SO ON MY LAST CAYMAN TRIP, I got a GoPro Hero5 with a dive case (and extra batteries) and shot a fair amount of underwater footage. But on return, the chip got left at Doug Weinstein’s and I kept forgetting to get it and post video. But now he’s put up some video on YouTube and you can see that it does a really good job. It’s amazing even to me just how great digital cameras and video cameras are today. Doug shot this clip; I appear at about the 8:30 mark.

Next trip, I think I’ll shoot video of the storm-damaged Kittiwake, which you’ll be able to contrast with my earlier Kittiwake footage.

WEIRD, BECAUSE THE WHOLE RATIONALE FOR OBAMACARE WAS THAT COVERAGE IS WHAT MATTERS: Prescription Drugs May Cost More With Insurance Than Without It.

TRUMP BLASTS WAPO’S DAVE WEIGEL AFTER REPORTER HECKLES HIM WITH FAKE PHOTO:

President Trump blasted the left-wing Washington Post’s Dave Weigel after the reporter taunted him with a fake photograph that falsely depicted a mostly empty auditorium at the president’s Friday night rally. After receiving an apology, the president said Weigel “should be fired”… Naturally, the elite media responded — not by admonishing Weigel over his inexcusably inaccurate trolling — but with their favorite claim that Trump is the one man in America who does not have the First Amendment right to criticize the media.

Fake news from a guy on the JournoList who began his career at the Post posing as a fake conservative? Inconceivable!

Related: Spokesman from network who threatens to doxx viewers defends Weigel:

“Gang up” means Weigel could receive mean tweets. They’re really taking this juicebox mafia concept far too literally.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: The Atlantic: The World Might Be Better Off Without College for Everyone: Students don’t seem to be getting much out of higher education.

Somebody should write a book about this problem.

DOES THE MAGA HAT POSSESS MAGICAL PROPERTIES THAT DRIVE SOME PEOPLE INSANE?

So far, it’s proven to be a foolproof test as to whether the person viewing it truly believes in tolerance and ideological diversity.

HEY, IF AL GORE COULD GET A GRAMMY, THIS SHOULD QUALIFY:

CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, BERNIE: Sen. Sanders on sexual harassment: “we need a cultural revolution.” Maybe not the best turn of phrase, especially from Bernie. . . .

REX MURPHY: Endless sex scandals expose hypocrisy of Hollywood and media industry.

By way of an abrupt conclusion, there are really only two points to make, neither novel.

The first: the fact that these “icons” held such sway for so long, and injured or intimidated so many, strips Hollywood and the news business of all their pretentiousness and virtue display—their preening, preaching righteousness—not only on matters concerning women, but also on other causes to which they delight to add their hypocritical names.

The second: the catchphrase of the moment—“we all knew”—undercuts and demolishes the idea of celebrities as brave watchmen and defenders of truth. Almost all of these have painted Donald Trump as a wild, sexist boor, some making a semi-career out of being Trump’s superior, morally and intellectually. Well, following these revelations, with whom would you prefer to spend an evening: Charlie Rose or The Donald?

Our moral and intellectual superiors are neither.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Members of the Fordham University College Republicans were asked to leave an on-campus coffee shop because their MAGA hats apparently violated the shop’s “safe space policy.”

UPDATE: “These guys tried to sit at the wrong lunch counter.” Ouch.

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ED ROGERS: Robert Mueller Has Some Explaining To Do. “Enough has been disclosed in recent weeks that would create doubts about the objectivity and honesty of Mueller’s Russia investigation. Specifically, recent reports suggest that Peter Strzok, the deputy head of counterintelligence at the FBI, was working on Mueller’s investigation until he was removed during the summer, after Mueller discovered he had exchanged text messages critical of Trump with a lawyer assigned to the probe, with whom he was involved romantically. Strzok, it turns out, was also responsible for editing then-FBI Director James B. Comey’s description of Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified emails, reportedly softening the language from describing Clinton’s actions as ‘grossly negligent’ to ‘extremely careless.’ Oh and by the way, several of the attorneys on Mueller’s team have collectively given over $62,000 in political contributions to Democrats. Are we supposed to pretend that this doesn’t show any bias? One attorney in particular, Jeannie Rhee, has donated more than $16,000 to Democrats since 2008 and even defended the Clinton Foundation in a racketeering lawsuit.” (Bumped).

COMBAT HAMMER TRAINING EXERCISE: The targets are “swarming” small boats. The attacker? A USAF A-10.

GLENN GREENWALD: The U.S. Media Yesterday Suffered its Most Humiliating Debacle in Ages: Now Refuses All Transparency Over What Happened.. “Friday was one of the most embarrassing days for the U.S. media in quite a long time. The humiliation orgy was kicked off by CNN, with MSNBC and CBS close behind, with countless pundits, commentators and operatives joining the party throughout the day. By the end of the day, it was clear that several of the nation’s largest and most influential news outlets had spread an explosive but completely false news story to millions of people, while refusing to provide any explanation of how it happened.”

In attempting to “denormalize” Trump, they’ve denormalized themselves. If they simply reported fairly and accurately, without their screamingly obvious bias, they’d be able to do him much more damage. But they can’t help themselves.

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT A FEDERAL JUDGE IMPEACHED FOR CORRUPTION WOULD MISBEHAVE IF ELECTED TO CONGRESS? Another Congressional Victim Comes Forward – This Time With A $200,000 Settlement.. “It just won’t stop. The latest congressional harassment case to hit the news involves Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) and a former staff member of a congressional commission. The twist in this story is that the woman wasn’t a congressional staffer but congressional employee. She was a member of the Helsinki Commission – a congressional commission that promotes international human rights. Oh, the irony. . . . Her settlement wasn’t included in the payments released by the Office of Compliance, interestingly enough.”

LAWS ARE FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE: David Brock May Be Illegally Funding An Effort To Impeach Trump.

I’M SO OLD I CAN REMEMBER WHEN YEMEN WAS THE MUCH-TOUTED SHOWPIECE OF OBAMA’S ANTI-TERROR DIPLOMACY: The catastrophe in Yemen.

Related: Yemen, Not Syria or Iraq, Is Obama’s Worst Foreign Policy Mistake.. I dunno, what about Libya? There are so many choices . . .

BLOOMBERG: Trump Teaches Palestinians About the New Middle East: The rest of the Arab world is far more concerned about Iran than about the West Bank.

One of the amusing things about the Jerusalem move announcement is that so much of the press treated it as some sort of impulsive spasm, when it’s obviously something that’s been worked out over weeks and months as part of Trump’s extensive discussions with the Arabs.

Plus: “Trump likes winners, and the Palestinians aren’t winning.”

And the Europeans are now too busy to keep propping them up as a way of preventing American dominance in the region.

PATRICK BEDARD: White House Report Card: Trump puts big points on the board.

It helped him that his media opponents shot themselves in the foot repeatedly, with help from Gloria Allred’s astounding incompetence.

FOR THE TIMES, THEY ARE ACHANGING:  It is No Longer the “Normal World” of Publishing.

OH, YEAH, MY FRIEND IS STILL DISSECTING HILLARY’S BOOK:  HRC: Idealism and Realism – by Amanda S. Green.

STOPPING THE OIKOPHOBES DOESN’T REQUIRE US TO FORGET.  MERELY PERSPECTIVE:  The Problem of Remembering.

WELL, THEY ROLLED LEFT. DYING COMES SHORTLY AFTER:  Big Media is circling the bowl.