DAVID CAMERON LEAVES BRITISH MILITARY demoralized?

LATEST LAW SCHOOL RANKINGS-MANIPULATION GIMMICK: The Secret To Inflating Employment Rates? Only Survey Law Grads Who Are Employed. “A tipster emailed pretty much everybody in the legal blogosphere spilling the dirt on how his law school is trying to inflate employment statistics. He claims that the directive from his law school is not at all subtle. If you are employed, the school hounds you to complete a graduate employment survey. If you are unemployed, the school would like you to ignore it. That way, when the school hears from U.S. News or NALP or the ABA — or Law School Transparency, which just issued another request to law schools for more comprehensive employment data — law school officials can throw up their hands and say, ‘It’s so hard to get our graduates to fill out a jobs survey.'”

PETER SUDERMAN: New Obama Administration Health Care Guru: Double Counting? What Double Counting?

DEMOGRAPHY IS DESTINY: The Real Cause Of Europe’s Sovereign Debt Crisis: Mamma’s Boys. “It seems as if the more 25-34 year old men living with their parents, the more expensive the cost to insure the respective sovereign’s debt.” Or, you know, basement-boy-buildup could be caused by job-killing socialist policies, making it a symptom, rather than a cause . . . .

CHANGE: Fears of new food crisis as prices soar. “The bill for global food imports will top $1,000bn this year for the second time ever, putting the world ‘dangerously close’ to a new food crisis, the United Nations said.” So is food getting more expensive, or are dollars worth less?

VIDEO: Transhumanism, existential risk, and the AI physician.

VIEWERS PULL PLUG ON CABLE TV. “The number of people subscribing to US cable television services has suffered its biggest decline in 30 years as younger, tech-savvy viewers lead an exodus to web-based operations, such as Hulu and Netflix.”

They’re all going to PJTV.

A HOT AIR READER POLL: Fiscal issues trump social issues by … quite a lot.

SUSANNAH BRESLIN: 30 Things I Wish I’d Done Before I Turned 30.

A 30-DAY FREE TRIAL on free shipping from Amazon Prime. I signed up for Amazon Prime back when it started, and it changed the way I shop, for the better. Or you could just sign up for 30 days and ship all your Christmas stuff for free — your call!

UPDATE: Reader John Potter — a happy Amazon Prime subscriber — reminds that you have to cancel it after 30 days or you’ll be billed.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Kevin O’Brien writes:

Prof Reynolds —

I’ve gotten in the habit, since buying into Prime, of just throwing interesting books and DVDs and whatnot into my cart, and pulling the trigger when (1) critical mass builds up, or (2) the big ticket item gets a price reduction (every price cut or hike is dutifully reflected, and the shopper is flagged on his next visit to amazon.com) or (3) I add a one-day only Gold Box item to the pile. One needn’t be a Prime customer to use this technique.

I did buy into Prime on your recommendation and am quite grateful. Transformative indeed.

I have followed several of your recs and they have always panned out well. A great example is the Presto rotating Pizza Oven. It not only cooks a great ‘za without the production involved in using the oven, but it fascinates kids. Made me into a favorite uncle overnight, it did. The one downside is the teflon coating is fragile and once it’s gone, eh.

I come to the blog for the pithy comments, congenial political and economic thought, and various links; and I stay for the shopping advice.

Now I’ve nearly pulled the trigger on the rotating pizza oven more than once — only my desire to keep the counters uncluttered has stopped me. Well, that and the Insta-Wife’s not-especially-great love for pizza. Me, I could eat pizza every day.

WHEN MEN FAKE ORGASMS.

PROFESSOR BAINBRIDGE: “So what will the groper-in-chief want when terrorists start sticking bombs up their asses or vaginas? A strip search coupled with a body cavity probe?”

OIL AND GAS: Still on top?

HOPE: U.S. Department of Justice Pushes N.J. County to Allow Muslim Corrections Officer to Wear Headscarf. Even though the Third Circuit has said it’s not legally required.

Plus, from the comments: “Next up — calling any Muslim law officer a ‘pig’ to be declared a ‘hate’ crime.”

BOLSHEVIKS for Monarchy.

NOAH SHACHTMAN: Has Airport Security Gone Too Far?

CHINESE SUPERCOMPUTER takes #1 slot.

INSTAVISION: I talk with Michelle Caruso-Cabrera of CNBC about the Tea Party movement, fiscal responsibility as social responsibility, and her new book, You Know I’m Right: More Prosperity, Less Government. It’s an excellent book — highly recommended.

UPDATE: Here’s the YouTube version.

ANOTHER UPDATE: A reader emails: “Nice tie on the video!” Yeah, the tri-star pattern is derived from the Tennessee flag. I saw at at McClellan’s and bought it, only to find out that it’s from a company called Volunteer Traditions, founded by one of my former law students. They provide state-themed stuff for a number of states, not just Tennessee.

FRENCH SHOCKED THAT BUSH DEFENDS POLICIES IN MEMOIRS.

Ah, that old Chirac photo never fails to amuse.

ROBERT POOLE: TSA Needs A Risk-Based Approach to Airport Security.

WHAT, THEY WERE PURITANS BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED? Sexism in Italy is all Berlusconi’s fault, apparently. Should I be suspicious of an article on objectification written by a woman named Barbie?

HENRY BLODGET: Like Hell There’s No Inflation. “As the saying goes, the CPI’s a fine price measure–as long as you don’t eat or drive.”

UPDATE: A reader writes: “I can see inflation from my house.”

QUALITY GUARANTEE OR WASTE OF MONEY? A look at accreditation in higher education.

WHEN IMMOVABLE BIGOTRY MEETS IRRETRIEVABLE IDIOCY, WHAT DO YOU GET? The Perfect Storm… WESTBORO CULT to Picket Dearbornistan Islamic Center — Nov.18th.

NRA COMES OUT Against Andrew Traver.