ACTUALLY, CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD HAS A LOT TO GAIN: Just for starters, there’s the fact Anita Hill’s $1 million book advance after her 1991 Clarence Thomas “high-tech lynching” would be worth at least $1.8 million, and quite possibly a lot more than that. I may catch holy hell for pointing these things out, but there’s also potentially immensely lucrative speaking fees and don’t forget the likelihood of a Hollywood movie rights deal.

WHO WON? The Sexual Revolution Is Over. “Never was a 17th-century New England Puritan so pruriently inquisitive about the possible sexual misadventures of a teenager.”

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BELIEVE ALL WOMEN — UNLESS THEY’RE REPUBLICANS: Hypocritical Liberals Cry Bullsh*t When Kellyanne Conway Says She’s A Sexual Assault Victim.

HMM: Poll: Josh Hawley Takes Lead Over Claire McCaskill After She Announces Opposition to Kavanaugh. “Significantly, the poll found that 49 percent of likely voters said the Supreme Court confirmation process for Brett Kavanaugh has made them less likely to vote for McCaskill, while only 42 percent said it made them more likely to vote for her.”

Even with women: “Among female respondents, 47 percent said the confirmation process made them less likely to vote for McCaskill, while 42 percent said it made them more likely. Among male respondents, 50 percent said the confirmation process made them less likely to vote for McCaskill, while 41 percent said it made them more likely.”

AND YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST AN EXPRESSION: Texas Boy Speaks Clearly for First Time After Dentist Discovered He Was Tongue-Tied.

For years, parents of a Texas boy believed he was mostly nonverbal because of a brain aneurysm he suffered when he was 10 days old.

The boy, Mason Motz, 6, of Katy, Tex., started going to speech therapy when he was 1. In addition to his difficulties speaking, he was diagnosed with Sotos syndrome, a disorder that can cause learning disabilities or delayed development, according to the National Institutes of Health.

His parents, Dalan and Meredith Motz, became used to how their son communicated.

“He could pronounce the beginning of the word but would utter the end of the word,” Ms. Motz said in an interview. “My husband and I were the only ones that could understand him.”

That all changed in April 2017, when Dr. Amy Luedemann-Lazar, a pediatric dentist, was performing unrelated procedures on Mason’s teeth. She noticed that his lingual frenulum, the band of tissue under his tongue, was shorter than is typical and was attached close to the tip of his tongue, keeping him from moving it freely.

Dr. Luedemann-Lazar ran out to the waiting room to ask the Motzes if she could untie Mason’s tongue using a laser.

After a quick Google search, the parents gave her permission to do so. Dr. Luedemann-Lazar completed the procedure in 10 seconds, she said.

After his surgery, Mason went home. He had not eaten all day. Ms. Motz heard him say: “I’m hungry. I’m thirsty. Can we watch a movie?”

“We’re sitting here thinking, ‘Did he just say that?’” Ms. Motz said. “It sounded like words.”

Before the surgery, Mason was speaking at a 1-year-old level, “making noises and being loud but not really forming words,” Ms. Motz said.

Years ago, after blowing wax out of my ears, my doctor told me that she had cleared the ears of an older woman whose family thought she had dementia. Instead, she had enough wax to detail a Camaro in there, and once it was out she heard and responded to things normally. Sometimes it’s the simple things. . .

WELL, GOOD: Well-being for MS patients increases with age, study says. “There’s an aging paradox in healthy adults. We expect people who are older to be more depressed and anxious because of aging processes [such as physical aches and pain and losing friends and family], but instead, people who are older tend to be less depressed and have better well-being in comparison to younger adults.”

YOUR DAILY TREACHER: Matt Damon Redeems Himself in Hollywood’s Eyes by Piling on Brett Kavanaugh on SNL.

SO LAST NIGHT I STARTED READING Todd Henderson’s Mental State, a new thriller that revolves around a Supreme Court nomination, and it was such a page-turner that it kept me up late.

I WAS EXPECTING AN EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM: F-35 Fighter Sees Combat For First Time.

DISPATCHES FROM THE MEMORY HOLE: USA Today Deletes Tweet, Edits Column After Columnist Writes Kavanaugh ‘Should Stay Off Basketball Courts’ With Kids.

Before it was deleted, the ratio was strong in this one:

“SOLAR ROADS,” HIGHLY TOUTED AS ENERGY SOLUTION, turn in “underwhelming” performance.

MICHAEL WALSH: The Lickspittles’ Tale.

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OUCH:

We’re seeing a lot more backbone from establishment Republicans lately.

IT’S COME TO THIS: Roman Polanski Announces His First Movie in #MeToo Era, Called J’Accuse.

YOLO: After Screwing the GOP, Jeff Flake Parties with Sen. Coons, Rock Stars at Global Citizen Festival.

NOPE. VETERANS SACRIFICE THEMSELVES TO PRESERVE AMERICA. SJWS SACRIFICE OTHERS TO MAKE IT WORSE. Hot take: Let’s expand the definition of ‘veteran’ to include social justice warriors.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: UC Berkeley touts ‘smart vibrator’ as one way to address ‘pressing social issues.’