TIME FOR A PANIC ATTACK: National landmarks threatened by climate change. Almost positively maybe guaranteed to possibly happen in ... oh, about 84 years.

Instapundit tweets (#21) "So what's the downside?" [Click here for more.]

MICHELLE OBAMA TO HIGH-SCHOOL GRADUATES: monitor your parents for thoughtcrime.

Who's the racist?

JEFF JACOBY: The U.S. legal bubble can't pop soon enough.

I can think of other ways to thin out the herd....

WHY 'INEQUALITY' is a loser for Democrats. Click through to read it all.

The uber-rich liberals can spend a lot of money on Democrat campaigns, but as a voting segment are rather small. Perhaps that explains the Democrat fixation on 'comprehensive' immigration reform -- they're running out of poor, uninformed voters to keep them in power.

HOW THE WEST won the Great Hashtag War of 2014.

It didn't work in Benghazi either....

THE CLIMATE MAFIA: just thugs in (fake) lab coats.

GLOBAL WARMING 101: Ian Rutherford Plimer is an Australian geologist, professor emeritus of earth sciences at the University of Melbourne, professor of mining geology at the University of Adelaide, and the director of multiple mineral exploration and mining companies. He has published 130 scientific papers, six books and edited the Encyclopedia of Geology.

Here's what he has to say:

Okay, here's the bombshell. The volcanic eruption in Iceland ... Since its first spewing of volcanic ash has, in just four days, negated every single effort you have made in the past five years to control CO2 emissions on our planet - all of you.

Of course, you know about this evil carbon dioxide that we are trying to suppress - it’s that vital chemical compound that every plant requires to live and grow and to synthesize into oxygen for us humans and all animal life.

I know ... it's very disheartening to realize that all of the carbon emission savings you have accomplished while suffering the inconvenience and expense of driving Prius hybrids, buying fabric grocery bags, sitting up till midnight to finish your kids "The Green Revolution" science project, throwing out all of your non-green cleaning supplies, using only two squares of toilet paper, putting a brick in your toilet tank reservoir, selling your SUV and speedboat, vacationing at home instead of abroad, nearly getting hit every day on your bicycle, replacing all of your 50p light bulbs with £5 light bulbs ... well, all of those things you have done have all gone down the tubes in just four days.

The volcanic ash emitted into the Earth's atmosphere in just four days - yes, FOUR DAYS - by that volcano in Iceland has totally erased every single effort you have made to reduce the evil beast, carbon. And there are around 200 active volcanoes on the planet spewing out this crud at any one time - every day.

I don't really want to rain on your parade too much, but I should mention that when the volcano Mt. Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991, it spewed out more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than the entire human race had emitted in all its years on earth.

Yes, folks, Mt. Pinatubo was active for over one year - think about it!

Of course, I shouldn't spoil this 'touchy-feely tree-hugging' moment and mention the effect of solar and cosmic activity and the well-recognized 800-year global heating and cooling cycle, which keeps happening despite our completely insignificant efforts to affect climate change.

And I do wish I had a silver lining to this volcanic ash cloud, but the fact of the matter is that the bush fire season across the western USA and Australia this year alone will negate your efforts to reduce carbon in our world for the next two to three years. And it happens every year.

Just remember that your government just tried to impose a whopping carbon tax on you, on the basis of the bogus 'human-caused' climate-change scenario.

Hey, isn’t it interesting how they don’t mention 'Global Warming' anymore, but just 'Climate Change' - you know why? It’s because the planet has cooled by 0.7 degrees in the past few years and these global warming bull artists got caught with their pants down.

And, just keep in mind that you might yet have an Emissions Trading Scheme - that whopping new tax - imposed on you that will achieve absolutely nothing except make you poorer. It won’t stop any volcanoes from erupting, that’s for sure.

But, hey, relax. Give the world a hug and have a nice day!

From my email.

AIRBUS AND KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES have completed a 10-hour flight from Amsterdam to Aruba using sustainable jet fuel, the longest biofuel flight to date. The aircraft took off with a 20% blend of sustainable fuel made of used cooking oil for the 10-hour flight from Amsterdam to the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba.

I'm planning on going back to visit the island of my birth, but I don't think I really want to fly in an airplane powered by French fries....

IF IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR GRANDPA: Aerospace Corporation says it won’t cut corners on Space-X certification.

BY THE WAY, Toyota took thousands of jobs from California to Texas. And it wasn't just Rick Perry's smile that did it.

A GOOD QUESTION: What does Barack Obama do with himself all day?

Watches MSNBC apparently....

LOCKHEED MARTIN uses 3D printing to lower satellite construction costs.

THANKS FOR removing yourself from the marriage-eligible population.

THE SCOREKEEPER is too good to pass up today. Some keepers:

(#2) "Who would have predicted that Barack Obama's "Arab Spring" would turn into Muslims slaughtering Christians, Jews and other Muslims."

Anyone not of the Left.

(#20) "Oddly enough, being killed in your mother's womb is not torture."

The unborn would have a better chance if they were reclassified as pets, plants, or endangered species.

(#21) "Sadly, 9/11 has become $9.11."

It's all about the Benjamins.

SO YOU THOUGHT news outrage just happened?

AFGHANISTAN: Operation Enduring Handout.

Another state added to the growing list of welfare states....

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON:

What do we do in the face of 19th-century evil that is unapologetic, has lethal weapons at its disposal and uses savage rhetoric to goad us? Twitter it to death?

I long ago concluded that the majority of Twitter users are twits. It appears that conclusion is correct.

LESSONS FROM THE VA SCANDAL: This is what government-run health care looks like. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

DEREK HUNTER: "There is no cure for the common stupid." It is depressing to have to acknowledge that the octane rating of even regular gasoline is higher than the average progressive's IQ.