NOTHING IS SAFE FROM THE SJW’S MISSIONARY FERVOR: Oscar gets caught in the crossfire of a social-justice civil war.

THE LORE OF MY PEOPLE: Hugo History – A Guest Post by Ben Yalow.

AT LEAST THIS CONFUSION OF FICTION AND REALITY IS FUNNY: Red faces at National Archive after Baldrick poem published with WW1 soldiers’ diaries.  To be fair it wasn’t their fault.  It was his plan.  It involved a turnip.

WHO WAS GOING TO INDICT HER? Hillary escaped Whitewater indictment, compared to ‘Mafia kingpin’.

I’M NOT SURE I BUY THIS: The Surprising Health Benefits Of Clutter.

TWO FROM OBAMA, ONE LAME AND ONE DUMB: US Presidents: 30 great one-liners.

FLOWER … UM…. POWER? Flower Shell Lets You Plant Seeds Using a 12-Gauge Shotgun.  Manly gardening!

THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING IT ALL: Why today’s woman needs help finding female friends.

THE FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION GETS A BLOODY NOSE: Unintended Consequences.  (Liberty Zone, language warning, you’ve been told.)

BERNIE LIES: BRUTAL: The HARD TRUTH About European Style Socialism.

DELTA STEWARDESSES BRAWL AT 37,000 FEET: Delta flight “from Los Angeles to Minneapolis had to make an unscheduled landing in Utah because two female flight attendants got into a fistfight at 37,000 feet.”

I’m old enough to remember a more civilized era, when women were expected to duke it out before they get on the airplane:

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CHARLES C.W. COOKE: Tucker Carlson Misfires with his Analysis of Conservatism for Politico.

If you’ll forgive the expression, this is a post-mortem without a body. At present, Donald Trump has the theoretical support of a plurality — not a majority — of Republican primary voters. Indeed, at present, most Republicans prefer someone else. As of today, not a single vote has been cast. As of today, the nomination could go one of three or even four considerably different ways. If Trump ends up as the nominee, then it may well be fair to say that the Republican party has been proven to be “out of touch with its voters” and that, in 2016, “the party had no idea who its voters were or what they believed.” But if he doesn’t? Well, then this prediction is going to look really quite odd. It is one thing to say “there is a sizable portion of GOP voters who are unhappy with the status quo”; that much is demonstrably true, and was noted well in National Review’s recent editorial. But it is quite another thing to presume that those voters are “the GOP” per se. Unfortunately, Carlson does precisely that.

Had the GOP done its job, these voters wouldn’t be alienated and angry.

TOYOTA WANTS ITS CARS to expect the unexpected.

VICIOUS CLASH BETWEEN MONGOLS AND IRON ORDER BIKER GANGS LEAVES ONE DEAD AND SEVERAL SHOT AND STABBED AT DENVER MOTORCYCLE CONVENTION.

SPACE: The Hardiest Fungi On Earth Could Survive Mars-Like Conditions. People have long thought that to be the case, but it’s interesting to have space-based research that proves it.

WELL, THIS IS DISTURBING: American College of Pediatricians: New Concerns about the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine.

A QUANTUM OF RATIONALITY: Panicked Oxford Cancels “Completely Barking” Mad Decision to Remove Rhodes Statue After Alumni Threaten to Withdraw Millions.

The governing body of Oriel College, which owns the statue, has ruled out its removal after being warned that £1.5m worth of donations have already been cancelled, and that it faces dire financial consequences if it bows to the Rhodes Must Fall student campaign.

A leaked copy of a report prepared for the governors and seen by this newspaper discloses that wealthy alumni angered by the “shame and embarrassment” brought on the 690-year-old college by its own actions have now written it out of their wills.
The college now fears a proposed £100m gift – to be left in the will of one donor – is now in jeopardy following the row.
The donors were astonished by a proposal to remove a plaque marking where Rhodes lived, and to launch a six-month consultation over whether the statue of the college’s biggest benefactor should be taken down.

College students are behaving idiotically, and administrators aren’t any better. Time for some adult supervision from outside.

UPDATE: From the comments: “Note to college students: You are not that important. For every one of you, there are 5 more just as qualified ready to take your spot. YOU.ARE.NOT.SPECIAL.”

40,000 MILES in a 2015 Honda Fit.

THE 21st CENTURY ISN’T TURNING OUT THE WAY I HAD HOPED: San Francisco’s New Weapon on Public Urination: Open-Air Urinal.

A METAPHOR FOR DONALD TRUMP AND THE POLITICAL SYSTEM: Absurd Creature of the Week: This Toad Isn’t Eating a Bug. The Bug Is Eating It. “As larvae, beetles of the genus Epomis actually entice frogs and toads and salamanders to attack them, then whip around and sink their huge, hooked jaws into the attackers, slowly draining the life out of them. “

ROGER SIMON: Hillary Clinton and the Criminalization of America.

BERNIE SANDERS’ NEXT CAMPAIGN STOP? ‘Anti-capitalist’ campus co-op faces shutdown because renters refuse to pay rent.

VOTER SHAMING SEEMS LIKE A BAD IDEA: He Said He Was An Undecided Iowan Until He He Received This Controversial Mailer From Ted Cruz.

SO SEARCHING MY BLOG ARCHIVES LED ME BACK TO THIS PIC, which kinda made me miss my RX-8.