TEACH WOMEN NOT TO RAPE! (CONT’D): Middle school PE teacher, 40, arrested for sex romp with teen boy student. “The student was moving from the 8th grade into the 9th grade during this time. . . . As a result of the investigation, Reece has been arrested for child molestation and sexual assault by persons with supervisory or disciplinary authority.”

THE AMERICAN LEFT MORPHED INTO THE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY SO SLOWLY, I HARDLY EVEN NOTICED: Dear Leftists, There Are No Nazis Under Your Bed, Sarah Hoyt writes:

Over the last few days, my friends, who range from soft-left to in-your-face Libertarians have been getting in fights and otherwise losing friendships because they tell their leftist friends to keep their hair on, and also that no, there isn’t a sudden upsurge of Nazis ready to take over the country.

The truth is, dear leftists, that you’ve been scaring yourself with fables.  It started after the election of Donald Trump.  Yes, I know, mentioning that Hillary didn’t win still gives you PTSD, but I need you to focus and listen to me, okay?  You can have your coloring books and crayons after.

Read the whole thing.

BLUE STATE BLUES: Michigan City Indoctrinates Kids in Lefty Protest Tactics but Won’t Let a Conservative Farmer Sell His Vegetables.

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Single-Molecule Transistors Get Reproducibility and Room-Temperature Operation.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: How to Convert a Container Ship into a World-Class Superyacht Explorer.

Given the current trends in superyachts, $72 million for a one-of-a-kind vessel seems like kind of a steal. I have noticed though that the interiors tend to look less yacht-y and more Hollywood-idea-of-a-corporate-headquarters.

THE DARK NIGHT OF FASCISM IS ALWAYS DESCENDING IN THE UNITED STATES, AND YET LANDS ONLY ON ANTIFA: Conservative Student Attacked at Charlottesville Vigil in Syracuse for Wearing YAF Cap.

THAT DOESN’T SOUND GOOD: Powerful backdoor found in software used by >100 banks and energy cos.

SPENGLER: The triumph of inequality.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: What Makes Synthetic Oil Better.

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PAULA BOLYARD: Are your views correct enough to shop at my store, comrade?

NO. NEXT QUESTION? The Oscar winners seek to publicly shame Neo Nazis, but have they really thought this through?

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Gov. Cuomo Wants a New Hate Crime Law. Would Police Use It to Suppress Protests? Enhanced sentences for rioting against a “protected class”? In two states, that now includes law enforcement.

Cuomo should go back to fixing the subways and roads. And by “go back to” I mean “start.”

THAT’S DIFFERENT BECAUSE SHUT UP:

JENNIFER LAWRENCE AND WEAPONIZED FAME:

The Twitter account @yesyoureracist has made it its mission to publicly “out” and name those who attended the rallies this past weekend. In doing so, they have misidentified several people to their 370,000 Twitter followers. The account’s response is to simply say sorry, ask for more patron donations and move on. The innocent people on the other end, however, have to deal with days of threats, harassing phone calls to their employers and the fear that their private information might become public.

Shortly after the high-profile shooting death of Travyon Martin, director Spike Lee took to Twitter to blast out the home address that he thought belonged to George Zimmerman, the man who was accused (and later acquitted) in Martin’s death. The address was not Zimmerman’s, however. It belonged to a couple who were forced to vacate their home due to death threats. Lee later apologized profusely and settled with the couple out of court. Too late. Damage done.

As with other high profile cases of mistaken identity (Newtown shooter Adam Lanza and the Boston Bombing suspects) the rush to identify and dish out digital justice first can have devastating effects and perhaps even fatal ones. The absolute last thing a group of online blood-thirsty amateurs need is to be empowered by those with the largest platforms among us.

Calling out hate is one thing. Digital vigilantism dished out by celebrities like Lawrence where innocent people are bound to be targeted over no fault of their own is something completely different, and will only lead nowhere good.

Earlier: Freddie deBoer on the “Planet of Cops.”

CRYBULLIES: This Picture Of Mike Pence ‘Triggered’ An Entire Campus Of California Private College Kids.

When McKenzie Deutsch posted a picture of herself posing with the Vice President of the United States at the White House she probably didn’t expect to set off a mass ‘triggering’ event at her ritzy Southern California private institution of higher indoctrination, Scripps College, but that’s exactly what happened.

According to the Daily Caller, Deutsch, a rising junior at Scripps, was an intern this summer in the office of U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and was excited by the opportunity to meet the Vice President. So, after snapping the pic below she posted it to Facebook with the caption: “The places you’ll go, the things you’ll see, the people you’ll meet… What a day it was in DC!”

Of course, it wasn’t long before Deutsch was effectively tried and convicted of a hate crime by her peers at the ritzy, $70,000-per-year college.

Read the whole thing.

HOW TO MAKE SURE YOUR ECLIPSE GLASSES ACTUALLY WORK. “If you’re actually on the path of totality—where the sun will be totally blocked out by the moon for a minute or two—it’s safe to stare up at the phenomenon without glasses during that brief period of complete darkness. But during a partial eclipse (which will make up the bulk of the event no matter how good your viewing spot is) you must protect your eyes.”

21ST CENTURY PROBLEMS: The Slippery Slope of Internet Blacklisting.

I WROTE ABOUT THE GLORIES OF THE OLD-FASHIONED UNICOMP KEYBOARD a while back. Lunching with my mom the other day, she remarked how much she loved the one that she bought. It’s a huge improvement over cheap keyboards — or even expensive but not very good ones like the Apple Magic Keyboard.

JAMES “SPIDER” MARKS: Kim’s Last Chance to Sit at the Grown-up Table.

Interesting article, but I’m not sure Li’l Kim wants a seat at the grownup table more than he wants to keep blackmailing the grownups into providing him with the cash and food he needs to stay in power.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: The U.S. News Law School Rankings As A ‘Roach Motel’ (You Can Check In But You Can Never Check Out).

ANALYSIS: TRUE. McConnell: ‘There are no good neo-nazis.’ But as the ACLU and Glenn Greenwald remind us, even though that’s true, they still have the right to (peacefully) march, just like more admirable groups do.

Related: RNC chair to white supremacists: Get lost.

ANOTHER LIBEL SUIT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES TO DEFEND: NY Times must face defamation lawsuit over professor’s slavery comments. “A federal appeals court on Tuesday said the New York Times Co must face a defamation lawsuit by a Louisiana economics professor who said it quoted him out of context by saying he described slavery as ‘not so bad.’ The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived claims by Walter Block, who teaches at Loyola University, over a January 26, 2014, front page article about libertarianism and a potential presidential candidacy of Senator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican who later ran for the White House. . . . Block said this made him appear racist, despite his having always been a ‘bitter opponent’ of slavery. A lower court judge dismissed the case, but the three-judge appeals court panel found a ‘genuine issue of material fact’ as to whether the article was false and had a defamatory meaning.”

While I’d be surprised to see New York Times v. Sullivan overruled, I would not be shocked to see courts growing somewhat less zealous in its application, as the performance of the news media continues to decline.