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Mark Steyn: Why do they hate us? Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalban. A great man (and still terrifically stylish as the grampa in the Spy Kids movies just a couple of years back). You can see Ricardo putting the moves on Esther here (with a switcheroo in the latter half of the number). Jonah Goldberg: [...]

And about to collapse?: “The Mexican possibility may seem less likely, but the government, its politicians, police and judicial infrastructure are all under sustained assault and press by criminal gangs and drug cartels. How that internal conflict turns out over the next several years will have a major impact on the stability of the Mexican [...]

Indeed: San Francisco’s school board may take soda machines from teacher break rooms, to force teachers to set a good example for students. Students lost soda and candy machines in 2003. . . . What’s next? Rip out the coffee machine? . . . I think they should tell the board to buzz off. Teachers [...]

Jim Hill: And speaking of the economy … It’s important to note here that — over the past few months — Disney World’s traditional booking window has changed. Where once Guests used to book their WDW vacations six months in advance, now (in order to take advantage of attractive vacation packages like the current Buy-4-Get-3-Free [...]

Accepting applications now: SYDNEY (AFP) – An Australian state is offering internationally what it calls “the best job in the world” — earning a top salary for lazing around a beautiful tropical island for six months. The job pays 150,000 Australian dollars (105,000 US dollars) and includes free airfares from the winner’s home country to [...]

Coming now to South Lake Tahoe: SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — City officials are seeking an $85 million loan through President-elect Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package to get the stalled convention center project at the state line moving again. Oink Oink.

William Katz: Can you imagine the reaction if a Republican inaugural committee had made the same suggestion? Oppression! Spying on our schools! Thought control! The right-wing grip on our children’s throats! I, I don’t know if I can go on. Nothing like getting it wrong from the start. Lincoln didn’t enter the presidency during wartime. [...]

John Nolte: Big Acting. Big Acting’s the worst, and we see a lot of big acting today. Here’s the rule: If you can see the acting, it’s big acting – and it’s bad acting. If you’re admiring the “technique,” there’s a problem. Film reviews that glow over accents and other actory affectations shouldn’t entice you [...]

Love it: Is she promising to have sex with the highest bidder, or is she promising to let that person “take her virginity”? If it’s the latter, some enterprising abstinence group should buy the option and then refuse to exercise it. I bet that’d make for a fun contract dispute after she figured out what [...]

By Mark Steyn on The Oldest Hatred: So, as I said, forget Gaza. And instead ponder the reaction to Gaza in Scandinavia, France, the United Kingdom, Canada, and golly, even Florida. As the delegitimization of Israel has metastasized, we are assured that criticism of the Jewish state is not the same as anti-Semitism. We are [...]