TOM MAGUIRE:

By way of Ace I am watching this video in which Obama calls for the day that a young girl traveling abroad can say with pride that she is an American – that, we are informed, is the change he is working for.

I know that message lights Democratic fires, but my goodness – is that what he wants to present to the general public?

I would have expected Obama to tack to the center now, especially in light of the exit polls.

UPDATE: From the comments: “Maybe we can send him a copy of Barcelona and he’ll wise up.”

MAKING CHEAP SOLAR CELLS with an inkjet printer. Cool.

INDEED: “If you sue me, I’m going to do my best to figure out how I can sue you. You want to think about that dynamic before you sue somebody.”

OBAMA AIDE: Neither Obama nor Clinton ready for that 3 a.m. call.

SECRET U.S. NEWS LAW-SCHOOL RANKING METHODOLOGY — revealed!

REACHING THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL? Clinton aide compares Obama to Ken Starr. Well, they’re both lawyers from Chicago, but . . . .

JOHN SIDNEY MCCAIN: The Unity Candidate!

REBECCA AGUILAR UPDATE: After a lengthy suspension, she’s been fired. Background here.

ACCORDING TO THIS REPORT, the we-don’t-mean-it assurances on NAFTA started with Clinton’s campaign, not Obama’s. Go figure.

UPDATE: Or was it an Obama/Clinton mixup?

THOUGHTS ON THAT TIMES SQUARE BOMB ATTACK, from Bob Owens. “This was an act of domestic terrorism.”

UPDATE: Rand Simberg emails: “Does Bill Ayers have an alibi? Was he having breakfast with Obama at the time?” It is feeling a bit like 1968. But where was our Summer Of Love? Britney’s flings don’t count . . . .

ANOTHER UPDATE: Oh, jeez. I was just kidding, but . . . .

FIVE COOL WEB APPLICATIONS — and I hadn’t heard of any of them.

THAT WHOLE “SOCIOPATH” THING is generating some pushback.

THAI POLICE BUST fugitive Russian arms dealer.

A NEW, MORE USER-FRIENDLY rebreather rig for divers.

My rebreather test-dive piece, with video, from a couple of years ago is here. Nice to see the tech advancing.

UPDATE: Rand Simberg emails: “That’s not all Bill Stone is doing. Scroll to the bottom.”

TOO BIG TO HIDE: Student protests in Iran.

FLIGHT SCHOOL FIASCO: Homeland Security remains a mess.

MEGAN MCARDLE: To Hell with the peacemakers.

PRACTICAL HYDROGEN STORAGE using nanotechnology.

FREE TRADE AND COLOMBIA:

Fresh off a tour of Colombia, Rep. Jim Matheson says a free trade agreement with that South American country could boost its strength as a U.S. ally, a point President Bush also stressed Tuesday.

Matheson, a Utah Democrat, spent three days in Colombia this weekend with several other members of Congress, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao and Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez. They met with President Alvaro Uribe and toured parts of the nation that Matheson says even police would not dare to visit just a few years ago. . . . Matheson says a fair trade agreement with Colombia – the U.S. already has an agreement with Central American countries as well as Mexico and Canada – would help augment the relationship between the U.S. and Colombia and boost the economics of both as well.

It’s hard to believe that anyone would oppose that, but some people do. Here’s more on Colombia and free trade, from Investor’s Business Daily.

HAS ANYBODY SEEN BILL AYERS LATELY? Military recruiting office bombed. Gateway Pundit has a roundup.

More sixties rerunning. But they support the troops!

FREE SONGS FROM Kate Voegele and Pete Rock.

IT’S ALL PART OF THE PROCESS: The DNC looks at a do-over in Florida and Michigan.

CANADIANS ON A mole hunt. For the benefit of Barack Obama.

UH OH: Rezko In Debt $50 Million; How Did He Afford Obama Lot? “Obama says Mrs. Rezko bought it for $625,000, and then later sold a strip of the lot back to Obama so he would have a larger yard. Obama says he paid Mrs. Rezko a fair market price. According to the court transcript, Mrs. Rezko makes $37,500 a year.”

“I LOVE BARBECUE.” Well, yeah. Plus, thoughts on portion size: “Restaurateurs don’t necessarily want you to eat the whole thing; they are giving us what we’ve asked for. Americans don’t like restaurants that serve small portions. Whether they eat it all or should eat it all is another matter; consumers vote with their dollars and like it or not, American consumers love and buy big portions.”

UPDATE: Rand Simberg finds an interesting angle.