WITHOUT DOUBLE STANDARDS, THE LEFT WOULD HAVE NO STANDARDS AT ALL:  Obama’s illegal campaign contributions vs. Trump’s.

DESPICABLE LIZARD-MAN IS DESPICABLE:  Thoughts on FB’s Zuckerberg’s Testimony Today.

THERE IS NO BILL OF NEEDS IN THE CONSTITUTION.  THE WOULD-BE TYRANTS CAN SHUT UP ALREADY:  You Don’t Need That Kind of Gun! And Other Fallacies.

THE DISARMED ARE EASIER TO INVADE:  London Mayor Bans Knives. Are Forks Next?

WHAT CAN’T GO ON:  The Patriarchy is Projection.

THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE:  Gay Groups Silent on Kimmel, Handler’s Homophobic Jokes.

TELL THEM TO “RESTART” AND BE DAMNED:  Iran says they will ‘restart’ nuclear program they never halted if US pulls out of nuke deal.

IT RAN AFOUL OF REALITY:  Whatever Happened to the Feminists’ ‘Hear Me Roar’?

IT’S STILL EQUAL PAY DAY HERE ON THE WEST COAST: And here’s one more reason “wage gap” statistics are highly misleading: Women are more likely to have jobs with high benefits—like government. A study by Dr. Helen Levy of the University of Michigan showed that once you control for health benefits another chunk of the wage gap disappears.

THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK:  Homing in on Axions?

IT’S STILL EQUAL PAY DAY: These figures are a little old (2009) and they are not adjusted for number of hours worked (although the comparison includes only “full-time” workers). But they show something interesting. Childcare is one of the many drivers of the figures. Women (very often by choice) come in and out of the job market during their child bearing and rearing years. Over long periods of time, that takes its toll on women’s salaries. But note that the gap starts to close a little in the post-child rearing years.

• Women 20-24 make 92.9% of men’s earnings.
• Women 25-34 make 88.7%
• Women 35-44 make 77.4%
• Women 45-54 make 73.6%
• Women 55-64 make 75.3%
• Women 65+    make 76.1%

There are many angles to this story.

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IT’S EQUAL PAY DAY: When you hear that women are paid 79 cents on the dollar, remember that men are almost 13 times more likely to suffer fatal injuries on the job. Either men are a lot more accident-prone (nope) or they are in more dangerous jobs (yep). The 79 cent figure does not take into consideration that the comparison is not between individuals doing the same job.

IT’S EQUAL PAY DAY: When you hear that women are paid 79 cents on the dollar, remember that while the comparison is between full-time workers, what constitutes full-time work varies. Full-time men work longer hours than full-time women.

• A few years back, when Dr. Diana Furchtgott-Roth compared 40 hours workers to 40 hours workers, she found women make 86% of what men make.
• When she compared 35 to 39 hour a week workers, she found women made 107% of what men make (yes, women made more).

It’s complicated. And this is only one of the complications.

ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: Drag queens banned from performing at Free Pride Glasgow event over fears acts will offend trans people.

OPEN THREAD: You know what to do.

I IMAGINE IT WOULD CAUSE SOME OTHER THUNDERCLAPS, TOO: Carolina Reaper pepper causes thunderclap headache, doctors say.

SO I SAW LITTLE PINK HOUSE, Courtney and Ted Balaker’s movie about the Kelo case, today. Really excellent, and Jeanne Tripplehorn deftly channeled Hillary as she talked about social justice while being chauffeured in a Rolls. Highly recommended; it hits theaters next week.

PEDIATRICIANS ARE THE MOST ANNOYINGLY PC OF THE MEDICAL SPECIALTIES: Pediatricians to lobby Congress for gun control laws.

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I THINK IT’S CULTURAL APPROPRIATION OR SOMETHING: Why So Many Asian Women Are Dyeing Their Hair Blonde. I mean, how is this different from white people putting on blackface? Everybody’s supposed to stay in their lane now, right?

THIS STUFF IS HARD: F.D.A. Restricts Sales of Bayer’s Essure Contraceptive Implant. “The Food and Drug Administration on Monday said it would require Bayer to restrict sales of its Essure birth control implant to medical practices like doctors’ offices that agree to fully inform women about the device’s risks. Since the implant became available 16 years ago, thousands of women have sued Bayer, Essure’s manufacturer, with many claiming they suffered severe injuries, including perforation of the uterus and the fallopian tubes from the metal implant. . . . Consisting of two small coils, made of a nickel alloy and a polyester-like fiber, the device is placed in the fallopian tubes through the vagina, and is designed to create an inflammatory response that causes scar tissue to form and block the tubes.”

ROGER SIMON: Trump Must be the Strong Horse Now.

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YOU GET A SAFE SPACE! AND YOU GET A SAFE SPACE! AND YOU GET A SAFE SPACE! Brown University Now Features ‘Safe Spaces for Men.’

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Mark Zuckerberg predicts AI tools that will catch ‘hate speech’ before it’s posted.

I, for one, welcome our new Facebook overlords. I’d like to remind them that as a trusted internet personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.