The Haiku for the day:
Twitter Ticks off Trump
So long Hong Kong, China’s pawn.
Off to Space we go
I have a feeling I might be writing other types of poetry in the future. This syllable thing is killing me..
Protest and Riot Update
The rioting throughout the country has gotten worse:
- In St. Louis, 4 police officers were shot.
- In New York City, 1 police officer was run over by and SUV while trying to control rioters.
- In Buffalo, 2 police officers were run over by an SUV.
- In Washington DC, 50 Secret Service officers protecting the White House were injured with bricks and Molotov cocktails.
- A police officer was fired for drawing his gun on a rioter. When the film was analyzed, the rioter had thrown a brick at his supervisor. There’s a lawsuit.
- New York City mayor, Bill de Blasio, set a curfew of 11:00 PM!
- Bill de Blasio’s daughter was arrested, Chiara, was arrested for unlawful assembly when a mob attacked police.
- In New York City, police found Molotov cocktails hidden in bushes. These were laid out by Antifa.
- President Trump is considering implementing the Insurrection Act. This will allow Trump to call in the military to quell the riots.
Trump held a speech on Monday proclaiming that the riots needed to end and law and order needs to be restored. If the mayors and governors don’t do it, he will. This is implementing the Insurrection Act.
Of course, if Trump implements it, he’s a dictator. Reality is the Insurrection Act has been implemented a bunch of times. John F. Kennedy implemented it twice. It was used during the Civil Rights march. It was implemented during the Los Angeles riots of 1992. I’m pretty sure
Trump had a little message for the governors on Monday:
Nothing he said was wrong. But the media only concentrate on the fact that Trump said the governors needed to “dominate”. Whatever. It doesn’t look like being cowardly, which is what the governors are doing,
This country seems to be celebrating the victim-hood of a class of people that have been regular citizens since the 60s. These people stealing Nike’s, alcohol and clothing have never been through slavery or Jim Crow? What happened to make these people so entitled?
Well, I have an idea. Dave and I will talk about it tomorrow. That’s right, Dave from the Dave rule! I’m looking forward to have him on.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/police-shootings-2019/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/fatal-police-shootings-of-unarmed-people-have-significantly-declined-experts-say/2018/05/03/d5eab374-4349-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html
First, the Good News
For the first time in ten years, the United States sent astronauts into space. They lifted off Saturday morning and the launch was perfect.
SpaceX, the company run by Tesla’s Elon Musk, became the first private company to launch men into space. The company partnered with NASA.
They took off in the Dragon Spacecraft power by the Falcon 9 rocket.
Musk, who said he cannot take any credit for the success of the mission but would take all the blame if the mission failed was visibly relieved and emotional when the ship launched.
“I’m really quite overcome with emotion on this day, so it’s kind of hard to talk, frankly. It’s been 18 years working towards this goal, so it’s hard to believe that it’s happened,” Musk said after the launch.
It was a beautiful sight.
Everything looked modern. The ship was streamlined and looked like a spear unlike those bulky rockets of the sixties. The walkway into the ship looked like they were boarding an airplane with carpet and tinted windows. The outfits were sleek and the helmets were smaller and looked more comfortable. The control panel on the dragon was all touchscreen. There weren’t any buttons or switches like in the old command modules and the space shuttles.
Even the take off seemed more modern. instead of a big explosion and smoke filling the air, the rocket let out a quiet hiss and the flame from the engines were sharp and under control. The rocket quickly shot through the air. It was an amazing sight.
Ten minutes later, the falcon rocket separated from the Dragon space ship and landed perfectly on a platform in the middle of the Atlantic.
What I wonder about is why NASA didn’t work with a private company in the first place? There is no heights to the ingenuity of a private company. Their profits and reputation are at stake unlike some government agency. They will build something that works beyond the dreams of the government.
