CALIFORNIA'S BULLET TRAIN hits (financial) brick wall. Debris everywhere.

JEFF JACOBY: A 'referendum' on Romney. Jacoby pretty well nails down the dilemma. I'm looking for a principled conservative to take the reins in 2013, but I'll settle for Romney in the knowledge that anyone, even my cat, is a better choice than Obama.

MICHELLE MALKIN: Snobs and sore losers.

ANOTHER VOTE in favor of marriage.

BIG GOVERNMENT, BIG POVERTY: "Excessive federal spending isn’t preventing poverty. If anything, it seems to be exacerbating it."

HEH. U.S. NAVY rescues Iranian fishing boat from Somali pirates.

HACKERS plan space satellites to combat censorship. Responding to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)?

RATS RETURN to Occupy D.C. No surprise there.

POPULAR CULTURE: too stupid to vote? Probably so.

JEFF JACOBY: Is the Supreme Court really supreme? I'm beginning to wonder ....

MAKING THE CASE FOR THE F-22/F-35.

Fifth Generation Fighters from Gizmodo on Vimeo.

FROM MY EMAIL: How to fix the economy in three easy steps:

Dear Mr. President,

Please find below my suggestion for fixing America 's economy. Instead of giving billions of dollars to companies that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the "Patriotic Retirement Plan":
There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay them $1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:

1) They MUST retire. Forty million job openings - Unemployment fixed.

2) They MUST buy a new AMERICAN Car. Forty million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed.

3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed.

P.S. If more money is needed, have all members in Congress pay their taxes .... And while you're at it, make Congress retire on Social Security and Medicare. I'll bet both programs would be fixed pronto!

It's expensive enough ($40 trillion) that Congress and the Obama administration might take it seriously.

KEITH OLBERMANN'S new network affiliation?


I hope not. Right now ONN is still funny.