JOHN HINDERAKER: The Democrats Try To Shut Their Opponents Up (Cont.). As Jim Treacher says, the left wants the right to shut up. The right wants the left to keep talking . . . .

VIDEO: Nathan Fillion Dressed As Captain Kirk For Comic-Con.

Interesting trivia: According to the excellent William Paterson Heinlein biography, Robert Heinlein was furious over “The Trouble With Tribbles,” charging David Gerrold with stealing his Martian Flatcat.

SAME AS IT EVER WAS. SAME AS IT EVER WAS. Michael Ledeen: 21st Century Antisemitism: How Did We Get Here? My response: Identify the barbarians. Crush the barbarians. Repeat as needed, and anti-semitism won’t be a problem. It’s when, in some sort of nostalgie de la boue, you instead exalt barbarism, that you’re in trouble.

21ST CENTURY PROBLEMS: Outlook grim for orbiting Russian zero-G sex geckos. “To be totally honest, coming up with the headline for this piece was the most fun I’ve had all day.”

DON’T LIKE THE POLITICAL SITUATION? LOOKING FOR WAYS TO FIGHT BACK? Read Kurt Schlichter’s new book.

SOMEBODY ON TWITTER SUGGESTED A SOLUTION: PAY LEGISLATORS WITH ILLINOIS BONDS. S&P threatens downgrade over Illinois budget trouble.

YEAH, I DON’T THINK THE ADMINISTRATION REGARDS THE GRIFTERS AS A PROBLEM: Agents obtained subsidized ‘Obamacare’ using fake IDs. “Undercover investigators using fake identities were able to secure taxpayer-subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care law, congressional investigators said Wednesday. The weak link seemed to be call centers that handled applications for frazzled consumers unable to get through online. The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office told a House committee that its investigators were able to get subsidized health care under fake names in 11 out of 18 attempts – even after HealthCare.gov’s much maligned online system flagged some applications as problematic.”

THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED FOR MITT ROMNEY, WE’D HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO BLOCKED WOMEN’S ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. AND THEY WERE RIGHT! Obama’s Motorcade Blocks Pregnant Woman’s Path To Hospital.

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WAIT, I THOUGHT THIS SORT OF THING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE JUST AN NRA MYTH: Armed Doctor Shoots Gunman At Hospital, Saving Lives. “A psychiatric outpatient opened fire Thursday inside a psychiatrist’s office at a hospital near Philadelphia, killing his caseworker and slightly wounding the doctor, who reportedly shot the gunman with his personal firearm, authorities said.”

INSTAVISION: Michael Barone On The Democrats’ Poor 2014 Prospects. But don’t get cocky, Republicans. Plus, is Andrew Cuomo in more trouble than he knows? And a truly horrifying conclusion.

EMILY MILLER LOOKS AT Washington DC’s parking-ticket racket. When I lived there, I watched meter maids ticketing cars that still had time left on the meters. They seemed to focus on cars with non-DC plates.

IT’S NOT THAT HARD. JUST PRETEND YOU’RE COVERING A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT. How White House Reporters Can Reclaim Their Beat.

FASTER, PLEASE: New Display Technology Makes Reading Glasses Unnecessary. Okay, I don’t need those yet, but, well, faster, please!

ASYMMETRICAL LAWFARE: BigLaw Fuels The Left.

SHOCKING DISCOVERY: When People Own Things, They Take Better Care Of Them. Actually, to environmentalists it’s news.

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VIDEO: Coach Rippetoe Puts PJ Media on Starting Strength. I didn’t know he made housecalls.

LIKE THE SONG SAYS, LUCK DOESN’T LAST FOREVER: The Sun Could’ve Destroyed Civilization Two Years Ago.

SO, PRETTY MUCH LIKE AMERICA THEN: Asia Tells Obama to Take a Hike on His Energy Schemes.

VISIT BEAUTIFUL CHINA, home of fanged insects bigger than a human’s face.

HOWARD STERN: “If you’re anti-Israel, then you’re anti-America. It’s the only democracy over there, it’s the only friend we have who’s willing to fight and stand up for what’s right.”

I’VE ALWAYS SAID THAT TYLENOL IS THE PAIN RELIEVER FOR WHEN YOU DON’T REALLY HURT ALL THAT MUCH: Acetaminophen No Better Than Placebo for Back Pain.

JUST READ DAVID DRAKE’S The Sea Without A Shore. Pretty good, but I didn’t think it was quite as good as earlier books in the series.

THIS SEEMS RIGHT: Landmark Legal Foundation Seeks Sanctions on EPA for Destroying Emails, Text Messages. “Landmark Legal Foundation today asked Federal District Judge Royce Lamberth to sanction the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for destroying or failing to preserve emails and text messages that may have helped document suspected Agency efforts to influence the 2012 presidential election.”

Here’s the Memorandum Of Law in support of the sanctions.