BARELY SHOULDERING OUT TRUMP vs. BERNIE: So, “Godzilla v. King Kong” is a Go.

HAD ENOUGH OF THE CRAZY YEARS? A Victim of False Doctrine. I guess safe-sex now means carrying a lawyer in your pocket at all times.

WE COULD DO WORSE: And probably will. Could It Be Cruz-Rubio? And if true, this means Larry Correia was at least half right.

IS IT PEAK CRAZINESS YET: Journalism’s Death Rattle: WaPo Wastes 1000 Words Lamenting ‘Inequality’ in…Breakfast Sandwiches.

THERE’S THAT WORD AGAIN: Unexpectedly, The Middle East Meltdown Continues. “Some of President Obama’s critics accuse him of lacking a strategy for the Middle East. This is far from the truth. From where the President sits, the Administration has a Middle East strategy, and it is just given him a huge success.” Well, you know, it all depends on what your goals are.

THANKS TO READER THOMAS D., whose advice about extending my stride really did help.

I’M SORRY, BUT THIS POST JUST GETS FUNNIER AS TIME PASSES: The Simple Truth: President Obama is Too Intelligent for Republicans to Understand.

HONESTLY, IT SEEMS AS IF NUTRITION “SCIENCE” — AT LEAST, THE PART PUSHED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND REPEATED BY THE MEDIA — HAS GONE BACKWARD FOR 50 YEARS: The More We Learn on Nutrition, the More We Ignore. “In the more than half a century that I’ve been writing about nutrition and health, I’ve witnessed many attempts to inform and improve the American diet, all the while watching young and old alike ignore sound nutritional advice and grow fatter and fatter.”

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SO AN OBSESSION WITH MKULTRA AND THE IDEA THAT THE CIA WAS BEHIND KENNEDY’S ASSASSINATION USED TO BE THE MARK OF A NUT. Now it gets mainstream treatment. On the other hand, David Talbot is the founding editor of Salon, so . . .

MORAL PANIC AND CRIMINALIZING THE PAYMENT FOR SEX.

THIS IS HARDLY A SHOCKING IDEA: Why trying to help poor countries might actually hurt them: Nobel-winning economist Angus Deaton argues against giving aid to poor countries.

MEGAN MCARDLE: Democrats Wasted Their Chance to Test Clinton.

The most electric moment of last night’s Democratic debate was when Bernie Sanders declared that he was sick of hearing about Hillary Clinton’s e-mails. The sentiment clearly resonated with the audience, and it was therefore smart politicking on the part of Sanders, who is not going to win himself more primary votes by pursuing subjects that make the Democratic base mad.

And yet while this may be good for Sanders, it’s probably bad for the Democratic Party. . . .

Clinton is the probable nominee, which makes it unwise to anger her, and no one else has a sufficiently large following to risk the ire of the base by attacking someone whose approval rating remains high among Democrats. However, this has the effect of making Clinton look stronger than she is.

This has been the story of her career in politics: she has a lot of experience in government, but very little in campaigning for herself. The one time she played against a varsity team, she lost to Barack Obama. In her only successful campaign, she was ushered into Pat Moynihan’s Senate seat by the senator himself, running as the Democratic heir-apparent in a deep-blue state, and facing a Republican opponent of truly startling ineptitude.

Can Clinton survive a race against a more gifted campaigner, in a nation with considerably more conservatives than New York has? Now would be a good time for Democrats to find that out. At least Democrats could see how she performs under pressure from politicians who are out for blood. Instead they mostly treated her like a delicate aunt whose ears must be protected from harsh words.

Yep.

JOURNALISTS TRESPASS AT TESLA FACILITY, run over security guards.

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I FEEL SORRIER FOR THE ONES WHO WILL BE CAUGHT UP IN THE GLOBAL WAR SPAWNED BY OBAMA’S INEPT FOREIGN POLICY: The Insta-Wife: I Feel Sorry For Millennial Men.

THE DEEPER SIGNIFICANCE OF HILLARY’S ‘ENEMIES’ GAFFE: At the Corner, Jonah Goldberg writes:

This should properly be considered a Kinsley gaffe in that she accidentally told the truth. For much of the night, she stuck to her focus-grouped talking points, boasting about how she knows how to build consensus and work the system in Washington “to get things done.” And then, in a spontaneous slip, she revealed that she considers Republicans — altogether — not only her enemy, but the enemy she is most proud of. It would have been nice if Anderson Cooper, Jim Webb or one of the pushovers on stage had seized that point and asked, “How can you talk about building consensus when you’ve just boasted that you consider all Republicans your enemy?” Clinton is much more of a Manichean than she usually lets on. That’s one reason she keeps Sid Blumenthal on retainer as a Wormtongue. He says the things about Republican conspirators she wants to hear and believe.

Read the whole thing.

I ASSUME THOSE WOULD BE HARAM: Editing Pig Genomes To Grow Transplant Organs For Humans.

BERNIE SANDERS GOES FACE-FIRST INTO THE TANK FOR HILLARY ON HER EMAILS: “Here’s the moment last night where I learned that making Hillary ‘feel the Bern’ means inviting her to put her feet up by a cozy fire. It’s also where I learned that Sanders isn’t actually trying to win the nomination.”

But he’s certainly placating the DNC-MSM in addition to Hillary: “Debate Press Room Explodes In Cheers After Sanders Exonerates Hillary’s Email Scandal.”

IF EXPERIENCE IS ANY GUIDE, THE ANSWER IS “BADLY, AND DESTRUCTIVELY.” How Will the Government Structure American Diets Next?

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Liability for Self-Driving Car Accidents.

BULLETS AND BOURBON UPDATE: The updated Tentative Bullets and Bourbon schedule is out and available here. In addition to being a much smaller and more intimate event than some of the cruises sponsored by the big political magazines, B&B is letting guests know what activities the speakers are participating in, and when, so the guests can join them.  For example, as much as we love the NRO cruises, those of you who’ve been on them know you get to listen to the seminars from afar, have one or two meals with the speakers, and likely never see them on the ship or on any excursions. In sharp contrast, Bullets and Bourbon is a totally different experience. (Those of you already signed up, you’ll be getting information to reserve the activities of your choice this week.)

If you haven’t signed up yet, here’s all the information you need to do so.

IF JIMMY CARTER HAD COME DOWN ON THEM HARD IN 1979, WE WOULDN’T BE FACING THIS NOW: Iran’s New Ballistic Missile Should Make Its Neighbors Very Nervous: The Emad is specifically designed to evade missile defenses.

WHY “POLITICIZED” SCIENCE IS more likely to be reliable science over the long run.