Slavery reprations

California entered the nation as a free state, but the legislature is starting the process of paying reparations for slavery.

J K Rowling, Harry Potter author, is in trouble with the liberals for saying there are only two sexes.

A lot of people are unhappy with New York City since the liberals eliminated enforcing the law. Moving companies are so busy they are turning people away. But since the article was published in the New York Times, they are blaming it on COVID.

You have seen Alice Johnson in the news and at the Republican convention. Here's the rest of the story.

A murder suspect committed suicide in Minneapolis and the riots and looting started up again. Once again, black owned businesses suffered.

Here's something for you teachers: claims about a longest research program in teaching methods to see what works.

How to be a better writer in a brief lesson. I rewrote this a bit after the lesson.

This article on Teddy Roosevelt is interesting in its own right, but take the photo tour the the US National Parks.

U-Haul truck rentals are priced like airplane seats, depending on which way you want to do. It costs $773 to move from NY to Vermont vs $236 in the other direction. This article has a graph of which states have the most outward migration (taxes) vs inward migration.

Joe Biden was opposed to fracking before he was in favor. Maybe somebody told him that banning fracking would be really, really bad for the economy.

The Democrats plan to win the election by ballot harvesting.

A lot of businesses are choosing not to rebuild in Minneapolis. For one thing, insurance isn't even covering the costs of hauling away the debris.

Nearly 30% of health care workers had the Corona virus and didn't know they had it.

In Portland, rioters arrested are released and not charged with a crime by the DA, so they can go back and riot again the next day. Some folks are refusing to assist the city in this useless endeavor.

Joe Biden's risky choices. Should he go out in public?

The Russians are planning to raise some of their radioactive nuclear submarines left in the bottom of the ocean.

A panel in Washington DC is recommending removing some monuments including the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial.

Apparently, when John Brennan was running the CIA, he wasted money and messed up in the Middle East. And it's still broken.

A ship with 6000 cows sunk in a typhoon off Japan.  Want to see what a 6000-cow cattle ship looks like?

NPR ran an interview with an author who defended looting. It was badly criticized, so they came out with a softer version "to add context". This version is also disgusting; your tax dollars at work.

As of 2 September 2020, the global COVID-19 vaccine R&D landscape includes 321 vaccine candidates. Of these, 32 vaccine candidates are in clinical trials.

The conflict between the left and right is stark in Portland where a chasm grows between the city and the rest of Oregon.