CROSSING OVER THE CREEPY LINE: DuckDuckGo Study Founds Google’s ‘Incognito Mode’ Is a Lie. Google’s Personalized Search Results Come From Surveillance and Advertising, and Users Can’t Escape Them.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Thinking of Making a Ransomware Payment? You Could Run Afoul of Iran Sanctions, DOJ Says.

ALL OF IT, SO LONG AS IT ISN’T THEIRS: Kurt Schlichter: How Much Blood Would Leftists Be Willing To Shed To Disarm Patriotic Americans?

By the way in his latest book, Wildfire, Schlichter manages to work in a reference to Rep. Swalwell’s threat to nuke gun owners, which is pretty impressive since it was made just a couple of weeks before the book came out.

MY NEW CONGRESSMAN IS UNIMPRESSED WITH PETA:

I’M SCHEDULED TO BE ON MARTHA MACCALLUM’S SHOW ON FOX SOMETIME AFTER 7:30, talking about Twitter.

RIOT AND TUMULT: The Yellow Vests Expose How Fragile Emmanuel Macron’s Hold on France Really Is. “In November, French President Emmanuel Macron stood under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and told world leaders on the centennial of World War I that they needed to work together to solve global problems. Less than a month later, the French leader is trying to find the right phrase to unite his own citizens amid perhaps the worst street violence in Paris in 50 years.”

Perhaps he should have focused more on local problems. When you’re talking about things that won’t happen until the end of the century, it’s hard to hold the loyalty of people who are just trying to make it to the end of the month.

BIG DEAL. “SOME WOMEN” ARE ALWAYS FURIOUS. A Promising Male Birth Control Trial Is Finally Happening, But Some Women Are Furious. Is there anything more tedious, in 2018, than a report of female anger?

AN ARROW TO THE BACK: Boston Globe to Elizabeth Warren: Drop Out of 2020 Race.

YOUR DAILY TREACHER: When Will Elizabeth Warren Apologize for the DNA Test Fiasco?

As Stephen Miller tweets, “Sorry guys, you don’t get to shit yourselves every time a white person voices an ethnic Disney character and then say Warren’s lie is no big deal. You made this bed. No one else. Have a nice sleep!”, adding, “Your Halloween costumes are all offensive but Warren pretending to be professionally Cherokee until it no longer became politically expedient is no big deal. Nope. Doesn’t work that way.”

THE WEEKLY STANDARD MORPHED INTO THE NEW REPUBLIC SO QUICKLY, EVERYONE NOTICED: “Here is the Weekly Standard, going out strong, appealing to any on-the-fence left-wing buyers, by publishing a puff-piece about… Cory Booker.”

How much praise is heaped upon T-Bone’s best bud? The article is Kathy Griffin approved!

DISPATCHES FROM THE GWOT: Denmark Deserves an ‘A’ for Effort in Confronting Jihad in 2018. But Is It Enough?

THIS DOESN’T MAKE HIM SOUND LIKE A VERY GOOD LAWYER: Avenatti to lose cash, artwork, Ferrari in divorce settlement with wife: report.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Jenna Jameson shares keto diet tips after 80-pound weight loss.

FAUXCAHONTAS: Elizabeth Warren Stands by DNA Test. But Around Her, Worries Abound.

Advisers close to Ms. Warren say she has privately expressed concern that she may have damaged her relationships to Native American groups and her own standing with progressive activists, particularly those who are racial minorities. Several outside advisers are even more worried: They say they believe a plan should be made to repair that damage, possibly including a strong statement of apology.

The advisers say Ms. Warren will have to confront the issue again if she announces a presidential campaign, which is expected in the coming weeks, and several would like her to act soon.

Big unforced error, chief.

THE DONORS ARE LESS WOKE THAN THE STUDENTS OR ADMINISTRATORS, AND THEY’RE COMING AWAKE: Wealthy USC Donors Revolt After Interim President Pushes Out Top Dean Over Handling Of Misconduct Cases.

JUST DO IT: House Republicans Ask Trump to Declassify ‘Damning’ Obama DOJ Emails. “The DOJ kept the information from the majority of Congress for more than two years.”

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Botox May Help Prevent Post-Op A-Fib. “A-fib — an abnormal heart rhythm — is common after heart surgery, and it’s linked to stroke and heart failure. But two new studies suggest that botox injections during surgery temporarily freeze nerve bundles in the heart, preventing the dangerous complication. In one study, botox injected into the fat pads near each pulmonary vein reduced odds of atrial fibrillation by 64 percent. The effect lasted over three years, long after the botox itself dissipated, said lead researcher Dr. Jonathan Steinberg.”

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DEBRA HEINE: Why Michael Flynn Was Set Up. “As Obama’s DIA, he rocked the boat.”

WHAT’S HAPPENING TO RETAIL? Manhattan’s Storefront Decline and the Importance of “Amazon Proof” Businesses. This is sad: “’This is a restaurant city, not a food city,’ said Mitchell Moss, a professor of urban policy and planning at NYU. ‘It’s as if nobody knows or cares about cooking. Young people barely know how to make coffee.’”

HONESTLY, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING A SOPHOMORE AT OBERLIN WOULD TWEET: NRA’s Loesch: Gillibrand’s ‘future Is female’ tweet ‘is pretty sexist.’

UPDATE: In the comments, a suggestion that Gillibrand’s “The future is female” sounds a lot like “Tomorrow belongs to me.”

HOW’S THAT SPACE PROGRAM GOING? NASA asteroid WARNING: Giant ONE MILE wide asteroid will skim the Earth before Christmas. Okay, it’s only a “skim” by astronomical standards, but it’s still too close for comfort. And if it were coming straight at us, there wouldn’t be much we could do at present.

FILM: The 100 Scares That Shaped Horror. “From Frankenstein to Freddy, the movie moments that formed the genre (and our nightmares).“

Very informative, very well done — I got lost in this one last night. Although Brian Yuzna’s Society was a curious omission.

THIS IS MSNBC: Trump Probably Thought Bush Funeral Was All About Him Even Though It Wasn’t, but It Was a Rebuke of Him.

The lack of self-awareness on display would be shocking if it hadn’t long ago become mundane.