Listen, next time someone on NPR tells you to pee your pants about Chinese competition for world leadership, read this or this or just about anything WR Mead says about China.

Also, this.

No matter how much sillyman Raddy wants to get all secret-agent-y about this, we're mutual investors, and this isn't a Cold War.

Amy had a post last week about how life was getting better, but it was mostly about consumer conveniences for Americans.

We should never forget what this man describes as America's gift to the world. Short video! Minute and a half!

No other nation was ever going to do that for the planet. Or is ever going to... Listen to Kagan.

(The whole video is worth hearing, but take a couple of minutes from the middle to hear his thoughts on this question.)

Meanwhile, in Gay Paree...

Doomed!

Location, location, lo...

More bullshit. Must have been a New Year's resolution.

There. You have been fully validated, and can now go about your life.

Not exactly a controlled experiment but still fun to read about: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2534457/Columnist-creates-worst-dating-profile-men-come-flocking-posted-picture-model.html

Journalist comes up with the worst online dating profile she can think of, but pairs it with pictures of her model friend.

W. T. F.

What does the fox say?

I don't belong in your Chinese donkey meat.

Our Charming Hostess might dig this one.

Here's another one, for the next time the damn kids make us feel old with their new gadgets.

Punched in the head too many times?

Or not enough?

What does the fox say?

Don't think I wasn't tempted to make an ass joke here.

With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. -- Steven Weinberg

Cousin Dave, my sentiments exactly. What was going on in that officer's head?

Interesting conflict I'm noticing on this blog. Crid seems to be going at it with my own enemies, Radwaste and lujlp. Talk about not having a dog in this fight!

I will simply deal with this the way that the U.S. should have dealt with two of our enemies, Iran and Iraq: let them kill each other.

Crid seems to be going at it with my own enemies, Radwaste and lujlp.

Enemies? Talk about delusions of grandeur, your a guy I disagreed with on ONE, count it one subject, and you threw a hissy fit. Seriously grow up already