Captain's Quarters' post Revisiting Katrina, Revisiting Truth credits Kevin Aylward of Wizbang blog with breaking an important story in the Examiner about the state of the New Orleans levee system pre-Katrina.

Vincent Carroll reviews Popular Mechanics latest book, "Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can't Stand Up to the Facts" in his column On Point: 9/11 theories burst at the Rocky Mountain News

Hat tip: Instapundit

Orson Scott Card reveals the commandments that those who "worship" global warming follow World Trade Center,Step Up, Doyle, and Sheldon - Uncle Orson Reviews Everything

Chicago Boyz posts a very interesting commentary on the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict by Steven den Beste entitled "Disproportionate Response". Well worth reading; Steven has given up his political/military/science blogging on his own site but still occasionally posts very insightful comments around the blogosphere.

U. S. into Iraq! Huh? Soldiers die at a lower rate than U. S. civilians? The Washington Post examines death rate demographics in Service in Iraq: Just How Risky? Hat tip: Instapundit.

JustOneMinute has been telling us about Richard Armitage's possible role as the original source in the Plame case. Now documents appear--State Dept. calendars obtained under the FOIA--that appear to support that assertion: Richard Armitage - Still The One

Jeff Jarvis of Buzzmachine has awakened a sleeping Mark Cuban who posts at
Blog Maverick - www.blogmaverick.com _: "I know you are, but what am I Jeff ? Is this Journalism ?"

I admire both men for different reasons. This'll be interesting to follow.

The Corner on National Review Online

Kate O'Beirne's post on "The beneficial effects of GOP welfare reform have been widely noted on its 10th anniversary" is spot on, and worth reading in The Corner on National Review Online

Her book, "Women Who Make the World Worse: and How Their Radical Feminist Assault Is Ruining Our Schools, Families, Military, and Sports" takes more such misinformed and misinforming idiots to task.

Crazy Al (Gore), call your office: Weather Street: 2006 Atlantic Tropical Storm Season Below Normal

Ron Fairly, call your office. Seattle Times: Sports: Seattle shows interest in [Harold]Reynolds

What? More snow and ice in South Africa?

Rush Limbaugh points his listeners to this interesting article on the non-disappearing icepack.

The first paragraph is devastating: "An improved method of measuring Antarctic snowfall has revealed that previous records showing an increase in precipitation are not accurate, even over a half-century. In the August 10 edition of Science magazine, researchers explain that their analysis of ice cores and snow pits revealed that precipitation levels in the Antarctic have in fact remained steady. The upshot of the study is that models assessing climate-change may need to be revised, as they can no longer be deemed accurate."

My only issue with Donald J. Boudreaux's article, "The case for neglecting global warming - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review," is that neglecting a non-issue isn't neglect--it's prudent.

A very interesting commentary on the politics, bias, adherence to rigorous scientific method (or not) all present in the climate debate in WonderQuest: Global Warming

What? No, it can't be true! Nonetheless, Peter Schweizer writes in The USA Today, "Gore isn't quite as green as he's led the world to believe." Oh, the humanity!

Three homes--one 10,000 square feet, another 4,000 square feet? One on property that Gore licenses in part for zinc mining? Hundreds of thousands of dollars in Occidental Petroleum stock? Inconvenient truths, indeed!!

Meryl Yourish shows us in the clearest possible way the depths to which the enemy will stoop in his post, "The enemy is winning the propaganda war"

The Drudge Report points us to this story: Rare snowfall across South Africa - Yahoo! News

Al Gore, call your office.

This is very unfortunate for a variety of reasons The Seattle Times: Sports: Analyst Reynolds out at ESPN

Harold Reynolds is a great baseball analyst. I enjoyed his work at the Little League World Series, the College World Series, and the celebrity softball event that takes place during the run up to MLB's All-Star Game in addition to his work on ESPN's Baseball Tonight.

Other ESPN analysts have been allowed to return after affronts including peeing from a hotel balcony. Michael Irvin was charged with a misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Despite Irvin's past problems, he was only suspended for a weekend and that was mostly because he did not immediately report the incident to ESPN executives.

Earlier this baseball season, Rick Sutcliffe conducted a rambling on-air interview while intoxicated. Sutcliffe was only suspended for one game.

There must be more to this event. Perhaps it was the last straw in a pattern of harassment reports. It is sad to see Reynolds leave ESPN. Hopefully he will find another opportunity to display his talents as a baseball analyst again soon.

As a fan of the cigar lounge at El Gaucho, I hope that the American Legion post in Bremerton succeeds in its lawsuit. The Daily Weekly: Lawsuit Against Smoking Ban

The Daily Weekly: carelessness (Seattle Weekly)#more

In The Daily Weekly: carelessness, Seattle Weekly blogger Philip Dawdy writes, "So I decided to rely on a mix of Metro buses and cabs and walking. I wanted to see how my work and social life would hold up. Besides, the Seattle liberal paradigm is that we should all be like Bus Chick--a really cute former Microsoftie who takes Metro everywhere and saves the Earth and honors the Kyoto Accords and tells President Bush and Chevron to stuff it.

I am here to tell you at the liberal paradigm is, in this respect, an abysmal failure. Or at least it was for me."

As the Marines say, Oooh-ra!