Despite the FBI saying that the noose found in Bubba Wallace's race car garage is not a hate crime against him, I have some questions.  Since none of the other garages in all the race tracks in NASCAR have a door pull that resembles a noose, why is a noose in this garage.  This type of rope knots take a lot of time and work, why would anyone bother to do all that for a door pull?  Somebody knows who did this, I am sure.  So why not have this person tell why he did all that work?

Just because it probably wasn't aimed at Wallace since this noose was there last year as photos attest, was it a crude joke or was it aimed at some other African American in the circuit?  Also, given that there were 40 drivers in that race and maybe more who went there to qualify, what are the odds that Wallace was assigned that particular garage?   Who made the assignment or was it a random draw?  I think there are still questions to be answered.

On the question of taking down statues, I am all for taking any Confederate related statues.  Most of these were not there just to honor the men but to intimidate blacks post Civil War.  In any case, there is no reason to honor those who betrayed our country by fighting against it for a terrible cause.  Other statues are more difficult for me to decide.  I would have to go case by case if I am asked.  For example, I would not take down Washington and Jefferson.  They did a lot more for this country than those who fought on the Confederate side.  The view about slavery was a lot different back then than now.  It doesn't make it right but all humans are flawed.  We have to judge the overall accomplishments and sins of a person. 

Trump's Tulsa rally is now over.  It did not bring in 60,000 to 100,000 people to the city as his people predicted.  The area was not full to its capacity of 20,000.  There was no over flow crowd as even the arena itself wasn't filled.  Trump then falsely accused protesters of blocking people from entering.  If that was the case, there would be a lot of people outside which Trump was scheduled to address.  But that address was not necessary as there was hardly anyone outside.

The people behind Trump when he spoke were not wearing mask even though they are elbow to elbow.  Trump then said that testing was a bad idea since the more you test, the more infection you find.  The WH claimed later that it was a joke.  But his audience didn't laugh, they just applauded as if they agree.  That is not surprising since it was not a joke and these people that showed up obviously have the same beliefs about the pandemic as Trump.  Now I know why Trump claim that this rally won't increase the Covid-19 cases.  His supporters are not going to get tested!

He also called this the Kung Fu virus, continuing the deflection of blame by using a racist term.  Again his supporters cheered.  There is nothing else to say about this president.  He is a dangerous, incompetent racist.  I know there are still Asians who support him.  I want to see how they defend the things he said tonight.

John Bolton's book tells of Trump asking Xi of China to help him win reelection.  Bolton says that everything Trump does is in term of himself getting reelected, not in the interest of the country.  This is not surprising.  I think even most Republicans know that Trump is a disaster for the country.  But this is such a divided country that even this revelation by a staunch conservative who had first hand knowledge of the Trump White House, will not change many Republican's votes.

But talking about self interest.  If Bolton believes that Trump is such a disaster for the country, why didn't he speak up during the impeachment?  I know that Trump blocked him and he can say that the vote in the Senate would not have changed.  But if Bolton claims to be a patriot, wouldn't he just called a news conference and alert the country that Trump asked China for help?  But Bolton was not patriot enough at that time because his book was not ready for sale yet.  Now he is patriot enough.  And he has the gall to attack the House Democrats for only concentrating on Ukraine, not China!  It is like saying the police didn't catch the criminal because I didn't tell them who that criminal is.

I think one of the few things Trump got right was when Bolton left, Trump said that if Bolton had stayed, he might have started WWIII.  Yes, Bolton is that hawkish and dangerous.  But then why did Trump hired him in the first place?  They deserved each other.

The killing of black men and women by police in the U.S. has been making news all over the world.  Racism is obviously a big concern.  But I read that U.S. cops kill citizens of all colors at a higher rate than the cops in other countries.  So yes, we need to figure out a way that blacks and other minorities are treated the same as whites by the police.  But if we don't decrease the overall killings by the police, then an equal death by cop rate among all citizens still mean a lot of people who should not have been killed.

One reason I think that cops in this country kill more is the gun culture.  In the UK, Germany, Japan etc., the police are less likely to be confronting someone with a gun and so they are less likely to get into a shootout.  Not only that, the thought that the person you are confronting is more likely to have a gun will make you more likely to pull the trigger yourself.  A Japanese cop facing a drunk guy reaching for his pocket is not likely to believe the guy is reaching for a gun.  So less likely the cop himself will pull his gun and shoot.  Cops shot a kid in Ohio who was holding a toy gun.  I am not excusing this carelessness but in what country would a cop think that a 10 year old is holding a real gun?

