GOVERNMENT UNION wants 'Duck Dynasty' fans fired.

Another reason to shut down government unions.

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY: Will robot cars find their way with laser eyes? Citing the complexity of robotic guidance, there's this:

Today's robotic cars depend on a lot of overlapping sensors—lasers, radar, ultrasound, standard cameras, stereocameras, GPS, inertial guidance, even WiFi.

Which leads me to this more interesting question: with all the radiation endemic to modern life, how much longer will it be until cities become health hazards?

CHRIS MATTHEWS SCOLDS: Liberals need to stop looking down on tea partiers.

Read the comments. The general consensus seems to be that either (a) his meds are finally working, or (b) he's preparing himself to search for a real job.

TO DEMOCRATS, Republicans are ‘terrorists,’ but the Taliban is legitimate. Is there anyone left in the Democrat party who isn't a bat-shit crazy moron?

HEH: Works for me.

Linked from Patterico.

GUN CONTROL: "Intentions ... are the only things that matter in liberal ideology." Effectiveness is irrelevant.

RELATED: When intentions aren't enough, lie. Linked from Instapundit.

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO: Bye-Bye To The Home Of A Favorite Internet Conspiracy Theory. Without HAARP, what will the conspiracy theorists do with their tinfoil hats?

YES. NEXT QUESTION. Will the Obama White House use the Las Vegas cop-killers as a pretext for new civil liberties abuse?

More here.

ANOTHER POLITICIAN demands equal pay for other women.

Just to add a little bit of snark, I wonder if Hillary is paid $500K for a speaking engagement as was Bill.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Suing universities can be lucrative. 'Progressive' bureaucracies are where the money is....

ARIZONA MAN arrested for shooting at the moon. He missed.

TECHNOLOGY: turning paper airplanes into drones. Which leads to an interesting regulatory question: if the FAA regulates "the airspace from the ground up" do people using trampolines have to wear parachutes?

NOT REALLY A SURPRISE: Obama admits that he wants to confiscate your guns.

It ain't gonna happen....

FLYING MONKEYS abound at the Scorekeeper's blog today. Go visit.

WHITE HOUSE ON BERGDAHL SWAP: It was Defense Secretary Hagel's call.

See how easy it is to stab someone in the back when you're leading from behind?

WALL STREET JOURNAL: "The federal workforce nEeds fresh blood." No it doesn't; it needs less blood.

DON'T GIVE THEM MONEY. They're on our plantation.

IT'S A GOOD QUESTION: Are the rats deserting the sinking U.S.S. Obama, or has the captain already abandoned ship?

This is what happens when a weak boss insists on hiring people who aren't as smart as he (thinks he) is....

ALLEN WEST on President Obama's leadership:

When America’s President sits in a room with Russia, China or Iran’s leaders as America’s commander in chief, West wishes America had the “big dog.” Instead, “we don’t even have a beta dog. We have a delta dog. It’s shameful. So, that’s why you see our foreign policy where we’re disrespected and dismissed.”

Big dogs bite; delta dogs whine....

CLIMATE CHANGE: Is there anything it can’t do? Environmentalism is just a synonym for bat-shit crazy. Read the rest of the comments.