FROM BOOMERANG CHILDREN to boomerang parents. “Between 2000 and 2007, the number of people 65 and older living with their adult children increased by more than 50 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.”

IN THE MAIL: The Vorkosigan Companion, which fans of Miles Vorkosigan will find interesting.

GETTING CREATIVE, with leftovers.

RUSSIA TIGHTENS Europe’s energy noose.

THOUGHTS ON those Mumbai policemen who didn’t shoot.

UPDATE: Lots of interesting discussion in the comments. Related item here.

DAVE HARDY: High-tech shipping sets up vessels for pirate attack.

MUMBAI — AN EPIC FAIL: Plan was to kill 5,000. Underperforming by 95%.

CREATING RECEPTIVITY TO HIGHER TAXES via a recession? If the politicians think they can get more of our money by making the economy suck, well . . . isn’t that a bad incentive?

MORE MEN ARE TAKING THE LEAD in caring for elderly relatives. I’m not surprised to hear this, as it matches what I’ve seen in my own life.

NOW THEY TELL US: Obama’s “Not Black,” according to a piece in the Washington Post. Hmm. Gates reappointed at Defense, an Iraq-Hawk Secretary of State, keeping the tax cuts, and now the next President turns out not to be black — hey, they told me if I voted for McCain we’d get a third term for Bush, and I guess they were right!

L.A. TIMES: Liberal Groups Feel Welcome in Washington Again. “Their vision includes federal laws banning job discrimination against gays; expanded hate-crime laws; public land protections from logging and oil drilling; and easier union organizing of workers.”

LITTLE MISS ATTILA has moved.

ANOTHER EDITORIAL ON CHARLES RANGEL:

Are congressional Democrats truly committed to dealing with the economic and fiscal policy challenges they face next year? The answer will be seen in how they address their increasingly problematic Charlie Rangel situation.

Scarcely a day goes by without yet another ethical impropriety coming to light regarding the chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee.

Read the whole thing.

WHAT BIG THREE AUTOWORKERS MAKE, and what they cost.

UP TO 65% OFF in this big kitchen and home sale. Panic sales are yielding good savings this year. . . ..

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY: Stop Covering Up and Kill the Community Reinvestment Act.

YOU REALIZE, OF COURSE, THAT THIS MEANS WAR: In his latest tape Ayman Al-Zawahiri warned America to convert to Islam and give up beer.

A WOUNDED WARRIOR speaks out.

IT’S THE BARBIE DOLL’S fiftieth anniversary. She still looks good, but a bit plastic-y — guess she’s had some work done . . . .

HMM: Muslims protesting online against violence and fundamentalism find themselves cornered by radical elements in their community.

Plus, from Pakistan: I am a Mumbaikar today.

UPDATE: First link was bad before. Fixed now. Sorry!

THE MUMBAI ATTACKS: Racist: “And as Indian commandos ended the bloody 59-hour siege at the Taj yes