NEWS FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: Russian troops preparing offensive to create land corridor to Crimea – NSDC.

CAN PERFECTLY PREDICTABLE CONSEQUENCES BE CONSIDERED UNINTENDED? Cash-only doctors abandon the insurance system.

THE THING IS THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME GOVERNMENT INTERVENES IN HEALTH CARE: First Rise in U.S. Death Rate in Years Surprises Experts. But, of course, it’s always unexpectedly.

HERE IT IS, MY SHOCKED FACE: State Dept. admits intentionally altering video of Iran press conference.

WHO CARES? LAWS ARE FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE AFTER ALL: How EmailGate Weakened America’s National Security.

OH, I’M SURE THEY HAD A REASON.  NOT A LEGAL REASON, NOT A GOOD REASON, BUT A REASON.  LIKE, MAYBE SHE WAS WEARING PERFUME: Canadian Businesswoman Says Three Male CBP Officers Sexually Assaulted Her.  Also they thought they could get away with it.

AND THEN THEY WANT A PONY: Iran Adds New Demands for $8.6 Million Nuke Material Sale to Obama Admin.  Didn’t anyone ever tell the smallest smartest man in any room that once you pay the Dane geld you never get rid of the Dane?

YOU CAN’T TRUST SQUIRRELS: Woman fined $2M for fire started by flamethrower used on squirrel.  I bet the Rodent Liberation Front set her up…

WHO COULD HAVE IMAGINED SOMETHING LIKE THIS? Maya Dillard Smith, interim director of the Georgia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, has resigned over the ACLU’s position on who can use which public restrooms. The resignation occurred after her two daughters were traumatized by encountering men in the women’s restroom.

BEFORE YOU HEAD BACK TO WORK, GET A BOOK FOR THOSE LUNCH HOURS: Most of these books, by authors guaranteed to be to the right of Lenin (only partly a joke, as most authors aren’t) and not inimical to humanity and liberty, are still on sale or free. Start of Summer Indie Author Sale.

DESERVED: Documentary honours secret Cree code talkers of Second World War.

THIS WAS A DEAL BROKERED BY ELITES WHO DON’T UNDERSTAND THEIR COUNTRY: Possibly the best that could happen IS for it to fall apart. ‘Disaster in the Making’: The Many Failures of the EU-Turkey Refugee Deal.

I, PERSONALLY, WAS TIRED 25 YEARS AGO: The woman was never even, “all meringue, no cake” she was “all fake meringue, no cake”, a frothy creation of feminist imagination, such as it is. After 25 years, Americans are bored with Hillary Clinton – and it could stop her becoming the first female president.  And let’s stop with the “first” this and “first that.”  We need a competent president.  The presidency is not a place for sympathy ribbons and participation medals.

A BATTLE FOR EYEBALLS: Newspapers escalate their fight against ad blockers.

AND ONCE MORE MY SHOCKED FACE: Clinton has been burying emails since she was first lady. Like a dog returns to his vomit, like a sow returns to her mire, this former first lady is dirty and never ceases to conspire.

OKAY, FROM MY KIDS’ EXPERIENCES, AP IS OKAY, DUAL COLLEGE/HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE GREAT. DON’T BOTHER WITH BACCALAUREATE: Why two bright students say I messed up their high school. And ALWAYS examine the school and program in question, not just a generic “all of these are good.”

HOW IS WINDOWS X LIKE A VIRUS?Warning: Microsoft is hacking your computer.

AND AGAIN MY SHOCKED FACE: America’s ‘recovery’ is baloney — we’re actually broke.

THIS RIGHT HERE IS MY SHOCKED FACE: Famed Animal Expert Jack Hanna Says Gorilla Would Have Killed Boy.

SURE. DEPENDING ON SAMPLE SIZE; WHAT’S GOING ON IN PEOPLE’S LIVES, ETC: Women Are More Interested In Sex Than You Think, Studies Show.  Anyone who thinks women aren’t interested in sex doesn’t realize women are human.

FROM MY EXPERIENCE, IT’S MUCH HARDER TO CONCENTRATE ONCE THEY START DRIVING AND ARE OUT TILL ALL HOURS… AND BEFORE YOU GET USED TO IT: Does Having a Baby Really Make It Harder to Concentrate?

LOOKS DOWN AT ARMS AND BACK OF HANDS: Oh, yes, FASTER PLEASE. New Eczema Treatments Could Be Available Soon.

THE FIRST HIT IS FREE (OR STEEPLY DISCOUNTED): Start of Summer Indie Author Sale.

AND AT THE BOTTOM THEY FOUND AN EXAMPLE OF THE UP TILL NOW THOUGHT EXTINCT “HONEST POLITICIAN”:  No, I’m kidding.  They found nothing that weird. Romanian cave sealed for 5.5 million years is full of strange creatures.

THE DAME OR THE TIGER? AND WHICH IS WHICH? GOP politicians: no good choices this time around.

I don’t harshly judge anyone who supports Trump at this point, now that Trump the nominee is virtually a fait accompli. Nor do I harshly judge anyone who doesn’t support him. Both groups have my sympathy—and my understanding, because of my own struggles. And I’m tired of people expecting a rectitude (and degree of martyrdom) from politicians that is completely unrealistic.