WOW: I Was RFK’s Speechwriter. Now I’m Voting for Trump. Here’s Why. The Democratic Party has become something both JFK and RFK would deplore—the party of war.

JOHN PODHORETZ: Trump Derangement Syndrome is crippling the left. “I’m enjoying this meltdown. I’m sorry if that’s mean. I can’t help myself. . . . They’re going crazy, and as Mike Meyers’s pretentious German character Dieter said, ‘their agony is gorgeous.'”

WELL, SINCE THEIR PURPOSE IS TO MARGINALIZE AND COW MALE STUDENTS, I THINK THEY’RE PRODUCING EXACTLY WHAT WAS INTENDED: Toni Airaksinen: What if Mandatory “Sexual Respect” Classes are Counterproductive?

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: After 57% Enrollment Decline, St. Louis Welcomes Larger 1L Class With Lower LSAT, GPA Medians.

CHARLOTTE “PROTESTS” TURN INTO RIOT, “civilian on civilian” shooting.

Chaos Umpire rules.

THE OTHERIZING STARTS EARLY: Fifth Grader Gives Master Class In Teaching Boys That No Means No.

WELL, YEAH: Beer makes people happier, maybe even sexier.

Maybe?

K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Lunch Lady Quits, Says School Made Her Shame Poor Kids. Why are lefty-dominated institutions such cesspits of class bias?

WORST SURROGATE EVER: Is Bill Clinton Trying To Tank Hillary’s Campaign?

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: NY Muslim Bomber’s Notebook Urged Killing Non-Muslims.

HEATHER HAVRILESKY ANSWERS THE QUESTION: Why Do Women Obsess About Babies and Fertility?

INSTAPUNDIT WILL BE DOWN FOR SOME TECH UPGRADES LATER TONIGHT. Should take an hour or two. Do not be alarmed.

GOOD THING THERE ARE NO CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN IRAQ: ISIS suspected of mustard attack against US and Iraqi troops.

The shell was categorized by officials as either a rocket or artillery shell. After it landed on the base, just south of Mosul, U.S. troops tested it and received an initial reading for a chemical agent they believe is mustard.

No U.S. troops were hurt or have displayed symptoms of exposure to mustard agent.

One official said the agent had “low purity” and was “poorly weaponized.” A second official called it “ineffective.”

Ineffective or not, ISIS doesn’t fear us enough to refrain from attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction.

SCIENCE, UNSETTLED: Now That Data Have Been Released, Key Study On Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Turns Out To Be Wrong. This is why all publicly funded science should have open data.

HANDS UP, DON’T SHOOT: Dashcam Video Reportedly Shows Keith Scott Coming Toward Officers With Gun In Hand.

K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: 12 year old suspended from school for turning in a knife that wasn’t even his.

I REMEMBER WHEN THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM WAS THAT TRUMP WAS DOOMED BECAUSE HE WASN’T SPENDING BIG: Hillary Clinton plowed 68 percent of her campaign money into ads last month.

One of the things that Trump’s candidacy has done is shown that the political consultant/advertising business is largely a racket, and I suspect that this accounts for much of the visceral hostility that so many people in that business display toward him.

THERE IS AN EXISTENTIAL TWILIGHT STRUGGLE THAT RISKS DESTROYING THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE, AND OBAMA IS ON TOP OF IT:  Obama orders climate change be considered in military planning.

Freud called it displacement.

CHARLOTTE POLICE SHOOTING: Scott had gun, not a book, chief says.

YOU HAVE TO MOVE FAST: Could It Be Sepsis? C.D.C. Wants More People to Ask. Because I don’t have a spleen, I’m at risk for sudden overwhelming sepsis. I keep a Levaquin tab around, and if I get symptoms I’m supposed to take it, and head straight for the ER.

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BETTER DEAD THAN RUDE. The Deadliest Lie: Without ‘Lone Wolf’ Lie, U.S. Could Have Stopped Nearly EVERY Attack, Andrew McCarthy writes.

Read the whole thing.

(Classical reference in headline.)

THAT MEANS IT’S WORKING: ObamaCare Individual Mandate Fine Hit 8 Million People This Year

Despite the controversy and high-stakes legal battle that has surrounded the individual mandate, the scope of the penalties paid this year has gone unreported by major news outlets as attention has focused on ObamaCare’s latest and most glaring problems: weak enrollment, surging premiums, and insurer losses that have provoked the exit of UnitedHealth (UNH), Aetna (AET) and Humana (HUM) from most state exchanges.

Yet ObamaCare’s mounting problems should only serve to intensify questions about the wisdom and fairness of the individual mandate. The root of all of those ObamaCare problems is that far too many people — even those eligible for big subsidies — see the plans as either unaffordable or such a bad deal that they’re willing to risk paying a fine.

I had been assured that the individual mandate’s fine tax would encourage enough Young Invincibles to buy insurance and keep the exchanges solvent.

FACEBOOK JUST GETS WORSE: Facebook Algorithms Take Down WordPress Lawyer’s Post About Idiocy Of Algorithmic Takedowns.

REVEALED: Survival secret of ‘Earth’s hardiest animal’

A gene that scientists identified in these strange, aquatic creatures – called tardigrades – helps them survive boiling, freezing and radiation.

In future, it could be used to protect human cells, the researchers say.

It was already known that tardigrades, also known as water bears, were able to survive by shrivelling up into desiccated balls.

But the University of Tokyo-led team found a protein that protects its DNA – wrapping around it like a blanket.

DNA damage is a big part of the aging process, so my aging self says, “Faster, please.”