ACE: It is imperative we begin emulating the left in its tactics.

UPDATE: Well, well. People seem to listen to Ace! “Hate Shows:” Firms pressed to defend ads on left-leaning Rachel Maddow, Anderson Cooper.

I guess it’s time to pull some hair.

ANDREW MCCARTHY: Don’t Stop With Paris.

FAKE NEWS:

Well, the Public Editor position, which was supposed to bring accountability and an end to insularity at the Times, has been a failure almost from the beginning, with the Public Editor serving more as apologist and excuse-maker than ombudsman. So I guess they’ve just quit even pretending now.

HOW TO RUIN A TEENAGER’S LIFE: “Should a teenager who exchanges naughty pictures be sent to Federal prison for 15 years and then be made to register as a sex offender for life?” “This is an idea so bad that even Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Neptune) said it was stupid.”

Plus: “Wouldn’t it be better to rethink this whole law so that protecting real children from real abuse isn’t confounded with teenagers making out?” Yes, yes it would.

SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Caffeine boosts althletic performance, even if you regularly consume it.

WHAT A HARVARD REPORT ON MILLENNIALS AND RELATIONSHIPS FINDS, AFTER 50 YEARS OF FEMINISM: “One is, we are failing … miserably to prepare young people for romantic love, probably the most important thing they will do in life. . . . The second is that there are very high rates of misogyny and sexual harassment.”

It’s almost as if feminism has caused people to have less respect for women, not more.

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I HOPE WE’RE NOT TOO MESSIANIC, OR A TRIFLE TOO SATANIC: Satan worshipers disavow Kathy Griffin after grotesque Trump ‘behead.’

WHY CANCER PATIENTS MUST LOOK FOR THEIR OWN CLINICAL TRIALS: “Oncologists can barely keep up. My sister found a trial I was a perfect candidate for, and my doctors didn’t even know it existed.”

21ST CENTURY DIPLOMACY: Trump hands out his cellphone number, urges leaders to call him. “President Donald Trump has been handing out his cellphone number to world leaders and urging them to call him directly, an unusual invitation that breaks diplomatic protocol and is raising concerns about the security and secrecy of the U.S. commander in chief’s communications.”

I’ve been told that if you call his cell, he answers and talks to you. Being able to call the U.S. president directly is a big deal. On the one hand, the security and secrecy concerns are genuine. On the other hand, it’s not clear that you get fewer leaks and less espionage if you route things through the State Department bureaucracy.

SO IT’S COME TO THIS: Portland GOP Chair Says They’re Considering Using a ‘Security Force’ to Protect Free Speech.

FLASHBACK: Kathy Griffin Blames Sarah Palin’s Clip Art For AZ Shooting.

STUDY: Drinking tequila can lead to weight loss.

The science is settled.

SEEN ON FACEBOOK: “The more bumbling Trump is shown to be, the greater the indictment of the system he beat.”

USEFUL IDIOTS: Are Democrats and the Establishment Media Doing Russia’s Job by Creating Chaos?

BUT OF COURSE: Clinton on Trump’s ‘covfefe’ tweet: ‘I thought it was a hidden message to the Russians.’

GREAT MOMENTS IN LUDDISM: ‘Our streets are made for people’: San Francisco mulls ban on delivery robots.

The Underpants Gnomes have nothing on San Francisco’s city government:

CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN: Rhode Island lawmakers will review a bill that would remove taxes on beer and malt beverages.

Rhode Islanders might want to contact their local Assemblycritter with their support on this one.

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INVENTING “NEW TRADITIONS FOR JEWELRY PURCHASES:” Selling the men’s wedding ring. “‘Double ring’ ceremonies were not unknown before World War II, but they were uncommon.”

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U.S. MISSILE DEFENDERS NEED TO KEEP ON SHOOTING: My latest Creators Syndicate column. Yesterday’s test of the Ground-based Missile Defense system was successful. The interceptor downed an ICBM target missile. That’s good news. However, ugly domestic politics has slowed development and deployment of missile defense systems. (bumped)

BACKGROUND: This update includes a good discussion of the Ground Based interceptor that was tested yesterday.

IF IT SPEAKS, TAX IT: Illinois Seeks 20 Percent ‘Privilege Tax’ on Financial Advice.

The Illinois General Assembly is dominated by Democrats who are about to get major earfuls from some of their major donors.

NOT EXACTLY “MASTER PERSUADERS,” I GUESS: How Oxford and Peter Singer drove me from atheism to Jesus. Well, leftism was made in mockery of Christianity, as the orcs were made in mockery of the elves.