SENDING PEOPLE WITH GUNS TO PEOPLE’S HOMES IS INHERENTLY RISKY: Pr. George’s police thought they were bursting into home of a drug dealer. They were at an innocent man’s door instead.

A police search warrant team going after a drug dealer targeted the wrong address and burst into the apartment of an innocent resident who shot and wounded two officers believing they were home invaders, Prince George’s law enforcement officials said.

Police Chief Hank Stawinski apologized for the error Thursday and said he has halted executing search warrants until the department reviews how it corroborates information to confirm addresses and the location of investigative targets.

As soon as officers entered the apartment, the man inside immediately surrendered when he realized police were on the other side of the door, Stawinski said.

The man yelled, “‘You’ve got the wrong address! Don’t shoot my daughter!’ ” according to Stawinski.

No criminal charges will be filed against the resident, who fired at police with a shotgun, said Stawinski, adding that police “did not draw the right conclusion” about their target.

This is how it should be handled.

WHY ARE LEFTISTS SO VIOLENT AND MEAN? ERIC SWALWELL SHRUGS OFF THREATS AGAINST SUSAN COLLINS 11 DAYS AFTER HIS GOP OPPONENT FACED STABBING ATTEMPT.

GREAT MOMENTS IN SELF-AWARENESS: Kavanaugh Called ‘Smarmy, Smirking, Entitled…Mercenary’ — by Paul Krugman.

SPACE: China appears to be accelerating development of a super-heavy lift rocket.

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YEP:

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THIS WHOLE THING STINKS:

WELL, THEY HOPE THAT ENOUGH SUCKERS WILL BELIEVE IT, ANYWAY: Do Democrats Really Believe Christine Blasey Ford Doesn’t Have to Prove Her Claims?

SIGH:

WELL, GOOD: The 2020 Supra Proves Toyota Hasn’t Forgotten How to Make a Sports Car.

21ST CENTURY HEADLINES: Robotic Jellyfish Might Be the ‘Guardians of the Ocean.’

SCRAPPLEFACE: Kavanaugh’s Accuser Says Why She May Not Testify.

Satire… or is it?

THAT CAN’T BE ANY WORSE THAN WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM AS SOON AS HE GOT HOME: Sushi fiend who ate 100 plates of sushi is now banned from an all-you-can-eat buffet.

GOOD: Scientists Are Turning Zika Virus Into a Weapon Against Brain Cancer.

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PATRICK POOLE: Yet Again, Hillary Clinton Exhibits Shameless Hypocrisy on Questioning Election Legitimacy. Before 2016 election she said attacking election’s legitimacy was “threatening our democracy.”

But that was different because she was certain she’d rigged the election for herself.

JANE FONDA ADDRESSES ‘HANOI JANE’ PHOTO: ‘I WILL GO TO MY GRAVE REGRETTING THAT.’

“Have what we’ve learned about that war in the decades since changed your attitude toward that war or changed your attitude about what you did at the time?” Colbert asked.

“No, I have — from the moment that I did the bad thing I did, which was I sat on an anti-aircraft gun in north Vietnam,” Ford responded. “I wasn’t even thinking what I was doing and photographs were taken and that image went out and the image makes it look like I was against our soldiers, which was never the case. I had been working with soldiers prior to that and for years after that. It’s why I made the movie Coming Home. But that image is there and I will go to my grave regretting that. I knew right away that that was wrong.”

I’m not sure if co-starring in F.T.A. in 1972 with Donald Sutherland (the title means exactly what you think it means) counts as “working with soldiers prior to that.”

SUPPLY AND DEMAND, WHAT IS IT? Study: Drug companies hike prices during shortages. Of course, enabling more competition would help.

SKYNET SMILES: MQ-9 Drone Gets First Air-to-Air Kill in Training Exercise, Air Force Official Says.

On the other hand, the idea of robots killing robots instead of people killing people isn’t without its appeal.

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DISPATCHES FROM THE MEMORY HOLE: Why Christine Blasey Ford’s High School Yearbooks Were Scrubbed: Faculty Approved Racism, Binge Drinking and Promiscuity.

(Via Small Dead Animals.)

IS THE STAR TRIBUNE FINALLY ADMITTING THAT THIS IS A BIG STORY? U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison’s ex-girlfriend posts medical record alleging abuse. Compare the media non-treatment of this story, with multiple accusers and documented assaults, with the treatment of the Kavanaugh vaporware.

WELL, GOOD: Terrorism-Related Deaths Fell 27 Percent In 2017, State Department Says.

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JOHN HAWKINS: Accusation Against Kavanaugh Is Exactly Why Men Should Be Leery of #MeToo Movement. “Are men innocent until proven guilty or just innocent until accused?”

Don’t be silly, John — men are guilty until proven guiltier.