MORE ON THE SINGULARITY, from J. Storrs Hall.

NEWSPAPER LAYOFFS: A firsthand account.

Plus, “I didn’t jump, I was pushed.”

IT’S AS IF ALL THE KATRINA CONCERN WAS JUST POLITICAL FAKERY:

The economic stimulus signed by President Barack Obama will spread billions of dollars across the country to spruce up aging roads and bridges. But there’s not a dime specifically dedicated to fixing leftover damage from Hurricane Katrina.

And there’s no outrage about it.

Democrats who routinely criticized President George W. Bush for not sending more money to the Gulf Coast appear to be giving Obama the benefit of the doubt in his first major spending initiative.

Via Jules Crittenden.

HOPE AND CHANGE! Obama Plans Indefinite Military Detention of Terrorism Suspects.

KATIE GRANJU: “I have mentioned to friends in recent days my observation that at the moment, President Obama is coming across as too tentative, too-reserved, and not ‘presidential’ enough in a time of national crisis.”

PUTTING PHIL CARTER in charge of detainees?

MURTHA UPDATE: Raided Lobbyist group with ties to Murtha closing next month. “PMA Group, the lobbying firm under investigation for funneling illegal campaign contributions to members of congress, is closing at the end of next month, according to sources.”

NEXT TAXPAYER PROTEST SCHEDULED FOR KANSAS: “A protest has been scheduled for Rep. Dennis Moore’s office (D-KS) in Overland Park, KS on Sat. the 21st at 10 am in response to his support of the Stimulus Package.”

More Mesa protest pics here.

SAYUNCLE: “CNN would have you believe you can walk right into a local gun shop or gun show and buy a bazooka. To ship to Mexico, of course. This Mexican gun canard is now officially dogma. For a reason.”

FIGHT THE POWER! STICK IT TO THE MAN! UP WITH THE LITTLE GUY! Obama Stimulus Saves Microsoft Billionaire Hundreds Of Millions.

THE RACE TO find alien earths. In science fiction stories, you often see references to “forerunner races” who settled the Galaxy before humans emerged. But what if we’re the forerunner race?

GOING AFTER CHRIS DODD with a Peter Schiff “moneybomb.”

Web-savvy Libertarians in California have launched a nationwide movement to draft a New Haven-born celebrity pundit to take on Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd. Their first big test comes Saturday.

The pundit is Peter Schiff. He has been a fixture bashing the federal bank bailout and stimulus efforts on national TV news (FOXNews, CNBC, CNN) panels because of his early predictions of the Wall Street meltdown. The campaign has an online “headquarters” and assorted rallying cries, including: “Stop the Bailouts.” “Stop the stimulus!” It has Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter presences, too — even though Schiff insisted in an interview that he has had nothing to do with the effort and would almost definitely not heed a call to actually run.

That’s right. Almost definitely.

Well, we’ll see. Somebody should run against Dodd.

OOPS: Study Says Biofuels Will Speed Up Global Warming.

ADVICE: Three Bad Computing Habits You Need to Break Right Now.

AT LEAST HE WON’T FACE PROTESTING TAXPAYERS THERE: Obama Arrives in Canada for First International Trip.

On the other hand, there’s the Chicago Trading Floor revolt. If Obama were Bush, would the story say he was “fleeing protests at home. . . ?”

RADLEY BALKO: Manufacturing Guilt? “Experts say this exclusive video shows a dental examiner creating the bite marks that put a man on death row.” Radley has been indefatigable on the Mississippi forensics-fraud beat.

FROM CQ POLITICS, a chart of members who secured earmarks for clients of the PMA group, the lobbying firm that is connected to Rep. Murtha.

HAVE YOU NO DECENCY, SIR (CONT’D)? “In the same conversation, a memo shows, they discussed a request from Moyers, then a special assistant to Johnson, that the FBI investigate two other administration figures who were ‘suspected as having homosexual tendencies.'” Yeah, I linked this story with a different quote earlier, but enough readers noticed this passage that I thought it was worth highlighting too.

FAULTY TV ANTENNA ADVICE: Associated Press Not Ready for Digital Conversion.

MAKING A LEGAL STINK over the pull-my-finger iPhone app.

MATT WELCH: Newspaper bailout watch. My “podcast tax credit” proposal still has a shot!

AUTO BAILOUT NATION: Larry Kudlow interviews Bob Corker.

WAS RUSH LIMBAUGH’S OPED leaked to the Obama shop?

SEBASTIAN JAMES: It’s Smart to Buy Hybrid Cars Even When Gas Prices are Low.

GEE, DO YOU THINK? Prince Charles Attacked As A Hypocrite For Taking Private Jet on Climate Change Tour.