HARSHING THE NARRATIVE:

UPDATE: CBS Video: Trump visits Harvey victims in Houston.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Video: President Donald Trump Comforts & Feeds Victims of Hurricane Harvey.

MORE: CNN: President Trump hugs a little girl who ran up to him as he meets with people affected by Hurricane Harvey in Texas.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Transhumanism and Libertarianism Are Entirely Compatible.

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BIG DEAL. I DO THIS WITH A REGULAR MICROWAVE BY TURNING THE PLUG AROUND AND REVERSING THE POLARITY. I LEARNED THIS TRICK FROM DOZENS OF STAR TREK EPISODES: Want a cold beer? Just pop it in this insane microwave.

DISPATCHES FROM THE INTERSECTION OF 21st CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS AND THE 21st CENTURY IS REALLY NOT WORKING OUT THE WAY I HAD HOPED CATEGORIES: “Obama Service Award Recipient Now Researching ‘Butt-Fisting’” and bestiality, the Washington Free Beacon reports, along with some presidential-level trolling in their choice of photos to accompany the article…

NOT EXACTLY BACKING DOWN, BUT CERTAINLY BACKING AWAY: The Nation issues editor’s note on story questioning whether the DNC was hacked.

SUCH A RULE WOULD BE OPPRESSIVE TO DIONYSEXUALS, AND A VIOLATION OF THE SEXUAL PRIVACY ENSHRINED IN LAWRENCE V. TEXAS: Judge overrules university that said drinking any alcohol negates sexual consent.

THE PAST IS A DIFFERENT COUNTRY: “It’s probably just about impossible for anybody under the age of forty to believe, but there was a time when the Pontiac Trans Am was just about the fastest thing money could buy in the United States.”

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HEH: “He was doing these commando moves, but I grew up in Glasgow… I knew a wee forearm smash would sort it out.”

Plus: “I’m a builder, and went back to work the next day. I’ve honestly never lost a moment’s sleep over what happened.”

I’M NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THAT: China’s Navy in the 2020s will have a lot of modern subs, carriers and sea bases.

THANKS, BLACK HOLES! Black Holes Once Cleared The Way For Light in Our Universe, Say Astronomers.

I WILL SOON BE OFFERING A VARIETY OF HATS LINED WITH THIS STUFF: Shielding Effectiveness of Expanded Metal Foils (EMFs).

ANN ALTHOUSE DEPLORES the Penn Law faculty’s inability to argue a point cogently: “I can understand feeling outraged and combative in response to these ideas, but how do you categorically reject them without saying more than ‘We categorically reject Wax’s claims’? There are no references to studies, no arguments at all. It’s just a stark expression of hating these ideas — or fearing them. It feels so insubstantial, as if they’re only saying we don’t want to talk about this and we want to make you feel the same way.”

To be fair, that is all they’re saying.

Plus, from the comments: “I’ve come to expect the Spanish Inquisition.”

OSCAR GOLDMAN HAS LEFT THE OSI BUILDING: Richard Anderson, of ‘Six Million Dollar Man’ and ‘Bionic Woman,’ Dies at 91. RIP.

DOES HURRICANE IRMA POSE A THREAT TO THE US? Too early to be sure, but if I lived anywhere along the gulf or east coasts I’d be making my initial preparations and keeping a close eye.

Related: Hurricane Irma expected to strengthen in Atlantic Ocean this weekend.

UPDATE: Good advice:

PARENTING: Forget the Terrible Twos, It’s ThreEVILs You Have to Worry About.

Our boys both got through the Terrible Twos with barely an incident, but they have no idea how lucky they were that we allowed them to see the age of four.

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Armed Robots Fight Alongside Soldiers at National Guard Exercise.