[…] - Michelle Malkin points to a full rise out of Chris Matthew’s Leg. - Tom McMahon works his Photoshop magic once again on the Obama/Wright fiasco. - John Hawkins nails what Barack Obama really is. - Flashy has some more questions for Obama. - One of those was also asked by Jim Geraghty. - I guess the NYT should have listened to Tom; Allahpundit has the sordid details of their faceplant into the tank. - PJ-Comix has been invited to the 2008 Media Research Center Gala Awards. - Lawhawk cheers the pending release of much of Hillary Clinton’s daily schedule from her time as first lady/co-President. - Kevin Fischer says, “Teach your children well about taxes.” - Mary Lazich points out half the country, including Wisconsin, have corporate income taxes that make doing business in the US the most-taxing in the industrialized world. - The NRSC isn’t the only Senatorial entity dealing with retirements; the odds of the Pubbies retaking the state Senate just dropped with the announcement of Carol Roessler’s retirement (via JSOnline’s AllPolitics). Of course, it could also be a golden opportunity to replace a RINO with a conservative. - Gateway Pundit reminds us the gulags in Cuba are not at Club Gitmo. - USCitizen has links to the transcripts of the Heller oral arguments. Stan has a link to the audio. - Bill Quick uses the Heller case to highlight why I’m a conservative, not a card-carrying Republican (though because I paid my $29 for the Milwaukee County Lincoln Day dinner, I’m in the party). - Pete wants to be a Knight at White Castle without going to the far side of the Root River Divide (side note; I miss Ed Zeppelin). - From the Religion of Pieces file, Wolking’s World finds 84% of Palestinians support the deadly attack on a Jerusalem seminary earlier this month. - Continuing with the Pieces theme, Weasel Zippers found out that our friends the Saudis (® James Taranto) once again refuse to recognize religions other than Islam. - The Winter That Won’t Die™ will be dumping some more snow on us Friday, or so says the National Weather Service now (the link will update with the latest forecast). - Charlie Sykes says, “Ahhhh, the power of Wisconsin cheese.” - CDR Salamander exposes the boondoggle that is the VH-71, which is slated to be Marine One when/if it enters service. Maybe it’s just me, but the combo behind the VH-71 sounds just a wee bit like the one behind the KC-45. - Swint answers Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe’s question, “Who is better than Zimbabwe?” - Uncle Jimbo is touring the country on the Heroes Tour, and he has a damn good interview with Mark Finelli. - Jo Egelhoff asks what brand of police station Appleton is getting for its over-budget money. - Mary wants the fidelity-challenged governors to “speak now or forever hold their peace”. - Youssef Ibrahim says it’s time to push the Saudis on oil prices. […]