THE CORBYNIZATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONTINUES APACE: Ilhan Omar (D-MN): Don’t Know Why Calling Facilities Concentration Camps Is Controversial.

Which seems an odd statement, considering that “Omar [Re-Tweeted] Publication That Claimed the Holocaust Was ‘Different from How the Jews Tell It.’”

Related: Tucker Carlson: Why Is Ilhan Omar So Ungrateful To The Country That Saved Her At The Public’s Expense?

Exit question: “Why does this woman, who fled Somalia and came to the U.S. at the public expense because we’re a nation who is compassionate towards real refugees, then dedicate her life to attacking it?”

ANTI-AGING: The diabetes drug metformin, sometimes taken to slow aging, may blunt the health benefits of exercise.

SPACE: SpaceX Falcon Heavy’s third launch set for Monday night in Florida.

NEVER MIND? E. Jean Carroll tells Lawrence O’Donnell it would be ‘disrespectful’ to file criminal rape charges against Trump.

Related: Trump Haters Furious: How Dare He Defend Himself Against Rape Accusations?!

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): I started to blog this earlier, but it seemed like obvious book-promotional BS to me. I’m feeling pretty good about that intuition.

Also, look what Monica Showalter has to say.

KYLE MIZOKAMI: A Closer Look at the MQ-4 Triton, the Recon Drone Iran Just Shot Down.

NEW SOCIALIST “IT GIRL” GIVEN CHANCE TO DISCOVER PRE-2017 HISTORY: Polish Parliament Member Invites AOC To Visit Real Concentration Camps.

COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: Researchers Shocked by Findings of Post-Gamergate Study: Female Gamers Are More Sexist. “In a surprise twist, the female gamers in both groups turned out to be significantly more likely to engage to send sexist jokes to their partner, and most of the sexual harassment was of men.”

DISPATCHES FROM THE INTERSECTION OF THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE AND THE NEWSPEAK DICTIONARY: Transgender Colorado STEM Shooter Motivated by Revenge Over Pronouns, Bullying.

Earlier: Pediatric gender clinics: We may look back and ask ‘what were we thinking?’

ON THIS DAY IN 1871: Arthur Wynne, the inventor of the modern crossword puzzle, was born. Yes, crossword puzzles had to be invented. They didn’t just fall from the sky.  Very little in life just drops from the sky.

ELIZABETH WARREN CONTINUES TO RISE IN POLLS:  Okay, but her medical bankruptcy study still looks a lot like a case of academic fraud.

NOW THAT NATIONAL REVIEW HAS NOTICED THE OBVIOUS, WHAT LEG DO THE NEVERTRUMPERS HAVE TO STAND ON? Subtract Trump’s taste for controversy and rhetorical brinkmanship, and you’re left with an incrementalist center-right government. “Subtract Trump’s taste for nonstop controversy and rhetorical brinkmanship, and you’re left with an incrementalist center-right government that has pursued an expansionary fiscal policy and avoided foreign war, for a period of peace and prosperity that — in any other universe — would be at the core of a stay-the-course reelection message.”

Related: Donald Trump is a symptom of a new kind of class warfare raging at home and abroad. “To understand events around the world today, one must think in terms of the class struggle. This sentence sounds like something that could be written by a doctrinaire Marxist. But it is nonetheless true. Much of the current tension in America and in many other democracies is in fact a product of a class struggle. It’s not the kind of class struggle that Karl Marx wrote about, with workers and peasants facing off against rapacious capitalists, but it is a case of today’s ruling class facing disaffection from its working class.”

DISPATCHES FROM GROUND ZERO OF THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: David Gibson on Oberlin College verdict: Kept fighting so his father didn’t “die being labeled as a racist.”

As the extended legal battle dragged on, many asked why I didn’t just quit. Wouldn’t it be easier to close up shop and move on?

What few understand is that this situation not only affected our business; it touched every aspect of our lives.

In the end, the words of my father inspired me to continue the fight. He said, “In my life, I’ve done everything I could to treat all people with dignity and respect. And now, nearing the end of my life, I’m going to die being labeled as a racist.”

There wasn’t enough time, he feared, to set the record straight. His legacy had been tarnished and he felt powerless to stop it. I had to see this case through.

