IT WASN'T RED OCTOBER: What happened the one (and only) time submarines battled?

FROM THE PRESCIENT NEWS SERVICE: New York Times accidentally publishes Ghislaine Maxwell obituary ahead of schedule.

SO AM I: Mr. President, I am starting to get scared.

WOKESTERS: If America sucks so bad, you're free to leave.

Please do so.

WHO BENEFITS? This is about the election, not the virus.

The swamp runs deep, the news is fake, and the war is real.

QUICK ANSWER, NO. Were the lockdowns effective at all?

But ... Science! "A potential protective effect of smoking was identified in a recent evaluation of 17 million adult patients within the National Health Service of the United Kingdom, with 5,683 COVID related deaths. In their analysis, current smokers were associated with a reduced risk of COVID-19 related mortality."

I knew I shouldn't have quit smoking. And safety nannies should shut up and go to their rooms for a loooong timeout.

MORE CHRONICLES of the crazy time.

THE HYPOCRISY knows no bounds.

SEATTLE’S descent into Hell.

WUHAN FLU [CORONAVIRUS] UPDATE for July 21, 2020:

It's been an interesting few days. Cumulative deaths are still rising; daily deaths are up, but stabilizing.

My estimate of the number of uninfected Americans and the daily death rate both continue to decline, now at 32.596% and 0.0650% respectively.

Georgia remains open but, I fear, not for much longer. The number of confirmed cases remains high (~3,400) but the real news is a dramatic spike in daily deaths (78 today) although it's most likely just late reporting of deaths over the weekend.

A CLEVER WAY to get the Black Lives Matter paintings off the streets.

Except that it requires an administration with a modest respect for its citizens; something that is not exactly a hallmark of Democrat-run cities.

BY THE NUMBERS: Whither coronavirus?

Are we going to see this cycle of shutdowns and spiking “cases,” the vast majority of which are harmless, for years to come?

I think we will -– unless, of course, Joe Biden wins in November. In that case, I expect that coronavirus hysteria will quietly fade away. People will still get sick, and a few of them, generally the aged and infirm, will die. But for the government and the press, it will be back to business as usual. And maybe someday there will be an effective and widely deployed vaccine. Don’t hold your breath. Meanwhile, I am not yet convinced that the net effect of governments’ anti-COVID actions, at all levels, has been, or will be, positive.

Even a guarantee that the pandemic will go away isn't enough to entice me to vote for Biden.

IMPRIMIS: Four months of unprecedented government malfeasance.

SHE DID THE RIGHT THING: My wife's great Starbucks dilemma.

IT'S NOT ALREADY? Will 2021 be 1984?

BLACK AMERICA’S REAL PROBLEM: RINOs.

I would say not just black Americans -- all Americans.

DEMOCRATS, the party of science (fiction).

THE CDC GETS SOMETHING RIGHT: People with dirt on Clintons have 843% greater risk of suicide.

Yes, it's the Babylon Bee, but it is often right.

EX-NBC SPORTS COMMENTATOR claims he was fired for being straight. Read the whole thing, but I think the safe answer is that he was fired for being an idiot in public.

AS DO THOSE FROM CANCER, HEART DISEASE, MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS, SUICIDES, ETC: Daily COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. continue to rise.

Pay attention to your headline, guys: the fact is that the fatality rate is still falling.