As if you need more evidence

that the TSA is irredeemably stupid check out this video demonstrating why the recent unintentional discharge on an airliner was not pilot error.

It’s bad enough to shoot yourself in the foot. It’s worse to shoot someone else in the foot.

Sorcery!

We live in times which prove Arthur C. Clark right: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Obama Doesn’t Trust You

Not only does he oppose your right to defend your life, he’s illiterate. What the hell is a “potential atmosphere”?

So if this is the guy with all the “new ideas”, why do his ideas all sound like tired old liberalism?

Could this be a sign of the needed reformation?

Or just wishful thinking?

Pope Benedict’s choice to publicly baptize the most prominent Muslim in Italy, Egyptian-born Magdi Allam, highlights a quiet worldwide exodus from Islam.

I sent Mark Steyn an email with that question, but I have little hope of a reply.

Is there anything a Marine can’t do?

Evidently not.

Wrong Victim

A Santa Rosa teen learned a lesson about Marines.

My favorite part?

The man reported the attempted robbery to police 45 minutes later.

Got to put the groceries away first.

Not Counting Democrat Governors…

I’ve often wondered what kind of guy has to pay for sex.

I wonder no longer.

Michael Yon signs off from this dispatch saying:

 Today I am in Iraq. Tomorrow Europe, and within the week, back to Texas. About a month later, I should be back in what is left of the war. There is relatively little fighting going on these days.

Ponder that for a moment.

And I pre-ordered Yon’s book just now. You should, too.

Mad for Al

It’s not a complete collection of Al Jaffee’s Mad Magazine Fold-ins, and the New York Times has done a predictable job of cherry picking, but these are still fun.