Antifa pays a visit. It goes about as well as one would expect.
Race Politics
How it burns out.
If I were in charge, I would remove the word “race” from the entire federal code.
Oops
One third of black voters say that the Harris pick makes them less likely to vote for Biden.
I suspect that more and more blacks, particularly younger ones, are coming to realize that the Democrats have played them as suckers for decades.
“Go-Ahead-And-Break-Our-Windows Policing”
A survey of the fiasco in Democrat-run cities.
Heat Wave
Looks like the next week and a half will be one of those times we wish we had A/C in coastal California. It was warm last night (temperature has been below seventy every morning when we get up, but it was 73 this morning). Can’t really justify the expense and electricity of central air, but maybe we’ll finally be motivated to get a window or portable unit for the bedroom.
[Noon update]
People are talking about split units in comments. No way we’d spend that kind of money, particularly when we have no use for a heat pump. We just need something to keep the bedroom cool to sleep at night.
[Saturday-morning update]
Well, so far, so good. It never got below 74 in the house, but we slept well. If it gets no worse than that, we’ll be OK. The worst thing about Santa Anas is that when the wind comes from the east, we can hear the sound of the 405 freeway, which is about a mile away. Otherwise, the neighborhood is quiet, because despite being half a block from a major thoroughfare to the west, the sound is blocked by a dune that our place is at the bottom of.
The Slimiest Person In National Politics
It’s stiff competition, but yeah, I’d say that Biden is right up there with the worst of them, and always has been. I hope that in three months, he will be a has been.
College As A Commodity
We are looking at the end stages. The scam can’t end soon enough.
People are noting in the restaurant post that (ignoring the Democrats’ ongoing war against small businesses), the institutions hit hardest by the pandemic are dominated by the left. There is no small irony in that.
[Update a while later]
Steven Hayward: “Where’s the bad news here?”
The Restaurant Industry
The pandemic (and often stupid response to it) is on the verge of destroying it.
I have to confess that I wouldn’t miss it all that much, except when I travel. I can prepare my own food much healthier, and much lower cost. The fact that so many young people thought they could afford to pay other people to cook for them is one of the reasons that generation is having a tough time financially.
The Charlottesville Lie
Biden and Harris kick off their campaign by repeating it, to sow racial hatred and division.
Bernard Kutter
I got an email from Jon Goff about this yesterday, but didn’t want to post until there was a public announcement.
This is a huge loss to the industry. He had a great deal of vision, that was squandered by the child abuse of ULA’s parent companies. Not sure he’s replaceable. My deepest condolences to all his friends and family.
[Update a few minutes later]
Well, that was fast. This post is already number two on a DuckDuckGo search for “Bernard Kutter.” Funny thing is that Google has nothing on the death.
[Update a while later]
A tribute from the National Space Society.