SPILLED MILK: “[T]he EPA has decided that, since milk contains oil, it has the authority to force farmers to ... file "emergency management" plans [showing] how they will cope with spilled milk, ... train "first responders" and build "containment facilities" if there is a flood of spilled milk.”

Thanks to the EPA, no town in Pennsylvania will ever be inundated by a milk flood.

DRESSING DOWN THE NINTH CIRCUIT: “Sometimes the Supreme Court simply decides cases and sometimes it seems to have something bigger in mind. In the past two weeks, it has been in scold mode, and its target has been the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.”

I WAS AGAINST THE MANDATE before I was for it. Seems to be a Democratic thing.

CLOUT: Dana Milbank's own newspaper crosses the Palin picket line. The February boycott lasted all of ... 9 hours.

WHY NOT BAN CHILDHOOD? "The Hawaiian state House of Representatives is considering a bill to outlaw the sale of toy guns to minors."
I love the comment "Hawaii is a very pretty third world country where the USA parks its boats."

More here.

NANNY OF THE MONTH: Is walking while chewing gum next?

DID THE TEA PARTY scare the Democrats away from St. Louis?

UNCLE SAM AUNT NANNY WANTS YOU ... to hold the salt.


Mind your own damn business.

ALFRED E. NEUMAN ON EGYPT: What, me worry?

ON BROCCOLI: I prefer it to ObamaCare.

HARRY REID: Social Security is “off the table.”

Actually Reid is correct. If ObamaCare survives its court challenges, Social Security will be self-correcting as no one will live long enough to avail themselves of it.

LIBERAL SENSITIVITIES take a scalp. Paul Mirengoff, late of PowerLine, wrote this

As for the “ugly,” I’m afraid I must cite the opening “prayer” by Native American Carlos Gonzales. It was apparently was some sort of Yaqui Indian tribal thing, with lots of references to “the creator” but no mention of God. Several of the victims were, as I understand it, quite religious in that quaint Christian kind of way (none, to my knowledge, was a Yaqui). They (and their families) likely would have appreciated a prayer more closely aligned with their religious beliefs.

as a part of a post commenting on the Tucson memorial service for Gabrielle Giffords and those who were killed January 9.

For offending the sensibilities of the progressive left, Mirengoff apparently was forced to leave PowerLine or lose his job. Nevertheless, Mirengoff was right - the Memorial Service was pathetic.

The organizers made two fundamental errors. They forgot that it was a memorial service, not a celebration of Liberal sweetness and light; and they chose a pompous poseur representing the Yaqui Indians to embarrass themselves in front of the world.

MICHAEL BARONE: good omens for the Republicans in 2012.

WANT TO SAVE REAL MONEY IN D.C.? Women now compose half the U.S. workforce. So let’s do a victory-lap for gender equality and stop the feminist set-asides and quota-mongering.

NAUTILUS-X: a multi-mission space exploration vehicle.

The Nautilus X would consist of a variety of ridged and inflatable modules, solar dynamic arrays, any of a number of mission specific propulsion modules, a manipulator arms, docking ports for Orion or commercial space craft such as the SpaceX Dragon, landing craft for destination worlds and (this is the key) a centrifuge that would simulate partial gravity to maintain the health of the crew for long duration space missions. There would be logistical modules, a radiation mitigation system, facilities for a hydroponic farm, and hangers for landing craft and EVA pods.

Follow the link to the PowerPoint presentation.