HMM: Compressed Air Energy Storage Makes a Comeback.

CARTOON OF THE YEAR:

It says it all.

BYRON YORK: GOP lawmakers disappointed by Ted Cruz should have listened to him more carefully before -- and encouraged their constituients to contact their Senatecritters. I did, and both of mine are Democrats.

Let's create that tsunami Cruz is looking for....

IEEE SPECTRUM: This week in cybercrime.

NEWT GINGRICH: Obama's bluff.

I'M NOT ALONE: 51% Favor Government Shutdown Until Congress Cuts Health Care Funding.

SECOND PRIVATE COMPANY rockets toward space station. First, Space-X; now Orbital Sciences.

Cygnus (the spacecraft) will dock with the ISS on Sunday.

SEN. Mike Lee (R-UT) pushes $40,000-per-child tax cut. Well, not in one year, of course, but it's nice to see that someone recognizes that our childres are going to have to pay down that $16 trillion in debt our liberals have rung up.

TECH TALK: The Race To Get Your Hands Off The Wheel.

SNAP (SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM) lifted 4 million people out of poverty in 2012 and reduced hardship for millions more.

It also bought a large frappuccino, Mountain Dew, and sausage biscuit which, I suspect, was hardly its intended purpose.

MORE AGENDA JOURNALISM: Kansas professor placed on leave after tweet about Navy Yard killings.

WORK OR WELFARE: What Pays More? It should be 'what costs more?' and 'Who pays?" Your welfare comes out of my salary; your work does also, but I get something in return.

AGENDA JOURNALISM at its best. Piers Morgan comes to mind.

SURPRISE: Poverty is bad for the environment. Market forces do work.

RIGOR, PLEASE: Eliminate all academic majors and minors ending with the word “studies.”

BECAUSE THEY'RE MEDIOCRITIES: Why Can’t Liberals Help It?

THE JETPACK IS COMING — from New Zealand. A mere $150K will get you one.

UPDATE: more from Aviation Week.

SOME SERIOUS POSTS ON THE OBAMACARE WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO:

Your Future Under ObamaCare: Big Medicine Getting Bigger.

ObamaCare and the Consolidation Wave.

How Big Medicine Will Affect Patient Care.

Is America Ready for ObamaCare?

Alan Grayson's 'die quickly' comment is proving correct; only the the name of the party was wrong.

SOME CARTOONS FROM MY EMAIL:

On closing the border:

Support your PC police:

I had a dream:

Work is tough:

Please don't give them ideas:

And my favorite:

MILLENNIALS: Here's your ObamaCare. Enjoy....