Second Amendment News Roundup for 5/8/08

Focusing on guns and politics, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

ROFL! We start off the Roundup today with some great news. Sebastian has found a news article in the BBC that shows that great tits weather global warming quite well:
http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/05/08/some-good-news/

Roberta X says we have raised a generation that forms 'the aristocracy of incompetence':
http://twowheeledmadwoman.blogspot.com/2008/05/aristocracy-of-incompetence.html

John Lott points to a VERY controversial yet accurate assessment on the subject of guns and race:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2008/05/very-provocative-thought-experiment-on.html

You GOTTA see this over at Michelle Malkin's place. As a spoof of the popular blog, Stuff White People Like' she has started a new feature entitled, 'Stuff Muslims Don't Like,' and she starts with the subject of bikinis:
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/05/07/stuff-muslims-dont-like-a-new-feature/

Alphecca is thoroughly disgusted with the choice between McCain and Obama:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=755

Armed and Safe has caught the jackbooted thugs of the BATFE in more lies about firearms:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2008/05/lies-from-batfe-say-it-aint-so.html

Say Uncle points to an oft-recurring theme--armed persons stopping mass shootings:
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2008/05/08/a-recurring-theme/

Chilling, absolutely chilling. David Codrea says that police departments, specifically the Little Rock Police, are developing what is called 'a warrior mindset' against the citizens:
http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2008/05/announcing-warrior-mindset.html

Tam points to Xavier's five rules for concealed carry:
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2008/05/tote-gun.html

Traction Control comments further on the militarization of public servants...resulting in the shooting of an innocent guy sleeping on his couch:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=1063

An enthusiastic 'congratulations' goes to Breda today for being asked by The Buckeye Firearms Association to allow them to republish one of her posts on the Association website. Way to go, Breda!!:
http://thebredafallacy.blogspot.com/2008/05/yay-me.html

Of Arms and the Law has this info on some pro-gun pieces in the media:
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2008/05/progun_media_pi.php

Mike McCarville says that Obama plans to declare victory over Hillary on May 20:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2008/05/obama-to-declare-victory-on-may-20th.html

This is the MUST-read of the day. It seems the pot-bangers at Duke University are stirring up a hornet's nest again over the Lacrosse rape hoax. Three professors, two of whom were the first of Duke's faculty to stir up hatred against the falsely accused lacrosse students, have written a 'scholarly' article on the subject, which K.C. Johnson summarily takes apart over at The Volokh Conspiracy:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_05_04-2008_05_10.shtml#1210225198