ROCKET MAN FLIES ON JET-POWERED WINGS:

After one last wave to the crowd the rocket man tipped his wings, flipped onto his back and leveled out again, executing a perfect 360-degree roll that most birds would find impossible.

"That was to impress the girls," he later admitted.

Isn't it always? Play your cards right and you might wind up with Jennifer Connelly.

THE BLOGGER MEETUP WAS FUN: Met a bunch of bloggers, some of whom I already knew, including SayUncle , Bitter, Sebastian, Murdoc, etc., and firearms legend Ronnie Barrett dropped by, which was kinda cool. There were probably about 50 people there, which is a pretty good-sized turnout of gunbloggers.

BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE WE NEED ANY DOMESTIC OIL OR ANYTHING

The Senate Appropriations Committee today narrowly defeated Sen. Wayne Allard's attempt to end a moratorium related to oil shale development in Colorado. . . .

The moratorium prevents the Department of Interior from issuing regulations so that oil companies can move forward on oil-shale projects in Colorado and Utah. Allard said the moratorium has left uncertainties at a time when companies need to move forward and in the long term make the United States more energy independent.

"If we are really serious about reducing pain at the pump, this is a vote that would make a difference in people's lives," Allard argued.

But in a 14-15 vote, the committee spilt strictly on party lines and rejected the amendment.

Are these guys on the Saudi payroll, or what?

UPDATE: Link was wrong before. Fixed now. Sorry!

WHAT'S WITH THOSE 10% OF BLACK PEOPLE who don't support Obama? Yeah, get with the program.

COMMERCE AND COMMERCIALS: "I’m going to be straight with you—if you don’t click one of the ads on this page, we’re all doomed."

MY REVIEW OF THE HP MINI-NOTE LAPTOP is now online at Popular Mechanics.

HERE'S MORE ON MASSACHUSETTS' anti-Income Tax crusade.

CALIFORNIA'S SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN the state's ban on gay marriages. Did it just hand the state to McCain? Well, possibly.

Personally, I favor gay marriage, but I think it would be much better if it were adopted through political, rather than judicial, channels -- though I realize that some would call that a distinction without a difference where California is concerned. . . .

UPDATE: More thoughts here.

MEMO TO THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN: When somebody condemns appeasement, it doesn't help things to jump up and yell "Hey, he's talking about me! "

SO I'M IN LOUISVILLE, where I'll be talking about the Second Amendment and the Heller case tomorrow. ("Scheduled posts" kept the site hopping while I drove, somewhat blearily, up from Knoxville, though I did stop at a Cracker Barrel in Lexington for coffee and a quick blog-and-email check.) I don't think I'll see much of the fleshpots while I'm here, though there's a blogger get-together in an hour or so that I'll visit. After last night's limited sleep, I don't think I'll be out late tonight. . . .

THE PRIVATE SECTOR ROLE in global higher education. " in many countries, as in the United States, demand for higher education is growing fast, sometimes outstripping the ability of traditional colleges — which, in many countries, means government-run institutions — to fulfill the need. . . . And to kick off the meeting, the group turned to Douglas L. Becker, chairman and chief executive officer of Laureate Education, Inc., whose company has built a 300,000-student, $2 billion a year enterprise by focusing solely on creating private institutions in foreign lands — so far, 70 campuses in 17 countries."

THE NEXT THING for Fred Thompson.

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