STICK WITH BURGERS AND FRIES. FOR YOUR HEALTH! Study finds leafy green vegetables top source of food poisoning.

BUT OF COURSE: Dolce & Gabbana Plans To Release Perfume For Babies.

PHOTO: An early beta-test for the Borg.

SCHOOL SEX SCANDALS IN THE 21ST CENTURY: “When I was young, a school sex scandal was when someone got some. Times evidently have changed.”

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WAIT, I THOUGHT THIS KIND OF THING NEVER HAPPENED: Home Invasion Suspect Dies Of Gunshot Wound. “One man was killed and another shot in the leg when they, along with three others, allegedly participated in a home invasion Monday evening where the residents fought back. . . . Fairborn Police Sgt. Paul Hicks said the only motive they’ve uncovered was that the subjects intended to rob the home. Two Wright State University students who live at 1006 Victoria Ave. were home when the intruders entered. Trent Seitz, 21, reportedly struggled with the men and was ordered to the floor. He called out for his roommate, Christopher Muse, who told police that he grabbed a gun and fired at the men.”

CHANGE: “Did you know that the Earth is getting greener, quite literally? Satellites are now confirming that the amount of green vegetation on the planet has been increasing for three decades. This will be news to those accustomed to alarming tales about deforestation, over-development and ecosystem destruction.”

KURT SCHLICHTER: Ignore Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’ at Your Own Peril, Conservatives. “Will we finally heed Andrew Breitbart’s warnings about the importance of taking pop culture seriously or just keep fiddling as the culture burns?”

SAYUNCLE: Advice on a “good first gun.”

JACK SHAFER: Unsolicited advice for New Republic owner Chris Hughes. “If you think I’m being unfair to Hughes — and don’t put it past me — read his introductory note to readers in the redesigned magazine, where he deploys the same, lifeless voice. . . . This is a memo that every newspaper and magazine editor since the invention of the telegraph could have written. And has!”

MENENDEZ UPDATE: Menendez Admits Flying to Dominican Republic on Donor’s Private Plane.

I’M APPALLED AT THIS EVIDENCE OF INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AT CNN: Soledad O’Brien’s CNN show nixed due to being ‘too ethnic’?

More here.

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Woman Tries To Kill Husband By Poisoning Her Vagina.

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LABORATORIES OF DEMOCRACY: Sen. Ted Cruz invites Chicago banks, gun manufacturers to move to Texas.

ROBERT MENENDEZ UPDATE: Roll Call: “Sen. Robert Menendez denied any wrongdoing as he responded Wednesday to a report that a South Florida ophthalmologist associated with the New Jersey Democrat had his office raided by the FBI. . . . The Miami Herald reported that the FBI raided the office of Dr. Salomon Melgen in West Palm Beach on Tuesday night. The newspaper noted that Melgen has been accused of providing prostitutes to Menendez during travel to the Dominican Republic. Those claims remain unsubstantiated, and the Miami Herald reported that the tipster in the case has refused to meet in person with FBI agents.”

UPDATE: Related: Emails: FBI Wanted to Meet Source of Menendez Prostitution Allegations Before Raid on Donor. I’m not actually sure why Menendez’ cavorting with hookers should, by itself, be of interest to the FBI. But, of course, we don’t know that that’s what’s going on. Perhaps there are questions of bribery or influence-peddling.

MATT K. LEWIS: Why I Hate Twitter. “Twitter has become like high school, where the mean kids say something hurtful to boost their self esteem and to see if others will laugh and join in. . . . When Abraham Lincoln was mad, he would famously write people scathing letters. He would then file them in his desk drawer, never to be sent. Abe was lucky he didn’t have Twitter.”

STATISTICS: Gun-Controlled Britain Has More Than Double U.S. Rape Rate. Why are Democrats pro-rape?

NICK ROSENKRANZ: There Is No Basis In Constitutional Text For the Claim That A Treaty Can Increase The Legislative Powers of Congress.

WHY MEN STOPPED WEARING HIGH HEELS:

A recent episode of the BBC’s “The Why Factor” explored the history of high heels. Of interest is the background of men wearing high heels, which they originally wore as a form of riding footwear.

“Good horsemanship was essential to the fighting styles of Persia – the historical name for modern-day Iran …When the soldier stood up in his stirrups, the heel helped him to secure his stance so that he could shoot his bow and arrow more effectively,” said Elizabeth Semmelhack of the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto.

I’m so enjoying the visual of a man on horse in stilettos. From there, interest in Persian fashion spread to Western Europe where the high heel became a way for men to flaunt their status. The more impractical the footwear, the more privilege it displayed. The higher a man’s heel, the less distance he had to walk. . . . By 1740, high heels were seen as too foolish and effeminate for men to wear.

Except for a brief return during the Disco era.

FOREIGN CHEESE: Threat, Or Menace?

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Why Is Spider Silk Five Times Stronger Than Piano Wire?

AMUSING AMAZON REVIEWS ON THIS PREDATOR DRONE MODEL. My favorite: “This is the best toy ever. Finally, I can pretend that I’m a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize!”

SUB SHOP CHAIN IS HIGH ON BOSTON:

“Nugs,” “pinners” and “blunts” soon will be openly sold near Boston college campuses.

No, not the marijuana cigarettes — though those may be already. Cheba Hut will be marketing its herb-themed subs in the Hub under those names. Though no pot plants are harmed in the making of these sandwiches, they are totally “toasted.”

“The core to our theme is certainly cannabis-driven and counterculture-driven,” Cheba’s chief operating officer Matt Trethewey said. “We think it’s funny that a plant is legislated, and there’s laws around it.”

It is kind of funny.

MICKEY KAUS: The Fox News Immigration Plan.