* Clarence Thomas doesn't want the EPA to act on global warming, cause he likes it hot. [WP, NYT, LAT, USAT]

* Antonin Scalia doesn't want to address the legality of holding detainees at Guantánamo, cause he hears cries of innocent men in his dreams at night, and likes it. [WP, NYT]

* No one hates America more than Harry Reid. [WP]

* Mitt Romney is an "aggressive fundraiser," John McCain has "a host of shortcomings." [WP, WSJ]

* Even intelligence reports in Italy are luxuriously handcrafted, accurate. [WP]

* NASA Inspector General Robert Cobb could end up fired -- into space on the back of a photon torpedo. [WP, NYT]