HMMMM: The Philosopher’s Stone Bacteria kind of has a ring to it, no?  Apparently these superman-strength bacteria can produce gold.

I REMEMBER WHEN STAYING HOME AND BAKING COOKIES WAS A BAD THING: now, of course it’s another sign of the Obamas’ superiority.  Or something.  Hey, Michelle, you didn’t bake that.

POOR MOST HURT: by Obama’s “necessarily skyrocketing” energy prices.  Though I’m here to tell you the middle class is also taking it on the chin.

IT’S GETTING HARDER TO TELL: the difference between satire and reality

THE DISCONTENTS OF CENTRAL PLANNING: Perhaps people shouldn’t all be encouraged to vacation the same week?  Nah.  That’s crazy talk!

FASTER PLEASE: FDA Panel Says Yes To Implanted Eye Device

IT’S ALL THOSE PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS: Wheels come off Obama’s Libya dissembling

AFTER MANY YEARS: My friend Rebecca Lickiss has a sequel to her popular fantasy novel Never After (which incidentally is free on Amazon just now.)  I haven’t read Never Say Never After Again yet, but it’s on my to-be-read pile.

OVER-REGULATION KEEPS THEIR POCKETS FILLED: Lawyers representing whistleblowers donate heavily to Obama.

In other news, water still wet.

WHEN YOU’VE LOST THE WASHINGTON POST FACT CHECKERS: it might be time to drop it.

WHO SAYS CRIME DOESN’T PAY: Gov. Cuomo’s administration is launching an aggressive plan to sign up thousands of ex-cons for taxpayer-financed Medicaid .  This nonsense will go on until it can’t — are we there yet?

OBAMA CORNERS A COVETED ENDORSEMENT: if this doesn’t get out the vote, nothing will.

“If I were American, I’d vote for Obama,” Mr Chavez said in a televised interview that aired Sunday.

The Venezuelan leader called Obama “a good guy” and said if the US president were a Venezuelan, “I think … he’d vote for Chavez.”

And I wish I could doubt any of that…

THERE IS A LIBERTARIAN CASE FOR MITT ROMNEY: and Stephen Green makes it.

THE SILENCE OF THE NINETY ONE PERCENT: WE ARE THE 91%: Only 9% of Americans Cooperate with Pollsters  and most of my family and friends aren’t among them.  Why not?   They don’t trust the person on the other side of the phone NOT to be from the government and taking down numbers for nefarious purposes.  After Joe the Plumber, after Fast and Furious and Benghazi-gate, after the media that won’t report this administration’s malfeasance, do you blame them?

WE ARE GIVING DRONES TO THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF YEMEN: What could possibly go wrong?

GLOBAL DIAPER SHORTAGE: At least according to the Telegraph.  Rare metals, medicines, bacon… now diapers?  It’s the end of civilization.

FAST AND FURIOUS BACK IN THE HEADLINES: Univision reportedly finds more victims.

Pinterest: cupcake recipes, nail art, tips on weddings, motivational posters and… a tool of law enforcement.

The Progressive War On Science.  I was discussing this with a scientist friend just the other day.

Drudge headlines this morning, screen capture

The main headline reports the 2,000 military deaths in Afghanistan, but below the fold there’s this:  MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: OBAMA PLANS $450 MILLION CASH FOR EGYPT…

We can’t afford this administration’s foreign policies anymore than we can afford its economic policies.

Question all authority but the educator’s seems to be the order of business at many schools.  (I noticed that trend as my kids went through K-12, and I noticed it getting worse over the years.)

Mouth of Giant Black Hole Measured.  No word yet on whether it’s the one located over US treasury.

Apparently there’s a New Theory On Why Men Love Breasts.  (And here, I thought the old theory “because they’re men” was just fine.)

If you read urban fantasy and also like police procedurals, you might want to consider Nocturnal Origins (full disclosure, the author is a friend. However, the book’s unusual combination of fantasy and realism makes it worth it on its own merits.)

Meanwhile at her newly-revived blog, the author of the book linked above wonders Would you trust California with your retirement plan?

Firefly and lessons in contract law.