JOLIE 1, OBAMA 0.

SOMETHING YOU CAN’T SAY ABOUT CUBA: “Our worst critics prefer to stay.” Heh.

THE CANADA/NAFTA STORY continues. I predict, however, that the term “Goolsbee Gate” won’t catch on.

MORE THOUGHTS HERE. And a reader suggests “Naftaquiddick” in place of “Goolsbee Gate.” Er, no.

THE INSTAWIFE HAS A SHOW ON FUSE TV, with and about Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx. It will air again on Sunday at 2 pm. There’s a bit of video at the link, too.

VOTING WITH THEIR FEET RAISED RIGHT HANDS: Army recruiting exceeds goals again.

JOHN SCALZI released Old Man’s War as a free eBook, and it turns out to have boosted his sales substantially.

JOURNEY TO the bottom of the Moon.

Plus, lunar off-roading.

OBAMA’S shifting positions on gun rights. Boy, I predicted a while back that his positions would get more scrutiny, and they certainly are.

AHEAD OF the opposition.

THE IPHONE GOES TO WAR.

ANN ALTHOUSE: The crafty Obama finds a way to look magnanimous while actually casting aspersions on McCain. She continues: “Actually, Obama found the only possible low ground and made it look like high ground.”

A LOOK AT THE all-important white male swing vote.

JOSH LEVIN: I’m the idiot who bought an HD-DVD player.

THOUGHTS ON life extension and the longevity dividend.

MORE ON THAT LAS VEGAS RICIN STORY, from Popular Science.

UPDATE: National Guard team activated. (Thanks to Chuck Simmins for the link).

MICHAEL TOTTEN on the Muslim world’s moderate supermajority.

DUMB: Air Force blocking blogs.

DO WE WANT A FULL-IMMUNITY PRESIDENT?

“DON’T GO INTO CORPORATE AMERICA:” Well, the nonprofit world does pay pretty well too, these days.

SO THEY’RE BATTING .500: Sex Toys Still Illegal in Texas and Alabama; Guns OK.

Here in Tennessee, they’re both legal: we don’t care how you choose to fill your hand. There was an effort to ban dildos and vibrators about ten years ago, but it was laughed out of existence following a campaign by a group called “Well Endowed Tennesseans” who accused the legislator sponsoring the bill of phallic insecurity.

CAR LUST: Loving the Dodge Magnum SRT-8. Everybody I know who has one loves it — especially the Hemi — though with higher gas prices that may change . . . . Video at the link.

PERRY DEHAVILLAND: Not Matt Drudge’s finest hour.

APPARENTLY, THERE ARE RACIAL QUOTAS FOR COMEDY, with some roles off-limits based on race.

Related thoughts here.

THE NEW YORK TIMES GOES LOOKING FOR MEDIA BIAS.

MORE THOUGHTS on that new Hillary commercial.

UPDATE: An amusing response from the Obama camp.

ANOTHER UPDATE: John Dickerson: “The Bush campaign never ran an ad like this when it was accused of scare-mongering during the 2004 campaign.”