YEP:  Drone collisions: what did I tell you?

IN CHARITY AS IN ALL ELSE, FIRST DO NO HARM: Good Is Not Nice.

HOW ABOUT THE IRRESPONSIBLE PARENT IS RESPONSIBLE? OR IN THIS CASE IRRESPONSIBLE?  Child Dies After Daddy Drags Her Into US Illegally, Left Blames Border Patrol.

ACA DEATH IS A CONSUMMATION DEVOUTLY TO BE DESIRED:  ACA Death: For Real, or Premature?

OKAY, GUYS, SERIOUSLY NOW.  TEH GRAUNIAD IS AS GOOD AT NEWS REPORTING OR ANALYSIS OF ANYTHING (INCLUDING THEIR OWN MOODS) AS THE JOURNOLISTS WORKING THERE ARE AT SPELLING:  Fantasy World.

OKAY. BUT I WANT THEM TO CURE THEIR TOXIC STUPIDITY FIRST:  Got Toxic Whiteness? Feminists Have the Cure.

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TORAH ON ONE FOOT (VIDEO).

JULIETTE OCHIENG: The Last Days of the European Christmas Markets.

I FIND THIS VERY PERSUASIVE: Butter is Not Just Better, It’s Essential To Modern Human Health. Longterm InstaPundit readers who remember the days of butterblogging will also remember that I love the Anchor New Zealand butter, though I often make do with Kerrygold because I can get it at the store. Both are grassfed, which is key.

OPEN THREAD: It’s almost Saturday night.

MICHAEL BELFIORE Why Space Matters.

“THE FIRST VEHICLE BUILT FOR COMMERCIAL USE AND PILOTED BY HUMANS TO REACH SPACE:” Video from Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity shows stunning view of Earth from the edge of space.

YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: Time Magazine and the Manipulation and Abuse of Truth.

21ST CENTURY HEADLINES: Virgin Galactic Finally Made It To Space. Here’s What That Means.

THAT “THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH” GUY MAY HAVE BEEN ONTO SOMETHING: Higher Rents Correlate to Higher Homeless Rates, New Research Shows.

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Plus, deals on Vitamins and Dietary Supplements.

2018: “Trump thinks like a toddler. The courts should rein him in.”

Also 2018: Court quotes Dr. Seuss, pulls permit for pipeline that would cross national forests.

ME! I’M READY TO PUSH HARD ON FRACKING AND CONVERT ALL ELECTRICAL GENERATION TO NUCLEAR POWER. Who’s Ready For The Changes Needed to Fight Climate Change?

Weirdly, those aren’t the kinds of things discussed in this article, even though they’re proven to work.

I SCHEDULE MINE FOR BETWEEN 2:00 AND 2:03 ON ALTERNATE TUESDAYS: Beware of Stressful Events in the Evening.

INSERT DANNY THOMAS SPIT-TAKE HERE: CNN’s Chris Cuomo Says Viewers ‘Frustrated’ Because He’s ‘Too Balanced.’

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Be careful how you read the stock markets’ crazed gyrations.

Sometimes a little perspective is in order.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALREADY PRETTY WELL SETTLED: More Evidence of HPV Link to Cervical Cancer.

OH, THAT DEATH OF THE GROWN-UP: “Adulting” classes teach millennials basic skills like sewing, cooking and changing a tire.

Found via Twitchy, where former investment banker Carol Roth tweets, “This is on parents. What exactly *are* they teaching their children? Life preparedness started to slide with participation trophies and at this point it seems they have learned no basic life skills.”

Jesse Kelly agrees, adding, “My sons are 8 and 10. They make their own lunches for school. They can navigate an airport. They have debit cards. Teach your freaking kids how to live life without you.”

(Classical reference in headline.)

Related: Top 10 Worst Helicopter Parenting Moments of 2018.