CHANGE: Iran reveals existence of a second uranium enrichment plant. So bomb that one, too. . . .

THE D.C. TAXICAB SCANDAL: Now With More Bribery!

UH OH: “Democratic political committees have seen a decline in their fundraising fortunes this year, a result of complacency among their rank-and-file donors and a de facto boycott by many of their wealthiest givers, who have been put off by the party’s harsh rhetoric about big business.”

TOM MAGUIRE: Obama Can’t Move The Needle. “The new NY Times/CBS News poll shows that Obama just can’t convince the American people of two simple messages – his health reform won’t include death panels and it won’t cover illegal immigrants. . . . In light of Obama’s clear statement and the hubbub that swirled around ‘You lie’, the poll results are shocking.”

UPDATE: Related: “At this point, it seems safe to say that the public has heard the president. They simply do not believe him.”

MICHAEL YON ON BRITISH MEDIA INEPTITUDE IN AFGHANISTAN: “This war is moving fast and there is no time for games. If a general does not want to tell his story, someone will tell it for him. He will have failed by losing another winnable media battle.”

Plus, officers spending too much time on Facebook? Good grief.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE “EXPERT:” “I think I know a lot of men who deserve to be beaten.”

L.A. TIMES: Obama Woes Spark Spike In Republican Fundraising.

ONE SYMBOLIC STEP FOR A MAN, one giant leap for mankind?

I wouldn’t bet on it . . . .

REMEMBER HOW WE HEARD ABOUT THE DANGERS OF THE ENTIRELY NONVIOLENT TEA PARTY PROTESTS? But will we hear the same clucking-of-tongues about the G20 riots?

The marchers included small groups of self-described anarchists, some wearing dark clothes and bandanas and carrying black flags. Others wore helmets and safety goggles.

One banner read, “No borders, no thanks,” another, “No hope in capitalism.” A few minutes into the march, protesters unfurled a large banner reading “NO BAILOUT NO CAPITALISM” with an encircled “A,” a recognized sign of anarchists.

The marchers did not have a permit and, after a few blocks, police declared it an unlawful assembly. They played an announcement over a loudspeaker telling people to leave or face arrest and then police in riot gear moved in to break it up.

Protesters split into smaller groups. Some rolled large metal trash bins toward police, and a man in a black hooded sweat shirt threw rocks at a police car, breaking the front windshield. Protesters broke windows in a few businesses, including a bank branch and a Boston Market restaurant.

Nothing like this at the Tea Parties.

More here: “The peaceful protesters started throwing rocks at police and police cars, and dragging trash containers into the middle of the street to block traffic. No surprise, the police fired canisters of pepper spray, white smoke and some rubber bullets into the crowds. . . . The folks that organized Thursday’s unauthorized march, the G-20 Resistance Group, is encouraging members to spend the morning, before the march, to take unspecified actions against local offices of corporations deemed evil.”

No arrests like these at the Tea Parties, either. Until we see scenes like this, I don’t want to hear yammering about the violence inherent in the Tea Party movement.

PJTV: Medically Incorrect.

HMM: All of a sudden I started getting a flood of emails complaining that my poll below didn’t include Gary Johnson. Er, okay — at least this shows he can generate email on command.

SERIOUSLY? The Dog Ate My Global Warming Data. “Apparently, they were either lost or purged from some discarded computer. Only a very few people know what really happened, and they aren’t talking much. And what little they are saying makes no sense.”

HEH: “It’s as if Andrew Sullivan were to feign ignorance of the gay marriage issue.”

I THOUGHT THAT OBAMA’S ELECTION WOULD MEAN THEY WOULDN’T HATE US ANYMORE: FBI arrests Jordanian citizen for attempting to bomb skyscraper in downtown Dallas. (Via JWF).

A PERSONALITY-BASED gift guide.

NEW YORK TIMES: Public Wary of Obama on War and Health Care, Poll Finds.

“SMART DIPLOMACY:” “It’s been 89 days since Manuel Zelaya was booted from power. He’s sleeping on chairs, and he claims his throat is sore from toxic gases and ‘Israeli mercenaries’ are torturing him with high-frequency radiation.” Also, evil gnomes keep mismatching his socks. So the United States decided to back a nut who was removed by his own Supreme Court? I can only imagine the press if Bush had done something like this . . . .

MICKEY KAUS ON HEALTH CARE DEADLINES: “The 6-week frame is not an accident, because something happens in 6 weeks: elections. If Democrats lose big gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, that could produce a new wave of jitters among already skittish Congressional swing Democrats. That’s one of the extraneous factors left out of some sophisticated positive assessments of the bill’s chances. Better to get it done before the ax might fall. … Meanwhile, Ezra Klein says we’re on the 10 yard line. Sure! But we are playing 43-man Squamish.” I guess that means that people who don’t support health care reform — or people who do — should get involved in the New Jersey and Virginia elections.

ANDREW KLAVAN: Are You A Racist? A Frank Conversation.

UPDATE: Related: Matt Welch on calling the President’s critics racists.

STATIN BENEFITS go beyond lowered cholesterol.

N.E.A. SPOKESCOMMISSAR YOSI SARGENT has resigned.

Embattled former National Endowment for the Arts communications director Yosi Sergant is out of a job. Late this afternoon, the NEA released a short statement saying, “This afternoon Yosi Sergant submitted his resignation from the National Endowment for the Arts. His resignation has been accepted and is effective immediately.” The agency provided no further details.

Sergant had been under scrutiny after leading a controversial conference call on August 10, where he encouraged artists to create work to promote the Obama administration’s agenda. Sergant was initially removed from his post as communications director, but continued to work at the NEA.

Just two days ago, NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman defended the conference call, saying it “was not a means to promote any legislative agenda and any suggestions to that end are simply false.”

Apparently it wasn’t just Mickey Kaus that Landesman failed to convince. But let’s remember Yosi as he was . . . .

UPDATE: Yosi may be gone, but IowaHawk’s still there!

ANOTHER UPDATE: Didn’t convince Adam Baldwin, either.

ACORN UPDATE: Hill’s Leading Nonprofit Watchdog Sen. Charles Grassley Demands ACORN Probe.

Related: Treasury Inspector General to Review ACORN.

Plus, White House Tries Erasing ACORN Ties to Big Labor.

CADILLAC’S PROBLEM: No captive lender to subsidize leases.

PROGRESS: Drug discovery Improvement and Nanotargeted Radiotherapy.

CAR LUST: The surprising pleasures of the Buick Reatta.