For some reason, I've been closely following the ongoing saga of Laurence Simon and his neighbor's abandoned cat, Rufus. Given that Lair and his wife already have four cats, I'm guessing they'll take Rufus in, too. Regardless, I hope Rufus finds a better home than his former one.
Meanwhile, Steven Den Beste has a typically great post about the U.S. Navy, its recent movements and the imminence of war. SDB writes,
And that's not even everything the Navy has sent, nor have I even mentioned the Air Force or the Army both of which are also deploying huge forces now.All these ships can reach the Gulf in less than two weeks. This is no joke; this is real. This is no bluff. This isn't just posturing. You don't deploy these kinds of forces in this kind of numbers unless you're really serious. And you do not send a force like this to a theater to sit on its ass for six months and only then go into combat. In the ideal case, they get sent at the last possible instant both because that maximizes readiness and because it minimizes the window of risk to the men and ships from enemy air, missile or submarine assault.
They're really going to start fighting, and soon.
Jonah Goldberg is funny again here:
When I read this, I feel the need to smash their guitar against the wall of the Delta House.
Finally, Andrew Stuttaford (who coined the term "Nurse Bloomberg" following Bloomberg's push for New York City's upcoming smoking restrictions) discusses another episode of government nannyism. Stuttaford points to this post by Jacob Sullum which discusses a bill moving through the North Dakota legislature that provides for jail time for those who purchase or sell cigarettes (other than for "religious purposes"). The bill is being pushed by a yet another Republican.
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