TRUMP: A UNITER, NOT A DIVIDER! The Grateful Dead Come to the RNC.

THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR: Not Just the Saudis: Iran’s Huge Role in 9/11 Also Covered Up.

WITH DNC IN MIND, CITY BANS CARRYING URINE, FECES. DEVELOPING: Activists from Black Lives Matter, Westboro Baptist Church and the KKK throwing urine at each other.

DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Social Justice Warriors Greatest Hits (Video)!

This isn’t the 21st century I was promised.

LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: Are your sperm up to scratch? Phone microscope lets you check.

OUT ON A LIMB: Melania Trump’s Plagiarism Gaffe Is Not Going To End the Race.

THIS ISN’T THE 21st CENTURY I WAS PROMISED: An Open Letter To Tiny House Hunters.

(Via SDA.)

Related: California’s Salton Sea, the Mad Max Wasteland That’s Having a Real Estate Boom.

CHARLIE ROSE IS ASKING HILLARY IF TRUMP IS DANGEROUS? Just read Ed’s post (below). Hey Charlie, Crooked Hillary’s the one who combines a salacious scandal sheet with a criminal rap sheet.

MORE ON THE ATTEMPT TO KILL TURKISH PRESIDENT ERDOGAN: Hurriyet (English language page) reports that “pro-coup soldiers, who attacked a hotel which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his family were vacationing in during July 15 deadly coup attempt, said they were ordered to “capture an important terrorist leader.”” The attack killed two of Erdogan’s bodyguards. RELATED: Turkish and American diplomats will discuss Gulen extradition request. Gulen lives in Pennsylvania.

SCIENCE: Discovery yields answers for family with thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection.

PAST PEFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS: Charlie Rose to Hillary Today: Is ‘Trump The Most Dangerous Man to Ever Run for President?’

Flashback to Charlie Rose and Tom Brokaw on election eve 2008: Like the monolith in 2001, Barack Obama’s origin and purpose, still a total mystery. But everyone should still vote for him anyway!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzMas1bVidw

MORE ON BATON ROUGE: Local authorities say the murderer “deliberately ‘targeted and assassinated’” police officers. According to the Dallas Morning News, on July 9, two days after the slaughter in Dallas, the Baton Rouge murderer (Gavin Long) entered a Dallas barber shop. Long began ranting about “knowledge and power” and said he had been affiliated with the Black Panthers.” Let’s see. It was about a month ago, wasn’t it, that you were a despicable racist if you said Blue Lives Matter?

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BBC – COALITION AIRSTRIKES IN SYRIA RESULT IN HIGH CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL: That’s the claim. 56 civilians killed in US-led strikes. The airstrikes are supporting operations by an “alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters called the Syrian Defence Forces (SDF).” The area is held by Islamic State fighters. Will we hear “peace activists” accuse the Obama Administration of murder? I doubt it. Dissent is no longer the highest form of patriotism.

SOON IT’LL BE HUNTING YOU: Watch The Boston Dynamics Robot Take A Surreal Hike In The Woods.

ANNALS OF AGE DISCRIMINATION: Silicon Valley’s Peter Pan Syndrome vs. the Aging of Aquarius. I expect a lot of successful lawsuits.

THE FRUITS OF BREXIT: An Unapologetic Boris Johnson, Diplomat, Meets the Press.

In his first news conference as British foreign secretary, Boris Johnson stood beside Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday and said he would not apologize for his past insults of President Obama and Hillary Clinton.

“I’m afraid that there is such a rich thesaurus now of things that I have said that are being one way or another, through what alchemy I do not know, somehow misconstrued that it would really take me too long to engage in a full, global itinerary of apology to all concerned,” Mr. Johnson said.

“And I think most people who read these things in their proper context can see exactly what was intended,” he continued. “And indeed, I find that virtually everybody I’ve met so far in this job understands that very well, particularly on the international scene.”

If Boris is ever sacked by Theresa May, surely there must be a job for him here in a Trump Administration.

BUT OF COURSE: Pelosi Backs Pentagon’s Decision to Pay for Gender Changes.

BACK UP YOUR WORK: Google’s deleted an artist’s blog, along with 14 years of his work.

I HAD THOUGHT THE SCIENCE WAS SETTLED: Over 80? Too few medications might be dangerous.

GREAT MOMENTS IN CELEBRITY ENVIRONMENTALISM: The grass is always greener… if you’re a celebrity! The lush lawns of stars like Oprah, Khloe, Kim and Kanye revealed — despite California’s worst drought in 1,200 years.

THAT MEANS IT’S WORKING: California Obamacare rates to rise 13% in 2017, more than 3 times the increase of last 2 years.

ROGER KIMBALL: Thoughts on the RNC Convention, Day One:

Bottom line?  The first day of the 2016 Republican National Convention was a net positive for Donald Trump, something the internet bookies have taken on board. They still have Hillary ahead in the odds, but the performance of Trump’s surrogates last night has the world chattering that a “Brexit-style” upset is not out of the question.

Read the whole thing.

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GQ ‘JOURNALIST’ ON PAT SMITH, MOTHER OF BENGHAZI VICTIM: ‘I WOULD LIKE TO BEAT HER TO DEATH.’

Related: MSNBC Smears Pat Smith’s Speech About Benghazi; Her ‘Gross Accusation’ ‘Ruined’ the Night.