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"In his first and exclusive interview for Polish media, Elmer Yuen, an influential Hong Kong businessman, reveals the true motives of the CCP for the #NationalSecurityLaw in Hong Kong, the #CCPVirus pandemic, Chinese influence in the Vatican and much more."

The man (now speaking from NYC, I think) is completely unreasonable to imagine that the US has any interest in interfering with the sad future of Hong King.  His speculations about the Vatican's links to China are also strange, but who knows? 

Buying Goya this weekend?

I lived on their black beans with rice during college, and still love that combo with some garlic and chopped celery or carrots and maybe some hot sauce or chopped chilis.

The founder loves America. Complimented Obama a few years ago, now compliments Trump too and gets criticized.

Canceling Goya? No way. 

Via NYM

Interviewed about his new book, Apocalypse Never

When I feel a need to worry, I worry about big meteors. 

Press Now Plumbs Its Own Depths Of Depravity

Instapundit always says "Just consider them to be activists with bylines."

 Conrad Black begins:

 There has never been a presidential campaign in the United States where the administration was so massively opposed by the principal press outlets as in this election. Nor, in at least a century, have the national political media so widely and thoroughly discarded the traditional criterion for journalistic professionalism: the clear division between comment and reporting.

Climate alarmist Shellenberger changes his tune.

150 Writers And Academics Sign A Letter Defending ‘Open Debate’ Against Cancel Culture

Explain to me, please, how Trump's big speech was "dark and divisive".

Interestingly, almost every news source came out with that phrase yesterday. 

Also,  TRUMP AT MOUNT RUSHMORE REVISITED

Which included this:  A Magnificent Speech. Looking back on the 2020 election, historians will say the Mt. Rushmore speech was the moment that Donald Trump won reelection.

Via Am. Digest:

Scott is right. Everybody has problems.

Why does  “systemic racism” seems to happen mostly in Democratic-controlled cities and states?

18 shot in 24 hours as spike in gun violence in NYC continues.

Guns just keep going off.  Maybe hot weather causes it. Climate change?

 Four Children, Including 1 Year Old, Killed In Chicago As Violence Spikes In City

Watch the video too

He tries again to get canceled.  A good one.

Good fun.  He is right that Obama and Biden behaved like traitors to the country, but few will say so. And he is right: the media is designed to make people upset.

VDH: 2020 Election Will Be a Contest of the Angry

I am not angry. Anger is unhealthy for body and soul.

At Quillette, The Great Awokening and the Second American Revolution

"Revolution"? I don't think so. Just a bunch of young white kids with nothing to do. Breaking things is much easier than making things.

Video: Are you ready America?

A darn good piece. And what's the deal about Teddy Roosevelt?

Good effort, Scott. Yesterday's podcast.

"Americans have the constitutional right to instant gratification"

- Somebody, somewhere 

Via Gateway:

 When it comes to the COVID-19 event, we have been experiencing a serious case of tunnel vision. As we focus on the day to day increase of COVID-19 things could look pretty grim, but as we take a step back and look at the comparative total mortality here in the US, things aren’t much worse than a bad seasonal flu, like that last seen in 2017-18. If you take the New York City region out of the mix, the rest of the country is cumulatively well within the expected mortality.

Where I live, people are getting away from town to breathe free, have fun, and to avoid rioters and protesters. 

New York State is still officially on "lockdown" but it's pretty much ignored now by the general public.

Related, from Paris 

What are our readers doing this weekend?