O’REILLY BLOWS IT AGAIN. So I mentioned last week that O’Reilly’s comments on gun confiscation during an emergency flew in the face not only of the constitution, but of explicit federal statutory law. I just watched the followup episode on DVR and he doubled down on this position, never acknowledging the statute at all. I don’t know who’s briefing him on this stuff, but he’s now embarrassed himself twice in a row on the subject.

IS CONSERVATIVE THE NEW GAY? Not until people at CPAC start dressing better . . . .

MISLEADING HEADLINE: The New Scientist headlines it this way: Even in the virtual world, men judge women on looks. But, in fact, the study found that men were kinder to real women than to “overtly sexualized” CGI females. So a more accurate headline would be something like Men more empathetic to real women than to sexbots. But that doesn’t fit the stereotype, I guess.

NEW YORK TIMES: Millions of Unemployed Face Years Without Jobs. “Even as the American economy shows tentative signs of a rebound, the human toll of the recession continues to mount, with millions of Americans remaining out of work, out of savings and nearing the end of their unemployment benefits.”

GUN SAFETY ADVICE for Russ Carnahan.

UPDATE: Some question in the comments on whether the newspaper story is accurate, or whether this is a simulator. Should that matter, or should you follow good safety practices on a simulator, too? I’d give a pass on the eye and ear protection, I think, but not on the downrange-safety business — too easy to form bad habits. However, the story doesn’t say it’s a simulator and in fact seems to say the opposite.

CPAC STRAW POLL: Just one percent list stopping gay marriage as a top priority. Even abortion only made #5 on the list, and a distant #5 at that. Small-government fiscal conservatism seems to be the clear “big tent” on the right these days.

UPDATE: Oops, #5, not #4.

TURN ON YOUR TV if you want to watch a space shuttle landing. There won’t be many more chances . . . .

JIM TREACHER has been missing out.

DID YOU MISS CPAC? Don’t worry — PJTV has it covered.

PATTY MURRAY looking vulnerable?

PUSHING FOR SCHOOLS TO HAVE automated defibrillators.

STEPHEN GREEN: The Week In Blogs, NSFW Edition.

ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS reach highest level since World War Two.

Related: Jews leaving Swedish city because of attacks by Muslims.

Plus, Malmö Syndrome. “Malmö Syndrome is not new or unique to Malmö. Wherever one finds ‘pro-Palestinian’ demonstrators — whether secular leftists or Islamists — one finds blatant and often violent anti-Semitism.”

SO AS I MENTIONED A WHILE BACK, I ordered this Sony pocket camera the other day. It came on Friday, and while I think my Lumix is still the best small camera I’ve owned, the Sony is really excellent, especially in low light, and fits easily into a pocket. The HD video also seems to be pretty good. Here’s a sample photo.

CNN POLL: Majority Think Government Is Broken. By “majority,” they mean “86 percent.”

THEY’RE REALLY PUSHING Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths.

STILL GOING ON: Tea Party Rally draws 1,000 in San Diego.

UPDATE: Schwarzenegger says the Tea Party movement is going nowhere. I dunno — how big a crowd can Schwarzenegger draw these days . . . ?

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Dusty Raftery writes: “Well, he’d probably be able to draw 1,000 Tea Partiers, if you know what I mean.” Heh. Indeed.

MORE: Arnold Dismisses Voter Anger as California Sinks.

FROM JOHN STEELE, a big roundup and timeline on DoJ and the Yoo/Bybee report. (Via Jonathan Adler.)

GEORGE WILL: “[W]ith metronomic regularity, we go through these moments in Washington where we complain about the government being broken. These moments have one thing in common: The Left is having trouble enacting its agenda.”

Can I call ’em, or what?

UPDATE: Ed Driscoll: “Andrew Breitbart said at the Nashville Tea Party convention this month, the legacy media has two templates for coverage of Republicans and conservatives: Watergate and racism. Similarly, the MSM also has two templates for liberal presidents they wish to prop up: Camelot and gridlock.”

DEM HIRES PALIN TO SPEAK, Valerie Jarrett is not amused. But you can’t argue with star power: “A prominent Democrat is vice chair of a group paying Palin 100k to raise money for a parking lot. The speech sold out on the first day.”

OBVIOUSLY, ANDREW BREITBART NEEDS TO START UP “BIG E.U.” PRONTO: A comic book featuring the adventures of two fictional European Commission bureaucrats is being sent to homes and schools at a cost of £200,000 to the taxpayer. “The EU seems to think it can buy itself popularity, but instead it simply makes itself look more out of touch and wasteful.”

MARKDOWNS ON MOBILE RADIO. Good for disaster-prep; GMRS requires a license, though, while FRS does not.

NOAH POLLAK: Did Israel Just Acquire A Strategic Bombing Capability?

UPDATE: Dan Friedman writes: Res Ipsa Loquitur.

G.E. / HITACHI PUSHING nuclear waste reprocessing.

IMAGES IN THIN AIR, using swarms of autonomous LED helicopters.