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Some things I might do more with later and some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on:

• In The Trenches
  Jules Crittenden: We’re all in the trenches in this war. ... Since Day One people just like you and me have been forced to go over the top up in the airways.  Passengers who try to be good self-defending citizens will soon have legal protection from nuisance suits under the Flying Imams Shield Law. Allahu akhbar!  Vid link is here, by the Beard of the Prophet!  ... This is a multi-front war, we all know that, and the trenches aren’t just in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the Battle of Capitol Hill, the victors are eager to surrender. And eat. Pork. Lots of it. ...

• The Flexible Loyalty Of Jim Webb
  Ed Morrissey: The case of the loaded gun got a little stranger yesterday after Senator Jim Webb spoke to reporters about the incident. His senior aide, Phillip Thompson, had just spent his 45th birthday being arraigned for carrying what Thompson claimed was Webb's gun through a Capitol Hill security checkpoint. However, while Webb charmed the press corps with his explanation for why he violates District of Columbia gun laws, he made it clear that Thompson can expect no public support for his assistance in doing so: