SOFTBALL NERFBALL JOURNALISM: Read the questions asked Joe Biden at his press conference.

OF COURSE. NEXT QUESTION? Have the Democrats encouraged urban violence?

WUHAN FLU [CORONAVIRUS] UPDATE for September 4, 2020:

Some good news, finally. The charts still look same old, same old but the trends are clearly on a downward trajectory. Deaths remain near a 1,000/day nationally but for the last 10 days or so the 7- and 14- day smoothed dats is below the 1,000 mark and the trend is clearly down.

My estimate of the death rate is still climbing slightly, now at 0.0581% and I don't expect it to level off and begin dropping again until the daily deaths drop consistently below about 900.

As I noted in my last report, the coronavirus outbreak in Georgia appears over. Confirmed cases, daily deaths, and hospitalizations continue to decline.

A TINY QUESTION FOR THE PARTY OF 'SCIENCE': "Can you provide any scientific data that show a direct correlation between oil use and temperatures, sea levels, and storm activity for the last 150 years?"

Since it's science, there must be evidence, right? Right?

BUT IT WAS 'MOSTLY PEACEFUL'. Suspect in fatal Portland protest shooting killed during arrest attempt.

FIVE COVID-19 CHARTS Democrats can’t let you know about.

NOW IT'S POLITICALLY INCORRECT TO BE HAPPY: Hair salon had to remove job ad for 'happy’ stylist because it is 'discriminatory' against unhappy people.

I think we've just seen proof that the social justice warriorship is dominated by failed, mean-spirited utterly useless cretins.

WHY REPUBLICANS DON'T HATE: it would be copyright infringement.

Plus, they're too busy working....

KURT SCHLICHTER on why Trump doesn't just send in the troops.

He's too smart. Plus pain, in the form of destroyed businesses, lost jobs, and financial distress is a powerful teaching tool that 'free stuff' isn't.

THE DIPLOMAD: the fraud continues.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I'm sure she's a fine person....

MICHAEL RAMIREZ has Nancy's number.

EMBARRASSING, TO SAY THE LEAST: C-SPAN had so many Democrats calling in support for Trump that they had to change their protocol.

They can't allow people clearly identified as Democrats on their air supporting the President....

TUNE OUT, TURN [A BOOK] ON, AND DROP OUT. Goodbye NFL. It was nice while it lasted....

DAY BY DAY: Only criminals wear wasks.

INSTAPUNDIT: This is the Left. Look for more -- much more -- if they win in November.

WUHAN FLU [CORONAVIRUS] UPDATE for September 1, 2020:

It remains mostly same old, same old but trends look good. Deaths are stable at about 1000/day; but the trend is now clearly moving down. In Georgia, where statistics are accumulated by actual date of death (not date reported to health authorities), the numbers are sharply down from their August 7th peak.

My estimate of the death rate has started climb at bit, now at 0.0571% from its previous low of 0.0549%. The reason, though, is that I now use the current U.S. population for my divisor, since the estimate I was using of those exposed exceeded the U.S. population on August 28th. I'll continue to track this new statistic for a while to see if it proves useful.

The coronavirus outbreak in Georgia appears over. Confirmed (not newly reported) cases peaked on July 11th, and the rolling average is now one fifth of the peak. The rolling average of daily deaths peaked August 7th; and is now 1 sixth of that peak.

Hospitalizations have been steadily declining since Aug 4th and are currently down by a third.

MASKS ARE ESSENTIAL AT KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE. Unless you’re an 87-year-old Supreme Court justice.

One rule for the peons, another for the glitterati....

THE LOCKDOWN has gone from a mistake to a crime. And the criminals have gone -- and will go -- unpunished.

THERE ARE DAYS when I regret air bags.