There were tornadoes in the Texas “panhandle” yesterday, and of course Reed Timmer and co got ‘em.

The Saints traded up two rounds for… a punter?

The next secret Air Force One photo op that was scheduled? Buzzing DC and the Pentagon. Good grief.

Plus: Obama’s not only thinking inside the box, he’s “nailing it shut from the inside”.

The now-famous chart says otherwise. And even the AP says he’s flat-out lying.

We’ll see how long that lasts, Carter II.

Hardcore leftists assumed that electing Obama meant they’d finally brainwashed everyone. Au contraire, as the President would like us to say.

Also makes it illegal to notice someone might be gay, or something like that. (Barney Frank’s of course behind it. Heh, I said “behind it” while I still can).

Some cool night photography (via Shorpy‘s Twitter feed).

No. Just no.

…for being good little lapdogs. The “imagine if Bush had done it” stories write themselves at this point.

A very good point. I don’t think TOTUS will wait around to see how those work out before continuing onwards to Marx though.

Not only are guns still selling briskly, but Mark Levin’s book is already up to 18 printings and 1 million copies in print. Plus it’s beating the tar out of the new Dan Brown drek on Amazon’s top 10.

Many good points and questions. As one points out: throw in a few more planes, call it a mini air-show, maybe charge admission for the best spots, and it’s a whole different thing. Also, this is probably the most Photoshop-ready gaffe in the history of politics.

Apparently the DNC’s OK with him but the progressive/Soros/”netroots” left is furious.

Not exactly a surprising turn of events.

Very interesting.

An Israeli firm (of course) is developing an electric car with a “micro-turbine” engine to recharge the batteries.

The tone deafness of the Administration is incredible. Yes, it would be a great idea to buzz lower Manhattan, Jersey City, and the Statue of Liberty in a 747 unannounced. Can’t they hire Aaron Sorkin as the “Don’t Do That” Czar?

I’m totally serious.

Murtha passed new rules in 1997 that make it harder to investigate him now. Very handy.

The government’s essentially taking over GM and giving it to the UAW. Maybe they’ll be able to negotiate a competitive contract with themselves.

And isn’t that as it should be?

I can’t really mentally untangle this (real) story from last week’s South Park.

Naturally this has enraged Robert Fisk and some of the other usual suspects. A previous BBC internal audit believed to have come to the same conclusions was (and remains) suppressed.