WELL, THEY’RE NOT WRONG: ‘They deserve no mercy’: Iraq deals briskly with accused ‘women of Isis.’ “More than 40,000 foreigners from 110 countries are estimated to have travelled to Iraq and Syria to join the jihadist group. Of those, around 1,900 are believed to have been French citizens, and around 800 were British. . . . Guards who bring the women from a nearby prison said most were unrepentant. ‘An Isis prisoner once asked me for something which I couldn’t provide and she called me an infidel.'”

I HAD NO IDEA THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS A hot baseball prospect in his youth. But I’m not surprised that he “chose ‘real money’ over ‘baseball money.'”

BUT IT’S TOMMY ROBINSON WHO’S WHISKED OFF TO JAIL: Reminder: Councillors and police ‘had sex’ with Rotherham abuse victims.

AT AMAZON, deals in Generators & Portable Power. Summer storms are coming.

OPEN THREAD: No Chrissie Hynde references this time.

THE PELTZMAN EFFECT APPLIES TO SEX, TOO: How PrEP, the pill to prevent HIV, may be fueling a rise in other STDs.

Even before PrEP hit the US market in 2012, there were fears that it would promote promiscuity, more risky sex, and unintended health consequences. The president of the AIDS Health Foundation called it a “party drug.” “Truvada Whore” emerged as a slut-shaming label for people who took it in the gay community.

Though some of those fears were tinged with moral judgement, there’s now data showing the concern about the health consequences is justified. A systematic review published in March in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases found that some PrEP users are having more risky sex — and as a result, getting more sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

And also transmitting more sexually transmitted infections. But of course, the Peltzman effect applies everywhere.

NEWS FROM A DYING NATION: A judge has called for a drastic rethink on the way we use knives in kitchens in a bid to reduce the number of young men dying on our streets because of knife crime.

I think the problem isn’t that ordinary Brits are too violent, it’s that they’re not violent enough.

THIS IS CNN: No big deal, just April Ryan sharing an article that asks if Trump is running a child-trafficking ring.

BEARING ARMS: United Airlines CEO Confronted on Severing Ties with the NRA, Says Political Decision Wasn’t Political.

As Glenn has noted, “The thing is, the executives making these decisions aren’t so concerned with what their customers think, as with what their peers think.”

I AGREE: “If Americans are to embrace apprenticeships, I believe coveted Silicon Valley companies, financial institutions, hospitals, and law firms must hire graduates who train outside of full-time academic programs.”

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Plus, shop Home Brewing and Winemaking.

THE JOURNOLIST HAS A HICCUP: Jon Favreau, Shaun King, Linda Sarsour and other libs just committed the greatest self-own in the history of Twitter.

BRUCE BAWER: Swift Injustice: The Case of Tommy Robinson.

TOO MUCH BUN, NOT ENOUGH MEAT: I tried the Big Mac, Whopper and Dave’s Single. They share the same major flaw. I find that too many places — including allegedly fancy burger places — put a half pound of bread on the burger.

Also, the secret to making all McDonald’s non-Big Mac burgers better is to add Big Mac sauce.

WHEN DO AMERICANS SAY ‘IT ISN’T RIGHT’ TO SPY ON CAMPAIGNS? Interesting question, posed by House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-NC) earlier today on CBS “Face the Nation.”

SPOILER: PEOPLE ATTACKING VACCINATORS, BECAUSE THEY’RE BARBARIANS. Why It’s So Hard To Wipe Out Polio In Pakistan.

SOD OFF, SWAMPY: There’s a growing movement to ban plastic straws.

(Classical reference in headline.)

I’M SO OLD, I CAN REMEMBER WHEN THE LEFT STILL BELIEVED IN POSTMODERNISM:

Found via Small Dead Animals, where a commenter writes, “Heh….cool, now do a biology one on gender. For that one I’ll make popcorn.”

Heh, indeed.™

Update: “No irony lost: academics who have built careers pedalling post-modern theory now lamenting the advent of a ‘post-truth’ society.”

ILYA SOMIN: Give Susette Kelo Her Land Back.

BLUE WAVE? The GOP’s Midterm Prospects Brighten by the Day.

Nice polls, kid. Don’t get cocky.™

THIS IS NICE: Trump welcomes ‘overwhelmed’ man held in Venezuela. Yawn, just another prisoner released, nothing to see here.

DEMOCRACY DIES IN DARKNESS. Mayor Bill de Blasio: ‘I Will Not Shed a Tear’ if NY Post Goes Under.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Breaking: Governor Edwards signs Louisiana switchblade-legalization bill.

NO ANTHEM, NO PROBLEM: Fresno High school sports crowd spontaneously breaks into song after  announcer said they wouldn’t play the Star Spangled Banner on Memorial Day weekend.