FORTRESS EUROPE: Greece bids to stem migrant surge from Turkey with guns, wire and a ‘wall.’

WIRED: U.S. Has Secret Tools to Force Internet on Dictators. “When Hosni Mubarak shut down Egypt’s internet and cellphone communications, it seemed that all U.S. officials could do was ask him politely to change his mind. But the American military does have a second set of options, if it ever wants to force connectivity on a country against its ruler’s wishes. There’s just one wrinkle. ‘It could be considered an act of war,’ says John Arquilla, a leading military futurist.” Meh. Say rather an effort to force compliance with Article 19.

INDIAN NAVY captures “pirate mothership.”

LEGAL EDUCATION: Villanova Goosed its U.S. News Ranking by ‘Knowingly’ Submitting Inflated LSAT and GPA Data to ABA. More here.

MORE ON DONALD RUMSFELD’S NEW BOOK, FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Rumsfeld questions the Surge.

LES JONES ON why food prices are going up.

WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS: A Fried-Egg Rug.

REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS declare war on federal regulations. Make it a Blitzkrieg, not a Sitzkrieg, please.

WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING? Green-Energy Plant Sucks Up Subsidies, Then Goes Bust.

FIRST, THEY BRING BACK DUCK AND COVER. Now it’s this: FCC: Presidential emergency alerts to be tested. “The primary goal is to provide the President with a mechanism to communicate with the American public during times of national emergency.” So do they know something we don’t? They seem awfully interested in a new experimental anti-radiation medicine, as I noted in my Atlantic piece. More here.

WOULD YOU TAKE THE PILL? “The whole thing will probably be a parable about Hubris. (Why? Because everything always has to be a freaking parable about Hubris.)”

BILL NYE TO SCIENCE TEACHERS: Teach Evolution!

SHELL CANCELS OFFSHORE ARCTIC OIL DRILLING.

THIS WEEK in the future.

AT AMAZON, markdowns on movies, TV, and Blu-Ray.

MORE ON the SEC’s accounting problems. Regulator, regulate thyself.

IN USA TODAY: Who will defend the Mideast Christians?

A QUICKER WAY TO IDENTIFY SKIN CANCER. “The device, called the Verisante Aura, is held above a mole, and uses Raman spectroscopy, a technique that distinguishes molecules using their vibrational states, to scan for those whose relative concentrations are characteristic of melanoma. The device returns a verdict within seconds. Following a successful small clinical trial, Verisante is now analyzing the results of another trial with 1,000 moles.”

FOUAD AJAMI: Demise Of The Dictators.

FROM THE INSTA-WIFE: Further thoughts on the decline of “male space.”

WHO’S THE BOSS? You, or your gadget? “Too often, people find themselves with little time to concentrate and reflect on their work. Or to be truly present with their friends and family. . . . The phenomenon started with the rise of BlackBerrys and has snowballed with the use of more smartphones, social media and tablet computers. Employees are using their smartphones and other devices to connect with corporate e-mail, applications and data wherever they happen to be — whether at home, on the go or even on vacation.” Luckily, you won’t find me online all the time like — oh, who am I kidding?

HOW APARTMENT DWELLERS can charge their electric vehicles.

A LOAF OF HEAVEN: Rachel Pereira experiments with bacon bread.

FASTER, PLEASE: Flu Vaccine Breakthrough Promises To Kill All Strains. That would be a major step. (Via All-American Blogger).

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