HEH: Sweet: Illinois Republican wants fugitive Wisconsin Dems to pay state income tax. “Illinois Rep. Mike Tryon, of Crystal Lake, said the Wisconsin lawmakers should be subject to the Illinois tax in the same way Green Bay Packers players must pay Illinois tax for games played at Soldier Field. . . . Tryon said he opposed a 2007 bill that extended the 5% Illinois tax to temporary workers — including professional athletes and movie stars. But if it’s on the books, the Wisconsin senators should pay, Tryon said.”

AT AMAZON, Bear Grylls survival gear.

UPDATE: Herschel Smith says forget that, buy a Ka-Bar.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Brian Hoskins says get one of these.

I THINK THIS IS MOSTLY ABOUT PROTECTING THE RICE BOWLS OF TRADITIONAL UNIVERSITIES: Change.org aims to stir liberal rage against Washington Post’s Kaplan University.

On the other hand, threatening Kaplan also puts pressure on the Washington Post not to be too negative toward the Administration and its allies. Or is that interpretation too cynical?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You’re an entrepreneur, so you don’t work.”

GOOD NEWS FOR STEPHEN GREEN: Russian Physicians Develop Artificial Liver.

LOWER-EDUCATION BUBBLE BURSTING (CONT’D): Providence School Board Approves Plan To Send Layoff Notices To All Teachers.

WISCONSIN: Recall process now underway for runaway legislators. “The only Democratic senator who is not currently the subject of a recall bid is Spencer Coggs of Milwaukee.”

MOE LANE: Smash the ROTC ‘Roadblock.’

DIALING THE CREEP FACTOR UP TO 11: Photoblogging an abandoned theme park.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: In Wisconsin’s long shadow, unions and tea partyers face off across US. I’m glad to see that so many Tea Party folks are turning out all over the country even though — unlike the union folks — they’re not protecting their place at the public trough. As Greece demonstrates, it’s easy to get people to march for their right to suck, unmolested, at the government teat. Getting taxpayers to resist seems to be an American thing.

RANDY BARNETT: The Libertarian Origins Of The Republican Party.

MORE OF “THE NEW CIVILITY,” I GUESS: Video: Rhode Island union supporter to cameraman – “I’ll f**k you in the ass, you faggot.”

Still waiting for the New York Times editors and Paul Krugman to denounce this climate of hate.

SO IS THIS GOOD NEWS, OR BAD NEWS? Cash deals raise January sales of existing homes, report says. “Sales of previously owned homes increased nationwide in January, driven by all-cash purchases that suggest investors are chasing after foreclosures and other bargains in an ailing housing market, an industry group reported Wednesday.” I guess it’s good news, as this is part of clearing the market. But it’s not really a sign of a recovery, yet.

ANN ALTHOUSE: The Badger Herald writes about last night’s teach-in on the Wisconsin budget bill and completely misrepresents what Prof. Donald Downs said. “Maybe the reporter had trouble hearing a professor imply that Scott Walker might be doing something good.” Video here. Exposing the contradictions in the political economy!

CAR LUST: The Cars Of “Hawaii Five-O.”

DONATING MONEY TO A COLLEGE? Beware.

BOEING GETS $35B Tanker Contract.

UPDATE: Some background.

RECORDING POLICE ENCOUNTERS? THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT. “A new app called OpenWatch allows users to record audio and video of police interactions and then upload them anonymously to the web.”

SO IS THIS THE HOPE, OR THE CHANGE? New residential sales sink 12.6% from December, 18.6% from previous January.

AT AMAZON, it’s the Outlet Sale.

JENNIFER RUBIN: Left-wing front group doesn’t like public employee study. “But let’s look at what CREW is and why it’s so interested in telling me bad things about Berman. Back in 2006, long before Karen Tumulty came to The Post, she wrote an informative piece on CREW. . . . So what can we conclude from all this? CREW really isn’t a neutral watchdog group. It has a left-wing agenda that serves the purpose of its left-wing donors. And one of its pet projects is hounding Berman. But I don’t suppose CREW has any interest into looking into George Soros’s multiple organizations. Well, of course not! You don’t bite the hand that feeds you.”

THE OLD ORDER IS breaking down.

REVIEW: The Motorola Xoom.

FORGET THE “BUSH DOCTRINE:” If you want to stump a politician, ask them “What is the ‘Obama Doctrine.'”

RIGHTHAVEN UPDATE: National bloggers’ group intervenes in copyright lawsuit campaign.