MARC CAPUTO CALLS MICKEY KAUS’S VIEWS ON IMMIGRATION the “Stormfront take.” Classy, Marc. So’s calling him a “knuckledragging liar.”

UPDATE: This Kausfiles post is what has Caputo mad, according to Mickey.

SHOCKER: LEFTIE WHO DENOUNCED MCCARTHYISM WAS ACTUALLY SOVIET SPY. British MI-5 Files Reveal Another Cold War Soviet Agent.

CHANGE: Swedish Tolerance Under Question as Attacks on Migrants Rise.

TIRED OF PESKY FLIES? Shoot ’em with the Bug-A-Salt rifle. The reviews are good!

OKAY: Let’s Get This Straight: Income Inequality And Poverty Aren’t The Same Thing.

Notice how little we hear about “wealth inequality.” There’s a lot of untaxed wealth in foundations, university endowments, family trusts, etc. A populist who wanted to put Democrats on the spot might propose taxing that. You know, for the common good. Only working stiffs have more income than wealth.

OF COURSE THEY ARE: Critics say new State Department guidelines meant to ‘chill’ employee speech.

CHARLES C.W. COOKE: Trust Our Officials, or Ourselves? Consider Who Thwarted the Attack on the French Train. Good point.

IS IT TIME FOR another March On Washington?

UPDATE: No, not this kind. Though we’re probably closer than we’ve been in my lifetime.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, “Fear is contagious. But so is courage.”

MYTHEOS HOLT: The Hugo Awards: Why The #WaronNerds Is A War on Art. “What’s the difference between ISIS and social justice warriors? Well, one recruits its members from the most pathetic, disaffected, pathological members of society, claims to stand against shadowy conspiracies and bullying by the West, and destroys revered cultural institutions in fits of fanaticism. The other fights with real weapons.”

GOOD, BECAUSE FLYING MY LEARJET TO NOVA SCOTIA IS KINDA PRICEY: Total Eclipse of the Sun Coming to a Yard Near You.

WITH PUNDITS BLAMING TRUMP FOR THE ACTS OF HIS SUPPORTERS, you might want to peruse this gallery of Obama t-shirt mugshots at The Smoking Gun, and wonder why nobody blamed him for their actions. Oh, who am I kidding. You don’t have to wonder.

CHARLIE MARTIN REFLECTS: Five Times Twelve — Reflections on My 60th Birthday; A lot has happened in those 60 years. Things are better now.

ANOTHER FINE MESS: An SF Hacker Hostel Faces the Real World and Loses. “Chez JJ isn’t the first hacker home to suddenly shut down in the midst of San Francisco’s expensive real estate market. But the mix of naiveté and NIMBYism that brought down Chez JJ is the perfect epitome of the city at this precise moment.”

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NOTHING IS WRONG: Doctors Behaving Badly.

YOU KNOW IT MAKES SENSE: A Surfboard Made By A Rocket Scientist.

BEN CARSON ON #BLACKLIVESMATTER: “The idea that disrupting and protesting Bernie Sanders speeches will change what is wrong in America is lunacy. The ‘BlackLivesMatter’ movement is focused on the wrong targets, to the detriment of blacks who would like to see real change and to the benefit of its powerful white liberal funders using the attacks on Sanders for political purposes that mean nothing for the problems that face our community.”

READER BOOK PLUG: From James V. Smith, Jr., Prison Of The Soul.

MIND SET TO CYCLE: Algorithmic Video Editor Turns Amateur Athletes into GoPro Heroes: Automated video and sound editing software can make any bumbling idiot into an extreme sports movie star.

“PROVOCATIVE AND ENJOYABLE:” Stephen L. Carter reviews my colleague Ben Barton’s new book, Glass Half Full: The Decline And Rebirth of the Legal Profession. Though Carter, like me, thinks Ben’s view may be a touch on the optimistic side.

MACHINE SAYS YES: The Secret of Airbnb’s Pricing Algorithm.

BAA, BAA RAINBOW SHEEP?: John Leo, “Ten Things You Didn’t Know Were Racist.” The list includes these tidbits:

“Baa, Baa Black Sheep” is racist. The nursery rhyme, which dates back to the Middle Ages, is under attack. Some schools and family centers in Scotland, England, and Australia have eliminated the word “black” as racist, and now refer to “rainbow sheep,” “happy sheep,” or “green sheep,” though these new adjectives make no sense at all. . . .

Liking white meat is racist. Writer Ron Rosenbaum said in Slate that racism accounts for the popularity of white-meat turkey over more flavorful dark meat. “White meat turkey has no taste,” he explained. “Despite its superior taste, dark meat has dark undertones for some. Dark meat seems to summon up ancient fears of contamination and miscegenation as opposed to the supposed superior purity of white meat.” . . .

Libertarians are racist. In an interview, testy HBO writer-producer David Simon (The Wire, Treme) severely criticized libertarians and suggested that libertarian rhetoric about “freedom” and “liberty” is just code for racism.

Disagreeing about any of this is, of course, racist. I was told several years ago by a colleague that when I said “let’s call a spade a spade,” it was racist, though of course it refers to a gardening implement (or to some, a suit of cards) and has nothing whatsoever to do with race. But that’s not really the point, is it?

RELATED:  “Sorry, Jeb, ‘Anchor Babies’ is a Slur.”  Because, you know, sometimes the babies are not white.

IMMIGRATION: Schengen In Danger, Germany Warns. “France’s President François Hollande and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss quotas for accepting migrants at their meeting today (24 August), French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday (23 August). Germany’s interior minister Thomas de Maizière said the EU borderless Schengen agreement may be in danger over the migrant crisis on Friday. . . . He explained that the freedom of movement in the EU was threatened by countries failing to adhere to the principle that responsibility for processing claims lies with the country that played the biggest part in the applicant’s entry to the EU. . . . n the meantime, Belgium Prime Minister Charles Michel also spoke of a need to review the Schengen agreement, in the light of a foiled attempt by a terror suspect to carry an attack of the passengers of the Thalys high-speed train between Amsterdam and Paris.”

The EU is “ruling out” any changes, but that’s basically bluster at this point.

OUT: HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE. IN: HIGHER EDUCATION POLICE STATE. Rutgers to Students: No Such Thing as Free Speech, We Are Watching You, ‘Think Before You Speak’ –Wants students to spy on each other, file reports, provide private information.

Of course, the plethora of overpaid, undertasked campus-life bureaucrats who promote these policies is one symptom of the bubble.