[This is long yet one of Victor’s best.  There is an abundance of ammo here to clear the field of any woketards you may meet –JW]

What created the hatred of Trump and his supporters was not a rather heterodox political agenda (see below), but a style that took on the Left on its own terms, and shocked a Republican establishment — by shrugging as irrelevant his ostracism by the traditional conservative beltway insider.

I would prefer a supposed braggart cracking down on China, or a purported narcissist closing the border, or an alleged demagogue promising change in the Rust Belt than any more sermons from privileged gentlemen conservatives.

Such as Jeb Bush tolerating illegal immigration as “an act of love,” or silent agreement that those manufacturing “jobs are not coming back” as Obama put it, or wonkishly boy wonder Paul Ryan being drilled in a debate by the vacuous smiling Joker Joe Biden or Mitt Romney oblivious that Candy Crowley had just hijacked his debate momentum—and with it the election.

Crassness is not a requisite for needed change, but so often in a flawed world the two are shared, in the reverse fashion that gaseous pieties are frequently voiced by the sober and judicious.

But all this is irrelevant when we consider what Trump did rather than what he said.  Here is a compendium.

Tonight (8/19) at the Virtual Democrat Convention in Milwaukee, Kamala Harris will virtually accept her party’s nomination for Vice-President (she will be in Chevy Chase, Maryland at the time).

Joe Biden's handlers opting for Kamala Harris as his running mate is downright entertaining. It's as though they let Trump choose Biden's V.P. candidate.  Harris polled near the very bottom of all the Democrats who threw their hat in the ring as presidential wannabes.

Of all the women among consideration, Harris has the greatest dearth of character – which, when you think of it, is in character for the Democrats.

[Having been to Somaliland three times, and writing about it in TTP for years – e.g., The Country That Does Exist (Feb. 2011) – I am so pleased to see Michael Horton explain how Islamic terrorists, while winning in Somalia, are being defeated in Somaliland – JW]

The tempo of Jihadist Al-Shabaab’s operations in Somalia has steadily increased, despite a dramatic escalation in U.S.-led drone strikes in Somalia.  In fact, indications have emerged that al-Shabaab is gaining new capabilities and tactics, such as the use of hand-launched drones.

However, Al-Shabaab has failed to establish an enduring presence in the autonomous but unrecognized Republic of Somaliland. The government of Somaliland’s military budget is the equivalent of an accounting error when compared with what has been—and continues to be—spent in Somalia by its international backers.

Yet, with its limited resources, Somaliland has achieved what the military forces of Kenya, Turkey, Ethiopia, and the United States have failed to achieve in Somalia: it has denied al-Shabaab a foothold.

How has Somaliland achieved this?

Ordinarily, most of us wouldn't care too much about a political leader's love life. After all, President Trump is a stellar president but his personal life hasn't been perfect. Big deal. Trump's never brought it up to win votes out on the campaign trail.

Joe Biden's different. He's using the occasion of his previous wife, Neilia Hunter Biden's death in a car crash along with that of his baby daughter to tell us how compassionate he is, in a bid to reap political hay.

Now it looks like he was cheating on Neilia by having an affair with another man’s wife – yes, the now-Jill Biden.

Don't let anyone guilt you over the bad consequences of their own behavior; unwise shortsighted  behavior that results in deadly consequences rather than systemic racism  is causing more minority deaths from the Wuhan virus:

Social distancing responses to COVID-19 emergency declarations strongly differentiated by income

November 3, 2020; the shape of things to come:

Election Roulette: How To Rig An Outcome

Something about China; interesting correlation between crops, culture, and humans regulating human  behavior:

Historically rice-farming societies have tighter social norms in China and worldwide

Good comments on inflation:

The Road To Inflation In Post-COVID Times

If you thought that the 737-MAX was as bad as it could get, just wait for airplanes designed by this generation of STEM graduates:

Students Claim 'Merit'-Criteria "Possess Inherent Bias"

This will fix it:

"That's Ridiculous": Jill Biden - Not Joe, Appears On Live TV To Defend VP's Cognitive Ability

There’s lots more!