MORE RING LARDNERISM: It seems Glenn Back, by accurately quoting Frances Fox Piven, has gored the Ruling Class ox again.

OOPS! MSNBC’S ED SCHULTZ attack on [Michele] Bachmann ignores glaringly obvious fact.

Darn those pesky little facts ....

ROBERT A. HEINLEIN leaves Illinois.

DRILL, BABY, DRILL: A solution at Obama’s fingertips.

THE DECLINE of the Obama Justice Department.

Via Instapundit, who writes “[T]hings must be even worse than I thought.”

GOP OFFERS HINTS on ObamaCare alternatives.

HOW TO APPEAL TO HISPANICS: don’t (pander, that is).

HIGH SPEED RAIL, high speed waste.

IT’S MORE THAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: Mexico is losing its war with drug cartels. Military force is going to be required - on both sides of the border.

HOW NOT TO CREATE JOBS: spend more money.

A PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD SHIP finds five Americans who were reported missing after their sailboat experienced engine trouble.

Yes, I know most large sailboats have auxiliary engines, but still ....

THE REAL political parties. You can guess which is which.

Linked from Instapundit.

STATE OF THE UNION: “ ‘Spending our way out of debt’ will remain the long-term strategy — at least until it all comes crashing down.”

Snide - but correct - comment here.

I’D LIKE TO BELIEVE it's desperation, but if there’s any doubt, bet on greed.

AUTONOMOUS QUADCOPTERS work together to build structures. The video features a team of autonomous quad-rotor helicopters "working from a preset algorithm ... constructing a cubic tower structure using specially designed parts that snap together via magnets when placed in the proper arrangement."



The original video is here.

WASHINGTON POST organizes news boycott of Sarah Palin; starts Twitter campaign against GOP star. This after Post columnist Dana Milbank declares February “a Palin-free month.”

This will last only until Palin’s next Facebook post. Will she cooperate?

CORPORATE WELFARE: In Maryland, legislative "mandates for renewable energy force utilities to drop cheaper sources of power, which keep your monthly bills affordable, for higher cost renewables."

You pay, Google wins.

SARAH PALIN’S ALASKA: the real reality show.