What If You Were Never Taught Anything? [Science Video] .. why, you'd be a Democrat of course.  They're so blind they need a white Kaine!

But she'll do better as POTUS:  Huma Abedin admits that Clinton burned daily schedules.

Already POTUS level: HILLARY: I FOUND OUT ABOUT TARMAC SUMMIT “IN THE NEWS” AND “HINDSIGHT’S 20-20.”

THIS MIGHT BE TOO CLOSE TO THE TRUTH TO BE AMUSING:

BREAKING: FBI finds John Wilkes Booth "extremely careless" in discharge of firearm.

ROGER SIMON: Did Comey Actually Destroy Hillary Clinton by ‘Exonerating’ Her?

 USA TODAY: I Would Indict Hillary Clinton: FBI director’s judgment was that ‘no reasonable prosecutor’ would bring the case. I disagree.

Also: FBI’s Comey indicts Clinton character, competence: She might have been better off with a criminal indictment.

NOW THERE’S A HEADLINE THAT INSPIRES CONFIDENCE IN A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. FBI Director: Clinton Not ‘Particularly Sophisticated’ About Classified Levels.

“But her IT guy who invoked the 5th Amendment [over 125] times was,” someone from the I Hate the Media blog tweets in response.

UPDATE: “Here’s Hillary directing her staff to strip identifying markers and send non-secure.”

with apologies to Barbare T.

HYPOCRISY:

Silly David. Gun control is about humiliating the flyover people and cementing government power.

The rifle ban also didn’t matter when it ended. The gun homicide rate remains about half (3.8 deaths per 100,000 people) of what it was prior to the seven deaths per 100,000 in the early 1990s. The media this week are full of stories about gun-death rates, without bothering to note that most of the surge is occurring in cities like Chicago that have the strictest gun laws. Heather Mac Donald nearby (two items below) has a better explanation for the crime resurgence.

As for stopping terrorism, California is among the states that continued to ban assault weapons after the federal version expired. But that didn’t stop the San Bernardino killers, who used modified rifles that violated the law. France’s strict gun laws also didn’t stop the Paris assailants.

There are some 350 million guns in America, including as many as 10 million AR-15 rifles like the one used in Orlando. If Democrats want a ban to have any chance of working, they will have to vote for and enforce a nationwide program of confiscation. The ban Democrats are pushing would be meaningless…”

And if that's not enought Foxy Ladies #30: Girls 'n' Guns

GOVERNMENT’S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR THINGS WE DESTROY TOGETHER: New Mexico fire started by feds has rural residents devastated, angry.

This one's been popping up a lot lately:  Glen Reynolds USA TODAY COLUMN: Ban A/C for DC! If our rulers think global warming is a crisis, let them be a good example for the rest of us.

This one coulda gonein SEVERAL catagories:

QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED: “We need to eat less meat. Should the government step in?”, the Washington Post, owned by Jeff Bezos asks.

The answer is an emphatic “NO,” based on all of these tasty items for sale at Amazon.com, also owned by Jeff Bezos.

On the other hand, the Post’s query is a textbook example of “Progressivism in two sentences,” Matthew Continetti of the Washington Free Beacon tweets in response.

And I'll leave you with this: The FDA's Insane Definition of 'Tobacco Product' Drives Vaping Innovation

Pretty sure I wrote about this 2-3 years ago. It's nice JFK is finally on board even if it IS for the wrong reason.

JOHN KERRY: AIR CONDITIONERS AS BIG A THREAT AS ISIS:

As someone tweeted in response, just imagine if Trump had said this. But let’s put Kerry and his party to the “global test:” When Congress returns from vacation, one of the first bills to be put up for a vote should ban the use of air conditioning at Foggy Bottom.

Sacrificing To Combat Climate Change Should Begin with a Ban of A/C in DC

FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMED: There are now fewer US Marines than there are officers at federal administrative agencies with the authority to carry weapons and make arrests.

What could go wrong, when every federal agency has its own personal SWAT team?

A GOVERNMENT AGENCY MAKING FARMERS’ LIVES MISERABLE – Besides the EPA, We Mean:

The farm sector has spent the last century-plus dramatically reducing its number of participants (thank you very much, private sector advancements). In 1900, 40% of Americans worked on farms. Today, a mere 1% do.

But the agency overseeing the sector? It “experienced enormous growth in both size and complexity” – and today “is among the largest federal employers and its 2014 budget exceeded $160 billion.”

