Senate rules reform…

Remember how the Democrats were going to hammer the Republican minority into a pool of spit,  and arrange things so that anything could pass with only 51 votes whenever Democrats wished?

Apparently,  more than a few Democratic senators figure they’ll be in the minority soon and didn’t want to live with the rules that Harry Reid thought appropriate for the other side.   The big,  bold agenda shrank down to a few  very modest changes.   Sen. Jim DeMint  doesn’t like them.

Chinese top gun?

It looks as if the Chinese military has pegged His Oneness as a complete idiot.   Check out this  neat comparison from the very sharp, very clever people at Gizmodo.