THEY CAN'T HELP BEING RACIST: CNN analyst falsely accuses Nikki Haley of changing name.

HERE WE GO AGAIN: Strengthening Hurricane Laura prompts mandatory evacuations along Gulf Coast.

Panic-mongers can't stop pushing panic.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR BUBBLE BURSTS: Under blackout threat, California may keep gas power plants state rushed to close.

WUHAN FLU [CORONAVIRUS] UPDATE for August 25, 2020:

More of the same old, same old. Daily deaths are high (~1000/day) but stable, and trend lines still suggest a slow decrease. My estimate of the death rate continues to decline, albeit slowly. It's now at 0.0551%.

My uninfected (more correctly, probably uninfected) Americans estimate is now at 0.0135% and will certainly zero by next post. At that point I'll quit posting the estimate and simply assume that the entire U.S. population has been exposed to the coronavirus if not actually infected.

The coronavirus outbreak in Georgia has stabilized. Newly reported cases are now about half the mid-July peak; deaths peaked in mid-August and have begun to decline slowly. Current hospitalizations are now 30% below the July 30th peak and are continuing to decline.

FROM AMERICA'S NEWS OF RECORD: Gavin Newsom assures Californians wildfires are 'mostly peaceful'.

They only burn down vacant houses....

YOU CAN'T BE PASSIONATE, YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN: Liberals bash female orator’s passionate speech for being too ‘loud’.

HERE'S PJMEDIA'S LIVE BLOG from night one of the Republican National Convention. You'll have to start at the bottom and scroll up to get the time sequence right, but it's worth just scrolling around to get the flavor of the comments.

PJMEDIA will resume liveblogging tonight; you can catch it on their main page starting about 8:30 pm.

RANDOM THOUGHT: 'Higher education' is both an oxymoron and a training ground for advanced stupidity.

AMID CORONAVIRUS, Democratic party takes aim at school choice.

Let them. If they want to self-immolate, Republicans should offer them a match....

THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN has list the speakers for their convention. Here are Tuesday's speakers.

First Lady Melania Trump
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds
Florida Lieutenant Gov. Jeanette Nuñez
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi
Abby Johnson
Jason Joyce
Myron Lizer
Mary Ann Mendoza
Megan Pauley
Cris Peterson
John Peterson
Nicholas Sandmann
Eric Trump
Tiffany Trump

I'll continue to post the speakers each day for the remainder of the convention.

IT'S TIME TO BRING IT BACK: Parents have lost control of their children's education.

The single bright spot in the coronavirus 'pandemic' debacle is that it put a spotlight on how nauseatingly bad our government-issued education system is. Now is the time to kick government entirely out: Close the Departments of Education (states and federal) and mandate that the tax money follow the child wherever the parents choose.

THE McCLOSKEYS ON BLM/ANTIFA RIOTS: They're coming to a neighborhood near you.

I'm ready, although I do wish I had a bit more ammunition....

JUST ANOTHER WEEK of higher (?) education (??) insanity.

BLACKOUTS - 1; GREEN NEW DEAL - 0: California forced to defend green goals amid blackouts.