HMM: Hillary Failed To Hand Over Key Email Between Her And Huma To State Department…

BUT OF COURSE: Clinton’s State Dept. calendar missing scores of entries.

VAPOROUS GRAY LADY COLLAPSES ON FAINTING COUCH:

LONDON — No one really knows what happens now. The collective imagination leads to dark places.

The collectivist’s imaginations are far darker, and the reality they create is even worse. Speaking of which:

Actually, some correspondents at the Guardian can be positively giddy after a terrorist attack.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. We Can’t End Bullying and We Shouldn’t Even Try—Lest We Breed a Generation of Wimps.

Back in 2011, before CNN went through its long airline crash porn phase, CNN’s Anderson Cooper was obsessed with bullying as a programming theme; I recall seeing segments on the topic night after night on the monitors above the treadmills at the gym. Not surprisingly, Anderson Cooper revealed himself this month as being one of the biggest bullies of all.

TAXPROF ROUNDUP: The IRS Scandal, Day 1142.

ROGER SIMON: Brexit Vote Has Huge Ramifications for US Politics:

This vote is of immense help to Donald Trump if he is smart enough to seize it properly and doesn’t bobble the ball. Many, probably most, Americans feel exactly the same as their brothers and sisters Across the Pond. They despise the same elites and want to save their country.  Trump, now fortuitously in Scotland (I know — they voted Remain, but not in the numbers they were supposed to), should show his support. The  UK is America’s closest ally.  We should be the first to extend a hand, negotiate free trade, etc., and get her rolling again.

That most elite of presidents Barack Obama  who opened his morally narcissistic mouth supporting the Remain side and warning the British people, as he is wont to do, that there would be “consequences” if they voted to leave the EU is in no position to do anything, even if he wanted to.  And he doesn’t.

Hillary Clinton is so elitist she practically defines the term.  She was probably up all night figuring out what to do about the situation. I have a suggestion — move to Brussels.

Read the whole thing.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. “If any one person drove the United Kingdom out of the European Union, it was Angela Merkel.”

FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMED: America’s Majority-Minority Future Approaches.

A demographic tidal wave is sweeping over the United States, dramatically altering the complexion of hundreds of cities and towns, not just in traditional immigrant hubs, but all across the country. . . .

Throughout its history, American society has been tolerant of and even supportive of the identity politics of various minority groups, from the Irish and Italians a century ago to Hispanics and Asians today. This tradition has been good for the country, overall, in that it has encouraged assimilation while making our society more dynamic. But if we are moving toward “majority-minority” status in many states and localities, we should probably expect to see a rise in white identity politics as well. It’s hard to argue that this would similarly salutary, or that the balkanization of American society along racial and ethnic lines will make the country a better place.
Much of the fire fueling Trump’s populist campaign comes from those who fear mass immigration is changing the racial and ethnic balance of America in ways that will leave them marginalized and powerless in a country that used to be theirs. This is a monster that should not be underestimated, and poking and prodding it is not a wise thing to do, as elites across the Western world are beginning, belatedly, to recognize.

Perhaps writing cheery pieces about how white people are dying out wasn’t such a good idea. It also needs to change our way of thinking about civil rights, as I’ve noted before.

AFTER LAST NIGHT’S GIN-AND-TONICS, SHE NEEDED A REST:

BUILD MORE HOUSING! SAN FRANCISCO’S YIMBY MOVEMENT HAS A PLAN TO SOLVE THE CITY’S HOUSING CRISIS: A new video from Reason TV explains why it’s impossible to build in San Francisco, and to a lesser extent, the rest of the Bay Area as well:

The answer lies in the city’s unique culture of permissions and regulations. NIMBYs (“not in my backyard”) have successfully organized against development in the region for decades by blocking new construction they deem to be a nuisance.

“We have so much neighborhood input here. More than anywhere else in the country,” says housing activist Sonja Trauss. “This public policy of whatever you do on your property being everybody’s business—how has that gone for us? What has that produced? Well, it’s produced a horrible housing shortage.”

Some of the recent developments delayed by NIMBY opponents include a 36-story residential building at 1481 Post Street that was first proposed over 10 years ago; a 17-acre space at Balboa Reservoir that is currently an empty parking lot; and a 10-story condo development at 1979 Mission Street that residents have dubbed the “monster in the Mission.”

The Bay area’s propensity for NIMBYism has bordered on the absurd in some instances. In 2010, residents banded together to block the addition of high speed internet equipment around the city, with some neighborhoods claiming a broadband antenna could “accidentally zap residents with concentrated radio waves” in the event of an earthquake.  This year Palo Alto residents in Royal Manor, a neighborhood of 200 homes, proposed a zoning law that would ban two-story homes and second-story add-ons to maintain the aesthetic of their community.

The stubbornness of the NIMBYs has sparked a counter-YIMBY movement (“yes in my backyard”) among activists who believe the way out of the housing crisis is to build.

It’s an idea so crazy, it just might work.

Earlier: The San Jose Mercury on how California’s skyrocketing housing costs, taxes prompt exodus of residents.

AMERICA WAS COOL — ENJOY THE LAST FEW MONTHS OF IT KIDS, writes Stephen Kruiser:

The Democrats have dropped the veil on their decades-long Soviet fetish and there are precious few scenarios which don’t favor them getting their wishes, either incrementally or by Christmas 2017.

Of course, they won’t be calling it “Christmas” then.

And you should probably answer that knock at your door.

Read the whole thing.

BLAME THE VICTIM: Europe Now Blaming Women for Provoking Muslim Rapists.

Is Brexit really such a surprise?

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WELL, THEY CAN, BUT ONLY IF THEY WANT TO TURN A WARNING-SHOT INTO A DEBACLE: Britain’s Elites Can’t Ignore the Masses.

Note how Luton voted.

DONALD TRUMP ON BREXIT:

Statement Regarding British Referendum on E.U. Membership

The people of the United Kingdom have exercised the sacred right of all free peoples. They have declared their independence from the European Union, and have voted to reassert control over their own politics, borders and economy. A Trump Administration pledges to strengthen our ties with a free and independent Britain, deepening our bonds in commerce, culture and mutual defense. The whole world is more peaceful and stable when our two countries – and our two peoples – are united together, as they will be under a Trump Administration.

Come November, the American people will have the chance to re-declare their independence. Americans will have a chance to vote for trade, immigration and foreign policies that put our citizens first. They will have the chance to reject today’s rule by the global elite, and to embrace real change that delivers a government of, by and for the people. I hope America is watching, it will soon be time to believe in America again.

Love the implicit contrast with Obama’s Anglophobia.

UPDATE: From the comments: “In a room somewhere in New York Hillary Clinton watched today’s Trump presser from Turnberry and emailed her staff to bring her another gin and tonic.”

OCCUPY OURSELVES! The Symbolic Self-Liquidation Of The Democrat Sit-In.