FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMED: The U.S. isn’t one of the top 10 most free countries in the world, study says.

JOHN SCHINDLER: Politicization of the FBI Threatens American Democracy: Obama and Hillary have allowed our secret police to become a tool of the Democrats—which should trouble all Americans.

OF COURSE! BUT ONLY IF HE’S A REPUBLICAN: Should We Judge A Politician By His (Or Her) Garbage Supporters?

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON ON THE CONSTRUCT OF THE WHITE WORKING-CLASS ZOMBIES:

Liberal fascism invariably needs a target to focus its hatred.

THESE SEEM REASONABLE. Fairer Questions for the Next Debate.

TRIGGER WARNING: VIDEO OF HORRIBLE OLD RACIST USING DISGUSTING TRIGGERING LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE UNDOCUMENTED PRE-CITIZENS.

OHIO, THAT DANGEROUS HOTBED OF DEPLORABLES: As Hillary Abandons Ohio, Media Says Ohio Is ‘Too White and Uneducated’ Anyway.

Ahh, how times change. I’m old enough to remember when the media (and Obama himself) were angry at “too white and uneducated” males for being Hillary voters.

CRASHING BY DESIGN. This Just In: Obamacare Collapsing, Michael Walsh writes.

(Tagline inspired by Pete Townshend, by way of that legendary musical duo, Cloward-Piven.)

BAD LUCK: Obama Says Obamacare Has ‘Real Problems’ Congress Refuses to Fix.

If only the GOP Congress had gotten ObamaCare right the first time around.

Video: Bill Clinton Trashes Obamacare At Event, Calls It ‘Crazy System.’

Former President Bill Clinton attacked President Barack Obama’s signature health care legislation Monday, calling it a “crazy system” that “doesn’t make any sense” during a Michigan campaign event for Hillary.

“It doesn’t many any sense. The insurance model doesn’t work here,” Clinton said about the government-run marketplaces Obamacare set up. Clinton said that Obamacare “works fine” for people with “modest” incomes or who are eligible for government subsidies, or Medicare. But he added that, “the people that are getting killed in this deal are small business people and individuals who make just a little too much to get any of these subsidies.”

I’m so old, I can remember when saying things like this made you a racist tool of Big Healthcare.

CNN HYPOCRISY: Flashback to when network fat shamed Miss Universe Alicia Machado.

I WISH I COULD SAY THE SAME: The New York Times Paid No Taxes in 2014. 

DISPATCHES FROM THE MEDIA APOCALYPSE: BBC Appoints Former MSNBC Anchor Who Said Someone Should ‘Sh*t In Sarah Palin’s Mouth’ As New Religion Chief.

Flashback: A former insider describes the BBC’s “Powerfully Corrosive Internal Culture.”

ANALYSIS: TRUE. “THE MEDIA IS COLLECTIVELY DECIDING TO GIVE UP ON AN OBJECTIVITY THAT IT NEVER HAD.”

Walter Cronkite could not be reached for comment, but he definitely concurs.

QUESTION ASKED: Did I miss Hillary’s vehement opposition to stop-and-frisk when she was Senator from NY and crime was dropping?

Guess this is what "Rethuglicans" have to look forward to:   Under Intense Pressure to Silence Wikileaks, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Proposed Drone Strike on Julian Assange.

Posting this just because I like the tagline:  COVERUP? IT’S A MATCHING SET OF DUVET AND PILLOWCASES: The FBI’s Hillary email probe is looking even more like a coverup.

In tonight’s performance of The Wilson Administration, the role of Edith Bolling Galt Wilson will be played by Huma Abedin.  Huma Abedin Email Attacked Jewish Group.

This has alwats been a pet peeveof mine about those "let's close down the for-profit" nuts:  Don’t Ignore Default Rates at Public Colleges.

I don't think these are widespread, but I may be cocooning:   Three Understandable (But Untrue) Assumptions About Teachers.

 Hold a conservative view, get ratted out to your university’s administration.  I keep seeing the final scene from Invasion of the Body Snatchers - the remake with Donald Southerland pointing and shreiking.

Feminist PhD Candidate: Science Is Sexist* Because It’s Not Subjective.

Well, so much for Paul Krugman’s “liberal bias of facts” aphorism.

* Isn’t everything these days? And possibly for the next four to eight years as well.

The unwatched are sometimes unwatchable.  Brain Damage is one of those.  I actually gave it 0 out of 10!  ONE good scene, but not worth watching.  Did I mention drek?

The other film this time around just keeps making the list It just barely makes my cut and the users list but it's beautiful, creepy and a well told story.  Devil's Backbone.  Make sure you get the subittles, at least the FIRST time.  I've let is slip a few spots but it still gets 8.3 and should make the cut against next year.