although they COULD fit into other catagories if I really WANTEd them to

KIDS (IN THE HALL) SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS: “This sketch from over 20 years ago anticipates the current mood of political correctness, triggering, and all the other campus cliches pretty well.”

Shot: “ How Congress Mysteriously Became a ‘Small Business’ to Qualify for Obamacare Subsidies.”

—Headline, the Daily Signal, Wednesday.

Chaser:  When told [in 1993 that HillaryCare] could bankrupt small businesses, Mrs. Clinton sighed, “ I can’ t be responsible for every undercapitalized small business in America.”

—Tony Snow, “ Queen Tut,” July 8, 1999.

Yes she can!

We're about done with Mizzoue because, well, Mizzou is about done.

Meet Mizzou Protestor Jonathan Butler: Stealing, Misogyny, Crack Songs

Agency Dumps Mizzou SJW: Weird Videos He Doesn’t Want You To See

In other news - SOMEBODY saw this mess coming: The amazing 1969 prophecy that racial preferences would cause the exact grievances of protesters today

As a result of these disparate admissions standards, many students spend four years in a social environment where race conveys useful information about the academic capacity of their peers. People notice useful social cues, and one of the strongest causes of stereotypes is exposure to real group differences. If a school commits to doubling the number of black students, it will have to reach deeper into its pool of black applicants, admitting those with weaker qualifications, particularly if most other schools are doing the same thing. This is likely to make racial gaps larger, which would strengthen the negative stereotypes that students of color find when they arrive on campus.

SO THERE’S HOPE FOR AMERICA: Vietnam, ruled by communists for 40 years, is now the No. 1 fan of capitalism on the planet.

UNEXPECTEDLY: Study Finds Employers Are Hiring More Freelancers To Avoid Obamacare.

And building more robots to avoid minimum wage hikes. Who could have predicted such developments?!

THE REAL MINIMUM WAGE IS ALWAYS ZERO: Former McDonald’s CEO warns jobs will go to robots under $15 minimum.

RELAX, GUYS, WE’RE HEADING INTO ANOTHER “RECOVERY SUMMER!” Obama Presides Over the Feeblest Post-WWII Recovery. “It is now certain that President Obama will be the only U.S. president in history that did not deliver a single calendar year of 3.0%+ economic growth, and the fourth-worst in history in terms of average RGDP growth while in office.” If he were a Republican, the press coverage would be nonstop Grapes Of Wrath stuff. Instead, it’s all about the joys of staycations and funemployment, while only a few cranks talk about how seniors are suffering.

As I watched this episode I felt I was missing something but couldn't put my finger on it.  Scott Shackford does.  It’s Not Hedge Funds That Caused Puerto Rico to Fail to Manage Its Debts

California: The Ultimate Nanny State.

Related: California Democrats Brand John Wayne ‘Racist,’ Reject Marking Day in His Honor.

That’s what happens when a once all-American state is fundamentally transformed. Somewhere in hell, the ghosts of the Frankfurt School old boys are chuckling at this development.

KINSLEY GAFFE: Democrats admit they want to make the government ‘irritating:’

It’s rare when a politician is as honest about his strategy as the New York City councilman largely responsible for the plastic-bag fee about to hit New York City. For his candor, Brad Lander (D-Brooklyn) ought to be considered a new American hero.

Here is progressive politics in 2016: “It works by irritating us into changing our behavior,” Lander said of the bag tax.

It works by irritating us. There can be some debate about the accuracy of one of those verbs, but not the other. Government, when it’s being honest, acknowledges it isn’t your buddy, your helper, your protector, your go-to source for inspiration and dreams.

Reminder, this is out of New York, whose political class is better suited to Star Wars’ cantina: Charles Schumer, Michael Bloomberg, Bill de Blasio, Anthony Weiner, Al Sharpton, Hillary Clinton, and possibly joining them in November, Donald Trump. Outside of Sacramento, nobody does political irritation like New York “liberals.”

A student visiting Hillsdale College a few years back asked why they didn't have a school of journalism.  "We think you should know somethingbefore you write about it." was the response.

Which is why a lot of our polling & numbers articles could also be posted under "media."

Twice, or a hundred times, whatever …

Not All Polls Are Created Equal (Some Are Badly Written)

I'll pay more attention to this in the future:  When Did Trump Become Unstoppable?

