HMM: Italian Cruise Ship Reported Torpedoed By Iranian Submarine.

Linked from the PJ Tatler.

DOUBLE JEOPARDY.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: "Are We Biased Enough?" Not for their Progressive readers; they're too nuanced and well-versed in 'critical thinking skills' to be able to read a simple factual statement without help.

DARPA PLANS to repurpose retired geosynchronous satellites. No doubt a useful but challenging task. What surprises me, though, is that there are roughly 1,300 satellites in geosynchronous orbit; that works out to about 100 miles (or 0.3 angular degrees) between satellites if they were uniformly distributed in orbit (and they're not).

It's getting crowded up there.

NO BIAS HERE; MOVE ALONG: Supreme Court Recognizes Religious Exception to Job Discrimination Laws. A more honest headline would read "Supreme Court Recognizes Limits on Government Interference With Religious Freedom."

IS THERE AN OBAMA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME? Yes. but it's still on the Left, directed at the Right. Here's an astute observation:

It’s about feelings and self-identity for Progressives. They’re like monkeys. They’ve got enough primate brain to form tribes, but they just don’t use the higher faculties. So it’s no surprise that flinging crap is their modus operandi.

It's from the comments at another website.

HEH: Charlotte stadium likely hosting Obama acceptance speech built with all nonunion labor. Just as bad (for Obama), it's named the "Bank of America" Stadium.

ON INCOME INEQUALITY: "So long as the income gap is smaller, [Obama] would rather have the poor poorer."

[Bumped] Here's the original Margaret Thatcher quote.

CARTOON OF THE DAY: just in time for the playoff game.

YES. NEXT QUESTION. Is Obama living in a parallel universe?

DEFENSE SPENDING is a shovel-ready investment. So Obama must trim it back immediately.

SARAH PALIN: on Michelle Obama.

DIDN'T GET ENOUGH THE FIRST TIME? Solyndra seeks to award bonuses to remaining employees.

WHAT WILL America look like on November 7, 2010? (Registration required; it's free.)

PART-TIME CONGRESS: Rep. Tim Johnson (R-IL) will introduce the Citizen Legislators Act next week. I'd be willing to grant them full-time pay, requiring them to spend at least 5 business days each month meeting with their constituents and requiring them to stay out of Washington except on days the Legislature is in session.

INSTAPUNDIT: John Galt was unavailable for comment.

John Galt replies: I am indeed one of the one million 'vanished workers' who has given up all hope of returning to the workplace. Fortunately I can afford to be non-employed, though it was neither by intention or desire that I became so.

TWITTER WAR: RNC Chairman Reince Priebus wins. Not that it was particularly difficult.

JOE HICKS: Playing the race card again (registration required; it's free).

PAUL GREENBERG: Occupy Everything!

AND YOU THOUGHT voter fraud couldn't happen. Want to rethink your objections to requiring photo ID to vote?