DRONELIKE DEVICES WITH EXPLOSIVES go off as Venezuelan president gives speech.

Apparently they missed. Damn.

NOT REALLY: Hate has a home at the New York Times. It's always had a home there; they just finally admitting it.

PUNCHING BACK TWICE AS HARD: It would be racist to support his rich-white-guy opponent, right?

Right?

IRONY ALERT: The EPA finds ethanol environmentally damaging.

Mother Gaia is going to be pissed....

SO SAD:

Not really.

MAYBE THEY SHOULD JUST QUIT HIRING SNOWFLAKES: Facebook hires team of psychologists to help employees cope with objectionable content.

Initially I thought it would be cheaper to quit hiring snowflakes, but they are a dime a dozen now that Starbucks is fully staffed....

AMMO GRRRLL has thoughts on the economy in real America. I've noticed the same in the little towns in my neck of the woods.

SOME EVIDENCE ...

... that there may possibly be a sane Austinite left.

RENAMING AUSTIN: First they came for the Confederate monuments, but who knows where progressive efforts to erase history will end?

Here's a thought for Austin's progressives: Remember the Taliban?

THE LATEST ACADEMIC FAD: ‘Color Blind Racism’.

In [liberal] academia, we need to re-institute the Ivory Tower - and once they're inside, lock the doors.

IF THE PRESS IS SO WRONG ABOUT THINGS YOU KNOW, what assurance do you have when they're reporting on things you don't know?

SPOCK EXPLAINS DEMOCRATS:

And now President Trump is doing it again.

Much more here.

RANDOM THOUGHT: The Progressive Left has gone from 'stuck on stupid' to 'stuck on insane'.

YES, BUT WHAT'S NEW ABOUT THAT? Are Liberals and Progressives sabotaging the economy?

Read the comments. I think it's fair to say the Left is mad as hell because the Deplorables aren't doing their bidding.

THE SUICIDE OF EXPERTISE: Remember, 'expert' is derived from two words; 'ex', meaning has-been, and 'spurt', which is a drip under pressure.

OOPSIE! AFL-CIO’s Trumka won’t rule out unions endorsing Trump in 2020.

NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTEND WITH GLOBAL WARMING: Thank Heavens for the new campaign against plastic straws.

DILBERT DOES WASHINGTON.

LIBERALS AGAINST FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE: Using naked force against one’s enemies ... is a core appeal of leftism.

YOU'RE NOT 'EDJUMACATED' IF YOU'RE NOT LIBERAL: Do law schools discriminate against conservative and libertarians in faculty hiring?

HEY MEDIA, you started it.

[A]after twenty years of insults, twenty years of bias, twenty years of hating people for being white or male or straight or loyal to constitutional principles — twenty years at least — the press — the media in general — have no claim to respect.

Read the whole thing.

PORTLAND MAYOR under fire for refusing to protect ICE agents during the 'Occupy ICE' protests.

[T]he Mayor ... ordered the cops to stand down and deny help while ICE agents were faced with violent demonstrators occupying their offices.

The mayor has a duty to protect everyone in the city, including ICE agents.