THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE: Is the Weiner War Worth It? Weiner’s a pathetic jerk, and deserves to be mocked. I’ll agree with Instapundit’s response.

NOT TOO LONG AGO, I wrote a post about a hummingbird-sized drone. Here’s a longer video clip showing some of its development cycle.

COURAGEOUS DECISIONS: Oliver North writes on the naval engagement at Midway in World War II. What is striking about the story is not the courage of those who fought, but the contrast of leadership then versus leadership today. Here’s North’s final paragraph:

Notably, neither President Franklin Roosevelt nor Chester Nimitz, the tall admiral from Fredericksburg, Texas, took credit for the victory. They gave it instead to those who fought the battle. And unlike what would happen today, a "leak" about how our code breakers provided the decisive "edge" in the Battle of Midway -- first carried in an article in the Chicago Tribune and later carried in Time magazine -- did not get picked up in Tokyo. Now we have WikiLeaks -- and small-minded officials who want all the credit.

Indeed.

GO GALT: avoid the ObamaCare mandate.

METRO ENGINEERS LACKED LICENSES. Partly in response to [Washington DC] Metro’s Red Line crash in 2009, the Washington Times reported that 3 of Metro’s engineering managers “lack[ed] a professional engineering registration from one of the WMATA compact jurisdictions.”

As with employee unions, there once was a time when the Professional Engineer (P.E.) license was probably worthwhile. That time is no more. Today’s Professional Engineer is the modern-day equivalent of medieval guild member, where the guild is dedicated to preserving the economic interests of its membership and using the authority of the State to restrict entry to the guild.

[Full disclosure] I am not a P.E., although I have taught Engineer-in-training (E.I.T) classes - a necessary prerequisite for licensure - and was at one time eligible for P.E. certification under the State of Texas’ licensing regulations.

AL QAEDA COMMANDER Ilyas Kashmiri killed in drone strike in Pakistan. I find it curious that an Obama administration which won’t countenance ‘torture’ of known terrorists will so casually accept the collateral damage associated with drone strikes on suspected terrorists.

CHRIS MATTHEWS thinks ‘European’ is racist. Uh, Chris, Dilbert is a cartoon, not a source.

JIHADI U: kitchens are for cupcakes, not bombs.

NOW IT’S ILLEGAL to feed the homeless. And rescue the drowning. And help trim downed trees.

SIGN OF A HEALTHY ECONOMY: McJobs.

AND NOW FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT, the rabbit police.

Linked from Mark Steyn, who suggests that “they might like to try dressing up the budget in a basque and spangled tights and sawing it in half.” I’d say half is too generous.

IT’S AN ADVERTISEMENT - but for what?