COLONEL SANDERS, OR BERNIE SANDERS? Not even close. Col. Sanders’ very first restaurant created more jobs than Bernie has in his whole career.

 And if you haven't hit "the interview" ... you need to

SO HE DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO TAKE A SUBWAY, OR ANYTHING ABOUT TRADE OR FOREIGN RELATIONS: This New York Daily News interview was pretty close to a disaster for Bernie Sanders.  Also 9 things Bernie Sanders should’ve known about but didn’t in that Daily News interview. He also doesn’t know how to ride the New York Subway.

THOMAS LIFSON: How Much Of A Communist Is Bernie Sanders?

How the Media Got a Study About Vegetarianism Really, Really Wrong.

SCIENTISTS UNITED AGAINST SCIENCE MUSEUMS: Prominent researchers have joined greens and progressives (including MoveOn.org and the Working Families Party) in a campaign to reduce funding for science museums. They’re demanding that museums reject donations and investment dividends from “the fossil fuel industry and funders of climate science obfuscation,” starting of course with David Koch. The activists are hailing Koch’s recent resignation from the board of trustees at the American Museum of Natural History as a triumph for their cause. (He and the museum say the departure was voluntary.)

The activists claim to be worried about museums’ objectivity, but that’s a ruse, as argued in City Journal.

THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONTROLLED BY SPECIAL INTERESTS, AND PUSHED “SETTLED SCIENCE” THAT WAS FAKE AND DAMAGING: In 1972, a British scientist sounded the alarm that sugar – and not fat – was the greatest danger to our health. But his findings were ridiculed and his reputation ruined. How did the world’s top nutrition scientists get it so wrong for so long?

Gov. Brown Admits $15 Minimum Wage Does Not Make Economic Sense, Approves It Anyway

$140 million

David Tepper moved from New Jersey to Florida, and the hedge fund manager’s departure could cause legitimate issues for Jersey’s revenue calculation. Basically, 40 percent of the state’s revenue comes from personal income taxes; a third of that comes from 1 percent of taxpayers; and a 1 percent forecasting error means $140 million either way. With Tepper out, budgeters are legitimately concerned about how much the state could miss out on. [Bloomberg]

CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE NOT A BIG DEAL WHEN IT’S DEMOCRATS WHO ARE IGNORING THE PROBLEM: Infrastructure Hypocrisy in NYC.

NEW YORK POLITICS IN A NUTSHELL: Homeless Man Removed From de Blasio Presser on Homelessness.

BLUE-MODEL ABSURDITY IN SAN FRANCISCO: Generous amenities for the wealthy and eviction notices for ordinary workers: Is this the future of the progressive city?

HE’S ONLY PRESIDENT FOR THE GOOD THINGS!

BLACK HOLES CAN SWALLOW JETLINERS: CNN’s Don Lemon: Religious Liberty is ‘Code For Discrimination.’

Except one religion, curiously enough.

L.A. Times editors choose cartoon of Ted Cruz armed with a long-barreled pistol about to duel with an unarmed Donald Trump to illustrate Jonah Goldberg’s latest column for the paper, “How to stop Donald Trump.”

Given that in January of 2011, Michael Hirsh of the left-leaning National Journal appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews and called for, as Jeff Poor of the Daily Caller wrote at the time, “a moral sanction against gun metaphors similar to the ‘N’ word,” why on earth would the L.A. Times choose such an obviously racist visual metaphor during a heated election year?

And given that, as Glenn asked a few minutes ago, “If Trump Is the One Promoting Violence, Then Why Do So Many Americans Say They Want to Punch Him in the Face?,” why is the Times ratcheting up the eliminationist rhetoric to a whole new level?

‘NO, NO, NO.’ CNN HOST CAROL COSTELLO CUTS OFF INTERVIEW AFTER GUEST MENTIONS HILLARY’S DEFENSE OF CHILD RAPIST [VIDEO].

Related: CNN’s parent company is one of Hillary Clinton’s biggest donors.

Newsweek headline: “I’d Like to Sincerely Apologize for Texas.”

Why? As National Interest noted in a 2014 article headlined, “Texas: America’s Economic Miracle?”, “Since the peak of U.S. GDP in 2007, Texas has contributed 32 percent of all economic growth in the United States. That is an astounding number. From 2007 through the end of 2013, the U.S. economy grew by $702 billion, and Texas grew by $220.5 billion.”

