WHAT HATH MERKEL WROUGHT: Germany’s Right-Wing AfD Surges in Eastern Elections.

ODESSA: Proof That Criminals Don’t Follow Gun Laws.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Aiming for ‘Condition Yellow:’ A Lesson in Awareness.

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HOPES TO BE EATEN LAST: French President Macron Offers $15 Billion Bailout to Iran to Stick with Nuclear Deal.

MASS. JUDGE TO ANTIFA: “Stay out of Boston.”

Three of the 36 anti-Straight Pride Parade protesters being arraigned today were ordered to “stay out of Boston” by a judge who said he wouldn’t even allow one of them to visit relatives in Jamaica Plain.

All three were accused of assault and battery on police at Saturday’s downtown parade, with two of them also arraigned in Boston Municipal Court on disorderly and resisting arrest charges. Others also arraigned today were told to stay out of downtown.

Judge Thomas Horgan said the three risked being put in jail for 90 days if they didn’t follow his instructions. “Stay out of Boston,” Horgan repeated when the attorney for one of the men asked that his client only be forbidden from downtown Boston so he could visit relatives in Jamaica Plain.

“They’re going to have to go visit him, then,” Horgan said.

Good. Read the whole thing.

HMM: Nickel is surging after Indonesia said it will ban exports of the metal from January. “The move will create a gap in the nickel market of 100,00 tonnes a year, Colin Hamilton, a managing director of commodities research at BMO Capital Markets, told the FT. ‘This cuts off one of the major sources of raw material to the Chinese nickel pig iron industry’.”

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION, ILLINOIS EDITION: Pritzker contract gives AFSCME unfettered access to workers’ private information.

YOUR DAILY TREACHER: Prince Harry Wants You to Stop Flying So Much.

FORGET IT, THEY’RE ROLLING: Socialist Scenario May Pose Risk For Democrats.

HEH: Prodigal Son Kicked Back Out After Old Tweets Surface.

ICYMI: Flynn Accuses Prosecutors of Hiding Exculpatory Evidence, Demands They Be Removed.

Related: Inspector General’s Report Exposes Another ‘Collusion’ Myth: The Michael Flynn “thing” President Trump discussed with James Comey in 2017 wasn’t Russian collusion. It was the bogus Logan Act claim.

NORWAY: Busting The Myth Of The World’s Hottest Electric Car Market.

Norway’s cold weather makes the country one of the least suitable markets for electric cars since freezing temperatures tend to reduce an EV range by up to 40%. This fact alone makes Norway a less likely market for wide EV adoption. EVs high price tag, range limitations, slow charging time and limited second market makes them a niche product in many markets, said another way, EVs practical inferiority to internal combustion engine (ICE) cars has discouraged their adoption at a wide scale. To counter EVs inherent inferiority, the Norwegian government has introduced a host of market distorting – stick and carrot – initiatives to force EVs adoption:

EV Carrots:

• EVs are exempt from VAT and other taxes on car purchases and sales.
• Parking in public parking spaces is free.
• EVs can use most toll roads and several ferry connections free of charge.
• EVs are allowed to use bus and collective traffic lanes.
• The company car tax is 50 per cent lower on EVs, and the annual motor vehicle tax/road tax is also lower.
• Battery charging is free at a rapidly growing number of publicly funded charging stations.

ICE Sticks:

• 25% VAT.
• CO2 Tax.
• NOx Tax.
• Weight Tax.
• Exorbitant gasoline and diesel taxes.

As result of the above distortions, ICE cars cost more to purchase in Norway and are up to 75% more expensive to operate.

The irony is that Norway can afford all the largess in no small part because of its yuge oil revenues.

HOW THE MEDIA TURNED A TRUMP APPOINTEE WHO MOCKED ALT-RIGHT ANTI-SEMITES INTO AN ANTI-SEMITE:

On August 12, conservative lawyer Leif Olson began work in the Trump administration’s Department of Labor. On September 3, he resigned, after Bloomberg Law published what seemed to be a shocking expose of his anti-Semitism. The only problem: the entire allegation was false. Simply put, poor reporting took Olson’s clear mockery of Breitbart and the alt-right and recast it as support. Here’s how.

Just think of the media as Democratic Party operatives with bylines, and it all makes sense. Read the whole thing.

Related: At Hot Air, Allahpundit adds:

I assume Olson’s resignation will be belatedly unaccepted as this becomes a conservative cause celebre online today. Maybe even you-know-who will weigh in with a tweet or two; a case of the media falsely accusing someone on his side as bigoted to serve its own agenda is political gold for him, a smoking gun that they’re cutthroat and can’t be trusted in their commentary on Trump himself. Coincidentally, this episode is playing out on the same day that Axios is reporting that allies of Trump are raising money to investigate the social-media (and personal?) histories of members of the media, a process that’s already resulted in embarrassment for the New York Times.

“Good luck finding anyone in conservative activism who has a problem with those tactics after episodes like this. Turnabout is fair play,” he concludes.

GEE, THANKS: WaPo Defends Stay-at-Home Moms and Dads: They Too Are Laborers!

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON ON THE UNIVERSITY: From Icon To Just A Con.

NOW OUT: Roger Simon’s new novel, The GOAT, which both Helen and I have read and enjoyed. Highly recommended.

Related: The GOAT, Roger Simon’s Latest Work of Fiction, Is Thrilling, Thought-Provoking, and Satisfying.

IT’S THE MASS SHOOTING THAT NEVER ENDS: Chicago’s bloody Labor Day weekend sees at least 35 shot, 7 of them killed.

Related (From Ed): Chicago Mayor Blames Republicans For City’s Violence.

Chicago’s last Republican mayor left office in 1931.