IN THE MAIL: Laugh Lines, from Ben Bova.

DANA LOESCH on thankfulness.

ED DRISCOLL: Which Time Magazine Journalist Is That On The Cover?

TORONTO SUN: ClimateGate: Follow The Money.

UPDATE: Related: Explosive — Climategate Files Were Leaked To BBC But They Refused To Cover The Story.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Dan Riehl thinks the BBC angle may be being overplayed.

SOME LAPTOP BUYING ADVICE.

FRANK J. FLEMING: Things I’m Thankful For.

IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO avoid the Top Ten Turkey Sins.

STOPPING HURRICANES WITH COLD WATER.

BRITISH COLLEGES START MEN’S STUDENT GROUPS. But note the sneeringly insecure tone of this account from Jessica Wakeman. It’s amazing the extent to which people who count themselves “progressive” seem to still live in the 1950s.

I’m reminded of the scene in Evan Coyne Maloney’s Indoctrinate U. where he roams various campuses asking for directions to “the Men’s Center.”

More here.

MICHAEL YON: Afghan Ideas from Great Britain.

WELL, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR: Jesse Malkin: Housing Prices Have Bottomed.

HOW PRIVATE PROPERTY SAVED THE PILGRIMS.

WHEN THE PUBLIC COFFERS run dry. “California could have dealt with its budget problems gradually–it’s not like you couldn’t see this mismatch coming, unless you thought that asset prices would always rise at 10% a year. But legislators wanted to give voters goodies now, and voters rewarded them for it. Now everyone’s getting what they asked for: disaster.”

KANSAS CITY STAR: ClimateGate: This Story Won’t Die.

MARY KATHARINE HAM OFFERS an Obama / NFL commercial remix.

LIST: Best science fiction movies and TV shows on DVD.

KENNETH GLADNEY BEATING UPDATE: Charges filed against SEIU members, Post-Dispatch reporter.

More from Dana Loesch and 24th State.

MORE CLIMATE DATA ISSUES? Uh, oh – raw data in New Zealand tells a different story than the “official” one.

JOHN HINDERAKER WONDERS why SEIU thugs enjoy more freedom of action than Navy SEALS. Because the SEIU thugs are advancing the goals of people in power?

READER MEGHAN HAMMOND sends this Thanksgiving message from Singapore:

I basted a 13 lb turkey in Guiness Stout in Singapore this Sunday and it was delicious. Included the before and after pictures from my friend’s mobile.

HMM: Climate change scandal deepens as BBC expert claims he was sent ‘cover-up’ emails a month before they went public.

GOURMET MAGAZINE’S last Thanksgiving. With recipes.

TEN THANKSGIVING RECIPES THE PUNDITS LOVE.

STILL PUSHING THE “Black Friday” deals in advance, at Amazon.

MARK STEYN: Eine Decliner Nachtmusik.