● Shot: Report: 3 million more children in poverty under Obama, 22% of all kids.

● Chaser: Obama: ‘On Almost Every Metric The Country Is Significantly Better Off.’

I think what he means is that “the fundamentals of our economy are strong,” but Robert Heinlein might beg to differ.

In other news:CHICAGO’S EXCITING XBOX / CLOUD COMPUTING TAX! “So, basically, avoid living in Chicago if you enjoy living in the 21st Century. Or working in it, because they’re also going to tax the cloud. That’s why everybody outside of Chicago is excited about this. It’s not every day that a major city decides to deliberately drive non-geographically fixed companies out to the suburbs.”

Well, it is when that city is Sacramento and the suburbs are colloquially referred to as “Texas”…

SHE’LL DO FOR THE MARKET WHAT SHE DID FOR RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA! Hillary: capitalism needs a “reset.”

We're having a debate in my family over charter schools.  New York of all places, and New Orleans, seem to be doing quite well.  I'm told that Ohio's suck.  A little roundup:

Judge Allows Parents to Force Charter Takeover of Poorly Performing Elementary School

K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Success Academy Posted Its Latest Test Scores. The Results Are Astounding. New York’s largest charter network outperformed traditional public schools in wealthy zip codes.

Again!  Arctic expedition to study global warming put on hold because of too much ice

Damned deniers - EPA Said Global Warming Unproven To Obtain A Legal Ruling For Their Climate Regulations

I DON’T WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER GODDAMNED WORD ABOUT MY CARBON FOOTPRINT: Video shows Hillary Clinton boarding private jet just hours after launching global-warming push – and she’s using a French aircraft that burns 347 gallons of fuel every hour! “Its itineraries are secret because the owner has asked the Federal Aviation Administration to withhold flight plans from the public.”

2006 to 2015: we’re halfway there!

and two long MUST reads:

Charles Koch: Climate models need to be falsifiable

Validation Of A Climate Model Is Mandatory: The Invaluable work of Dr. Vincent Gray

Bernie Sanders is a Socialist.  And proud of it.  No arguement available there.  He sides with Trump on immigration (walls, deportations, defend the national character), Paul on foreign military involvment (keep 'em home) and Pat Buchanon on foreign trade - he's agin' it.  So he's a nationalist.  A National Socialist.  A Nazi.

And it ain't just me.  Others are noticing as well: MATT YGLESIAS HAS HIS KNICKERS IN A TWIST ABOUT THIS KEVIN WILLIAMSON COLUMN ON BERNIE SANDERS: Bernie’s Strange Brew Of Nationalism And Socialism.

And it's been a long time coming.   Michael Walsh writes that when America was attacked by Imperial Japan at Pearl Harbor, FDR vowed that “we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again.” In telling contrast, Walsh writes, “in response to the latest Muslim atrocity, President Obama went on vacation to New York City to fund-raise and for some ‘down time’ with his daughters. Oh yes, and the Empire State Building was lit up Muslim green to ‘celebrate’ the end of Ramadan.”

What’s the linchpin that caused this fundamental transformation of America? Via an excerpt from his new book The Devil’s Pleasure Palace, Michael blames the far left Frankfurt School, which fled National Socialism in Germany and established a foothold for international socialism in America.

Read the whole thing.

BREAKING NEWS FROM 1861, 1913, 1942, and 1963: Martin O’Malley learns that Democrat Party activists don’t believe all lives matter.

RELATED:

Martin O’Malley: Climate Change Created ISIS: http://t.co/b8uhkOPJQ3 pic.twitter.com/WtwjRVTfAN

BLUE CIVIL WAR: Hillary Clinton’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ Triangulations.

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS THAT IT’S BECAUSE EVEN THEY AREN’T CYNICAL ENOUGH: Why Hillary Clinton and her rivals are struggling to grasp Black Lives Matter. “Black Lives Matter” is an unabashedly racist movement led by unabashed racists.

BLUE ON BLUE: BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS BLOCK SANDERS SPEECH, 2ND EVENT DRAWS CROWD OF 15,000:

Sanders’ spokesperson said they could speak after the senator, but they refused to leave the stage or allow him to speak, which drew booing and chanting from the “largely white audience,” reported the Seattle Times. “A few yelled for police to make arrests. Marissa Johnson, one of the protesters, shot back, ‘I was going to tell Bernie how racist this city is, filled with its progressives, but you did it for me,’ accusing the audience of ‘white supremacist liberalism.’”

As Jon Gabriel likes to say, “My favorite part about the Obama era is all the racial healing” – particularly, in this case, between the crowd and the protestors, all of whom are Obama’s core supporters.

Will the media do any follow-up on “white supremacist liberalism?” It sounds like a perfect topic for CNN or MSNBC to cover in depth…

“In a twist to recent controversies, Southern States’ militias arming quickly to defend Federal (Union) troops.”

HOPEY-CHANGEY: “SHOOT REPUBLICANS” Says Former Carter Staffer.

But Obama doesn't wanna take away our guns: Obama Administration Thinks People on Social Security Who Have Others Handling Their Finances Shouldn't Have Guns

MSNBC: Poll: Do You Think People Should Be Allowed To Carry Guns In Public? Guess which answer I gave.  I'm sure MSNBC was dissapointed with the result.

The 80's were kind of a black hole fr me.  Law school.  Practice.  Set-backs.  So the movies of that era are a bit hit or miss.

The Top 10 Films of 1985

Actor Spotlight: Barbara Stanwyck

I haven't seen BabyFace.  Will remedy that this month .... but here's MY top 10 Babs movies:

IDEAS FOR REPORTERS STRUGGLING TO COVER PLANNED PARENTHOOD: In 2008, Michelle Obama promised her husband’s supporters that her husband will “demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed.”

When will the media shed their cynicism and push themselves to become better, by moving out of their comfort zones to stop leaving their customers so uninformed and uninvolved?

RELATED: White House spokesman Josh Earnest “Instantly Dismisses Reporter’s Question About Planned Parenthood.”

He really should come out of his isolation and put down his partisan divisions.

THE NEW YORK TIMES IS OFFICIALLY RUNNING INTERFERENCE FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD: “The New York Times masthead proudly proclaims that it publishes ‘All the News That’s Fit to Print,’ but in practice, the organization is more than happy to bury all the news that’s fit to abort.”

Ouch. Read the whole thing.

RELATED: Blake Hounshell and the Fake Objectivity of the Modern Press.

THINK HOW MUCH TROUBLE THEY’D BE IN IF THE PRESS WEREN’T ON THEIR SIDE: Fears on the left growing for Planned Parenthood.

CNN’S SALLY KOHN BLAMES ABORTION VIDEOS ON ‘WHITE SUPREMACY.’

Planned Parenthood founder and Hillary Clinton muse Margaret Sanger could not be reached for comment.

clip and save: RAND SIMBERG: WE SHOULDN’T BE SURPRISED AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S CALLOUS INHUMANITY: A  history of racism and eugenics.

Anti-GMO Activist Campaign is "Full of Errors, Fallacies, Misconceptions, Misrepresentations, and Lies."

The perfect storm for environmentalists: GMO engineered rice reduces greenhouse gas emissions to near zero

and an extra added attraction: ENVIRONMENTALISM HAS NEVER BEEN ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT: Anti-Fracking Activism Sacrifices Nature for Ideology.