IF YOU’RE A SCIENCE FICTION READER, YOU MIGHT WANT TO READ MY FAREWELL TO A DEAR FRIEND:  Farewell To A Friend: Jerry Pournelle 1933-2017.   Yes, I know it is a problem of having friends older than oneself.  And I would not have given up this friendship for the world.  But I had hoped we had a year or two more.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN OPEN SECRET, LIKE THAT THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST IS MANIPULATED:  Exclusive: North Korea ‘secretly helped by Iran to gain nuclear weapons’, British officials fear.

IS MERKEL STUPID OR ON THE OTHER SIDE?  Merkel suggests Iran-style deal with North Korea to end Nuclear Crisis.

WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN. WE WILL NOT FORGET:  Remembering 9/11: Rick Rescorla, a Singing Hero.

WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN. WE WILL NOT FORGET:  Remembering 9/11: Todd Beamer and the Heroes of Flight 93.

THANK YOU FOR TELLING US.  I’LL MAKE SURE TO SCHEDULE MY DESCRIPTIONS OF HOW VILE AND BASE LENA DUNHAM IS FOR WHILE I’M ON A PLANE OR AIRPORT:  Lena Dunham’s Warning to Airline Employees and Travelers: “I Hear and See All”.

THE MIRACLE OF CAULK:  Incredible video captures the moment a giant wall of water threatens Miami shop.

SENATOR SCHUMER CHASES AMBULANCES, GETS IN FRONT OF CAMERAS:  Schumer wants cell phone companies to serve competitors’ customers in emergencies.

ALMOST AS STARTLING AS SEEING NORTH KOREA AT NIGHT:  This is what it looks like with every flight in Florida grounded.

MORE IMPORTANT THAN VIRTUE SIGNALING? NEVAH!  Dear Virginia Senators – Don’t You Have Actual Business to Attend To?

GOOD. WITHOUT MEANINGFUL VOTE LEGALITY, WE’RE ALL DISENFRANCHISED:  Texas Voter ID Law Upheld on Appeal.

I EXPECT SO. I’LL BE TRAVELING FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS:  There’s disaster in Uranus’ future.  Oh.  That?  Yeah.  Get your moon collision watching glasses now.  Only a million years for prime viewing.

IF SHE WERE BEING BULLIED BY WHITE STUDENTS, IT WOULD BE ALL OVER THE MEDIAL.  AS IS, EXPECT RADIO SILENCE: Black Parents Sue School, Claim Bullies Abuse Daughter for ‘Acting White’.

NEWS FROM THE SIXTIES:  Incurious, indoctrinated youth march at the left’s behest.  Phoenix High School Students Stage Walkout Over DACA.  Denver Public Schools Get Political with DACA Support.  Lock the schools.  Send them home to learn what they can.  Can’t be worse than this.

SO WE’RE JUST GOING TO LET HIM BRAG OF COMMITTING FRAUD:  That account he’s using is someone’s.  Someone who’s now probably in trouble with the IRS.  Not a victimless crime. Notorious Illegal Alien Brags About How Much He Pays In Taxes – With A “Doctored” Social Security Card.

MOSTLY BECAUSE ATWOOD IS SUCH A BAD WORLD BUILDER HER FUTURE IS ACTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE: First, evangelicals would be sinning, second, evangelicals are nowhere close to the majority, third WHICH SECT? Fourth, New England, haven of religion…. what?  So, yeah, Canadian fantasy not happening.  Also, no one is planning it.  But even if some madman did, it’s actually impossible.  All the left reveals is its lack of even a passing acquaintance with the real world. No, Hillary Clinton Fans, Evangelicals Are Not Secretly Planning a ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Future.

THERE’S ALWAYS SEATS AT THE CANNIBAL FEAST:  What Happened: Hillary Uses Her Book To Throw Bernie, Obama & Biden Under The Bus [VIDEO].

YEAH, BECAUSE MY HIPS WEREN’T LARGE ENOUGH ALREADY:  Scientists gift world with fourth type of chocolate.

TRY THIS ONE EASY TRICK!  This $5 savings hack can save you thousands.

NOT TRUSTING THE GOVERNMENT = GOOD OUTCOMES:  Texans don’t trust government, so they rescued each other when things got desperate.

APPARENTLY BEING YELLED AT LEAVES MEN LESS INCLINED TO INTIMACY.  THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE:  The less I yell, the more sex I have.

WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK IT?   Proof that investigating Trump is starting to backfire for Democrats.

IT ALWAYS WAS KABUKI THEATER.  ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, NOT OUR TAX DOLLARS:  Obama’s #DACA: Hey, remember when it was temporary? [VIDEO]

HOPEFULLY THE MEDIA DOESN’T HAVE THE POWER TO SELL THIS POISON PILL:  A New Obama? The Media Starts Selling Abdul El-Sayed.

DON’T LET WEAPONIZED COMPASSION FOOL YOU:  Trump Rescinds Obama’s #DACA: Constitutionally It is Right Thing To Do [VIDEO].