Another Chinese Sub

McQ over at Q&O:

 Run Silent, Run Deep…

And pop up like a cork in the midst of a carrier battle group:

American military chiefs have been left dumbstruck by an undetected Chinese submarine popping up at the heart

Ace of Spades says:

Looks like the Saturday night box office estimates are in and while Lions for Lambs basically doubled its take from Friday, $6.7 million in box office is only good for 4th place.

A distant 4th

• I’ve added a trick to the category listing that’s been in the right sidebar since day one; The system now gives you a count of how many postings are in each category. I’m not really sure how much it helps,

Found at Donklephant:

Frum:

“Just noticed that Andrew Sullivan opines that I am “rattled” by Paul’s haul. Personally, I think it is Andrew who has been “rattled” by being caught in yet another of his careless or reckless errors

Poor Paul Krugman...

So there’s a campaign on to exonerate Ronald Reagan from the charge that he deliberately made use of Nixon’s Southern strategy. When he went to Philadelphia, Mississippi, in 1980, the town where the civil rights workers

In looking at this offering from Little Green Footballs, as regards the Gathering Of Eagles stumbling across the Fred Phelps Nutballs, I’m reminded of something I thought of a couple of months ago, and for some reason didn’t write

Michelle

Yes, my site’s been down most of the day because of a Rackspace server outage.

Yes, I’d wondered about that. There were a few others down, too. Glad to see you back online.

WASHINGTON – Democrat Barack Obama said Sunday that if elected he will push to increase the amount of income that is taxed to provide monthly Social Security benefits.

Obama and other Democratic presidential candidates previously have signaled support for this

News flash:
Apparently, Rosie O’Donnel can’t stand Bill Clinton.

No, seriously.

PageSix at the NY Post ran the story:

“He disgusts me,” O’Donnell recalled saying at the casino show. “And I know I’m not supposed to say this because I’m

Bit notes: Its veterans day.  Today is a day that we set aside to honor those who have served as true.  To honor those who have proudly worn the uniform and have helped keep this nation in pursuit of its

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) – The king of Spain told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to “shut up” Saturday during a heated exchange at a summit of leaders from Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Chavez, who called President Bush the “devil”

The most arrogrant governor, Eliot Spitxer, New York, is hinting that his about to hang Mrs. Clinton out to dry.   The New York Times is reporting that Spitxer has backed-off his inconsidered plan to give New York State driver’s license

Here’s a little-used graphic of currently understood domestic oil potential, that the Washington Post ran some months ago:

(Drill the pic for full size)

Now, before you comment on the limitations involved, be aware most of the limits are man

From, Agence France-Presse,  

Los Angeles – Los Angeles on Friday voted to ban the racist “N-word” with city councillors saying they hope the symbolic gesture will stop people from using the epithet in any context.

The Los Angeles City

(New York Times) -Norman Mailer, the combative, controversial and often outspoken novelist who loomed over American letters longer and larger than any writer of his generation, died today in Manhattan. He was 84.

Conservative Reader Blog points out:

Much of