The so called Blue Line of Silence and the powerful police unions contribute to the problem by protecting rogue cops.  I am not sure if these two problems exist in other countries but I suspect that it is more so in this country.  It seems a lot of people in this country consider snitching on someone is worse than the crime that the person committed in the first place.  The guy who killed Floyd had many complaints against him by the public.  If that is the case, shouldn't his partners also have complained about him?  There are many people who are hired into police departments who should not be cops.  But the screening process is far from perfect.  Without on the job evaluations by fellow cops, the dangerous cops will stay on the force and commit crimes.

So I believe that we have to change the culture about snitching.  We should applaud those who come forward with legitimate concerns in all walks of life.  Cops are not the only ones protected by the culture on silence.  Priests and doctors are other examples of powerful people who in the past have not been reported for doing something wrong.  The player who squealed on the Astros for their cheating in the world series have been shunned by some players.  That is not right.  We should be more concern about calling out wrongs and not more concern about supporting those who did wrong.

Back to the problem of racism in police forces.  While it is important that we have better training to combat racism, I think there are people in the forces who are racists to begin with and no matter the training, they are not going to change.  These are probably a small minority.  But to get rid of them, other officers have to speak out.  We need to change the culture.  I saw on tv last night that a cop actually went against another cop's testimony regarding a shooting.  The cop was shunned and had to retire from the force.  This needs to change.

Guo Wenqui, also known as Miles Kwok, is a Chinese billionaire who had escaped to the United States when he was accused by the Chinese government of corruption, fraud, bribery and rape.  He has been advocating for "democracy" for China since his escape.  Some have accused him of funding the protest movement in Hong Kong.  On June 4, the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, Guo and Steve Bannon announced the founding of the New Federal State of China!

Yes, the same Steve Bannon who was the trusted aid of Trump, the spreading of fake news on the coronavirus pandemic and supporter of white nationalists.  So Guo and Bannon are announcing their goal of overthrowing the Chinese communist party which is the same as the overthrowing of the Chinese government.  Their announcement is on Youtube.

I don't know how much money Guo has and if he is funding the protests in Hong Kong.  Some Hong Kong protester leaders have called for the people on the mainland to rise up against China.  Given Steve Bannon's relationship with Trump, this is rather scary.  Someone close to the president of the United States is advocating for the overthrow of the country that is a threat to the super power of the U.S.  If someone close to Xi calls for the overthrowing of the U.S. government, what would the response from the U.S. be?  A cold war can be turned into a hot war quickly.

I had said yesterday that things cannot get worse.  But I was wrong.  Today Trump had the police tear gassed peaceful demonstrators outside of the White House.  This was done to clear the way for Trump to walk to St. John Church for a photo op.  He looked ridiculous by the way, holding a bible while standing outside the church.  He did not go into the church.  One of the clergy said that Trump hasn't been at the church since St. Patrick's Day last year.  He also said that the protesters were peaceful and that he himself and other clergies were there with the protesters. 

I was able to obtain a copy of a letter sent by Xi Jinping to Trump to thank him.

Dear President Trump

Thank you for your lesson of how to obtain law and order in your country.  This is going to be very useful in the future if China faces domestic terrorism.  I had passed a law recently that would allow me to arrest people who are subversive to the country, commit treason or terrorize Hong Kong.  I actually didn't have to pass such a law.

You show me that you can just tell a policeman to kneel on someone's neck till he died if he committed forgery.  Terrorism and subversion are much worse than forgery.  So imagine what my cops can do to those people.  Hong Kong's cops have not kill anyone for awhile now, minority or otherwise.  They must be not as tough as American cops.  They will have to do better, thanks for your lessons.

Those thugs in Hong Kong will not dare to burn down the subway stations, break into the government building and occupy the airport like they did last year.  You are going to send in the military for some looting and burning.  Given the standard set by you, I will be very comfortable sending the PLA into Hong Kong next time these ungrateful people act up.

I see that you were heroically walking to a church today with only a dozen men armed with guns, after tear gassing some protesters out of the way.  You are so brave, holding a bible, daring the devil to strike you dead.  I will now be brave next time when I visit Hong Kong.  I am sure the people there love me just like the American people love you.

Thank you for not wearing a mask, indicating that this virus from my country is really no threat to the American people.  I wear a mask when I go out only as a fashion statement.  You look good without the mask, same with your vice president.

You are so smart to dislike NATO. You embrace Saudi Arabia and North Korea just like me.  I think we should get together with Putin in Hong Kong and celebrate the formation of the new Triple Alliance.  We will be the three amigos. 

With Much Respect

Jinping