SINCE GLOBAL WARMING is killing moose in Minnesota, it must be global cooling in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Vermont, Washington, Connecticut, Oregon, New York, Colorado, and Utah.

A LONG POST on Afghanistan by Michael Yon, courtesy of Instapundit. Read the whole thing.

TAKE SARAH PALIN SERIOUSLY. The Washington Post’s David Broder: “This was not the first time that [Sarah] Palin has impressed me.... Those who want to stop her will need more ammunition than deriding her habit of writing on her hand. The lady is good.”

More here.

And here. Letter writer Andrew Van Ostrand is having “in reality” problems himself. Perhaps in the future he could suggest some “substantive reasons for opposing her.”

And for those who continue to argue that Palin is too inexperienced to be President, I'll take that argument seriously when they admit that the current occupant of the White House is "too inexperienced to be President."

OBAMA’S NATIONAL CLIMATE (DIS)SERVICE: “If NCS wants to present useful information to the public and decisionmakers, it might try showing the change in the political climate for global warming alarmism. A photo of a falling rock would probably be sufficient.”

Climate.gov is more self-lampooning than informative.

BLACKBERRY SERMONS: a short, sarcastic piece that brings up the “Wright” lesson again.

The President and his enablers are clearly hypocrites where religion is concerned. What bothers me is the contempt they have for the average American – or are they so stupid as to not understand that we can easily see through the blatant hypocrisy?

VALENTINE’S DAY: A holiday overdue for extinction.

I get the picture – you don’t like Valentine’s Day. But no one’s forcing you to participate. This isn’t like ObamaCare – it’s not mandatory.

So why don’t you just shut up and let the rest of us who aren’t haters enjoy life?

PRESIDENT ME (the musical}.

You’ll have to register; it’s worth it.

THE GREEN POLICE: coming to a city near you?