A Washington Post (WaPo) photo spread features Portland’s justice warriors in their mild mannered ordinary lives, contrasted with the radical chic of their “peaceful protest” costumes. It looks like Comic-Con’s cosplay battalion takin’ it to the streets, but these passionate fighters for racial justice and civil liberties expect to be taken seriously.
Jimmy Lai, the publisher of Apple Daily, gets arrested along with his two sons at the behest of Chinese Communist leader Xi Jinping for “violating” a new “law” that forbids embarrassing Hong Kong’s mainland authoritarian Commie overlords. Will Lai be whisked away to the mainland under the new extradition law that led to mass protests for months?
Take a wild ride through the weirder news stories of the week with Stephen Green’s Right Angle Lightning Round (patent pending 2020), featuring Bill Whittle and Scott Ott.
Minneapolis police tell locals you should do what criminals tell you, and prepare to be robbed of your iPhone or cash. Is this new guidance from a demoralized, soon-to-be defunded force, a rhetorical tool in negotiations with local politicians who seem eager to slash budgets and take cops off the beat?
While most presidential poll stories have shown Joe Biden mounting a growing lead over Donald Trump — some say insurmountable. But Rasmussen’s latest poll of likely voters — not mere registered voters — shows Trump beating Biden, and besting Barack Obama’s numbers at the same stage of his reelection campaign.
The rolling COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns leave some parents unhappy with their public schooling options — Zoom classrooms or sending your kid into a crowd — so they’ve decided to pay for a small-group education supplement sessions dubbed learning pods.
Does the Pentagon need a new ‘War Plan Blue’ — a preparedness strategy for major conflict. marshal industry, people, and infrastructure to meet the unpredictable needs of a nation at war with China, or any other opponent. A retired Navy captain says, ‘Yes’, and so do the men of Right Angle.
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden should find a reason to beg off debating Donald Trump as the least bad option, given his mentally faltering state. Which would be more embarrassing, to skip the debate, or to have Trump look at the camera and say “Does anyone know what the hell that guy just said?”
Is it ethical for your employer to require you to sign an affidavit daily that you don’t have any of the symptoms of COVID-19? Is it smart business leadership? Scott Ott, Bill Whittle and Stephen Green challenge this new concept brought on by this incessant Coronavirus pandemic.
Athletes demanding racial justice and police reform are “making an enormous mistake” when they protest by kneeling or leaving the arena during the National Anthem. To win friends to the cause, and avoid offending people who might otherwise support you, stand up for the National Anthem.
Robin DiAngelo, author of ‘White Fragility’ has made millions telling White people they’re racists, especially if they don’t think they’re racists. Her disciples now slam the time-tested, cross-cultural success formula as “White values.”
While the news media report little but chaos and failure in the effort to combat COVID-19, and perpetually chronicle the climbing cumulative death count, the CDC death count by week has declined steadily since April 18.