DOI/DOE announce solar energy zones.


But where are the population centers that will use the energy?

ENERGY STORIES to watch in 2011. My prediction on each story:

Electric vehicles - no sale, except in very limited circumstances as a second - or third - car.

Smart grid - flop, consumers aren't going to give up control of their thermostats.

Energy trends - 'drill, baby, drill' will gain traction.

Greenhouse gas regulation - dead; either the Supreme Court or Congress will kill it.

MENTAL ILLNESS AND MASS MURDER: the Giffords shooting is just the latest example.

WASHINGTON SNOWS. This after less than an hour of snowfall. It's wet, thick, and heavy; there's more to come.


Note the sagging tree branches with all the snow (and ice) clinging to them. There will be power outages tonight due to falling trees.

MOVE ALONG, ESTABLISHMENT: in with the new.

If we can't get term limits, I'm in favor of mandatory retirement for congressmen after term in which they turn 60.

LET THE BANKRUPTCIES BEGIN: Thomas Sowell on basic economics.

Q: We're getting very close to the point where we could have states default on their debts for the first time. What should happen then?

A: They should go bankrupt. I'm looking forward to it.... There are three possibilities -- bankruptcy or bailouts or ruinous taxations. Of the three, bankruptcy is the one that makes the most sense because it's the one that conveys the most accurate knowledge -- which is that they've run out of money and couldn't cover all the promises they made.

Read it all.

MICHAEL YON reports from Afghanistan.

Linked from Instapundit.

NOW HONDAS ARE EXHIBITING sudden unexpected acceleration. Or, at least my Honda did. The reason - a new pair of boots. The boot sole is just a bit wider than the sole of the shoes I normally wear, and when I moved my foot to brake, the edge of the boot overlapped the accelerator pedal slightly. As I tapped the brake, I also pushed down on the accelerator and guess what? The car surged.

I pressed harder, the car surged more ... until the braking force overcame the engine. When I realized what had happened, I lifted my foot from the brake, and ... the car slowed down.

Elapsed time? About 2 seconds.

BOMBSHELL: men retain less information when delivered by attractive women newscasters.

Well ... that explains why FOX viewers are so dumb compared to say, MSNBC viewers.

MIRACLES HAPPEN.


To say Shadow (in back) and Diamond don't like each other is an understatement, so seeing them both together is something just short of miraculous. But Diamond strongly believes the blanket is hers, so when she found Shadow sleeping on it, she very quietly snuck up and settled in while Shadow was still asleep.

The photo is Shadow's "WTF?" look when he woke up.

FROM COTTON MATHER TO JOURNOLIST: birth of the blues. Follow the links.

GREAT NEWS! Mass slaughter is ‘green.’

ENOUGH! Our Government Needs to Stop Trying to Protect Us.

TECHNOLOGY: a shamwow for oil spils.

AFTER A SHAKY START, “Republicans will officially be moving toward spending cuts. It's just not clear whether they'll all agree on the route.” As long as they start ....

WHO OWNS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY: Big Law, Big Green, Big Labor, and Big Insiders.