WHY I STILL BUY DVDs AND BLU-RAY:

It became acceptable when they realized they could get away with it.

SCENT OF A WOMAN: Reproductive Hormones Related To How Attractive A Woman Smells. “Reproductive hormones control a woman’s monthly cycle and regulate fertility. Reproductive hormones are also related to how attractive a woman smells a study now shows. Researchers at the University of Bern demonstrate that some women smell better to men than others—namely those who are ‘fittest’ for reproduction.”

Hypothesis: The role of perfumes is to interfere with this, leveling the playing field.

SO, IF YOU TRUST PLATO AND ARISTOTLE, WHY NOT THE GOSPELS? Nobody ever says we shouldn’t believe Plato actually wrote “The Republic” or Aristotle “The Nicomachean Ethics.” So why question if the guys who said they wrote the Gospels were the real authors? The answer here is just about certain not to be what you expect.

HINT: It has nothing to do with the fact Plato and Aristotle were just a couple of old white guys who helped give us Western civilization. And there definitely is a lightning bolt from on high for the first wiseacre to say it’s all Greek to them!

NYT: CBS FIRED LES MOONVES WHEN THEY FOUND OUT HE WAS BEING BLACKMAILED AND WAS TRYING TO GET HIS BLACKMAILER A JOB TO INSURE HER SILENCE.

It gets worse for Moonves: The board now takes the position that, owing to Moonves’ deception about this matter, they do not owe him the gigantic severance package (worth up to $120 million) he would otherwise be entitled to.

Related: At the Hollywood Reporter: ‘Designing Women’ Creator Linda Bloodworth Thomason Goes Public With Les Moonves War: Not All Harassment Is Sexual.

Bill Clinton could not be reached for comment.

FEINSTEIN, DEMS’ ’11TH HOUR STUNT’ ON KAVANAUGH: California’s senior Democrat in the Senate refused to provide any details but she did tell the MSM that she referred it to the FBI for investigation. This one gets my nomination for the Most Desperate Despicable Borking Since Bork.

I THOUGHT THE SCIENCE WAS SETTLED: The Great Barrier Reef was never dead.

CHANGE: House Bans Killing Dogs and Cats for Human Consumption. “Another resolution passed by lawmakers calls on all nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade and to enforce existing laws against the trade.”

I AGREE. IN FACT, I’VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS: End Qualified Immunity.

DON’T IMMANENTIZE THE ESCHATON: Silicon Valley’s Futile Search for Utopia Via the ‘Perfect Algorithm.’

(Classical reference in headline.)

SHEESH: California Democrats to Prohibit the Sale of Gasoline-Powered Internal Combustion Vehicles by 2035.

Plus, a ban on existing gas-powered vehicles by 2050.

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Does Snapchat video show police chief with an open beer in his vehicle?

SOMETHING FOR MY SHOPPING LIST: The 2019 Mercedes-Benz GLE 450 Has an Incredible Adaptive Suspension System. “E-Active Body Control does away with conventional anti-roll bars, allowing each wheel to move totally independently. Mercedes isn’t alone here—the McLaren 720S is another recent vehicle that eschews anti-roll bars. The Mercedes system uses electronically adjustable dampers augmented by air springs to control body motion. Essentially, this allows the spring rate, damper stiffness and ride height to be adjusted independently, in real-time, at each corner.”

AT AMAZON, deals in Lab & Scientific.

Plus, featured deals in Glassware and Drinkware.

SHE’S BLUFFING: Dianne Feinstein sends cryptic Kavanaugh letter to DOJ.

And Ashe Schow tweets: “These two paragraphs from @theintercept make it seem like whatever Feinstein has is a big ol nothing burger, but the existence of this letter will allow speculation to run wild – which will become the narrative.”

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Remember when Harry Reid floated the idea that Mitt Romney didn’t pay any taxes? That worked, this is unlikely to.

JUST THINK OF THE MEDIA AS DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVES WITH BYLINES, AND IT ALL MAKES SENSE: After Dismissing Potential Bias as a ‘Conspiracy Theory,’ CNN Doesn’t Cover Leaked Google Tape.

It’s the “news they kept to themselves,” to coin a phrase.

WHEN DID LEFTISTS STOP BELIEVING IN EVOLUTION? U.K. Guardian columnist decides that men’s preference for younger women is a sign of “masculinity in crisis.”

SURPRISING NO ONE: Sen. King to vote ‘no’ on Kavanaugh.

I’ll just mention again that Antonin Scalia was voted in 98-0.

RISE OF THE MACHINES: New Roomba i7+ Has Persistent Maps, Selective Room Cleaning, and Automatic Dirt Disposal.

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS:

Shot: Kerry Would Sue Trump for ‘the Lives That Will be Lost’ Due to Climate Change.

—PJ Media.com, today.

Chaser: Five luxury homes, 76-foot yacht, SUV, and a private jet: John Kerry models the lifestyle of a liberal who allegedly believed James Hansen’s 1988 carbon dioxide warning.

—Tom Nelson, December 22, 2012.

LYING LIAR WHO LIES: John Kerry Admits ‘We Knew That Assad Had Kept Some’ Chemical Weapons.

But Tehran was on the up-and-up on that nuclear deal, I’m sure.

SCRAPPLEFACE: Egg Board, Dairy Council Sorry About Starting Hurricane.

21ST CENTURY WARFARE: After many opsec fails, Russia seeks to ban soldier social media spoilers.

ROBERT SPENCER: Somali Muslim Cop Who Shot Woman Was Hired AFTER Being Found ‘Unable To Handle Stress’ of Job.

Maybe he self-identified as stable.

SPENGLER: Chutzpah in Strasbourg.

The European Parliament vote also sends a message to President Trump, who has made clear his disapproval of Europe’s migration policy, as well as its failure to fund its own defense. By contrast, the Trump Administration has a friend in Orban, as the New York Times complained last month. It also reflects European animosity towards Israel, which has an ally in the Orban government. Above all, the vote expresses the rancor of an unpopular European elite whose hold on power is tenuous, and for whom Mr. Orban’s success appears as a portent of doom.

Read the whole thing.