RANDOM THOUGHTS from the retirement lane: A single regulation may produce 1000 regulators - and not one of them is your friend.

NEVER punch down in politics.

THOMAS SOWELL: "[W]e are not going to be voting for a Buddy-in-Chief in the White House, but for someone with some clear ideas about what this country needs -- and who is willing to share those ideas with us in plain English."

OBAMA'S A NICE ENOUGH GUY ... (but he's incompetent). I agree with most of Galen's article, but not the 'nice enough guy' part. Obama is not a nice guy; he's an arrogant, narcissistic, barefaced liar.

THE WAR ON MEN: embryo edition.

POLITICAL CALCULATIONS:


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Ourselves, mostly. We're bankrupting ourselves.

RESET:

[D]espite Obama's reset of our relations with Muslims, he is less popular in the Muslim world than was the dreaded President George W. Bush, and America is less popular with Muslims under Obama than it was under Bush.

Islamists respect the strong horse; not the 'tolerant' one.

I WOULD SAY 'You gotta be kidding', but ... College Prof on Leave After Forcing Students to Sign ‘Pledge’ to Vote for Obama.

HOUSE PANEL questions safety of new spacecraft. It's time for Congress to shut up and get out of the way.

PRESIDENTIAL OVERUSE? Boeing may have employee shortage for Air Force One maintenance.

MICHAEL BARONE: Why people riot (hint: it's not the video). Note that force (or a credible threat of it) is very effective in curtailing rioting.

QUESTIONS ABOUND as China unveils another stealth jet.

THE CONSEQUENCES of Obama's bungled mideast policy: "Under settled principles of international law, attacks on diplomats by, or permitted by, governments can be considered acts of war. The threat of such attacks deserves a more stern response than a campaign trip to Vegas, a misstatement of settled policy and skipped intelligence briefings."

MICHELLE MALKIN: America needs a leader, not a celebrity.