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MAJOR CRIME NEWS – From the New York Post:  This Hamptonite wants Hillary Rodham Clinton behind bars — and had to put his signs saying so behind an electric fence.  Andy Sabin’s first “Hillary for Prison 2016” signs lasted little more than a day before they were stolen from in front of his Amagansett home last week. So Sabin took steps to make sure the placards were secure.  The red, blue and white signs now sit atop a pair of 12-foot poles behind an electric fence with yellow warning signs. A surveillance camera keeps watch.  Signs he put up in 2008 supporting John McCain’s presidential bid were also taken, said Sabin, a Jeb Bush supporter who runs a precious-metals refining business.  “Living in a town with a lot of left-wing wackos, that’s what happens,” Sabin said.   I'm glad there's one tough, law-abiding Gary Cooper type left in New York State.  Give him a badge.

GREAT MOMENTS IN EDUCATION – From the College Fix:  Eve Bottando’s course “Mass Communications and Culture” at Indiana University Northwest this fall will be all about the “selfie.”  “People think selfies aren’t worthy of nuanced conversations, and they are,” Bottando says. “It’s an excellent teaching moment.”  The course will examine the latest research on selfies (people are actually engaged in such research?) and will “discuss when is an appropriate time to take a selfie.”  I understand the course is restricted to people who test at the genius level.

DEARIE, DO YOU REMEMBER? – From Daily Caller:  ABC News ran a news special in 2009 called Earth 2100, a program warning its viewers about the dangers of climate change.  ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff says the show “puts participants in the future and asks them to report back about what it is like to live in this future world. The first stop is the year 2015.”  A Harvard University professor says, “We’re going to see more floods, more droughts, more wildfires.”  Other voices can be heard saying that “Flames cover hundreds of square mile” and “We expect more intense hurricanes.” Another voice says, “Well, how warm is it going to get? How much will sea level rise? We don’t know really know where the end is.”  Describing dangerous temperature levels and dropping agricultural production, the news package brings in The Weather Channel’s Heidi Cullen, who says, “There’s about one billion people who are malnourished. That number just continually grows.”  The doomsday predictions for 2015 go further and include $12.00 for a gallon of milk and $9.00 a gallon for gasoline, if there is any gas at all that is left.  I paid $3.59 for regular yesterday.  And we're depending on these people to understand the future.

August 30,  2015