FLASHBACK: You Are Probably Breaking The Law Right Now.

Ignorance of the law, we are often told, is no excuse. “Every man is presumed to know the law,” says a long-established legal aphorism. And if you are charged with a crime, you would be well advised to rely on some other defense than “I had no idea that was illegal.”

But not everybody favors this state of affairs. While a century or two ago nearly all crime was traditional common-law crime — rape, murder, theft and other things that pretty much everyone should know are bad — nowadays we face all sorts of “regulatory crimes” in which intuitions of right and wrong play no role, but for which the penalties are high.

Unless you’re a government official, of course, in which case you get qualified immunity for breaking the law unless it’s “clearly established.”

MICHAEL LEDEEN: Here’s How John Bolton Should Handle Iran.

THOUGHTS ON “TOXIC MASCULINITY:” “A moment’s thought should tell you that men are suited for civilization because men built civilization.”

CRAZY THINGS PEOPLE DO:  Butt-lifting underwear isn’t just for women.

UNITED????  Airline exec wants to stick passengers in the cargo hold.

A “PERFECT STORM”? ISN’T THAT REASSURING:  Sex tourism in Southeast Asia fueling rise of ‘super gonorrhea’.

WELL! THERE’S ONE THING I WON’T DIE OF:  Drinking several coffees a day could lower risk of heart disease.

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE:  Words or Deeds.

ABOUT TIME:  There’s a Chappaquiddick Film Coming Next Week, and the Kennedy Dynasty Won’t Like It.

HONESTLY, WE REGRET HER SAYING STUFF TOO.  LIKE ALL OF IT SINCE SHE FIRST CAME TO OUR ATTENTION IN THE NINETIES:  Hillary Calls 2016 Campaign ‘Traumatic’ And Regrets Saying Stuff.

THE MALE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING HOW TO USE SEARCH ENGINES:  A Man Did Some Research, And Found 297,000 Google References to People Telling Mitt Romney to “Go Away”.

MEH.  I CHECKED ON WHAT FACEBOOK THINKS IT KNOWS ABOUT ME, IN MY ADVERTISING PROFILE.  AMONG OTHER THINGS, IT THINKS I’M POLITICALLY “MODERATE” BY THEIR DEFINITION:   Are you ready? Here is all the data Facebook and Google have on you.

AND BECAUSE OF THIS, IT WON’T BE INEVITABLE:  American Conservatives – Let Us Prepare For What Seems Inevitable.

#METOO WINS HOLLYWOOD? Video Game Movies Tomb Raider and Ready Player One Are Sexually Tame.

WELL, YES, BECAUSE IT CONSTRAINS GOVERNMENT POWER: What Frightens the Left Most? The Constitution.

THE INSTAWIFE: Women Who Love Murderers.

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OPEN THREAD: Everybody’s threading for the weekend.

OF COURSE, IF YOU RESEARCHED ESTROGEN’S EFFECT ON FEMALE TEAMS’ PERFORMANCE YOU’D PROBABLY BE LYNCHED: Testosterone on the Team. Unless, of course, you were careful to portray your results in ways that make women sound superior.

HILLARY GETS MANSPLAINED: A Man Did Some Research, And Found 297,000 Google References to People Telling Mitt Romney to “Go Away.”

As Jim Treacher says, Let Hillary Speak!

NEWS YOU CAN USE: What Should You Do If You Find a Piece of China’s Crashed Space Station? As far as I’m concerned it’s mine, but you can have it for $17 million.

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IF IT WASN’T FOR DOUBLE STANDARDS, THE LEFT WOULD HAVE NO STANDARDS AT ALL: The UK Guardian’s been harvesting your data — while bashing Cambridge Analytica.

OOPS: Gloria Allred Withdraws From Summer Zervos’ Case Against Trump.

Meanwhile, Gloria, don’t think we haven’t forgotten you and your daughter’s connections to Harvey Weinstein, you hypocrite.

YAWN: Siege in Gaza: Twelve killed by Israeli forces, 370 injured and DRONES drop tear gas on thousands of Palestinians as they swarm the border, burn photos of Trump, and vow to protest for weeks until US embassy moves to Jerusalem.

Nobody ever actually cared about the Palestinians. Now, with the new alignment of forces in the Mideast, hardly anyone is even pretending to care. The Palestianians will need a while to adjust to that, after which they may actually be in a position to make peace. In the meantime, expect increasingly desperate and futile efforts to attract attention.