Maggie's Farm

Wish I owned some of the private equity in YouTube. It's a great site, and a great service, and has already overtaken MySpace. Watch out, eBay. Wonder if Google will try to buy them before the $ gets higher.

Slacker males: Not the greatest generation. Viking

Stick with Babalu for Castro death watch #2713.

New work on the genetics of autism. Science Daily

A little tour through hell: Not with Vergil -  Maxed Out Mama visits the Dem blogs. Not a pretty sight.

Getting it straight: Terrorists don't have to follow the rules. The West has to. I agree with that thesis, as long as we kill the terrorists. Dem Project gets a bit upset about the double standard. Who doesn't? Happy to say that Israel is moving in with adequate ground troops. And Hezbollywood may turn out to be the scam story of the year: people believe what they want to believe.

No work ethic in Europe.  They subscribe to the "Vacation Ethic." But what about people who want to work hard, and do things, and not laze about like cows in a field? Tangled

Rick reviews the decline of chivalry in warfare. Part of the world is still in the "try to be chivalrous" mode, and the rest doesn't give a damn.

Media Lies: This time, the Detroit News. Israpundit

SPP and NASCO: The most under-reported major story of the year. RWH