LOOKING FOR WAR ON TERROR NEWS? Check out Fred Pruitt’s Rantburg.

JAMES TARANTO: Lethal Weapon ’08: Who’d have thought Obama would kill more Arab tyrants and terrorists than Bush?

THEY ARE HARDWORKING, HONEST, AND NEVER LATE: “Strange country.”

WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Speaking of floor leaders: Steny Hoyer’s intimate ties with lobbyists. “I’m talking about House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., who has raised far more money from lobbyists this year — $142,000 — than any other House candidate. In fact, Hoyer has outraised Boehner 3-to-1 from K Street. . . . Some of those company names — Goldman, Citi, Miller — remind me of Robert Cogorno. Hoyer’s former floor director, Cogorno is a lobbyist representing those companies Goldman, Citi, and MillerCoors. Cogorno also represents the Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers of America, Northrop Grumman, Microsoft, the Managed Funds Association, and a dozen more big companies.”

UPDATE: Sorry, brain-burp. Somebody sent me this and I didn’t notice its age. Should’ve gone to bed earlier. Not that the lobbyist-ties bit isn’t still true. . . .

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: The $1 Trillion Student Loan Rip-Off: How an Entire Generation Was Tricked into Taking on Crushing Debt That Just Enriches Banks. The lefties are almost waking up to this. But Alex Pareene still thinks the problem is “for profit” colleges, even though he notes the crushing debt complained of by the OWS crowd, most of whom ran up their debt at traditional universities.

They’re slow learners, but they’ll catch on eventually.

BARTON HINKLE: In Northern Virginia, Democrats Unleash Anti-Gay Hate Campaign Against Gay Republican. “Democrats in Northern Virginia know better than to harp on a candidate’s sexuality. Doing so might bring them short-term gain. But playing to homophobia is a form of participating in it. To paraphrase Imarti: You guys say you’re pro-gay, but you’re running an anti-gay whisper campaign. What you gonna do about it?” Any weapon to hand.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: So Smart, He’s Above Democracy And The Rule Of Law.

FROM ED MORRISSEY: Exclusive interview with Senator Marco Rubio on WaPo’s story about his family history.

THIS WEEKEND: The Orionid Meteor Shower.

AT AMAZON, 50% off women’s Halloween costumes. Love that they lead with the Sexy Princess Leia. Also, 50% off men’s Halloween costumes, too — but the Mario Bros. outfit doesn’t have quite the same resonance . . . .

CHARLIE MARTIN: Watch Out For Science Reporting. “Lesson: Be cautious about the reporting of a scientific paper that hasn’t been published yet, and be doubly cautious about how a paper is reported when it’s a politically sensitive topic.”

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: “Should I Choose the Rich Guy or the Nice Guy?”

BRILLIANCE on display. Heh.

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: “How Much Sex Do Guys Really Need?”

EIGHT HOT USED CARS on sale for pennies on the dollar.

UPDATE: Sports-car builder extraordinaire David Kirkham emails: “Beware of the Ferrari 308/328. Those pennies will rapidly turn back into dollars (BIG dollars) if you have ANY problems. An engine rebuild can cost you as much as the car. Worse, there is only word to describe the driving experience–underwhelming.”

Of course, look what he’s got as a baseline.

AT AMAZON, 30-40% off on men’s sleepwear.

BRINGING BACK the Deutschmark?

UPDATE: Dollar hits record low against Yen.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Yeah, the Zerohedge folks are a bit excitable. But in this context that probably just means a couple of weeks early. . . .

THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WHERE ONLY THE POLICE ARE TO BE TRUSTED WITH GUNS: D.C. Police Sergeant Sentenced For Drunken Gun Threat. “Christopher Whitehouse, 51, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault from an incident in March when he pointed a handgun at a friend’s head during an argument at her Cheverly home. . . . According to the charging documents, Whitehouse unholstered a handgun, grabbed the woman around her neck and pointed the weapon underneath her chin. ‘How do you like this bitch?’ Whitehouse purportedly said to her, the records state. Whitehouse put the gun away when the woman’s boyfriend came into the room. . . . Whitehouse was previously demoted in the department for a 2002 incident, in which he pulled a man over while off-duty and intoxicated and was accused of threatening the driver with a gun.”

But remember, they’re trained and professional. Not like you ordinary slobs, who might do something stupid or irrational with a gun.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU crash a Ford Focus at 120 mph. Nothing pretty.

SO LET’S INVADE: An Infant Star System With “Thousands of Oceans'” Worth of Water.

SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT ENACT a gun purchase individual mandate? Well, unlike the ObamaCare mandate, Congress has an enumerated power for that one. In fact, the Militia Act of 1792 contained just such a mandate.

HEALTH: Large study finds no link between cellphones and brain tumors.

MILEAGE: Infiniti M35h only hybrid to beat its mpg rating in fuel economy marathon.

BRUCE THORNTON: The End Of The Euro?