THIS IS PRETTY MUCH WHERE I THOUGHT THE DE BLASIO ERA WOULD END-UP: New York City Won’t Force Naked Beggars to At Least Get a License, Because Most are Illegal Immigrants and Wouldn’t Comply Anyway.
Perhaps de Blasio should take a cue from John Lindsay and craft a “vote for me – hey, at least we’re not Newark (yet)” ad for his reelection campaign this fall.
UPDATE: Tucker Carlson: Being an Illegal Means Having More Rights in NYC.
GOVERNMENT IS JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR THE THINGS WE CHOOSE TO DO TOGETHER: ‘We’ll never be the same’: A hydroponic tomato garden led police to raid Kansas family’s home.
SAVVY MARKETING COULD TURN THIS INTO A BOON FOR LISTERINE: A Dangerous, ‘Silent Reservoir’ for Gonorrhea: The Throat. “Kills germs that can cause bad breath — and gonorrhea!”
And no, I’m not kidding.
I THINK THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S ANTITRUST DIVISION NEEDS TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT ITS ABUSE OF MONOPOLY POWER: Google And YouTube Ban Prof Who Refused To Use Gender-Neutral Pronouns.
SO GOOD TO BE BAD: 13 Best Recurring TV Villains of All Time.
Sadly, Dr. Zachary Smith is missing from the list.
THE GASLIGHTING GRAY LADY: Paul Krugman says Obama was ‘honest’ about healthcare, omits broken promise on keeping doctors.
When even Politifact gives Obama “the lie of the year” award, you know Paul Krugman has transformed the memory hole into a dumpster fire.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Five Things to Know About Seth Rich.
WELL, HE’S LIKELY TO BE BETTER THAN COMEY, ANYWAY: Senate confirms Christopher Wray next FBI director.
THE 21st CENTURY ISN’T WORKING OUT AS I HAD HOPED: Not a shot! Anti-vax movement prompts Brooklyn hipsters to withhold inoculations from their pets. “Hip youngsters who promote a more holistic lifestyle for their pets tend to be the most vocal anti-vaxxers, Ford said, but rarely have a particular reason for leaving Fido open to infection…A Clinton Hill–based veterinarian, however, said she has heard clients suggest the inoculations could give their pups autism, echoing the argument of those who oppose vaccinating kids.”
Inside every Brooklyn hipster is a General Jack D. Ripper with a fluoride phobia just screaming to be let out.
UPDATE (FROM GLENN): To be fair, Jack D. Ripper isn’t looking quite so crazy these days. . . .
LONGEVITY UPDATE: The Queen of England Enjoys Four Cocktails Every Day. “As the Independent noted, this puts the Queen at six units of alcohol per day, which would technically makes her a binge drinker by government standards, but she’s 91 years old, so who are we to judge?”
Or maybe the “binge drinker” standards are bilge.
HMM: Tesla’s Longtime Battery Technology Director Kelty Departs.
Kelty joined Tesla in 2006, according to his LinkedIn profile, making him one of the longest-serving executives at the automaker led by Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk. He previously worked for more than 14 years with Panasonic Corp., Tesla’s partner in the gigafactory for battery production near Reno, Nevada. At Tesla, Kelty served as lead negotiator with Panasonic for that facility, according to LinkedIn.
Kelty couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.
News of Kelty’s exit comes at a critical juncture for Tesla, which turned over the first batch of Model 3 vehicles to employees Friday night. Tesla began producing the more affordable electric car last month and aims to make 20,000 a month by December, a ramp-up rate Musk told employees would put the company through “production hell.”
Not exactly an auspicious time to exit.
NOW DAVID BROOKS IS LECTURING US ON MANLINESS. You’ll never guess who his number-one role model is.
THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Time for Treasury to sanction Debbie Wasserman-Schultz’s rogue IT personnel.
Overnight, it was reported that Awan “frantically” raced to liquidate his U.S. assets and to send the proceeds to Pakistan, where his wife is believed to have also fled. Both he and his wife – who, unlike Awan, is not in captivity and is free to use a computer, presumably – were liquidating properties even on the day of his arrest.
The liquidation involved, but is not limited to, the transfer of nearly $2 million in real estate assets within the family. In at least one of those transactions, a U.S. bank was funding nearly the entire sale.
When it comes to financial matters, there is one man who can stop the transfer of illicit funds to foreign countries: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
So do it, Mr. Secretary.
RELATED: The unanswered questions swirling around DWS and her IT mess.
U.S. ARMY ORDERS MORE JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLES: The JLTV is still in low rate production but this is the fifth order since 2015. The vehicle has impressed a lot people. The British want to buy a couple of thousand (or more).
WE LIVE IN A GOLDEN AGE OF MUSCLE CARS: The 2018 Ford Mustang GT Has 460 HP, Hits 60 MPH in Under 4.0 Seconds.
SINGLE PAYER, SINGLE DECIDER: The Lesson of Charlie Gard.
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ABC NEWS: Citing “close friendship” with Comey, Rep. Trent Franks calls for Mueller resignation.
Alternatively, Attorney General Sessions — who would have no conflict/recusal in this matter — could name a second special counsel to investigate the Comey stuff.
CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: NORTH CAROLINA ENACTS RESTORE CAMPUS FREE SPEECH ACT.
The final version of the Act passed the North Carolina House by a margin of 80 to 31. Ten Democrats, about a quarter of those present, voted for the bill. The final version passed the Senate by a margin of 34 to 11 along strict party lines.
Roy Cooper, the state’s Democratic governor, took no action on the bill. Thus, it has become law.
How can anyone oppose free speech on campus? Plus: “Campus free-speech legislation is now in play as never before. Administrators will have to take that into account when they decide how to handle free speech. In short, the public has awakened and is actively pushing back against the illiberal assault on speech. That is a silver lining in the current crisis.”
FASTER, PLEASE: Trump isn’t letting Obamacare die; he’s trying to kill it.
This is Salon, so they’re saying that like it’s a bad thing.
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