This experience has taught me that reputations are a fragile thing. They take a lifetime to build, but only moments to destroy.

Something Oberlin has discovered in recent weeks. As Steve Hayward wrote in earlier this month, “Will Oberlin Learn Its Lesson? Short answer: No, they won’t.”

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NEW FROM THE VODKAWIFE™: Destined: Fated, Book One (A Romantic Adventure).

DAVID GILMOUR’S GUITAR AUCTION NETS $21M FOR CLIMATE CHANGE CHARITY:

David Gilmour isn’t satisfied being “Comfortably Numb” when it comes to the planet.

The Pink Floyd axeman auctioned his guitars for $21 million Thursday — and he’s donating every penny to ClientEarth, a nonprofit fighting climate change.

“The global climate crisis is the greatest challenge that humanity will ever face, and we are within a few years of the effects of global warming being irreversible,” tweeted Gilmour, the singer, guitarist and songwriter for the legendary Brit rock band.

“We need a civilized world that goes on for all our grandchildren and beyond in which these guitars can be played and songs can be sung.”

Related: Pink Floyd’s last North American tour, in 1994, played in many of America’s largest outdoor stadiums. According to the “Pink Floyd North American 1994 Production manual and contract,” the Floyd’s tour involved 28 semis, each with a 48-foot long trailer, plus eight crew buses, five rental cars, runner vans and cars, and five vans for the band itself from the hotel to the stadium, along with up to seven golf carts at the arena. The promoter at each venue was required to provide nine forklifts, one cherry picker, one 35-ton mobile crane and one 60-ton mobile crane. “A supply of fuel for all of the above machinery must be kept onsite and topped up as required.” The production manual noted that “The band party will comprise approximately forty (40) persons who will arrive either on board their private, charter aircraft, or via commercial airlines. Either a fifty (50) seat luxury coach or four (4) twelve (12) seat mini-vans will be required to meet the plane and transport the band party to and from their hotel. A small truck will also be required with driver to transport the band party’s luggage to and from the hotel and airport. Should the size of the band party increase, Pink Floyd reserve the right to increase the quantity of the aforementioned transportation accordingly.” The band carried its own generator to power its massive lighting, laser, and amplification rig. The tour’s production manual demanded that the promoter have access to a 24-hour emergency 800-KVA generator.

I really don’t want to hear another word about Glenn Reynolds’ carbon footprint.

THEY TOLD ME THAT IN A TRUMP PRESIDENCY, OPEN RACISM WOULD BE THE ORDER OF THE DAY. AND THEY WERE RIGHT! Rutgers to host ‘Recognizing and Dismantling White Organizational Culture’ event.

MORE REASON NOT TO TRUST THE INTERNET OF THINGS: The GE smart bulb reset video, a comic masterpiece.

SOMERSETT’S CASE: On this day in 1772, Lord Mansfield, Chief Justice of the King’s Bench, held that chattel slavery was unsupported by the common law of England and Wales.

James Somersett had been brought to England in 1769 by customs officer Charles Stewart, who had purchased him in Boston. In 1771, Somersett escaped. Stewart recaptured and imprisoned him, intending to ship him off to the Caribbean to be sold. But anti-slavery advocates sued in court for his release.

Stewart warned of dire consequences if slavery were to be unrecognized. Mansfield responded, “Fiat justitia, ruat caelum.” (Let justice be done though the heavens fall.)

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Feminist TA suggests men are not women and UCSB students are NOT happy.

In 2019, the proper feminist answer is that men can be women whenever they want — and they’re better at it than regular women when they are.

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BARBIE GETS WOKE, MATTEL GOES BROKE: Barbie maker Mattel ‘is insolvent’ and can’t be ‘salvaged.’

Weird, you would have thought “Hijab Barbie” would have saved them.

SHOCKER: A BOGUS #METOO CLAIM AGAINST A POPULAR CONSERVATIVE POLITICIAN. Police called to Boris Johnson flat after neighbour reportedly heard screaming. Bottom line: “There were no offences or concerns apparent to the officers and there was no cause for police action.”

WHY IS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SUCH A CESSPIT OF MISOGYNY? CNN Panel Slams House Democrats for ‘Offensive’ Treatment of Hope Hicks: Rep. Nadler addressed Hicks by the wrong name three times.