Idiots, Cats, and a Heroine

AKA inbox-clearing, all linky, no thinky post. (A lot of these are links to links, as it were.)

• NSA data center front and center in debate over liberty, security and privacy | Fox News
• Missouri Secretly Shares Entire CCW List With Feds Against State Law | RedState (Via Insty and Daily Pundit.)(The subject occasionally comes up of eliminating a separate permit, and simply marking one's drivers license to indicate "concealed carry."  The question of whether Offcier Friendly really has a Need to Know aside, too many other people see your DL for that to be prudent.)
• Instapundit » Blog Archive » CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: ACLU says Reid’s gun legislation could threaten privacy rights, civil liberties.  In the immortal words of John McClain, "Welcome to the party, pal!"
• Instapundit » Blog Archive » DO BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR GUN PURCHASES ACTUALLY WORK?

  “With so much case study available, you would think advocates could show us more convincing evidence,” Clayton Cramer writes.

• Liberal Hypocrisy Watch | Power Line.  Talk about an endless task...
• Constitution? We Don’t Need No Stinking Constitution. We’re the IRS. | Daily Pundit.  In case you hadn't heard, the IRS says it doesn't need a warrant to read your emails...
• SayUncle » Drawing IRE
• SayUncle » The plan.
• Instapundit » Blog Archive » FEMINIST SCIENCE FICTION FANS get April Fool’s piece taken down. Pathetic….  Well, feminists are usually fanatics, and fanatics are rarely known for possessing anything resembling a sense of humor.  Granted that humor is lacking in many April Fool's jokes, you'd think maybe they'd feel a sense of solidarity... 

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•  Instapundit » Blog Archive » THE SECRET LIFE OF CATS: What You Can Learn By Putting a GPS on Your Kitty…..  The answer seems to "Not much."
• How Old Is Your Cat in Human Years? - Cheezburger.  Ratbane is curled up in my lap right now, snoozing. He's probably wishing all those damned ittens would GET OFF HIS LAWN! 

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• To offset the Annals of Authoritarianism above, a few links about The Iron Lady (pbuh):
• Instapundit » Blog Archive » WAS THERE ANYTHING SHE COULDN’T DO? Margaret Thatcher Helped Invent Soft-Serve Ice Cream.  No kidding.  I had no idea.
• From the Well, There's Your problem Department: Instapundit » Blog Archive » VIRGINIA POSTREL ON what was wrong with Meryl Streep’s version of Margaret Thatcher…..  Um, Meryl Streep?
• Maggie Thatcher Versus the Establishment | Via Meadia