We begin overseas this morning.<\/p>\n

China offers the defense of the guilty<\/a> (a paraphrase of “contains significant errors and inaccuracies”) in response to a Pentagon report claiming that it’s pointing nukes at India.\u00a0 Between that and a developing blue-water navy, China’s neighbors will either band together or cut a deal.<\/p>\n

What’s that?\u00a0 Did someone mention China’s navy<\/a>?<\/p>\n

One of the Mitt Romney’s weaknesses is his thin foreign and defense file.\u00a0 But power abhors a vacuum, and right now, we’re sucking the life out of our own navy.\u00a0 Good for him for calling attention to this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And one last Asia post, noting again, for the benefit of friends of ethanol, non-friends of math, that when you reduce supply, prices rise<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The former European editor of The Guardian<\/em> argues that, suddenly, the European people (as though they mattered) are in favor of more central power for Brussels<\/a>.\u00a0 Or at least they will be, once their betters tell them to be.<\/p>\n

So the EU is being a thought-follower and banning 60-watt light bulbs.\u00a0 Which leads the fluorescent bulb-makers to raise their prices<\/a> by 25%.\u00a0 The bulb-makers are just taking advantage of a rent-seeking opportunity, of course, but does anyone over there (or over here) understand that this is just sand in the already-lurching gears<\/a> of world manufacturing?<\/p>\n

James Lileks, call your office.\u00a0 Tell them you’ll be going out for lunch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The good news: Fannie and Freddie say the delinquencies have stabilized.\u00a0 The bad news: that’s like hearing from your doctor that you’re in stable but critical condition<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DOJ on T-Mobile\/AT&T: hey, if we won’t let them create jobs the old-fashioned way, can we at least skim a little off the top for the attorneys<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Megan McArdle on media bias: it’s not the answers, it’s the questions<\/a>.\u00a0 It’s Asymmetrical Information!<\/em><\/p>\n

We’ve seen a lot of unconstitutional stupidity.\u00a0 Here’s a case of constitutional stupidity<\/a>.\u00a0 What, aside from their own paychecks, are these regulators protecting?<\/p>\n

Suitcase nukes<\/a>.\u00a0 Not what you think.\u00a0 Because wind’s not an option there, either<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today’s infographic: what do you call that body of flowing water<\/a> nearby?<\/p>\n

Privacy protection with Flickr<\/a>, featuring an intuitive interface.\u00a0 Adam Savage, paging Adam Savage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And to close up for this morning, some thoughts on your next vacation.\u00a0 “Hey Rocky, why don’t we jump off a cliff<\/a>?”
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