IN THE EMAIL FROM AMIE GIBBONS: Psychic for Sale (Rent to Own) (The SDF Paranormal Mysteries Book 3.

OF WALLS AND STATES: Twelve Gates to the City…

AT WAR WITH REALITY:Canadian Parent Demands Genderless Birth Certificate for Baby.

REP. SCALISE READMITTED TO INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.

OVER AND OVER AGAIN: Trump Trolls the Pearl-Clutchers.

YOU MEAN OTHER BEERS AREN’T GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH? There’s a new beer that actually may be good for your health.

THEY COULD MAKE COLLEGES MORE WELCOMING FOR MEN: Nah, that’s just crazy talk. Educated women are freezing their eggs because of ‘missing men’.

ROBERT MCMANUS: How our leaders are piling on the risks for cops.

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IF YOU STRIKE ME DOWN, I SHALL ONLY BECOME MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE: Milo Yiannopoulos has sold 100,000 copies of his new book, Dangerous in a single day.

And I think he’s self-publishing, which means he’s making a lot more than he would have made with Simon & Schuster. Plus, he got to keep the advance from S&S since they dropped his book. #Winning.

FLASHBACK: British MEP Daniel Hannan Spent Nine Minutes Smacking Down CNN Journalist.

Watching the entire video, besides the obvious rudeness in Amanpour’s ceaseless interruptions, it’s clear that she is repeatedly attempting to assign responsibility to Hannan for comments and arguments put forward by other Leave supporters, and to paint the entire group as racist, despite her protestations to the contrary.

At one point she even demands that he takes responsibility for “hate crimes,” and lists “graffiti” and “hurling of insults.” Hannan quite justifiably rejects Amanpour’s attempts to prove a connection as “outrageous.”

“If I was relying on CNN as my only source of evidence, I would think that this was a nativist vote, a protectionist vote,” said an irritated Hannan. “It’s the opposite. We are a global country and we can do better than just a regional association.”

As for Amanpour, she self-righteously declared herself a journalist on a “mission” to separate “truths and myths.”

If I recall correctly, some people at the time said she thought she was interviewing Nigel Farage.

DON SURBER: The Press Worries That We’re Catching On.

HOWARD WOLOWITZ TO THE WHITE COURTESY PHONE, PLEASE. AI is Revolutionizing Sex Robots With Machines That Can Do 50 Automated Positions:

Move over blow-up dolls, the sex robots are here.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is making its way into the global sex market, bringing with it a revolution in robotic “sextech” designed to offer sexual gratification with a near-human touch.

In a report on the growing market in sex robots, the Foundation for Responsible Robotics said rapidly advancing technologies have already led to the creation of “android love dolls” capable of performing 50 automated sexual positions.

They can be customized down to the nipple shape and pubic hair color, and can cost between $5,000 and $15,000.

The increasingly life-like robots raise complex issues that should be considered by policymakers and the public, the report said—including whether use of such devices should be encouraged in sexual therapy clinics, for sex offenders, or for people with disabilities.

Hey, 2019 is just around the corner…

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TRUMP PROVOKES CNN’S SELF-IMMOLATION, AMERICA RELIEVED, Roger Kimball writes: “The media keep telling us how thin-skinned and volatile Donald Trump is. Just about everybody wishes he would Tweet less and enjoy it more. But when it comes to the art of provocation, Trump is a Supreme Galactic Master and the media are weenie pikers.”

#CNNBLACKMAIL, ACCORDING TO ANN ALTHOUSE: “Despicable. This person is a nonentity. We shouldn’t even have heard about him in the first place. Who cares who originally posted the video clip of the CNN logo stuck on the face of the guy Trump was wrestling? Trump passed along the clip the way most of us pass things along, by deciding we like that one thing. We don’t search for who started it and then all the other things that person has said or done.”

UPDATE: From the comments: “That furrow was plowed earlier by the Ohio bureaucrat who took it upon herself to try to destroy Joe the plumber, and the Executive Branch who did a number on Nacoula Nacoula. It’s now the media’s turn.”

JAZZ GREAT MILES DAVIS SPEAKS HIS MIND ON FERRARIS: On this one subject, at least, the inscrutable legend opened up.

Great photo of Miles at the peak of his career resting on a Ferrari 275 GTB atop the article, also.

(Via – of course – Iowahawk.)

IS CHLORINE IN SWIMMING POOLS SAFE? Yes, but you need good ventilation.

JONATHAN TURLEY: CNN in odd role as censor: Network threatens free speech over Trump wrestling video. “It’s the antithesis of journalism for a news organization to monitor speech and decide whether someone is crossing a line and should be ruined.”

Related: Glenn Greenwald: “There is something self-evidently creepy, bullying, and heavy-handed about a large news organization publicly announcing that it will expose someone’s identity if he ever again publishes content on the internet that the network deems inappropriate or objectionable.”

FUNNY TO READ THIS IN THE NEW YORK TIMES: American Reds, Soviet Stooges. “From its founding in 1919 in the wake of the Russian Revolution until the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Communist Party of the United States of America was an instrument of Soviet foreign policy. The Communist International, or Comintern, which was set up under Lenin in 1919 and then disbanded by Stalin in 1943 as a gesture of unity to his World War II allies, regularly sent delegates to oversee the C.P.U.S.A. and transmitted orders from Moscow dictating who should lead the American party and what policies it should pursue. The dissolution of the Comintern did not end Soviet control over the C.P.U.S.A. Supervision was simply transferred to the newly formed international department of the Soviet Union’s own Communist party.”

Plus: “That the leaders of an American political party always under attack for its Soviet connections would take the incredibly risky step of actually working with Soviet intelligence speaks volumes about the ultimate loyalties of the American Communist Party.”

I assume this is to support the NYT’s new anti-Russia line. Which calls to mind another bit from the article: “The hosannas for antifascism ended suddenly in 1939 with the Nazi-Soviet Pact. The same Communists who had lauded Roosevelt now denounced him again, this time as a warmonger for such policies as Lend-Lease aid to Britain. The somersaults demanded by Moscow continued when Germany attacked the Soviet Union in 1941: The C.P.U.S.A.’s calls for peace were quickly replaced by demands that the United States do everything possible to aid the Allies.”

Sudden inexplicable flip-flops are a clue that something’s going on.

IT’S COME TO THIS:

BRING ON THE EXERCISE, HOLD THE PAINKILLERS. “Taking ibuprofen and related over-the-counter painkillers could have unintended and worrisome consequences for people who vigorously exercise. These popular medicines, known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, work by suppressing inflammation. But according to two new studies, in the process they potentially may also overtax the kidneys during prolonged exercise and reduce muscles’ ability to recover afterward.”

I’ve worried about this for a while, and have reduced my use of them (I mostly take Aleve) for this very reason, even though I’m not one of the endurance athletes in this study. Which is sad, because I get sore.

LAYERS AND LAYERS OF FACT-CHECKERS AND EDITORS: Fake News: NYT Pathetically Falls for Fake North Korea Twitter Account.

ANOTHER BIG-TIME TRUMP DONOR EYES BUYING UP TIME.

It’s an Instapundit-approved strategy. Not to mention, it would be a return to Time’s center-right roots after decades in the wilderness.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Hollywood Has a Bad-Movie Problem.