In the private sector – that makes zero sense. In government – that’s how things work.

Not to mention likely bringing plenty of “bad luck” along the way.

GANGSTER GOVERNMENT: Federal Lab Cooked the Books for Two Decades and No One is Being Punished.

Unexpectedly.

I DON’T WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER GODDAMN WORD ABOUT GLENN REYNOLDS’ CARBON FOOTPRINT: Guests Will Fly Halfway Around the World for Leonardo DiCaprio’s Climate Change Speech.

If only there was a method to view and listen to his speech remotely. Surely there must be top men working in DiCaprio’s industry to invent such a device, no?  Top men.

 Not even CLOSE:  Al Gore Compares His Climate Mission to Jackie Robinson

BETTER CALL SAUL! GOP Lawmaker Pushes Bill BANNING EPA Officials From Airline Travel:

THAT’S BECAUSE IT’S BEEN AN EXPENSIVE FLOP, LIKE EVERYWHERE ELSE: Germany Votes To Abandon Most Green Energy Subsidies. 

And in case you thought we'd forgottne the biggie:  Already 240 Published Papers In 2016 Alone Show the “97% Climate Consensus” Is A Fantasy

Hope THIS catches on:  Savannah Schools: You Shouldn't Have to Major in Education to Be a Teacher

This happens in ALL generations.  But in the past it happened a little each generation.  Now it happens a LOT.  I'm carrying my dad's culture but the next generation hasvirtually NONE of it.  And that troubles me.  How a Generation Lost Its Common Culture:

Public university now requires applicants pledge commitment to ‘diversity and inclusion.’

I’m old enough to remember when loyalty oaths were considered bad. But of course, those were oaths pledging loyalty to America.

NUMBERS DON’T LIE – THOUSANDS OF MARYLANDERS ARE RIPPING OFF D.C. SCHOOLS: Liars can use numbers, to…

That Time When Raising the Minimum Wage Cut the Number of Jobs

No, Driving for Uber Is Not a Payday Loan: New at Reason

Haven't gone to see the new one (and didyou knowthe cute blonde was a demo-bottom for  Nina Hartley?) but from MIKE RAPPAPORT: The Original Ghostbusters: A Free Market Gem. “Consider the following: The villain of the film – a Mr. Walter Peck – is an EPA agent who wants to regulate the Ghostbusters, does not know what he is doing, causes the problem, and then blames it on the private business. Read that again. Is there any other movie you can think of that does that? Not me.”

UNEXPECTEDLY: The Obama administration’s new overtime regulation seems to be hurting the very workers it aimed to help.

What we need is a law against unintended consequences.

Between my FFL auction, some family obligations and some health related events I've been avery busy body.  But I'm back with a LOT of catching up to do. A few things have happened the last couple weeks. 

We'll ease back with some random oddsand ends.

I know the US has been involved in the overthrow ofgovernments for decades.  But in the past we've either propped up allies or overthrown enemies. This is the first time I can recall us trying tooverthrow an ally!   STATE DEPARTMENT FUNDED EFFORT TO OVERTHROW NETANYAHU.

Plenty of racism to go around:  CASUAL RACISM AT THE HILL: Tim Scott is referred to as the GOP’ s “ lone black senatorial candidate,” but guess what — the Dems only have one, too. Does The Hill refer to Kamala Harris as the Dems’ lone black senatorial candidate, or to Cory Booker as the Dems’ lone black Senator?

Let the lefties starve.  Vermont passed similar legislation last month but it has a higher % of internal food production.  Boston willbestarvedout.  Mass. Voters Mull Terrible Livestock Law: New at Reason

#BLACKLIVESMATTER’S CRY FOR HELP: “In case you didn’t notice, Omar Mateen, an Afghani-American radical gay Muslim registered as a Democrat, was really a right-wing, gay-hating, white conservative. No, Black Lives Matter isn’t crazy at all. Why would you say so?”

BOY, ABC SURE GOES OUT OF ITS WAY TO OBSCURE THE SOURCE OF THIS PROBLEM: Risk of FGM Increasing for Women in the U.S., says CDC.

IT’S COME TO THIS: “Even al Qaeda is politically correct,” Betsy Newmark quips

IS THERE ANYTHING IT CAN’ T DO? Eating Chocolate May Aid Math Ability.

HEH: “ Another Woman Regrets Private Meeting With Bill Clinton.”