This also shows the power of capitalism. Companies are motivated to be successful and create an awesome product. Socialism is missing that. That’s why the Russians are still using the Soyuz rocket system that has been around since 1966 (it’s set to retire this year). Why would anyone build anything. They get nothing out of it.
https://www.space.com/elon-musk-emotional-spacex-astronaut-launch.html
Just Regulation or a Strike to Free Speech?
Twitter did something they have never done before. They fact-checked President Trump.
The fact-check involved one of Trumps claims about mail-in ballots. Trump sited the problems that California has with mail-in ballots and ballot harvesting (something we discussed last week).
There were a couple of problems with Twitter’s “fact-check”:
- They have never fact-checked anyone before. Not the Chinese government, the radical Islamists or any far Left character like Louis Farrakhan.
- Their fact check was just wrong. We need studies to find ballot fraud from ballot harvesting or mail-in ballots. People were actually arrested in California for it. California had a vote of 112% of the population.
President Trump had enough. He decided to go after the social media sites and their censorship. Here’s how:
Essentially, what he is doing is letting people sue Twitter.
He’s using the Decency Act, which is kind of a stretch. The Decency Act prevents profane or libelous speech. Newspapers and news outlets are held to this act. Social media avoid this because they are not considered a news outlet and can’t possibly be held responsible for what people say.
Problem is, these platforms are censoring stuff. I have been:
- Suspended from Twitter three times.
- My podcasts and vlogs on YouTube are impossible to find.
- I have had videos suspended on YouTube.
I think this is a good thing. Democrats do to, sort of. Well, they want Trump fact checked. But, now, everyone is going to be fact-checked, including those Democrats or risk a lawsuit.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/28/politics/trump-twitter-social-media-executive-order/index.html
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/500212-gop-deeply-divided-over-trumps-social-media-crackdown
The Hammer Drops on Hong Kong and China
On Wednesday, The United States opened the door to dropping the hammer on China and the Chinese-sympathetic Honk Kong government:
“Beijing’s disastrous decision is only the latest in a series of actions that fundamentally undermine Hong Kong’s autonomy and freedoms and China’s own promises to the Hong Kong people under the Sino-British Joint Declaration, a U.N.-filed international treaty.
“The State Department is required to assess the territory’s autonomy from China, and…on Wednesday Pompeo certified to Congress that Hong Kong ‘does not continue to warrant treatment under United States laws in the same manner as U.S. laws were applied to Hong Kong before July 1997.
“No reasonable person can assert today that Hong Kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from China, given facts on the ground. Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China, given facts on the ground.”
The next day, and it wasn’t a secret, Trump made an announcement about China and Hong Kong.
It’s about time.
Students come to this country, earn advanced degrees then take the advanced technology back to China. This is a de facto way of stealing our technology. Let China teach their future professionals technology.
Putting the clamp on Chinese companies within the United States also makes sense. These companies are stealing technology and taking our money for Beijing. They don’t belong here. They do not have good intention and are still under the socialist thumb of China.
As much as I feel for the protesting Hong Kongers who do not want their city state under despot control, the sad truth is they are. Their government is extremely sympathetic to China. And the sprawling Hong Kong economy is a way for China to bypass the sanctions and tariffs placed on China by the United States.
This was bound to happen and needed to happen, especially since China has been put the clamps down on Hong Kong.
The question is going to be what will happen as the United States and other countries begin to pull themselves away from China?
https://www.dailywire.com/news/us-declares-hong-kong-no-longer-autonomous-accuses-china-of-violating-treaty-with-uk
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-to-expel-thousands-of-chinese-grad-students-in-u-s-who-have-ties-to-chinese-military-schools
Who’s Side Are These Guys On Anyway?
https://www.dailywire.com/news/f-trump-and-keep-going-teigen-carell-other-celebs-posting-bail-for-rioters
https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-campaign-staffers-donate-to-group-that-pays-bail-in-riot-torn-minneapolis-report-says
https://www.dailywire.com/news/de-blasio-blames-trump-for-riots-saying-president-helped-to-poison-the-atmosphere