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August 30, 2020

I Was a U.S. Diplomat. Customs and Border Protection Only Cared That I Was Black.

Most of my colleagues crossed the U.S. border with barely a glance. Why was I usually detained and harassed?

Carrington Event still provides warning of Sun’s potential 161 years later - NASASpaceFlight.com

On 28 August 1859, a series of sunspots began to form on the surface of…

Why Minnesota Is Likely In Trump’s Column Already — Implications from the Iron Range Mayors’ Letter

Earlier Red State contributor Nick Armana reported on Letter signed by six Minnesota Mayors — Democrats all — formally endorsing Donald Trump’s candidacy for re-election. The implications of this letter owe not just to the traditional political allegiances of the Mayors who signed, but to the nature of the Democrat party |

The Internal Numbers That Opened the Eyes of CNN To Suddenly Oppose Riots

It was suspected there was a reason the former backers of the protest violence began a new narrative. //

The cheerleaders suddenly are waving for the crowds to disperse, and now they are pleading for Kamala Harris and her running mate to adopt the very opposition language that has been labeled as ”racist’’ all summer long.

This is such a revealing moment. For tortuous months anyone calling to curtail violence, destruction, attacks on police, and the threats to communities were deemed intolerant. Only now, when it looks bad for the prospects of Democrats, do the sophisticates in the press consider rioting to be condemnable. When it was politically expedient the burning of cities and violence visited on citizens was an acceptable result.

Meet The Celera 500L: An Upcoming Aircraft With Room For 6 People - Simple Flying

Yorba Linda-based Otto Aviation has just revealed the Celera 500L six-passenger aircraft to the world. The manufacturers claim that the revolutionary bullet-shaped plane can fly at a jet’s speed with eight times more significant fuel savings. It can also fly twice the distance of a comparably sized aircraft.

Rep. Jim Banks’ Creative Weapon to Stop BLM Rioters

Do it! //

Banks is introducing a bill called the “Support Peaceful Protest Act” meant to penalize people who are caught committing violence, looting or vandalism. If people are convicted it would require them also to have to pay for the things like the extra police time required to deal with the riot.

Banks believes many of the people are unemployed and basically are able to riot because they’re being supported by unemployment. So why should we be paying for their ability to riot? Pull their unemployment and watch how many of these folks scurry away when it hits them where they live.

Can you imagine the triggering this would cause on the left and the huge gnashing of teeth?

I Am Chip–A Parody of Green Eggs and Ham

Commie Sue uses all her powers of persuasion to convince Chip to vote for her candidate.

The Internet explained from first principles

I wrote this article to introduce the Internet to a non-technical audience. In order to get everyone on board, I first explain basic concepts, such as communication protocols, network topologies, and signal routing. The section about Internet layers becomes increasingly technical and peaks with a deep dive into DNSSEC. If the beginning is too elementary for you, then just skip ahead to more interesting sections.

Opinion: Three Reasons Dems’ ‘Donald Trump Is Sexist, Racist’ Tactic Will Fail — Big Time

Alice Johnson is just one of those reasons. //

there’s the inconvenient fact that Alice Johnson exists — a Black woman who served time in prison for a first-time drug offense, and is now free and pardoned by the President of the United States himself. If anyone should feel downtrodden and victimized, it’s Johnson. But instead of railing against the sexist and racist man in the White House, she told Fox News on Friday she “[doesn’t] believe President Trump is a racist”:

“The people who are saying this don’t even know President Trump,” she said. “I don’t believe President Trump is a racist. My interactions with him and the things that he said and the things that I know touches his heart, those things would not come from a racist man.”

Johnson’s voice is just one of many, along with the others within Pres. Trump’s administration and in Congress, like Secretary Ben Carson and Sen. Tim Scott, and personal friends like Herschel Walker. Convincing the American people he’s racist or sexist is going to be a tough sell come November.

Here’s the Dumbest Argument Against the Police In the Jacob Blake Case and What the Facts Show

If you are pushing this, you've already made the other side's point.