South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Makes it Clear: Schools. Are. Reopening!

There's definitely a "A Star is Born" vibe to South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem. She didn't fall for the 'rona panic porn like other governors, pushed back hard when leftists decided Mt. Rushmore was, like, totally super racist and stuff, and even played to the big room when she opened for Donald Trump (see SD GOV. KRISTI NOEM RELEASES BRILLIANT PRO-FREEDOM AD. DEMOCRATS BE WARNED, GOP TAKE NOTES… and THE MEDIA SAYS TRUMP'S MT. RUSHMORE SPEECH WAS RACIST. HERE'S WHAT THEY THINK IS RACIST…). Plus let's be honest: she's a total smokeshow. Just saying, if the first female president is both conservative AND a robobabe, America would truly be great again.

https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/kristi-noem-schools-reopen

Horowitz: Sweden riding high and the triumph of the rational herd immunity approach

Daniel Horowitz

After avoiding the man-made plague of lockdown and national emotional abuse, Sweden most certainly is languishing from the original plague of the virus itself, right? Well, on Tuesday, there were ZERO deaths in the country that eschewed arbitrary and heavy-handed restrictions on liberty and declined to compel mask-wearing. As a bonus, it turns out the Swedish economy is humming and its companies are reporting good earnings. Trusting in God, trusting in your people, and following rational thinking and science go a long way.

https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/horowitz-sweden-riding-high-and-the-triumph-of-the-rational-herd-immunity-approach

Russia and China Are Catching Up on Hypersonic Missiles Amid US Neglect, Expert Says

Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted Sunday of nearing deployment of nuclear-tipped hypersonic missiles with his Navy, upping the ante in a three-way arms race with the U.S. and China to develop super-fast missiles that can penetrate any existing defensive system.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/29/russia-and-china-are-catching-hypersonic-missiles-amid-us-neglect-expert-says.html

Ex-Indiana Gov. Kernan, who was a Vietnam POW, dies at 74

INDIANAPOLIS — Former Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan, a Vietnam prisoner of war who entered politics and was thrust into the state's top office when his predecessor suffered a deadly stroke, died Wednesday at age 74.

https://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/ex-indiana-gov-kernan-who-was-a-vietnam-pow-dies-at-74-1.639270

Infectious Queensland teen has not disclosed her movements with contact tracers

Queensland health authorities have revealed one of two women who tested positive for coronavirus after returning from Melbourne has not assisted with contact tracing.

https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/infectious-queensland-teen-has-not-disclosed-her-movements-with-contact-tracers-c-1204448

Turkish CENTCOM advisor accused of drugging and tying up woman who died in his Tampa apartment

Police in Florida are conducting a death investigation involving Turkey’s senior national representative to the U.S. Central Command international coalition in Tampa.

That officer, Huseyin Kurtdere, 39, has been arrested and accused of tying up and drugging a woman at his home, who eventually died, according to police records obtained by Military Times.

Kurtdere was arrested by the Tampa Police Department Monday after authorities received an emergency call via dispatch reporting that a 39-year-old woman was not breathing.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/07/29/turkish-centcom-advisor-accused-of-drugging-and-tying-up-woman-who-died-in-his-tampa-apartment/

Ex-Star Of Diddy's Bad Boy Records Loon Released From Prison After Nearly A Decade

Known for his verses on former label boss Diddy’s 2002 Top 5 Billboard Hot 100 hits “I Need a Girl (Part One)” and “I Need a Girl (Part Two),” fellow Harlem native Loon had his career fully washed away when he was arrested for trafficking heroin in 2012.

The premise of nonviolence through celebrity signatures is what the Post indicates could have potentially convinced Donald Trump to allow medical conditions to be considered for the First Step Act’s compassionate release criteria. Adjacent reports specify Loon currently suffered from latent tuberculosis (while besting acute laryngopharyngitis, acute bronchitis and bronchopneumonia in the past), making him a high-risk subject for COVID-19.

https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.57072/title.ex-star-of-diddys-bad-boy-records-loon-released-from-prison-after-nearly-a-decade

Newly promoted Chicago police chief dies by suicide in department facility

A newly promoted, top-ranking Chicago officer has reportedly died by suicide while at a police facility that was recently targeted by anti-racism protests in the city.

According to the Chicago Sun Times, Tuesday afternoon, Supt. David Brown confirmed that Deputy Chief of Criminal Networks Dion Boyd was found dead Tuesday morning of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. His death comes less than two weeks after he was promoted to head the department’s drug crime unit.

https://thegrio.com/2020/07/29/chicago-police-chief-boyd-dies-by-suicide/