CLIMATE BACKLASH: Calif. climate law under assault in poor economy.

SPREADING IN CALIFORNIA: Luxury commuter buses with wi-fi. More of the Comfy-Chair Revolution?

DRONE WAR seems to be working. “The strikes have cast a pall of fear over an area that was once a free zone for Al Qaeda and the Taliban, forcing militants to abandon satellite phones and large gatherings in favor of communicating by courier and moving stealthily in small groups.”

IN THE MAIL: The Mommy Files: Secrets Every New Mom Should Know (that no one else will tell you!)

BILL WHITTLE: Support Your Local Tea Party.

CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CANDIDATE MICKEY KAUS: “I’ve been arguing that Obama’s national Democratic party is less beholden to the unions than our state Democratic party. That’s true. But it still may be a little like arguing that the Mark Sanford is less creepy than John Edwards.”

MEDIA DOUBLE STANDARDS on protests and speech. “What do you think the general media response would be if 10,000 Tea Party activists shut down the streets of a major city, overran the cops, smashed windows, looted stores, and caused millions of dollars in damage? ‘The vast majority of demonstrators were peaceful’? Don’t bet on it.”

GREG GUTFELD ON REP. PHIL “I DON’T CARE ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION” HARE: “That man should not go on ‘Jeopardy.'”

ARE REPUBLICANS BECOMING the anti-bailout party?

U.S. NEWS: Six Vulnerable Potential Terrorist Targets.

THEODORE DALRYMPLE: Censorship By Language Reform.

MOE LANE: Even Chris Matthews doesn’t listen to Chris Matthews.

THE MENACE OF Strategic Mortgage Default.

FROM THE IPAD, auto-Bowdlerization.

DANNY GLOVER: The Global War On Rednecks.

PHIL BOWERMASTER: What if the jobs are never coming back?

I had some related thoughts here. Also here.

POLL: Tea Party 48, Obama 44.

Best headline: Tea Party More Popular Than Obama, Frank Rich Hardest Hit.

JIM CARREY acts out the Social Security “lockbox.”

ANNOUNCING THE Hugo Award finalists.

THINGS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS WEEKEND:

My Washington Examiner column on what Henry Waxman doesn’t know.

Violent, Eliminationist Rhetoric — from Greenpeace.

AlfonZo Rachel reads his hatemail.

My impressions of the iPad.

Rush Limbaugh, Chris Matthews, and the “Regime” Question.

CNN: Disgruntled Democrats Join The Tea Party. Plus, 53% now trust Republicans more than Democrats on health care. And Ed Driscoll observes: In the future, everyone will be a Klansman for 15 minutes.

Rex Murphy: Please Don’t Call It “Human Rights.”

An important IowaHawk investigation: Journo-politico Violence: Deadly Threat or Menacing Trend?

The growth of anti-deadbeatism.

Shocker: Indicted Militia Member a Registered Democrat.

MARK HEMINGWAY: Defensive much? Obama gives rambling, incoherent 17 minute response to concern about being ‘overtaxed’.

YALE BANS faculty/student sex.

TEA PARTY DEMOGRAPHICS: Et Tu Gallup? Second Polling Org. Shows Tea Party as Bi-Partisan, Bi-Racial Movement.

MORNING-AFTER iPad doubts?

REPORT: Tea Party Express visits Huntsville.