MORE DUMB DOOR-CRASHING BY POLICE:

Brooklyn Park police were looking for a meth lab, but they found a fish tank and the chemicals needed to maintain it.

And a few hours later, when the city sent a contractor to fix the door the police had smashed open Monday afternoon, it was obvious the city was trying to fix a mistake.

Read the whole thing. If it were me, I’d not only sue the police, but the “informant” who thought the smell of vinegar meant drugs.

BOLD ACTION on clean energy? Well, possibly.

RUNNING TO FEEL YOUNGER! Er, or something: “I’m now hobbling like an old man. Every part of my lower body hurts.”

IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T VISITED IN A WHILE, Freeman Hunt is back to regular blogging.

MENACING THE IRANIAN MULLARCHY with Barbie, Harry Potter, and Spider Man.

Plus, leaving George Clooney in the erotic dust.

WAS THE JEREMIAH WRIGHT APPEARANCE arranged by the Clinton camp? Or not?

Barbara Reynolds is no relation.

UPDATE: I can’t get away with anything: Why is Glenn Reynolds going out of his way to deny that he is related to Barbara Reynolds? Photos on blogs don’t lie!

ERIC SCHEIE: “We hear a lot about ‘choice,’ and we tend to think of it as an individual thing. At least, I’ve always thought of it that way. I’d hate to think that choice is being redefined as a choice of herds.”

OBAMA “OUTRAGED AND SADDENED” about Jeremiah Wright: “His comments were not only divisive … but I believe that they end up giving comfort to those who prey on hate . . . . Whatever relationship I had with Reverend Wright has changed as a consequence of this.”

Too little, too late, and too lawyerly (“whatever relationship I had”?). And as I said yesterday, I don’t see that Wright has changed. People are just noticing. But is Obama just now noticing?

UPDATE: Jim Geraghty: “You buy that?”

ANOTHER UPDATE: TalkLeft: “Obama throws Wright under the bus.”

And here’s more on the “too lawyerly” front. And, from the comments: “Discussion of this issue might abate, and Obama’s supporters might confuse that for successful management of the problem, but the reality is, the damage has been done and it can’t be undone.”

MORE: Somebody’s polling Wright in North Carolina.

STILL MORE: Here’s a transcript of Obama’s remarks.

MORE STILL: Obama’s statement was good enough for Andrew Sullivan: “It makes me want to see him succeed more than ever.” (Via Political Wire).

THE NEW CAFE RULES STINK, according to AutoBlog: “A company that sells more large footprint vehicles would have a lower hurdle to jump. One that sells predominantly smaller cars would have to get better mileage. As a result a company like Porsche or Ferrari who sell relatively small sports cars would have to meet a higher standard than Ford or General Motors who sell more large trucks. The entire premise of this rule is absurd.”

Plus, why the whole enterprise is dumb anyway: “The only saving grace here is that, overall, as fuel prices continue to climb, buyers are likely to migrate to more efficient vehicles regardless of the footprint.” Indeed.

MORE PROTEST AGAINST FOX’S NEW SHOW, BAD DADS. “Bad Dads singles out fathers for shaming, when U.S. Census data shows that noncustodial fathers are more likely to pay their child support than noncustodial mothers.” But women are the ones who watch TV and buy things from advertisers.

THERE’S NO BUSINESS like race business.

THE LATEST GRAND ROUNDS IS UP!

MORE ON THAT DNC AD from J.D. Johannes.

THIS MIGHT BECOME A CAMPAIGN ISSUE: “Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has requested nearly $2.3 billion in federal earmarks for 2009, almost three times the largest amount received by a single senator this year. The Democratic presidential candidate’s staggering request comes at a time when Congress remains engaged in a heated debate over spending federal dollars on parochial projects.”

AMERICA’S MOST OVERRATED PRODUCT: The Bachelor’s Degree?

As long as they’re not saying “law degrees.” I sell those.

MARY KATHARINE HAM: How Obama and McCain Keep Sister Souljah-ing the Wrong People.

ARMED CITIZEN SHOOTS ROBBER:

NASHVILLE, Tenn.- There was a deadly gunfight at a liquor store in Inglewood Saturday night. An armed robbery suspect was gunned down, after trying to rob the place. But it wasn’t a police officer who took action.

None of the clerks in Sinkers Wine and Spirits had a gun to protect themselves, but they said they’re thankful one of their customers did. . . . Baxter believes the customer and the suspects exchanged about ten gunshots. The would-be robbers tried to flee, but one of the men collapsed at the scene and died shortly after. Police said the citizen had a valid carry permit, and a right to protect himself.

“A citizen just like a police officer has the right to defend themselves or others, if they’re in fear of death or serious bodily injury and that right extends to using deadly force,” said Capt. David Imhof with Metro Police.

Indeed. Plus this lesson learned: “As for the workers at Sinkers who were unarmed at the time, they said they have plans to protect themselves in the future.” (Via Truman Bean).

NOW YOU’RE TALKING: A MacBook Air with internal EVDO.

JONATHAN KAY: The Canadian Islamic Congress tries for a ceasefire — but they’ve already lost the war. “Come to think of it, it’s fair to say that the Maclean’s imbroglio has been one of the biggest shots in the arm to Canadian conservatives in general.” You don’t tug on Superman’s cape.

IS BREATH-HOLDING HAZARDOUS TO YOUR BRAIN? Personally, I think that before deciding to descend to depths of more than 500 feet on a single breath, people must already have something wrong with their brains . . . .

FOLLOWING UP ON THIS WEEKEND’S GRILLBLOGGING, here are some grill recommendations and grilling tips from the folks at Popular Mechanics.

A DNC AD that shows U.S. soldiers being blown up. Remember when they were complaining about politicizing the war? What’s more, the clip comes from Fahrenheit 9/11.

UPDATE: Questions about the networks’ willingness to run this ad: “Are these the same television networks that put heavy restrictions on showing imagery from the attacks of 9/11 because they might be disturbing and (unstated) send the wrong message (e.g. retribution) to the American public?”

ANOTHER UPDATE: Happily (see the update to the post at top) they weren’t actually blown up. It just looks that way.

MORE: “Inappropriate and unacceptable.”

IN THE MAIL: Arianna Huffington’s new book, with a lovely picture of Arianna on the cover. She seems to look better with every book, but my favorite is likely to remain Pigs at the Trough. She was ahead of the curve on that one.

FABIUS MAXIMUS looks at worldwide food prices and has some useful observations, including these: “Panic by government and large corporations can easily exacerbate the hysteria. . . . Governments react to inflation not by tackling the monetary causes – which is painful – but by attempting to mute the price signal (price controls, export bans). This is self-defeating, as such measures have many bad effects.”