In 2010, the Washington Post offloaded the Newsweek brand name to a private investor for one dollar.

TITLES OF NOBILITY:

[Randy Barnett] Our new brief on the President’s duty of good faith performance

IRONY IS DEAD: Obama at Old Law School: ‘It Used to be That People Read the Constitution.’

 If this happens, the shooting starts: Dem Lawyer: Obama Can Appoint Garland to SCOTUS Without Senate Approval.

And finally By a vote of 8–0 last week in Evenwel v. Abbott, the Supreme Court ruled that Texas is permitted to use total population numbers in its districting, rather than having to use voter population instead.  The point of this post is not to comment on the rightness or wrongness of that ruling, but to ask whether — had the shoe been on the other foot — there is any matter in which the Court’s Democrat-appointed justices would have voted against their party’s interests?

there's a lull in the primary schedule so candidate posting is limited but there were these:

A UNITER, NOT A DIVIDER! Clinton: ‘Everyone Who Violates the Law Anywhere Should Be Held Accountable.’

WHITE HAIRED OLD MEN SAYING OFFENSIVE THINGS: Bill Clinton clashes with protesters over his crime bill.

WHAT IS HILLARY HIDING? Reporter: Clinton Camp Used Static Noise to Drown Out Speech at Colorado Fundraiser:

L.A. Times editors choose cartoon of Ted Cruz armed with a long-barreled pistol about to duel with an unarmed Donald Trump to illustrate Jonah Goldberg’s latest column for the paper, “How to stop Donald Trump.”

Given that in January of 2011, Michael Hirsh of the left-leaning National Journal appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews and called for, as Jeff Poor of the Daily Caller wrote at the time, “a moral sanction against gun metaphors similar to the ‘N’ word,” why on earth would the L.A. Times choose such an obviously racist visual metaphor during a heated election year?

And given that, as Glenn asked a few minutes ago, “If Trump Is the One Promoting Violence, Then Why Do So Many Americans Say They Want to Punch Him in the Face?,” why is the Times ratcheting up the eliminationist rhetoric to a whole new level?

And then there's this: Clinton Blames New York Gun Violence on Vermont

nope:

And a weird article that bears watching: IMPOSSIBLE. IT’S A GUN-FREE ZONE. Newtown, CT Middle School Teacher Arrested for Carrying Gun in School.

This city is forcing a family to destroy their vegetable garden…on their own land.

TSA Paid $1.4 Million for App that Directs Travelers Left or Right in Lines

I've covered this one before but it just keeps slogging through the judcial branch: Florida Judge: You Must Lie to Consumers About Your Pure Skim Milk

Of course he does: President Obama Uses Panama Papers to Condemn Government Corruption Demand More Power for Government

Nota great comparison but I agree with the point:   Lying About Snus and E-Cigarettes Is Like Blocking Access to Clean Heroin Needles

 IF THIS IS SERIOUSLY ATTEMPTED, THE ATTEMPTERS SHOULD BE HANGED FROM LAMPPOSTS: They Want Your IRA: The White House pushes investors toward government accounts. “The initial investment allocation, even for young workers, is likely to be heavy on government bonds. Naturally.”

Another Climate Alarmist Admits Real Motive Behind Warming Scare.

THE CLIMATE CHANGE SCAM BRILLIANTLY SUMMED UP IN ONE CARTOON.

BJØRN LOMBORG: Don’t be fooled – Elon Musk’s electric cars aren’t about to save the planet.  Damned math anyway!

Idiotic: InfluenceMap is arguing that Shell’s promotion of solar power is now “climate denial”

Was fortunate enough to sub in an AWESOME combined physics/calculus class last week.  Very impressed by both the teachers AND the students. 

This coulda been in red/blue OR gubmint .... and has nothing to do with educating kids. It’s about graft and vote-buying.  More Chaos at Chicago Public Schools.

Who coulda seen THIS coming?  Liberia Turns to Private Sector for Primary Education: New at Reason

NOT THE ONION: Student accused of violating university ‘safe space’ by raising her hand.

(Via Tim Blair, who satirically dubs the woman accused of doubleplus ungood armcrime “The Ogre of Edinburgh University.”)

 Head slap: American University Dean, Law Profs Claim 'All Lives Matter' Flyer Violates Safe Space