$50,000 to clean up a 2 oz mercury spill

American Thinker "The use of compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) will soon be mandatory in the United States. And CFLs contain what? What? Say it louder: MERCURY. You can expect the cleanup crew in the picture to be coming to your house- to help you clean up a broken light bulb."

Miranda Rights on the Battlefield Unconstitutional?

American Thinker "Soldiers have been ordered to issue battlefield Miranda rights to captured enemy combatants. Rick Moran does an excellent job explaining the trouble with issuing Miranda rights to terrorists."

AT THE END OF THE DAY, DIVERSITY HAS JUMPED THE SHARK, HORRIFICALLY

Ann Coulter "Mohammed's military tribunal was already under way when Obama came into office, stopped the proceedings and, eight months later, announced that Mohammed would be tried in a federal court in New York."

Holder's testimony and Andrew McCarthy's rebuttals

NRO "They are in recess after opening statements and initial rounds of questions. Here are some of the Attorney General's whoppers so far:"

Dean of Harvard Medical School: Health 'Reform' Gets a Failing Grade

By JEFFREY S. FLIER WSJ "Worse, currently proposed federal legislation would undermine any potential for real innovation in insurance and the provision of care. It would do so by overregulating the health-care system in the service of special interests such as insurance companies, hospitals, professional organizations and pharmaceutical companies, rather than the patients who should be our primary concern."

Krauthammer: Obama offered al-Qaeda 9/11 Act II

Hot Air "“I believe that this is a decision that comes as a result of the president making the decision, or if not making the decision, allowing an attorney general to do what he normally doesn’t have the authority to do, and could only do at the acquiescence of the president,” the former AG and former Missouri senator argued."

Report: Newsweek Palin Cover Photo a Violation of Contract

Newsbusters ""Runner's World did not provide Newsweek with its cover image," the spokeswoman said to Daily Finance. "It was provided to Newsweek by the photographer's stock agency, without Runner's World's knowledge or permission.""

Video shows Sen. Obama thought a military tribunal was fine for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed

LA Times "Speaking of military tribunals, we went back into the video archives and found this C-SPAN tape below. Holder might want to watch it. It contains his boss, Barack Obama, a brief member of that same Senate, in 2006 stating that a military tribunal was a perfectly fine way of handling such dangerous individuals as Khalid Shaikh Mohammed."

Reading Bin Laden His Rights

Powerline "Lindsay Graham frequently drives us crazy, but it can't be denied that he has his moments. In today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, he took Eric Holder to the woodshed: "(video) Attorney General Eric Holder Confronted By 9-11 Families At Testimony

Jesse Jackson: “You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man”

Hot Air "“One of the reasons that I like and admire Rev. Jesse Jackson is that 21 years ago he inspired the idea that a black politician would not be judged simply as a black leader,” Davis’s statement said. “The best way to honor Rev. Jackson’s legacy is to decline to engage in an argument with him that begins and ends with race.”"

Sebelius says Ignore Mammogram Rec, GOP Attacks Health Reform Bill

ABC News "The advisory board recommendation that women at low risk of breast cancer should get fewer mammograms set off a firestorm of public debate ... affecting the health reform debate on Capitol Hill. Two Republican Congresswomen argued at a press conference today that the advisory board's recommendation is a glimpse into what health care would be like if Democrats can pass their reform plans."

Circling Sharks Smell American Blood

By Victor Davis Hanson NRO "American hesitation abroad reflects the shaky economic news. In Afghanistan, we can’t decide whether to seek victory or admit defeat — or simply vote present by keeping the status quo. President Obama reached out to enemies such as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran and Hugo Chávez of Venezuela. But so far they remain unimpressed, despite his apologizing for an assortment of supposed past American sins."