ROB NEPPELL — the blogger formerly known as N.Z. Bear — on Fox Business News talking about companies, the blogosphere, and corporate reputations. KDFW should have hired him. They could have used his advice. . . .

OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS. Wow. That’s more than I’d pay.

“AMBUSH JOURNALISM:” KDFW’s efforts to scrub the web of the Rebecca Aguilar video don’t seem to be working.

UPDATE: The video is also still available here. If you wish to form your own opinion of Aguilar’s behavior from the complete unedited video, you might want to watch soon, in case this one is taken down too.

DON SURBER LOOKS AT THE NEW YORK TIMES’ COVERAGE of its own financial troubles. Best part:

“The New York Times Company, through a spokeswoman, also declined to comment.”

I wonder if the Times will publish an editorial blasting such stonewalling.

Don’t bet on it. . . .

MORE LITIGATION AND RECRIMINATION AT DUKE: K.C. Johnson continues to track events.

THE REBECCA AGUILAR VIDEO has been taken down. I assume that KDFW sent its lawyers out, on the — entirely correct — theory that it was making the station look absolutely terrible.

But this is pretty much an admission, isn’t it?

And Frontburner has a question.

Plus, this explanation: “Rebecca Aguilar has been suspended since this first aired, but how in the world did she watch this tape in the first place and not realize how horrible a person she appears to be? SarahK’s theory is her producer hates her and made her run the segment to try and get her suspended.”

And this: “Aguilar and the entire editorial staff at KDFW should be forced to take a two-day self-defense course at a local gun range. Hell, take a Concealed Handgun License (CHL) course and learn what responsible gunowners are really like. Of course they have to pass the criminal background check.”

MORE: Dan Riehl received KDFW’s rather thuggish takedown email.

If you’d like to share your views of KDFW’s conduct with station management, their contact information is here. Please be polite.

I think that their behavior is very unwise, and is more likely to inflame the situation than to spare them further embarrassment. A public apology and a promise to do better in the future would make much more sense.

DATING ADVICE FROM ACE: “I’ve tried living as a hunter-gatherer and trust me, chicks aren’t that into it.”

BOMB ATTACKS ON BHUTTO: Have you noticed that the radical Islamists have basically one response to everything? I don’t think it’s going to win over many Pakistanis.

UPDATE: Big Bhutto roundup here.

NOTE WHERE THE STORY’S DATELINED: “BERKELEY — Flag-waving demonstrators far outnumbered a group of peace advocates who were protesting a U.S. Marine Corps recruiting center in downtown on Wednesday. . . . ‘This is 2007, and we support our troops. We are not going to let CodePINK disgrace our military heroes,’ yelled Deborah Johns, a Granite Bay woman whose 23-year-old son is preparing to head to Iraq for his fourth tour of duty. ‘My son is a hero, and so are all the others who served this country.'”

Outnumbered in Berkeley. Heh.

ANYONE WHO THINKS THAT THIS VIDEO is going to hurt Israel’s image is, well, crazy.

A NORTHWEST BAGHDAD AWAKENING: “There has been an 85 percent reduction in violence since May.”

ASK THE CANDIDATES ABOUT THEIR ZOMBIE POLICY. It’s become a hot election issue downunder, thanks to John Birmingham.

VAMPIRES, WEREWOLVES, and true love.

THE PAJAMAS MEDIA RADIO SHOW is on XM Channel 130 right now — I’m listening to Ed Morrissey. Interestingly, John McCain, whom Morrissey is interviewing, admits that his slump in the polls resulted from his immigration stance.

DOWNPLAYING CORRUPTION at the World Bank.

HOW HAVE WE LIVED WITHOUT THIS? “The EatMeCrunchy cereal bowl uses a milk reservoir system to expose only a small part of the cereal to milk at any one time, which means that most of the cereal stays high, dry, and crunchy throughout the meal.”

Plus, from the comments, “it seems like it’d be more effective to design a spoon that could inject a tiny bit of milk into each bite.” This reminds me of the Captain-Crunch-eating scene from Cryptonomicon.

MATT WELCH’S NEW BOOK, McCain: The Myth of a Maverick, is now shipping.

WHO SHALL RID ME OF THESE TURBULENT MULLAHS? California! “California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill on Sunday, as he previously said he would, to bar the two biggest U.S. public pension funds from investing in companies doing business in Iran.”

AN ANTI-TAX EVENT IN WISCONSIN? Yes. Boots and Sabers reports. And here’s more, including a report of “boorish behavior” by public employees.

WSJ: Donor Bundling Emerges as Major Ill in ’08 Race:

The strange case of Norman Hsu, the textile-importer-turned-fugitive who cobbled together $800,000 in contributions for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign, is the tip of the iceberg. Candidates for offices from county commissioner to U.S. president are increasingly turning to bundlers — individuals who ask friends, family and business associates for contributions to their candidate of choice — to help bring in the tremendous amounts of cash now needed to wage political campaigns.

Read the whole thing — it’s a free link.

ROBOT CANNON KILLS NINE, WOUNDS FOURTEEN: In South Africa.

VIDEO BARTENDING: How to make a Sleepy Hollow, “a drink that’s perfect for October because it has a serous splash of gin in it.”

This has always been my key source, but the video’s kind of cool.

WHITE HOUSE WINS on spying, telecom immunity. Seems like the White House is winning a lot of legislative battles lately. More thoughts here.

UPDATE: House fails to override child health bill veto.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Chris Dodd puts a hold on the telecom bill.

YOUR HOMELAND SECURITY DOLLARS AT WORK: Most fake bombs missed by screeners. Tweezers and 4 oz. bottles of shampoo, however, are ruthlessly exposed and eliminated . . . .

VIDEO: Michael Moynihan interviews Flemming Rose.