https://theamericanonews.com/2020/09/03/president-of-the-puerto-rico-state-elections-commission-resigns/

SAN JUAN — Juan Ernesto Dávila, president of the Puerto Rico State Elections Commission (CEE by its Spanish initials) resigned on Thursday, effective immediately, in the midst of criticism of his performance during the botched local primaries.

“Effective immediately, I resign as president of the State Elections Commission. The well-being of my family, friends, and church brothers led me to make this decision. I pray to the Lord for the common good of Puerto Rico, the CEE, and the electoral commissioners,” Dávila said in a written statement received by The Americano.

On Aug. 9, voting on the primaries had to be stopped after polling statinos opened late or not at all because of a lack of sufficient ballots in nearly 50 of 78 municipalities on the island. The United States Supreme Court decided that a second round of voting for the primaries would take place on Aug. 16.

Since then, politicians from the incumbent New Progressive Party (PNP by its Spanish initials) — including Gov. Wanda Vázquez — and the opposing Popular Democratic Party (PPD by its Spanish initials), as well as the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP by its Spanish initials), and Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana have demanded Dávila’s resignation.

The now-former president of the CEE had previously stated, after the first round of primaries, that he would resign after the electoral event. But after the second round of primaries, he did not mention resigning even though some electoral commissioners were still demanding he step down.

Earlier this week, the PNP completed its primary vote count. The PPD has said that they will finish counting their primary votes this week, blaming Dávila for the delay, which, according to the party, could affect the general election on Nov. 3.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/09/07/air_force_vet_confronts_biden_for_voting_for_iraq_war_you_sent_us_to_hurt_civilians_our_friends_are_dead.html

Donald Trump Jr. highlighted this video of an Air Force veteran asking former VP Joe Biden why he should support someone who "voted for a war that killed thousands of my brothers and sisters."

"You are disqualified, my friends are dead because of your policies," he told Biden.

"So was my son," Biden replied. His son Beau served in Iraq for a year before dying of brain cancer upon his return.

As Biden began to walk away, the man continued: "We are wondering why we should vote for someone who voted for a war and enabled a war that killed thousands of our brothers & sisters?… Their blood is on your hands…My friends are dead because of your policies!"

China no likey !

https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1200191.shtml

The photo showing Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic sitting in front of US President Donald Trump, who sat behind his desk in the Oval Office, went viral. Vucic, in the words of many netizens, "looked like an employee facing his boss." On September 4, the Serbian president signed a "historic" economic accord with his counterpart from Kosovo in the White House.

The photo quite demonstrates the US hegemonic style. The current US administration particularly disregards the principle of equality and diplomatic etiquette in international relations. If one wants to have any deal with the US, it must look up to the US as if the world revolves around the US. What "America First" means is that other countries cannot be on equal footing with it, but must prioritize it.

No public joint signatures, official ceremony or handshakes between the two stakeholders, Serbia and Kosovo, which raise doubts on the binding power of this agreement. Apparently, Serbia and Kosovo have agreed to a temporary thaw in relations, despite their deep-rooted enmity and distrust. What is eyebrow-raising is the strange introduction of Israel into their relations

KEK

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2020/09/07/marijuana-smell-in-loaner-cars-no-smoking-policy/5738243002/

DETROIT — At Matick Chevrolet in Redford Township, the loaner car coordinator's toughest job isn't keeping track of the 244 loaner cars in its fleet, but rather explaining the no-smoking policy to some customers.

The policy forbids smoking of any kind in the loaner cars. That means tobacco, vaping and pot, the latter of which is becoming more common and is a big problem to eradicate.

"My rental car coordinator said to a customer, 'You can’t smoke pot in the car.' The customer said, 'I can smoke it, weed is legal.' My rental car coordinator said, 'Well, so is drinking, but you can’t drink and drive,'" said Paul Zimmermann, vice president and partner at Matick Automotive, which also owns Matick Toyota in Macomb, Michigan.

Ever since Michigan legalized the recreational use of marijuana in December 2018, many metro Detroit car dealers say the cars they buy, service and loan out are increasingly smelling of that unmistakable repugnant skunky stench that anyone who has ever been to a rock concert knows instantly.

Flip Flop Harris

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2020/09/07/harris-second-thought-lets-not-ban-fracking/

Alternate headline: Candidate checks electoral map, discovers why Pennsylvania’s called the Keystone State. At least Kamala Harris didn’t try to pretend that this was her position all along, as Joe Biden has for the last few weeks, but that doesn’t make this flip-flop much less crass. CNN’s Dana Bash sets this up as comfortably as possible for Harris, who now calls a fracking ban a “false choice” — even though Harris demanded one while campaigning last year:

Funny…it wasn’t a “false choice” at CNN’s Climate Crisis Town Hall almost exactly a year ago. Harris didn’t even mention jobs when given a chance to come out in favor of outlawing fracking. Not only would she ban fracking, Harris told an anti-fracking questioner at the CNN town hall last year, Harris told moderator Erin Burnett that she would also ban all offshore drilling:

This should play directly into the Team Trump strategy to define Harris and Biden as dishonest pols who will say anything to get elected. Donald Trump himself said that was why Harris was his “number one draft pick” for Biden’s running mate:

THE PRESIDENT: Well, she lied. I mean, she said things that were untrue. She is a person that’s told many, many stories that weren’t true. She’s very big into raising taxes. She wants to slash funds for our military at a level that nobody has — can even believe.

She is against fracking. Fracking is — she’s against petroleum products. I mean, how do you do that and go into Pennsylvania or Ohio or Oklahoma or the great state of Texas? She is against fracking; fracking is a big deal.