MICHELLE BACHMANN ISSUES a call to arms.

ANOTHER ELECTRONICS PRIMER: From Charles Platt, MAKE: Electronics: Learning by Discovery. With the Make magazine imprimatur. Coming out next week! Via reader Andy Linnenkohl, who writes: “I haven’t even seen it yet, but I’ve been reading Make since it started and they can do no wrong. None. Zero.”

JAKE TAPPER: The Obama Doctrine.

Sarah Palin’s on board! “I talked too in my book about the fallen nature of man and why war is necessary at times.”

Power Line calls the speech “a pleasant surprise.”

And Dave Kopel offers three cheers for Obama on his announced willingness to use force.

SCHOOLBOY FANTASIES COME TO LIFE: Cute female teachers caught having naked romp in classroom.

PORN: Popular with women, too. This is news?

A SALE ON gourmet food gifts.

INSTAVISION: I talk with Megan McArdle about Dave Ramsey, her experience living on the Ramsey Plan, and whether the growing trend toward domestic frugality will have repercussions in national politics. (Bumped).

SMART DIPLOMACY: Snubbed Norwegians replace absent Obama at event with … cardboard cutout.

ANDREW BOLT: ClimateGate: Gore Falsifies The Record.

ANN ALTHOUSE: Now we’re supposed to feel guilty about wanting to eat fresh fish instead of frozen.

Plus, from the comments: “Lends a bit of credence to the hypothesis that end game for a lot of the hardcore environmentalists is a Morgenthau plan for the world.” I say if we start culling the herd let’s start with them — it’s for Gaia!

ILYA SOMIN: Applying the Precautionary Principle consistently. “One major problem with most invocations of the precautionary principle is that people tend to apply it to whatever danger they want to prevent, but largely ignore it in considering the potential dangers created by the policies they advocate. . . . Whatever we do (including doing nothing), there is at least a small chance of catastrophe; thus, the principle would lead us to reject all the available options, which isn’t exactly helpful.” Plus, why environmentalists are like Dick Cheney.

THE TOP FIVE ENGINEERING PROJECTS OF 2009.

WSJ: Are your Treasury bonds safe?

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Why Are We Tiring Of Obama?

IF YOU SMELL GAS, don’t mess around.

HIGHER TESTOSTERONE LEVELS promote increased fairness in game playing?

IT’S OBVIOUSLY AN ALIEN BASE: Cassini Sends First Full Images of Saturn’s Mysterious Giant Hexagon. “Scientists speculate that the six-sided shape represents the path of a jet stream, but still don’t understand what controls the jet stream in such a rigid manner. The latest image mosaics created by Cassini show waves radiating from the hexagon corners, and also reveal a multi-walled structure within each hexagon side.”

POLL: 44% OF AMERICANS WOULD LIKE BUSH BACK AS PRESIDENT. “You miss him now that he’s gone, huh, America? You kicked him when you had him, and now…” Heh. Have you noticed that most presidents look better once they’re gone?

But, really, who’d want to go back to a stupid cowboy who’d probably praise war while talking about peace, and insult Europeans with his ignorance of diplomatic etiquette? Thank goodness those days are behind us!

UPDATE: From the comments: “I think the point of the comparison is this: Bush endured 8 years of wall-to-wall, 24/7 liberal bashing from multiple networks. Meanwhile, Obama was coronated and has enjoyed wall-to-wall adoration from the same multiple networks. If Obama’s numbers, 11 months in, already approach Bush’s after EIGHT years, then, baby, you’ve got serious problems.”

COUPLE LIVES IN 175 square foot apartment. “When you first see it, the first thing you say is, ‘Holy crap, this place is small.'”

GLOBAL WARMING AND CONFIRMATION BIAS: “The kind of PR momentum behind AGW argues for greater, not less scrutiny because in addition to the inherent uncertainties of scientific inquiry must be added one more: confirmation bias. Greenpeace sees what it has to see. Otherwise a lot of people in NGOs will be unemployed. That’s not to say that AGW doesn’t exist, but it does argue for a careful double-checking. Has the data been faked? Better find out for sure.”

SYNTHESIZING SPEECH from a wireless brain-to-computer connection.

MEDIA DEATH WATCH: Editor and Publisher goes belly up.

IT JUST GETS BETTER! Andrew Breitbart Announces Launch of New “Big” Sites.

ASKING MEN if they’ve been hit by a girlfriend.

SOME BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS BOOKS. Plus, New York Times bestsellers for kids.