A PLEA FOR RATIONALITY: Kill the Iowa Straw Poll.

MICKEY KAUS SUBJECTS PAUL KRUGMAN to an old-style Fisking. It’s a beatdown of epic proportions.

The brutal conclusion: “Krugman knows all this, of course. He just writes as if we don’t.”

PUNCHING BACK TWICE AS HARD: “You’re just a gullible fool!” Conrad Black Gives Us a Lesson on How a Conservative Should Interact with the MSM.

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A TIMELY REMINDER FROM MARK LEVIN: “We’re not going to surrender to this. We will not be passive, we will not be compliant in our demise.” Hey, the Dems lost in 2000, 2002, and 2004. Everybody wrote them off, too. And as Bill Whittle points out, they lost despite having the media entirely on their side.

RON BAILEY: Blue Science And Red Science. “After analyzing both the Democratic and Republican Party platforms, it’s evident that science is secondary to politics. Politicians of both parties manage to find science that conveniently supports the policies they already favor.”

NO. NEXT QUESTION? Can We Be Sweden?

WELL, IT’S NOT LIKE THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE JOBS WHEN THEY GRADUATE, SO WHY NOT? College Diversity Supporters Form Circular Boycott Squad.

HIRING, INVESTING, and the “pretty girl” paradox.

“SMART DIPLOMACY:” Obama Legitimizes Morsi’s Protection Racket. “It is astonishing that American officials and the world media have hailed Morsi simply because he first sicced his dog on his neighbor, and then called the dog off.”

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THOMAS LIFSON: Conservatives using Alinsky’s Rule Number 5.

BOB OWENS: Doomsday Preppers Week 2: How To Destroy Your Internet Marriage Without Even Trying.

HOW CONVENIENT: DC Government Loses 1,000 Pro-Food Truck Comments.

AT AMAZON, Black Friday Deals in Sports & Outdoors.

J.P. FREIRE: The “Hollywood Holocaust” and Other Cold War Myths. Leaving aside the obscenity of comparing out-of-work screenwriters with gassed Auschwitz inmates, there’s this: Communists are no better than Nazis. Refusing to hire Communists is on the same moral plane as refusing to hire Nazis. Which is to say: It’s a good and admirable thing, not a sin. Go broke and starve, commies. It’s what you deserve for being eager, willing servants of totalitarianism.

REASON TV: Philadelphia: No Love for the Homeless.

LIFE IN OBAMA’S AMERICA: Student Suspended for Refusing to Wear a School-Issued RFID Tracker.

INFLATION: The Soaring Price Of Thanksgiving. Hey, look when the upward trend started!

NOTHING IS SAFE: Even Muni Bonds May Be Targeted in ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Talks. This is fine with me, but it’s just another example of regime uncertainty. When you’re not sure what the government will do, you’re more likely to just sit on your hands, and your money.

FASTER, PLEASE: Private moon mission rumour is glimpse of lunar future.

FROM THE TIME CAPSULE: The 2008 fantasy. “Obama has shown a real commitment to open government.”

THIS DOESN’T SOUND GOOD: Czech anti-chemical warfare troops are in Jordan. “Defense Secretary Leon Panetta recently told the White House that any military effort to secure Syria’s chemical weapons would take tens of thousands of troops.” Didn’t Saddam ship a bunch of his stuff to Syria at the last minute?

Just to be safe I’m laying in some crucial supplies.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: How Much Weight Can You Gain From Thanksgiving Dinner?

PEOPLE ARE STILL EMAILING ME TO SAY “Bill Whittle For President!” #Whittle2016!