Happy Monday, Everyone!!
Washington, DC was designed and built for the expressed purpose of impressing foreign dignitaries and heads of state with its grandeur and magnificence. Mobs of angry anarchists and leftists who do not understand and fully appreciate American history, both the good and the bad, have turned our showpiece capitol city into a post-apocalyptic dystopian nightmare. On Saturday, the US Attorney for the District of Columbia announced felony charges against four individuals for desecration of the statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park. And so the effort to take America back has fully begun. For the most part, the liberal media has buried the story.
The statue story has a fascinating footnote. In 2017, President Trump warned that if government acquiesced and statues of Confederate heroes were allowed to be torn down by angry mobs, next time around the statues that were destroyed would include Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln. Of course, the liberal commentators fell over themselves ridiculing Trump at that time. Today, Trump's prescience is nothing less than astonishing.
The second story of national scope concerns COVID-19. It is unquestionable that the virus is spreading as people are no longer sheltering in place. This round of infection seems to be most prevalent among younger people, who have been quickest to resume social gatherings, and to ignore safety protocols. It is also inarguable that testing has expanded exponentially, and as a result, more and more asymptomatic cases that previously would have gone undiagnosed and unreported are now being reported. Here on the Treasure Coast, while infection numbers climb rapidly, hospital admissions remain flat, as do mortality rates.
And again, there is a fascinating footnote. Over the past few months, the media were quick to make pronouncements regarding their version of good science, and their version of bad science, demonizing the latter to the level of alchemy. One quick example was the media's derision of the idea that bright sunlight would help fight the virus. Now that it is definitively proven that 37 minutes of exposure to bright sunshine does kill the virus, the media has pulled back from that story line. The new party line in the liberal media is that the COVID-19 scientific data has suddenly turned opaque. Apparently, it is easier to blame the data than it is to admit to months of false reporting.
And locally...
Republican clubs are still dealing with their venue issues.
The Sunrise Republican Club reports that it is currently not meeting due to COVID-19 but it is reviewing its options, perhaps with Zoom, and may do something in August.
The Republican Club of Indian River, Inc. is working on a September event. As details solidify, more news will follow.
