DON'T LAUGH: laughing at them makes them feel bad.

FEWER GUNS, more killing. Best comment: "The left uses every tragic killing as an excuse to take guns away from the people who didn't do it."

Second best were the multiple comments by 'RikOShea', who correctly pointed out -- and ably defended -- the obvious correletion/causation conundrum. The problem, of course, is the second half of the 'correlation does not imply causation' argument: it does give you a place to start looking.

That there is more to gun violence than the red/blue divide is obvious, but the divide does give you a place to start looking for and weighing the other (probably cultural) factors that do impact gun violence.

YOU DON'T SAY: "Public opinion polls show [Obama’s] also having a hard time convincing the American people he’s sincere."

PAUL KRUGMAN: “Fire insurance is worthless! After all, there’s no evidence that it prevents fires.” Which, I think, is exactly the point. Fire insurance is not supposed to prevent fires; its purpose is to mitigate the economic consequences of a catastrophic fire, not pay for routine maintenance.

The same should be true of health insurance. It should not be for routine maintenance (health care); it should be for mitigating the economic consequences of catastrophic illness.

TAX POLICY: Why pull the wagon when you can ride in it?

Mitchell is writing about the government's proposal to limit retirement savings, but the government entitlement mentality (you aren't entitled to your money) is a staple of big government and liberalism progressivism.

A SIMPLER WAY to think about amnesty’s impact on Social Security. Too simplistic for me. I don't think history supports this thesis, beyond the fact that the liberals' welfare society has increased benefits beyond the earning capacity of poorer immigrants. And that isn't an immigration problem; it's a 'welfare state' problem.

SUNBURN IS BACK IN STYLE ... the more things change, the more they stay the same.

GOING GALT: More Americans Vote with their Feet against Obama. Giving up U.S. citizenship is a serious, committed act; that so many are doing it is significant.

I've given thought to becoming an ex-pat, but not to actually giving up my citizenship.

MARITA NOON: Americans Fighting Their Own Government For Economic Survival. And what's particularly frustrating is that the environmentalist NGOs demanding the government intervene are funded, at least in part, by the very same government intervening on their behalf.

WHAT THE HELL is a 'progracist'?

Appropriate terminology.

GET YOUR AMMO HERE. It's still at a premium, about 25%-30% more than I pay at my local gun range (when it's available), but with the exception of .22LR there is now more than adequate selection.

THE TAXMAN versus the Tea Party.

More here.

Linked from Instapundit.

COVER-UP? What cover-up?

MARK BAISLEY: Benghazi for Dummies.

CHALKBOARD REBELLION in the Golden State.

NIGHTWATCH UPDATE: North Korea Caves; Puts Missiles in Storage.

100,000 DOWNLOADS: We win. He's right; these worms aren't going back in the can.

CRUZ ON OBAMA’S TEXAS VISIT: Hey, perhaps he’ll learn to create some jobs from the folks who know how. Fat chance. He went to lecture, not to learn.

FEWER BAD MARRIAGES: another reason to love ObamaCare.

Terminal stupidity must be a requirement to be elected to Congress as a Democrat.

IF IT WEREN'T FOR FOX NEWS, there'd be no news at all. Where are the real journalists?