DESTROYING IRREPLACEABLE WORKS OF ART IS OKAY IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT POLITICS AND SKIN COLOR: Yale Offers Job Back to Man Who Broke Window.

Yale University on Tuesday announced that it would offer Corey Menafee, the former employee who left after breaking a window depicting slaves, the chance to return to the university.

A statement from Yale said that the university “has informed Mr. Menafee’s attorney that we are willing to grant his request for a second chance at Yale. Mr. Menafee, who resigned in June after he admitted intentionally breaking a stained-glass window, has expressed deep remorse about his actions and informed us that he would like to rescind his resignation. He will be allowed to return to a position in a different setting, starting on Monday, after serving a five-week unpaid suspension (including the time since his resignation on June 21). Yale has already asked the state’s attorney to drop all charges. We are willing to take these unusual steps given the unique circumstances of this matter, and it is now up to Mr. Menafee whether he wishes to return to Yale.”

Consequences are for members of disfavored groups.

FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMED: In California, Seven is the Right Age to Begin Learning about LGBT History.

GANGSTER GOVERNMENT: Labor Sec. Tom Perez Used Personal Email Account To Leak Info To Planned Parenthood, New York Times. “Tom Perez, the Secretary of Labor considered to be on the short list of Hillary Clinton running mates, used a personal email account to leak information to The New York Times and Planned Parenthood while he worked at the Department of Justice’s office for civil rights.”

WHY STAY WHERE YOU’RE NOT WANTED? Shotgun Maker Mossberg Moving Operations Out Of Connecticut. “Investing in Texas was an easy decision. It’s a state that is not only committed to economic growth but also honors and respects the Second Amendment and the firearm freedoms it guarantees for our customers.”

Plus: “Mossberg follows Remington Arms, Kahr Arms, Les Baer Custom, Lewis Machine & Tool, American Tactical Imports, Ruger, Colt, Stag Arms, PTR Industries, Magpul, and Beretta in moving operations out of anti-gun states.”

Related: Mass AG Unilaterally Changes Gun Laws, Redefines Assault Weapon Definition.

The program to disarm the blue states is going swimmingly.

WHEN REALITY PIERCES THE LIBERAL COCOON: Leftist meets Black Policeman.

Read the whole thing.

AS A WISE COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WOULD SAY, GET IN THEIR FACES, AND PUNCH BACK TWICE AS HARD: “At one point the Trump supporters led by black conservative Ali Akbar confronted the leftist mob chanting, ‘Where are the blacks?’ and ‘Where are the gays?’”

CHANGE: Donald Trump Sets Conditions for Defending NATO Allies Against Attack.

During a 45-minute conversation, he explicitly raised new questions about his commitment to automatically defend NATO allies if they are attacked, saying he would first look at their contributions to the alliance. Mr. Trump re-emphasized the hard-line nationalist approach that has marked his improbable candidacy, describing how he would force allies to shoulder defense costs that the United States has borne for decades, cancel longstanding treaties he views as unfavorable, and redefine what it means to be a partner of the United States.

He said the rest of the world would learn to adjust to his approach. “I would prefer to be able to continue” existing agreements, he said, but only if allies stopped taking advantage of what he called an era of American largess that was no longer affordable.

Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty says that “an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all.” It has been invoked only once in NATO’s 67-year history, in defense of this country after the attacks on Washington and New York City of 9/11/2001.

IT’S JUST A DIVERSITY PROGRAM. DEMOCRATIC TOOLS ARE OVERREPRESENTED. WH slams Christie plan to purge government employees.

The White House on Wednesday took a jab at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) for floating a proposal to fire government employees appointed by President Obama if Donald Trump wins the presidency in November.

“I think it’s fair to say that, if you want to stack up the ethical record of President Obama and his political appointees against the ethical record complied by Gov. Christie and his political appointees, that we’d welcome that kind of comparison,” spokesman Josh Earnest said during his daily press briefing.

