The murder of George Floyd and the future trial

It will be difficult to get a conviction Six reasons why the prosecution is in trouble. Floyd was having a heart attack before he was restrained, and actions by the police were consistent with guidelines.

Don't miss this insightful article: the media’s “truth” is a good guide to what is abjectly false; more wisdom from Victor Davis Hanson.

Elon Musk has recently become more famous for sending two astronauts to the Space Station, but he has another interesting project (besides Tesla cars). Starlink is planned to be an array of low earth orbit satellites which will provide high-speed internet all over the world. He just launched another 58, bringing the total to over 420.

Who is responsible for the mess in Minneapolis?

2020; the year gun control died.  More here: New Zealand took away everybody's guns, which resulted in more gun crimes.

The American press is destroying itself with its "cancel culture".

Is there still room for debate? Andrew Sullivan decries the cancel culture. Here's an example of the problem. The editor of a top academic journal is facing calls to resign after criticizing protesters for wanting to defund the police.

Are you ready for this summer's blackouts? People working at home won't be able to go into work as a refuge.

If you watched Mueller testify about his report, you couldn't have failed to note that his mental acuity had declined. The Mueller investigation was actually done by Andrew Weissmann, a Department of Justice lawyer. He retired and hosted a "fireside chat" for the former vice president's donors on June second. The guy running the investigation was a Democrat operative and even he couldn't. come up with a crime.

Some Cornell professors have forgotten the principles of free discourse; want to fire a colleague for questioning Black Lives Matter.

There is a 6-block area of Seattle that has been taken over by protesters. It is called the "Capital Hill Autonomous Zone", or CHAZ for short. It includes an abandoned police station and is being run by a warlord who carries an AK-47. Residents are not particularly happy. It may have been cleaned out by the time this is published, but there are many references to CHAZ on the Internet here, here and here.

So, this guy runs all over the Earth, taking movies and him and friends dancing. Seemed kind of frivolous, but you need to watch the video and judge for yourself.

Can we fight for racial justice while tolerating dissent? How can we not? How the battle for ideas is supposed to work.

Here's a very insightful article about what "defund the police" means; it's actually a very rational idea. Unfortunately, I don't think most of the proponents have the same understanding.

Donald Trump's Ad: The Best is Yet to Come 

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