The most important events this week were Joe Biden’s visits to the NAACP and California legislature, where he promised to pay reparations to the ancestors of slaves. This concept of paying for past sins is an impossible task to qualify or administer. It is just a tax on everyday people and a transfer of wealth. Eventually, paying reparations becomes everyone claiming discrimination in some form or another against everyone else. It would become an endless cycle of shifting money.
What Newt’s Reading: Why Trump-Biden Race Is Much Closer Than You Think; Seattle ‘Autonomous Zone’ Has Armed Guards, Local Businesses Being Threatened With Extortion, Police Say; America, We Are Leaving; Tim Scott Leads on Police Reform; and The Spectator’s Notes.
The developments in Seattle are amazingly revealing. Anti-Americans have taken over seven city blocks, setting up a free-state and extorting money from the citizens. The left-wing local and state government leaders are clueless about how to handle this situation. Is Seattle about to become Syria, Mogadishu, or some other chaotic society?
What Newt’s Reading: CNN Guest: Not Wanting to Be Raped and Robbed Is White Privilege; All Rioters, Arsonists, Looters in St. Louis Freed from Jail Without Charges; What the Outrage Over Trump’s Tough Talk Gets Wrong; Dow Soars More Than 800 Points as US Stocks Close in on Pre-Pandemic Levels; and Trump Signs Bill to Ease Guidelines on Coronavirus Relief Loans for Small Businesses.
At a length of 100 feet and weighing 200 tons, the blue whale is the largest creature that ever lived on the earth. Their typical lifespan is 80 to 90 years, but their numbers have dwindled to fewer than 15,000 due to the long-term effects of commercial whaling.
What Newt’s Reading: Rod Rosenstein’s Admission Exposed Heinous Plot Against Trump; Trump’s Antifa Declaration — This Is How It Helps US Fight Back; The Lesson of Government’s Ugly Intrusion Into America’s Health Care Must Not Be Forgotten; A New Era: The Space Age Is Making a Comeback, but It’s Cheaper This Time With SpaceX; and Trump Signs Executive Order on International Religious Freedom.