UP MY GRILL: a 4th of July rap by Remy.

NO 'FERGUSON EFFECT'? NO 'WAR ON COPS'? Think again.

ARMY SHARPSHOOTER frees an eagle found hanging from a tree, caught in a piece of rope. With a .22 caliber rifle, no less.

TECHNOLOGY: Artificial Intelligence bests Air Force combat tactics experts in simulated dogfights. Somewhat surprising, but I expect that the superiority comes not from the AI, but from the speed at which the tactical decision can be made. It will be interesting to follow this story.

More here.

THERE'S NO FOURTH OF JULY in Boulder, Colorado.

AIRSHIPS should replace jets for moving freight.

They won't. Once the novelty of the concept fades and the technology proves adequate (which it will), Economics 101 will step in and kill it dead, as it did a few years back when I worked on a similar project.

The economics are simple: air freight is for cargo that needs to move quickly; airships aren't quick. Ships, railroads, and trucks are much more efficient for freight that needn't move quickly.

Case closed.

SO IT'S OUR TURN BUY MORE GUNS: Federal civilian agencies are amassing more firepower than the U.S. Marines.

RELATED: One can hope that (in California, at least) every weapon-carrying state and federal agent will personally have to pay California's new ammunition permit fee.

BUT JUST THE WORD: Hillary learns the word 'broadband'. Technology - and facts - are foreign to the (progressive) Left.

BUT IT'S FOR A HIGHER GOOD: Oakland blocks more jobs for its own citizens.

HAPPY 4TH: These vintage ads for capitalism will make you proud to be an American.

Here are those ads.

THE ETERNAL MEANING OF INDEPENDENCE DAY: Part One and Part Two.

‘SOCIALISM DOESN’T WORK’: Professor rejects Marxism after traveling the globe.

Experience isn't just the best teacher; sometimes it's the only teacher.

IF OBAMACARE IS REPEALED and no one notices, is it really repealed?

RELATED BUT UNRELATED [from the comments]:

“When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing ... you may know that your society is doomed.”

The quotation isn't directly related to the post linked above, but to me it accurately describes the state of political America today. Guess where it's from....

NASA'S JUNO SPACECRAFT to enter Jupiter's orbit on Independence Day (today).

BREXIT is the second 'leave' campaign. We can hope that it proves as successful as the first.

A MESSAGE TO FLYOVER COUNTRY: Rules are only for the little people.

A TRUE PROGRESSIVE: "Obama’s foreign policy failures cannot be understood without reference to his incompetence and inability to understand the world as it is."

It's not just foreign policy....

IT'S THE FOURTH OF JULY:

Remember.

DO SOMETHING BOLD THIS INDEPENDENCE DAY: Read the Declaration of Independence.

Here it is.

LINDA CHAVEZ: Celebrating America on July Fourth.