owned food label in the country. And during the pandemic shutdown, they donated two million pounds of food to food banks across the nation.

But oh noes, the CEO recently said Americans are “truly blessed” to have Trump as a leader while speaking at a Hispanic Prosperity Initiative at the White House.

• The Left immediately called for a boycott.
• The Right immediately call for a buycott.

Conservatives are winning.

Shoppers report the shelves are bare of Goya products. One guy in my FB Timeline said he usually doesn’t buy coconut water, but it was the only thing left. So he bought it.

Virginia resident Casey Harper started a GoFundMe on Saturday to buy Goya products to donate food pantries. He set the goal at $10,000. As of Monday at 3:30 pm, the total was at $316,875.

“I‘m not surprised we have raised so much because people are tired of having to walk on eggshells in political discourse. Also, Americans are fundamentally generous people so a chance to feed the hungry and stand up to cancel culture was an easy win.” – Casey Harper

• https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/goya-food-sales-trump-controversy
• https://www.gofundme.com/f/buy-goya-support-trump-amp-feed-the-hungry

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BACK TO SCHOOL: CLICK to hear pediatricians say, unequivocally, that they would send their kids back to school. Democrats don’t care. Melissa Francis makes a GREAT point.

SMITHSONIAN: Watch this one [4:41] – What the Left really thinks about non-white cultures.

• https://nypost.com/2020/07/16/african-american-history-museums-whiteness-exhibit-raising-eyebrows/

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GEORGE FLOYD: [3:56] – After George Floyd’s autopsy report said the cops were not responsible for his death, I thought the narrative about racist cops and murder would stop.

Clearly, I was overly optimistic. However, the transcripts from the cops’ radio transmission  have been released and they raise a lot of questions.

SOWELL:  Thomas Sowell joined Mark Levin on Sunday. One point he made is that “systemic racism … has no meaning that can be specified and tested in the way that one tests hypotheses.”

There are more quotations at Legal Insurrection, but the 11 minute interview has been removed from YouTube. The message said, “the account has been terminated.”

I found it again at Fox News if you really want to listen.

• https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/07/thomas-sowell-to-mark-levin-concept-of-systemic-racism-has-no-meaning/
• https://www.foxnews.com/shows/life-liberty-levin
• https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/07/thomas-sowell-to-mark-levin-concept-of-systemic-racism-has-no-meaning/

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TRUMP ECONOMY: Housing purchases are up.

The shut-down and record low mortgage rates have increased demand, while a shortage of available houses has increased prices.

In short, it’s a good time to sell.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/home-prices-surge-despite-pandemic-unemployment-crisis_3421767.html

TRUMP LEADERSHIP: “You broke it, you’ve bought it” – President Trump denied the Minnesota governor’s request for $500 million to repair damage from riots in the weeks following the death of George Floyd.

Mark Levin tweeted, “Great decision. The president offered the National Guard but the pathetic governor waited and waited. And now the Minneapolis city council votes to abolish its police department. Pay for your own man-made hell. So much for utopia.”

• https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-denies-minnesota-governors-request-for-500-million-to-repair-damage-from-riots
• https://www.startribune.com/feds-deny-walz-s-request-for-aid-to-rebuild-after-riots/571715162/

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One-time defenders of unsavory Clinton and Obama pardons are outraged by President Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone’s 40-month sentence for nonviolent criminal obstruction of a bogusly based and ridiculously over-prosecuted investigation.

They have short memories.

Bill Clinton pardoned …

• His own brother for felony distribution of cocaine.
• Four people involved in the Whitewater scandal for which he and Hillary Clinton were under investigation.
• Marc Rich, in what was a straight-up political payoff.
• His CIA director.
• His HUD secretary.
• Eight people convicted in an investigation of his Agriculture Department.
• Convicted terrorists, some of whom hadn’t even asked for clemency.

President Obama pardoned …

• Oscar Lopez Rivera, the defiantly unrepentant FALN leader.
• A U.S. soldier who passed top-secret information to WikiLeaks.
• His former Joint Chiefs of Staff vice chairman.
• Hundreds of drug offenders.

Obama’s administration perverted the course of justice by …

• Ensuring Hillary Clinton did not get indicted.
• Dropping a slam dunk case the New Black Panther Party because the defendants were all black.
• Obstructing the Fast and Furious investigation for which Obama’s attorney general was held in contempt of Congress.
• Ignoring his CIA director’s spying on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
• Turning a blind eye to abuses of power at the IRS.

N.b., I have used “pardoned” to cover both pardons and commutations. There is an important legal distinction between them, but belaboring it did not contribute to my point, so I went with simplicity.

• https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/07/trump-spares-stone-from-imprisonment-sparking-howls-from-amnesiac-democrats/
• https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-justice-department-lawyer-accuses-holder-of-dropping-new-black-panther-case-for-racial-reasons

COVID-19: A Texas doctor says he’s found the silver bullet for novel coronavirus.

The drug – Budesonide – has been used by thousands of people, including kids, for asthma and other problems.

Even better, it is inexpensive and can be administered at home.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budesonide

COVID-19: There is an interesting article at Mercator that is worth reading in full. Samplings provided to intrigue you to do it. 🙂

“Two competing narratives are occurring: Continue to open the economy up or, as cases rise, shut it down. Park your politics for a moment and explore the ancient leadership lessons represented in the battle between these two men–the leader and the expert. …

“There is a seductive appeal of hedgehogs like Dr. Fauci. They know something really well and they are so good at what they do. But, leaders, especially Presidents, must be careful when dealing with hedgehogs, not to confuse the response the experts want (shut everything down!) with what the country needs (personal accountability, disciplined self selection, targeted quarantines with a keen focus on the hot spots like major cities, and especially protection of at-risk populations and our medical personnel, and so on).

“To understand what this means for leaders, return to the lesson in the original story of the Fox and the Hedgehog in the ancient Greek fable by Aesop written 16 centuries before the birth of Jesus Christ:

A Fox swimming across a rapid river was carried by the force of the current into a very deep ravine, where he lay for a long time very much bruised, sick, and unable to move. A swarm of hungry blood sucking flies settled upon him. A Hedgehog, passing by, saw his anguish and inquired if he should drive away the flies that were tormenting him.

“By no means,” replied the Fox, “pray do not molest them.” “How is this?” said the Hedgehog, “do you not want to be rid of them?” “No,” returned the Fox, “for these flies which you see are full of blood, and sting me but little, and if you rid me of these which are already satiated, others more hungry will come in their place, and will drink up all the blood I have left.”

“The hedgehog sees the problem and wants to fix it. But the fox is the opposite, embracing the complexity of the situation without being overwhelmed by it. The fox knows he can’t just brush off the flies causing him pain; he must avoid expediency and choose wisely because there are significant long-term consequences beyond the pain of the moment.”

• https://mercatornet.com/the-leadership-battle-between-the-fox-and-the-hedgehog/64542/

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