Larwyn's Link Kerplosion: "The Luckiest Jihadist in Town"

• Mark Steyn on the incredible lightness of journalism (Orange County Register): For the Wall Street Journal, Tom Gross produced a jaw-dropping round-up of Mumbai media coverage: The discovery that, for the first time in an Indian terrorist atrocity, Jews had been attacked, tortured and killed produced from the New York Times a serene befuddlement: "It is not known if the Jewish center was strategically chosen, or if it was an accidental hostage scene... Hmm. Greater Mumbai forms one of the world's five biggest cities. It has a population of nearly 20 million. But only one Jewish center, located in a building that gives no external clue as to the bounty waiting therein. An "accidental hostage scene" that one of the "practitioners" just happened to stumble upon? "I must be the luckiest jihadist in town. What are the odds?"

• One Hundred Million Dollars of Fraud in Michigan (Michigan Grapevine)

• Coal Hypocrites (Don Surber): There's an easy way to deal with the banks that won't loan money to coal companies (for "environmental" reasons): it's hard to operate ATM machines when the electricity is out.

• When The Gun Ban Legislation Comes - Have This Video Ready (Patriot Room)

• Cold Sun -- Cold Earth: 2008 and the lack of sunspots (Icecap.us [PDF])

• Death by "Gun Control" (JPFO)

• Star Wars vs. Star Trek (YouTube)