I NEVER DID: Don’t believe the lie of zero-emission cars.

MODERN PROBLEMS: Scammer Successfully Deepfaked CEO’s Voice To Fool Underling Into Transferring $243,000.

TO SERVE MAN: Swedish Prof Urges ‘Eating Human Flesh — to Save the Climate.’

THIS IS CNN: “If you’re wondering why so many young people are mired in despair, futility, and occasionally violent nihilism, try listening to the Democrat presidential field babbling for 7 hours about how humanity is a virus that must be culled to save the Earth.”

AT AMAZON, browse the Emergency Prep Checklist.

OLD MAN YELLS AT BABY: Bernie Sanders Tells Baby to Keep It Down at Campaign Event.

JACOB SULLUM OF REASON: A Suspiciously Selective, Logically Shaky Analysis of Mass Shooting Data Claims the Federal ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban ‘Really Did Work.’

THIS WOULDN’T HAPPEN IF AMERICA HAD CIVILIZED GUN-CONTROL LAWS LIKE SWEDEN’S. OH, WAIT: A$AP Rocky’s Swedish Lawyer Shot Multiple Times in Head and Chest Outside Apartment. “Olsson Lilja was hit in the head and chest by several bullets and the condition of his health is unknown, according to TMZ. The outlet also reported that the gunman wrestled the lawyer in a building stairwell before firing the shots, hopping into an idling SUV, and quickly fleeing the scene.”

I GUESS WHEN YOU’RE ALREADY NAMED CASTRO, THERE’S NOT MUCH CHANCE OF ANYTHING ELSE: Castro Wants ‘Structural Change’ to Keep Conservative Ideas Out of Schools.

WOW: Disney World piggy bank emptied to aid hurricane evacuees.

SOMEWHERE GEORGE WALLACE, ORVAL FAUBUS, AND LESTER MADDOX ARE WONDERING WHAT ALL THE FUSS WAS ABOUT: The future of campus racism: New Stanford courses designed for minority students.

JOE PAPPALARDO: The Air Force’s Famed Test Pilot School Is Going To Space. “Adding a space specialty to the TPS program seems like a natural extension, but establishing a specialist school represents a cultural shift for the storied organization. . . . The emphasis on space at the Test Pilot School is certainly part of the Pentagon’s wider effort to focus on dominating space.”

WHAT IF BEIJING KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU? Don’t laugh until you read this Hudson Institute briefing memo by William Schneider. The “Internet of things” made possible by 5G could be the crucial technology leap that China makes before the U.S., with horrendous consequences. “The United States is late to the game, and the time to catch up is short.”

WHAT’S ‘SOD OFF, SWAMPY!’ IN SPANISH? VIDEO: Argentinian Cowboys Use Bullwhips On Vegan Activists At Rodeo. “Gauchos do not take kindly to having their rodeo festivities broken up by screaming and sign-waving, a group of vegan protesters in Argentina learned last week. . . . Audience members also appeared to join in on the fracas, throwing protestors out of the event area by the collars and kicking them. When the last remaining vegans were herded out of the arena the crowd erupted into cheers as music blared in the background.”

HMM:

Either the “democratic” socialists think Trump is such a goner next year that they’ll be able to get away with virtually anything, or they understand they have little chance against him and are playing footsie with the big check-writing progressives.

Or maybe they really are just crazy.

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Here’s How Much the Democratic Party Charges to Be on Each House Committee.

QUESTION ASKED: What Happened During Flynn Lawyer’s Secret Meeting With Judge This Week? “The question is whether Michael Flynn was affected by efforts to get Trump, and whether Judge Sullivan will keep him from reviewing the evidence that could prove prosecutorial misconduct.”

TAMMY BRUCE: Eric McCormack and Debra Messing tweets expose totalitarian instincts of liberals. “From Rep. Maxine Waters calling for personal direct harassment of Trump supporters, to Mr. Castro, who released the names and employers of Trump donors in Texas, and now for these two sitcom actors calling for a list of political heretics, the point is to frighten, intimidate, bully and threaten people into silence and retreat.”

Shut up or else, they explained.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Florida Man Friday: The Hurricane Dorian Prepper Edition.

It’s safe to laugh now that the worst has passed, but some thoughts and prayers for folks in the Carolinas might be nice.

WE DON’T NEED NO ‘DOCTRINATION: High School Assignment Forces Kids to Disclose Sexual Orientation, Reveals Massive Political Agenda.

“POINTLESS AND NOT VERY PRODUCTIVE:” At Virginia Tech, mixed reactions to a politicized freshman orientation.

WELL, GOOD: Japan Seeks Record Military Budget for Eighth Year Running.

THEY’LL USE THE DATA COLLECTED FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES WORTH FAR MORE THAN $10 MILLION: Facebook Just Announced $10 Million ‘Deepfakes Detection Challenge.’

WELL, SO’S NANCY PELOSI: UT prof tells students El Paso Republican mayor is a ‘white supremacist.’ “She also informed the students that the Mayor’s condemnation of white supremacy was in itself an act of white supremacy.”

You know, higher education is looking pretty silly these days.