ELDERLY SOCIALIST CANDIDATE CONFUSED BY HOW GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION HARMS SMALL BUSINESS:

Who coulda seen THIS coming .... besides ALL OF US, I mean: TRAIN WRECK UPDATE: Obamacare: Costs Go Up, Insurers Drop Out and Consumers Get Screwed.

but there IS a small bit of good news: 

HOUSE WINS ITS HISTORIC OBAMACARE LAWSUIT: A federal district judge in D.C., Rosemary Collyer, today ruled in favor of the U.S. House of Representatives in its historic lawsuit against the Obama Administration. Judge Collyer granted the House summary judgment on its claim that the Obama Administration had violated separation of powers by spending money–without any congressional appropriation to do so–on the Affordable Care Act’s so-called “cost sharing subsidies” (subsidies that essentially help low-income individuals pay for out-of-pocket costs such as deductibles and copays).

Judge Collyer back in December had ruled that the House of Representatives had standing to bring its separation of powers claim– which was itself an historic decision. Some of you may recall that my colleague David Rivkin have long argued–contrary to many naysayers–that the House would have standing to sue the Administration, and that it would ultimately win its constitutional claim on the merits.

Now that the House has won its constitutional claim on the merits at the trial level, the Obama Administration will appeal to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which has been packed in recent years with Obama appointees. Depending on how the D.C. Circuit rules, the case may be headed for the Supreme Court.

2008 ... #4 at IMDB ... #16 at Flickchart but only #292 from me.  The Dark Knight.  Yes Ledger is awesome.  Yes it asks some serious philisophical questions.  But I've never been able to accept Gyllenhall as the love interest OR Oldman as Gordon.  It's an age thing.  Mine.  And WTF is Eric Roberts doing in here?  Cillian Murphy deserves better too.  I actually have "Rises" higher, at 105! 

For reference I have Octopussy ahead of it, along with Wings (too long but hey, it's awesome) and The Flim Flam Man - I love scam movies.  Behind it?  I am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (Paul Muni), Gigot (Gleason - childhood memories of mine) and Antwone Fisher.

 Good movie.  Good rewatch value.  I just don't love it like the fanboys do.

QUESTION ASKED: What Would Happen if Colbert Called Hillary Clinton ‘Wicked Stepmother’ Like He Did Carly Fiorina?

2008 Flashback: MSNBC anchor David Shuster suspended for ‘pimping’ comment about Chelsea Clinton.

DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY:

Shot: MSNBC: ‘If All You Want Is Headlines, Check Your Twitter Feed’

Chaser: Smug MSNBC guest invokes Nixon’s mythical ‘secret plan’ on Vietnam.

Hangover: MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Caught on Hot Mic Ogling Melania Trump.

As Kate of Small Dead Animals quips, “Somebody has a brand new leg tingle coming on.”

GEORGE ORWELL, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Sources: Obama transparency official stepping down.

Mentioning “sources” in the headline is a nice touch when referencing the administration that hilariously promised to be “The most transparent administration ever.”

And coming soon as this recent NewsBusters headline amusing highlights, “DNC Chair: Hillary Has Provided the Most Transparency ‘Other Than the Private Server.’”

packing a LOT of links and material here - make it your one-stop shop on the subject

Start here, because it has Chesterton!  Obama Administration’s Outrageous War on North Carolina—Part 2 (Chesterton’s Advice)

then here:  [Eugene Volokh] Prominent feminist: Bans on sex discrimination ’emphatically’ do not ‘require unisex restrooms’ 

Separate places to disrobe, sleep, perform personal bodily functions are permitted, in some situations required, by regard for individual privacy. Individual privacy, a right of constitutional dimension, is appropriately harmonized with the equality principle.

The author? Now-Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing in The Post on April 7, 1975, and explaining why the Equal Rights Amendment shouldn’t be opposed based on “the ‘potty issue.’

More from the Notorious RBG here:  Ruth Bader Ginsburg Defends North Carolina Law

Then there's the first win .... North Carolina Law Wins Under Fourth Circuit Transgender Ruling

Three on the silliness of Obama's position:  Obama Transgender Ideologues Imprison Themselves, Under Obama Illogic, Women's Sports Teams Violate Title IX, Inconsistent Consistency (yes, Ed Whalen had a VERY busy week!)

and then we get the executive over-reach:

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION FORCES TRANSGENDER BATHROOM RULES ON EVERY SCHOOL IN AMERICA: “If anyone wondered what President Obama meant when he promised to ‘fundamentally transform the United States of America,’ now they know.”

Related: An Insta-follower on Twitter asks, “What’s [Hillary] have to say about this? Press has asked her, right? Right?”

and another readable series:

Obama Administration ‘Guidance’ on Bathrooms/Showers—Part 1

Obama Administration ‘Guidance’ on Bathrooms/Showers—Part 2

Obama Administration ‘Guidance’ on Bathrooms/Showers—Part 3

Obama Administration ‘Guidance’ on Bathrooms/Showers—Part 4

Obama Administration ‘Guidance’ on Bathrooms/Showers—Part 5

Had enough?