JAMES LILEKS: Who Knew the ‘MS’ in MSNBC Stood For ‘Morally Superior’?

ER, CNN: There was no Duke Lacrosse “sex scandal.” Just a wrongful prosecution — for which the prosecutor was punished — and miserable press behavior, which obviously continues unabated.

JOHN MERLINE: Is Obama’s New Approach to Terrorism Making a Difference?

MORE CIVIL RIGHTS PROGRESS: Colorado State University board rescinds ban on licensed firearms carry.

My thoughts on this subject can be found here.

CLIMATEGATE UPDATE: Sensenbrenner Report Challenges EPA Greenhouse Finding.

SOCIALIST RIOTS: Chaos Grips Greece.

UPDATE: Expropriate The Expropriators! “In Marxist theory, the Communist Party represented the interests of productive workers, the value of whose labor is expropriated by others. That was wrong, but at least it had a certain coherence. Greek Communists (and more generally, 21st century socialists) stand for something quite different: the ‘right’ to be supported by the labor of others (in the Greek case, Germans); the ‘right’ to be a sponge, forever; the ‘right’ to be an exploiter. It would be hard to think of a less attractive political program.” And yet it is generally regarded by “right-thinking” people as respectable. . . .

ANOTHER UPDATE: Megan McArdle: “So default doesn’t fix their problems, and a small but enthusiastic minority of the population apparently thinks violence prevents budget cuts. Where does that leave Greece?”

CHANGE: Five Morgan Hill students sent home for wearing American flag T-shirts. School officials called the flag shirts “incendiary” because it was Cinco De Mayo.

SURVIVAL TIPS: Life-Saving Lessons From The Nashville Floods.

PJTV: Former US General Warns of Chemical Attacks against Israel.

I’VE BLOGGED ABOUT THE RESQME KEYCHAIN RESCUE TOOL IN THE PAST. Here’s another endorsement.

FIRST, THEY BLAMED THE TEA PARTIERS.

HMM: Report: Shahzad told cops he wanted revenge for U.S. drone strikes. If the Taliban hate ’em, that’s no reason to quit. But it’s kind of ironic, since these strikes are the signature Obama anti-terror technique, and since Obama’s partisans claimed he’d inspire less hatred. . . . .

HMM: Ouch! Hutaree Judge Deems Fed Effort “Woefully Inadequate.”

HMM: Yep, looks like Shahzad is a bona fide Taliban-trained agent. “Shahzad may be the jihadi equivalent of a Double A pitcher sent up to the majors because everyone else is on injured reserve. No surprise when it turns out he’s inept.”

GOVERNMENT REGULATORS GAVE BP A PASS: “The Interior Department exempted BP’s calamitous Gulf of Mexico drilling operation from a detailed environmental-impact analysis last year, according to government documents, after three reviews of the area concluded that a massive oil spill was unlikely.”

I had linked the original WaPo version of this below, but, strangely, that link now goes to a completely different story. So here it is again. Thanks to reader Joseph Nunke for pointing out this odd behavior at the Post, and for sending the new link. We saw similar behavior from The New York Times with a critical story about the Administration the other day. Hmm. Anybody at the WaPo or the NYT want to explain this? ‘Cause it looks pretty bad.

UPDATE: Related: Washington Post shifts leftward online.

HEH: “You can’t say the Bush years didn’t increase spending on education.”

MARKDOWNS ON knives and camp tools.

PJTV: Trifecta: Congressional Dems In Trouble. Just ask David Obey.

SPINNING TIMES SQUARE:

It is fascinating to see how the authorities and the major media outlets avoid the words “Islam” and “Muslim” in connection to the failed Times Square bombing. In both this piece in Time and in this piece in the New York Times the word “Islam” is only used in the name of the city of Islamabad in Pakistan.

The Times uses the word “Muslim” once: “At his news conference, Mr. Bloomberg warned against any backlash against Pakistanis or Muslims in New York, saying, ‘We will not tolerate any bias.’”

The authorities — Holder, Napolitano, New York Police Commissioner Kelly — also avoided the words Islam and Muslim at their press conference. They spoke about “terrorism” but didn’t define the term.

So what kind of terrorist is Faisal Shahzad if he cannot be called a Muslim or an Islamic terrorist?

Surely there must be some way to connect him to those damn Teabaggers!

UPDATE: A reader emails:

I think it’s clear that the borderline seditious talk of Joe Klein and Chris Matthews, and their constant criticism of President Bush, contributed to the Times Square bomber’s actions. Their over-the-top rants contributed to a climate of hate that drove the bomber to action. Their dog-whistle rhetoric, while not explicitly calling for a Jihadi strike at civilians in a busy city street, led to the same result. One can only wonder if they really regret that the bomb failed.

They should be taken off the air and out of print. For the children.

It’s always for the children, isn’t it?

LOOKING FOR SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY IN TIMES SQUARE: Looks like an argument for “local knowledge.” From the comments:

It’s a city. It’s THE city. Stuff happens all the time. Generally speaking, 90% of any con is looking like you know what you’re doing.

That said, people who are on that block all day every day probably know it better than you: That includes the common habits of tourists, what delivery guys come and go – and for whom, the types of garment district lackeys / theatre district lackeys / midtown office lackeys that are seen, etc.

It’s still the case, a la Jane Jacobs, that the street vendors, doormen and other such curb mayors own the street.

Which is why networks of security cams are a waste.

POWER LINE: American Oligarchy?

POWER LINE: Don’t Leave It To Cleaver, Part 14.

DON’T BLAME CALIFORNIA’S WOES on Proposition 13.

THE STATE OF Oil Spill Cleanup Technology.

ANDREW MARCUS ASKS if there’s a connection between the White House and union attacks on White House enemies.