The spokesman was making a not-so-veiled reference to the Bridgegate scandal, in which Christie appointees created traffic jams near the George Washington Bridge to punish a political opponent.

Christie reportedly told a group of donors at this week’s Republican National Convention that Trump’s administration would attempt to make it easier to fire government employees.

The New Jersey governor, an outspoken Trump backer, expressed concern that many Obama appointees may try to become civil servants, who are harder to remove, according to Reuters.

Earnest acknowledged that such a process exists, but stressed that appointees “in both parties have availed themselves of that process.”

I think the Obama Administration’s record of politicizing the Justice Department is without precedent, which perhaps justifies an unprecedented remedy.

MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Calls for compulsory Islam classes in Germany the day after axe attack — multiculturalism is always one step ahead of satirists.

(Classical reference in headline.)

THE END OF SECULAR TURKEY: Turkey declares a state of emergency for three months.

Turkey declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, a move that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said would enable the state to act faster against those who plotted a failed coup.

In a late-night televised address, Erdogan, who has been carrying out a large-scale purge of the country’s institutions, sought to reassure the country that the measure — which would be in force for three months — will protect democratic freedoms. But the move consolidates more power in the president’s hands, allowing him to rule by decree.

“Faster?”

NEW CIVILITY WATCH. I’d ‘Cut Off Donald Trump’s Head!,’ ‘I’d Cut His F–king Goddamned Head Off!’ (Video.)

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: Grads Of Mid- And Low-Tier Law Schools Hang Out Their Shingles To Survive In Brutal Job Market.

NEWT GINGRICH EXPLAINS TED CRUZ: An interesting take.

NOBODY THINKS HE’S STUPID: Ted Cruz Knew Exactly What He Was Doing.

WHY GOOGLE, FACEBOOK, ET AL. ARE BACKING HILLARY: Silicon Valley Could Get Pass in Democrats’ Antitrust Crusade.

FALLEN ANGELS IS JUST A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL, RIGHT GUYS? RIGHT? GUYS? Global Warming Expedition Stopped In Its Tracks By Arctic Sea Ice.

CAN’T STOP THE SIGNAL: Turkish Protesters Are Spray Painting “8.8.8.8” and “8.8.4.4.” On Walls — Here’s What It Means.

MY COUP PAPER IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE TIMELY: LA Times: If Trump Wins, a Military Coup ‘Isn’t Impossible.’

QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED: “We need to eat less meat. Should the government step in?”, the Washington Post, owned by Jeff Bezos asks.

The answer is an emphatic “NO,” based on all of these tasty items for sale at Amazon.com, also owned by Jeff Bezos.

On the other hand, the Post’s query is a textbook example of “Progressivism in two sentences,” Matthew Continetti of the Washington Free Beacon tweets in response.

IT’S COME TO THIS: Escaping stress in NYC through “Zen Bondage.”

LAURA INGRAHAM POINTS TO THE OBVIOUS: Yes, this is a contentious subject. It is a necessary and important debate. But the consequences matter, and the choice is stark. Laura’s post indicates she lives in GetRealLand.

IMPOSSIBLE, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT LIBERTARIANS DON’T CARE ABOUT PEOPLE: Rand Paul Isn’t at the RNC. He’s Literally Curing the Blind Instead. Libertarian leader skipped the GOP convention in order to perform pro-bono surgery on needy patients.

YES, LOCK HER UP: Mollie Hemingway:

…mobs shouldn’t be forced to cry out for justice because their institutions are doing such a horrible job of applying law fairly.

Ouch. Well, the FBI Director sold out the rule of law, and Hillary’s criminality has put national security at risk.

DOESN’T FIT THE NARRATIVE: One Of Hillary Clinton’s DNC Delegates Literally Tried To Murder Someone, But Media Are Silent. “When will media start focusing on the Democrat gun crime epidemic?”

DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Cleveland College Students ‘Traumatized’ by RNC Cops Staying in Their Dorms.

“Their.”