GEORGE LOPEZ, JOY BEHAR: Stay-at-home dads are “bums.” Ah, the progressive Obama era . . . .

“CLIMATEGATE?” Well, stay tuned and we’ll see. It does look bad, though.

And it’s made The New York Times: Hacked E-Mails Fuel Climate Change Skeptics. “Hundreds of private e-mails and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show that climate scientists conspired to overstate the case for a human influence on climate change.”

TALKING ABOUT TIM GEITHNER’S FUTURE, OR LACK THEREOF, over at The Hill.

THE GREG CRAIG “Debacle?”

BIG GOVERNMENT: Whistleblower Video Reveals SEIU Ballot Fraud.

TOM BLUMER: Big, Bigger, Biggest: Three Examples of Government-Induced Failure.

CAMERA TECHNOLOGY IS NICE but you still need talent. Dang. Can’t I just get an app for that?

CLIMATE RESEARCH DATA UNIT HACKED, embarrassing data leak out.

UPDATE: Tim Blair: “If true . . . the phrase ‘hide the decline’ may mark something of a turning point.”

A LITTLE ANXIETY MAY BE GOOD FOR YOU.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, Obama drops below 50% on Gallup.

CANDIDATE ENTERS RACE FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE’S FICTIONAL 00TH DISTRICT: “Even a fake district needs real leadership.” Heh. Press conference video at the link.

CAR LUST: Remembering the 1968-1974 Chevy Nova. I had a ’76 Nova when I practiced law in Washington; it was a hand-me-down from my grandparents. Living in DuPont Circle and walking to work, I didn’t need a car much, but it was nice to have something, and my apartment came with underground parking. The Nova was reliable, and held a lot of people, groceries, or Ikea furniture. It didn’t impress women who thought that a lawyer at a big-name firm should be driving something fancier, but for the most part I regarded that as a feature, not a bug.

SO IF YOU’RE IN L.A. TONIGHT, you can go see The Smart Set at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood. I interviewed Rick Torres and Brandi Emma of The Smart Set here.

POPULAR SCIENCE: So Do Prosthetic Limbs Give Sprinters An Advantage Or Not?

THE SOLAR SYSTEM ain’t what it used to be. Personally, I miss the one where Venus had steamy jungles inhabited by lightly-clad barbarian princesses.

MEMOREX’S NEW HD POCKET CAMCORDER GETS A BAD REVIEW: “a shameless Flip wannabe that does nothing to surpass — let alone keep up with — the competition.” Ouch. They prefer the Kodak Zi8. I’ve got one of those, and I like it.

JOHN SCALZI: Education Is Not the Answer for Star Trek’s Bad Science.

MICKEY KAUS: Does Harry Reid’s Health Care Bill Create a “Fed” for Medicare?

MORE GOOD NEWS. “Drinking alcohol every day cuts the risk of heart disease in men by more than a third, a major study suggests. The Spanish research involving more than 15,500 men and 26,000 women found large quantities of alcohol could be even more beneficial for men.”

IN THE MAIL: From Victor Davis Hanson, How The Obama Administration Threatens Our National Security.

ANDREW KLAVAN: Limbaugh And Coulter And Beck: Oh My!

UH OH: Congressional Report: Rhee did ‘damage control’ after sex charges against fiance Kevin Johnson. “A congressional investigation of the volunteer organization AmeriCorps contains charges that D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee handled ‘damage control’ after allegations of sexual misconduct against her now fiance, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, a former NBA star and a prominent ally of President Obama, The Washington Examiner has learned.”

KEITH HENNESSEY: Breaking the no middle class tax increase pledge (again). With helpful-reminder video.

ADVICE TO MEGAN FOX: Trashing Your Audience Is A Bad Idea.

TIM CAVANAUGH ON HOLLYWOOD’S STIMULUS: Why $23 million creates just 21 jobs.