YES, VIOLATING RULES IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT IN A PRESIDENT:  No, actually it’s not.  But it might very well be for Vox editors.  As long as she only violates the RIGHT kind of rules.

IT CATCHES UP TO YOU: Israel-bashing just came back to haunt the State Department.

THE FRUITS OF RENT CONTROL: (You know, you’d think they’d catch on this always happens.) Berlin’s Housing Problems Boil Over.

AND THE FAD GOES ON:  Yeah, after the “female Thor” this is shocking, shocking I–  yawn. Stephenie Meyer Swaps Genders in New ‘Twilight’.

FATALISM VERSUS DETERMINISM:  I’m almost sure he’s using “determinism” wrong, but a worthwhile read nonetheless. Fatalism vs. Determinism.

THIS IMAGE LACKS SOMETHING:

First, you censorious Guardians of Feels on the Left: if you thought that the norms you created wouldn’t be used against your “own side,” you’re fools. It is apparently your theory that the law is sexist, racist, and every other -ist, driven by privilege and wealth, and that free speech norms serve to protect rich white guys — yet somehow exceptions to free speech norm will be imposed in an egalitarian, progressive way. That is almost indescribably moronic. Go sit in the corner and think about what you have done.

This Royal Throne of Feels, This Sheltered Isle, This England.

WOULD YOU TRUST THIS MEDIA: CNN Turns Mixed Race Oregon Shooter into a White Man. LA Times claims Mercer was a white supremacist.  (Oh, why not? After all entertainment weekly turned a Latin man, a Latina and a man in an interracial marriage into racist, sexist and homophobic bigots who want to keep women and minorities out of science-fiction.  Dizinformazia. It’s what they do.)

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): This photo-lightening report has been walked back, and is apparently false. Sadly, all too believable in light of past media behavior.

IT WOULD HELP IF THEY DIDN’T LIE: by omission and commission, by what they’ve reported and what they’ve failed to report. Why Americans don’t trust the media.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED (AGAIN): Bill Clinton White House suppressed evidence of Iran’s terrorism.

IS THAT ALL? Time’s Erica Williams Simon Overstates Slut Walk Attendance by a Mere 5,000%

GO ON, GUESS:What Do They Have in Common? But give the bureaucrats more power.  This time they’ll get it right.  Pinky swear.

THEY DON’T;THEY DRINK THEIR OWN INK: How Do They Know?

SO, THE REVERSE OF VIRGIN SACRIFICE: Attack of the Killer Virgins!

THEY DON’T WANT TO STOP CRIMINALS, THEY WANT TO CONTROL US: Modest Proposals On Gun Violence.

D*MNED IF YOU DO: Cultural appropriation and Political Correctness in writing.

CULTURAL REVOLUTION O’CLOCK AGAIN?Best Academic Abstract Ever [With Comment By John]

LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT: Having voted with my feet I still don’t get what’s wrong with that.  If you don’t feel American maybe you should find your true place in the world. One school’s pathetic and perverse ban on patriotism.  (I’m not stupid.  I know they think patriotism equals jingoism and that nationalism was really what caused world war two.  So, I’m not stupid, but they’re misinformed and not willing to learn.)

DESTRUCTION, SHE DOES IT WELL: Clinton Destroying Billions  In Shareholder Value
Of Drug Companies.

GLOBALLY WE’RE ALL THE ONE PERCENT: Foreign governments ready cash grab on U.S. earnings.

UNEXPECTEDLY: How Dodd-Frank explains our weak recovery.

COGNITIVE DISSONANCE IS A WAY OF LIFE: Liberal Mom Shocked to Find She Might Agree with Conservatives About Family Values.

I KNOW, I KNOW: It’s Not a New Cold War, It’s Worse.

I DON’T SUPPOSE WE COULD CONVINCE HIM TO TAKE A VOW OF SILENCE: Obama Hints at Post-WH Plans.

I LIVED THERE.  THEY STILL HAVE MONEY FOR STRANGE “SCULPTURES’ ON STREET CORNERS: The potholes of Colorado Springs draw the attention of Koch brothers’ group. At least they’ve stopped turning off lights on downtown streets to save money.  Apparently the increase in crime made it prohibitive.  Who’d have thunk?

WHAT HAVE WE EVER DONE TO THEM: US Considering Colorado Prisons for Guantanamo Bay Detainees.