AMAZON SPARS WITH STATES OVER TAXES. I consulted on the Quill case.

AT AMAZON, DVDs As Low As $6.99.

PJTV: Kruiser Control.

MARK LEVIN: Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush.

DON’T BE LIKE CHE. “Every time I see some privileged person protest touring, I think of Che. Every time I hear about some insurrectionists starting shit in other people’s neighborhoods, I think of Che. Every time some twenty-something white dudes audaciously roll into a room like they have all the answers – summarily dismissing the experience and knowledge of everyone else there – I think of Che. Every time I see some supposed radicals who can’t recognize how inappropriate it is to ‘lead’ or ‘save’ or ‘help’ the poor people or black people or brown people, without bothering to ask their opinion about it, I think of Che.” It’s good that he was killed. It’s bad that he wasn’t killed a lot sooner.

IN THE “INFO” AGE, everything gets a little shorter.

THAT DEPENDS ON HOW PREPARED WE ARE: What Happens When a Mega-Earthquake Strikes the U.S.?

AT AMAZON, markdowns on toys and games.

TAKE A MOVIE TO WORK: Bill Whittle loves Battle: Los Angeles. A lot.

UPDATE: Had the wrong link before. Fixed now. Sorry!

FASTER, PLEASE: Stem Cells Reverse Damage In Enlarged Hearts.

DUBAI: The world’s most opulent ghost town. “Dubai suffers from gigantism—a national inferiority complex that has to make everything bigger and biggest. This includes their financial crisis.”

HOW’S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKING OUT FOR YOU? Obama Cancels Public Speech In Rio Square:

On Thursday, members of an advance US security team were seen inspecting the surroundings of Cinelandia, where anti-US banners could be seen hanging from a road-side fence.

Some social and union groups have declared Obama a “persona non grata” and called for a protest, accusing him of a “bellicose policy of occupation” in foreign countries, and of attacking people “in the name of the war on terror.”

Remember when people thought that electing Obama would bring on pro-American sentiments around the globe? Me neither.

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: Study: $5/gallon gas could overload public transit system in U.S.

CORRUPTION in California’s pension plan.

RAND PAUL unveils a 5-year budget plan.

POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION affects fathers, too.

THE NEW YORK TIMES’ IDEA of “moderate Islam.”

HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND grocery shopping? More than 17 minutes.

IN THE MAIL: The Fight of Our Lives: Knowing the Enemy, Speaking the Truth, and Choosing to Win the War Against Radical Islam.

CHEVY VOLT: The Car From Atlas Shrugged Motors. “Who is going to buy all these cars?”

MICKEY KAUS: Advice to the Administration on How Not To Panic People When Talking About Radiation.

CORRUPT JOURNALISM: Bad Car Review for Chrysler 200 Killed After Advertiser Complaint.

SO IS THIS THE HOPE, OR THE CHANGE (CONT’D): Gallup Finds U.S. Unemployment at 10.2% in Mid-March.

MORE IN PITY THAN IN ANGER, a reflection on the dangers of trying to intimidate Ann Althouse.

UPDATE: Exclusive Interview With Jim Shankman, the Man Behind the Ann Althouse Threat. Jeez, what a pathetic loser.

BLAME AMERICA FIRST:

Are Americans prone to violence after natural and man-made disasters? That’s the assertion of libtalker / Democratic Party strategist Bill Press, who used yesterday’s syndicated radio program to compare post-quake Japan to the US in derisive terms.

Citing looting after Hurricane Katrina and rioting in South-Central Los Angeles during the Rodney King incident, Press claimed the calm atmosphere in Japan proves Americans are “ruffians and thugs” by comparison.

Hmm. Those are mostly-black areas. Press’s comments sound kinda . . . racist, you know?