MURTHA UPDATE: Another Suspect Singing In Earmark Probe.

OBAMA’S “TAKE A PAINKILLER” ADVICE TO HEART PATIENT leaves the Insta-wife distinctly unimpressed.

UPDATE: Reader Lin Bartholomew writes:

The video you linked appears to be edited to leave out some of Obama’s response. Please check out this one of the same event.

It stops short of where the one you linked discusses painkillers, but if you take the two in combination it does place his response in a different light.

He seems to be suggesting that the pacemaker made sense only if it saved money – his answer, by not addressing the quality of life issue brought up by Jane Sturm, tells us much about Obamacare, none of it good.

Hmm. I think he doesn’t look as bad here. On the other hand, this post from when the broadcast took place doesn’t make him look any better. Your call.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Here’s the full exchange. I don’t think this makes much difference, but you can make up your own mind. Note the skeptical look Ms. Sturm is giving Obama at about 3:44.

I BLAME JOHN ASHCROFT — OH, WAIT . . . . Tiburon, CA will photograph and record license plate of every visitor to town.

“DEAD AS A DOORNAIL:” More on those missing sunspots. “Most solar physicists do not think anything that odd is going on with the Sun. With the recent burst of sunspots, ‘I don’t see we’re going into that,’ Dr. Hathaway said last week. Still, something like the Dalton Minimum — two solar cycles in the early 1800s that peaked at about an average of 50 sunspots — lies in the realm of the possible, Dr. Hathaway said.”

WELL, WHY SHOULD HE BE? IT’S NOT LIKE ANYONE IN CONGRESS READ IT, EITHER. Obama Admits He’s “Not Familiar” With House Bill. Sounds like that conference call actually broke more news than most press conferences . . . .

OBSCENELY LAVISH PARTYING among New York City’s “bloated plutocrats.”

PROBLEMS WITH recovering enclosed lifeboats.

MORE ON THAT JUPITER IMPACT. So, how often does this happen? And are there implications for Earth?

HMM: Senior Democrat Says No Consensus on Health Bill.

ARNOLD KLING: Why I Am Not A Republican. Plus, advice to the Republican leadership: “My goal would be not be to stage a fight with President Obama. My goal would be to stage a fight with the Democratic Congressional leadership, and leave it up to President Obama if he wants to defend their lunacy.”

SOMEWHERE FRED HOYLE IS SAYING “I TOLD YOU SO:” Life On Earth Came From Other Planets.

UPDATE: No, the link’s not bad, they just took the item down. Don’t know why.

TOM VANDERBILT: Why American drivers should learn to love the roundabout.

IN THE MAIL: From Steven Erikson, The Lees of Laughter’s End. Glen Cook likes it a lot.

TOM MAGUIRE TAKES UP NATE SILVER’S WEATHER BET: Or tries to, anyway.

UPDATE: Ron Bailey explains things to Silver.

SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS for tomorrow night’s PJTV Congressional Health Care Forum. Follow the link for instructions on how to submit your questions.

REASON TV: IS YOUR IPOD UNPATRIOTIC?

OUCH: California Pension Fund Loss: $56.8 billion.

WHEN NORTH KOREA TWEETS.

NO PACEMAKER FOR YOUR MOM — have her take a painkiller. Glad this wasn’t what they told my wife. Especially, you know, since “painkillers” aren’t generally recommended for heart arrhythmias. The country’s in the very best of hands . . . .

MOE LANE: Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) Sounds Rattled.

UPDATE: Dan Riehl says GOP operatives don’t undestand the Tea Party phenomenon. No kidding. From the comments: “Tea Parties don’t want to become Republican apparatus, but if Republicans think they’re over, it’s because they thought we were astroturfed Republicans in the first place.”

CHRIS DODD UPDATE: Dodd Looks to Distance Himself From Financial Firms. But not, you know, from their money.

“HOUSE ARRREST” for U.S. forces in Iraq?

DAN MILLER: ‘Yes, We Can’ Still Help Honduras. “Obama still has time to recant his earlier support for Zelaya, but civil war is coming if he does not act fast.”

TOO DIVERSE to fail?

POLITICO: Poll: Public Losing Trust in Obama.