IMPORTANT PENIS NEWS: Circumcision May Prevent Sex-Related Injuries. “A new study finds that circumcised men appear less likely to sustain cuts, abrasions and other minor injuries to the penis during sex — which may help explain why circumcision lowers the risk of HIV transmission from heterosexual sex.”

AGING BABY BOOMERS and the generational housing bubble.

FORMER SENATOR, AND APOLLO ASTRONAUT, HARRISON SCHMITT: Apollo 13, the Gulf Oil Spill, and BP. “Whatever their motives, the president and his cabinet officers, without any experience in real-world management of anything major, much less a crisis, have no idea how to deal with a situation as technically complex as the Gulf oil spill. It has been left to BP engineers and managers and to Gulf state officials to respond as best they can in a regulatory environment that is politically charged, incompetent, fearful, and hesitant.”

THE Forgotten Rachels.

ON HELEN THOMAS, JIM TREACHER EMAILS: “Remember: You’re a Nazi for saying we should enforce our own immigration laws… But not for telling the Jews to beat it.”

DISASTERS: Dave Price observes:

After an explosion, deaths, and months of oil spewing into the Golf, 12% more people want the health care reform law repealed than are opposed to new offshore drilling.

Well, the healthcare bill is a much bigger disaster . . . .

MORE ON Chris Christie.

MAX BLUMENTHAL whiffs.

UH OH: Obama loses the Left: suddenly, it’s cool to bash Barack.

YAY FOR MISCEGENATION! Interracial Marriage Rates Going Up.

ZOMBIE: Losing Is The New Winning. Bring back Vince Lombardi!

Related: Then: Run to Daylight. Now: Whine to Oprah.

CONNECTICUT loses its AAA rating.

CIVIL RIGHTS VICTORY IN TENNESSEE: Bredesen’s veto of restaurant-carry bill was overridden. I meant to post on this yesterday, but forgot.

MARKDOWNS ON Levis for Men.

SHOCKER: “But she found the Party of the Right students compassionate, intellectual and not terribly exercised about her homosexuality.”

UNEXPECTEDLY:

The withdrawal of federal tax credits for home buyers led to a steeper-than-expected plunge in May home sales in much of the U.S., as the housing market struggles to wean itself from government support.

Economists and real estate analysts expected home sales to slow after the tax credit, of as much as $8,000, expired at the end of April. But early data from real estate brokers indicate that the sales decline has been far more substantial than expected, with some markets showing declines of 25% to 30%.

Shocking.

KNOX COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT not impressing Katie Granju. You’d think they’d share the autopsy results with the family before releasing them to the media. . . .

Granju’s full response here.

HMM: Obama DNI choice believes Syrians have Saddam’s WMD? They told me if I . . . oh, hell, what’s the point anymore?

FIXING HIGHER ED: “If public universities are really committed to promoting access, affordability, and quality, they should consider increasing their funding by accepting more undergraduate students instead of raising tuition and restricting enrollments.”

TROUBLE FOR CRIST: Jim Greer’s lawyer says Gov. Crist okayed diversion of GOP funds.

VITAL CAMPAIGN NEWS: Kaus Names Jobs He’d Accept From Obama. It’s not too late for a buy-off!

MEGAN MCARDLE: Death By Regulation.

FATHER’S DAY MARKDOWNS in Tools and Home Improvement.

CHANGE: Obama’s Youth Brigade Burns Out. Hmm. See below.

OBAMACARE POLLING BADLY IN MICHIGAN: And this is interesting: “Young people ages 18-29 were more against the changes than any other age group, with 69% opposed.”

UPDATE: Reader Kyle Brackenbury doesn’t think this is a fluke:

Long time reader, first time writer. 22 years old. Just wanted to comment briefly on something you mentioned about Obamacare. I have a lot of friends my own age who were all for socialized medicine, and wholeheartedly supported the idea of healthcare reform. We’re talking very, very, very liberal kids. They hate this thing. The overwhelming consensus among kids my age is pretty much as follows: We pay into social security which we KNOW we’ll never get anything from. In much the same vein, Obamacare is yet another way in which we’re being taxed to support a bunch of old people. Overwhelmingly, we feel that we’re being taken advantage of to subsidize a bunch of old people we don’t know, will never meet, and frankly shouldn’t need to be paying to support. Overwhelmingly, we had hoped to see a health care system that didn’t take advantage of young people and burden them even more than we already are. College loans are killing us, social security payments take a chunk out of every check, for those of us lucky enough to have jobs, and now this.

I can’t even tell you how many people my own age who voted for Obama have come to me and told me how disappointed they are in what he’s done with this whole thing.

Well, the perception is correct.

MORE: Heh.

MORE STILL: Reader Dennis Halpin writes:

Long time reader, written before. I’m an old guy who will probably never meet Kyle Brackenbury or his friends. I have been taxed for over 45 years to pay for the younger generation. I have been taxed to build their schools, hire their teachers, to pay for wars to keep us all safe (yes, I’m a veteran) among many other things. Some of my taxes have paid for medical research that has improved lives throughout the world. I object to none of this. My parents’ and grandparents’ generations did it for me.

We have a good medical system in this country that can and should be improved, not replaced by something which will cost vastly more and give much poorer quality of care. It’s not perfect, but people come here from all over the world because of what we have now. Not many go from here to England or Sweden for medical care they cannot get here.

I can’t even tell you how unsurprised I am that those who voted for Mr. Obama are now surprised. I’m not surprised. He is exactly like I expected. And feared.

Obama fooled enough of the people, for long enough. Don’t blame them for wising up now. Better late than never.

MORE STILL: Reader Gerard Hayes writes: “Liked your emails from Kyle Brackenbury and Dennis Halpin about young people and Obamacare. Kyle gives me a lot of hope, but can I just say one thing to him: stop referring to yourself and your friends as ‘kids’. You’re 22. And don’t let anyone else call you a ‘kid’.” Good advice. I remember interviewing a candidate at Dewey Ballantine — who was probably 24 — who referred to classmates as “kids” and it was a turnoff. Wall Street law firms don’t hire “kids.” I suspect that most employers feel that way, so it’s a good habit to get out of.