STEVE GILL: Is Al Gore about to make his move?

SO I WONDERED why the Vatican was pushing the story that Muslims outnumber Catholics. But then I saw this column by Spengler and it started to make sense.

UPDATE: Related item here.

OUCH: “Clinton Pushes Housing Market Fixes As Campaign Manager Sits on Board of Bankrupt Lender.” Do read the whole thing, as it explains a lot.

FORCING OBAMA TO take a stand on affirmative action.

OKAY, IF IT WEREN’T FOR GLORIA ALLRED, this Hugo Chavez pic would be the picture of the day.

SILLY JAKE: Of course John Kerry’s medals mattered. He was a Democrat. And of course John McCain’s service doesn’t mean anything positive. He’s a Republican. It’s as simple as that, in DeanWorld.

And as stupid, since Dean’s dumb remarks will bring more positive publicity to McCain, and play up the contrast in this department with Hillary and Obama.

AZIZ POONAWALLA is hosting Fitna on his site, even though he’s not a fan.

I’VE NEVER BEEN PERSUADED by the periodic calls for a “Science Court” to decide contested scientific disputes. (Though it does have a certain appealing Planet-Krypton ring to it.) But if ever there were a case for such a court it would be this one over potential dangers posed by the Large Hadron Collider. I suspect, however, that it will be disposed of on mundane grounds of standing and jurisdiction.

THE CLINTON/OBAMA WARS spread to Wikipedia. More here.

ANGELA MERKEL will boycott the Chinese Olympics.

And so it starts.