GOT INSIDE INFO ON THAT ATF GUNRUNNING SCANDAL? There’s a confidential tipline at .

FASTER, PLEASE: Sunburn Pain Discovery Could Lead To Better Arthritis Treatments.

DESIRE FOR SALT linked to drug addiction?

ANTIMOCROBIAL PEPTIDES: An alternative to antibiotics? I wrote about this a while back. Faster, please. . . .

CHANGE: A lawsuit challenging Utah’s anti-polygamy law, premised on Lawrence v. Texas.

PALIN AND THE PRUDES.

I LIKE THIS STORYLINE: Human Swallows Pill. Mosquito Bites Human. Mosquito Dies. “A cheap deworming pill used in Africa for 25 years against river blindness was recently shown to have a power that scientists had long suspected but never before demonstrated in the field: When mosquitoes bite people who have recently swallowed the drug — called ivermectin or Mectizan — they die.” I hope it’s a painful death. Or at least an itchy one.

MEGAN MCARDLE: The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Thinks We’re Still in the Bush Era. “Another day, another chart from the ‘non-partisan’ Center on Budget and Policy Priorities on what ‘accounts’ for the public debt. . . . I know that many liberal groups still see the pernicious influence of George Bush everywhere … but does the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities really think that we are still in the ‘Bush Era’? Is he the puppetmaster who pulled the string and made Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress dance?”

QUESTIONING THE VALUE of the Space Shuttle.

IT’LL BE EASIER TO BE SURE THAT THE TICKING OF THE CLOCK IS THE LOUDEST NOISE: Rolls-Royce discusses its potential future in electric cars.

THE NATION blowing counter-terror operations?

DO COLLEGE STUDENTS spend more hours drinking than studying?

WOULD YOU DRIVE THE GM EN-V? No crash protection, and no driver control. Is it a technocrat’s dream? Or is that too mean?

WHITE HOUSE ENDORSES regime change in Syria.

JEFFREY IMMELT UPDATE: Hypocrisy Meter Explodes: After Shedding 36K Jobs, Obama Adviser Immelt Tells Businesses to Start Hiring.

JOEL KOTKIN: America’s Bourgeoning Class War Could Spell Opportunity For GOP. “Many blue-collar and middle-class Americans are becoming increasingly pessimistic about the future and their children’s chances for achieving their level of well-being. Middle-age college graduates, who supported Obama previously, increasingly have shifted from the administration. Even the young seem to have lost their once fervent enthusiasm. After all, they are seeing their prospects dim dramatically. Overall disapproval of President Obama’s economic policies now stands at 57% and will likely grow due to the latest job numbers. And while the middle and working classes have seen their prospects worsen, the very rich have enjoyed a huge boom.”

They told me if I voted for John McCain, the rich would get richer while the middle and working-classes suffered. And they were right!

ONCE AGAIN, PAUL RYAN TAKES ON OBAMA.

IN THE MAIL: From Ben Shapiro, Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV.

WHILE OBAMA HEDGES, U.S. Flames Syria On Facebook. “In case anyone missed it, Ford’s missive had an Arabic translation below the English. It’s at 770 comments and 86 Likes as of this writing. And that’s typical of the embassy’s Facebook page. It’s way less mealy-mouthed than the Obama administration’s IRL diplomacy.”

UPDATE: Reader Catherine McMillan writes: “How times have changed. Mr. Assad: Post on this wall!”

ABOLISH THE TSA. TELL PASSENGERS “IF SOMEONE TRIES TO HIJACK THE PLANE, BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF HIM.” WE’D BE BETTER OFF. Jeffrey Goldberg: TSA’s Forced Indignities Don’t Make Us Safer. What’s sad is, I don’t think they’re even intended to make us safer. But let’s roll out another Insta-Poll!

PROTESTING JEFFREY IMMELT:

Protestors chanting “Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Cronyism has got to go!” marched during the lunch hour today in front of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Washington, D.C. headquarters.

The marchers were protesting the appearance of General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt in the chamber’s day-long conference on job creation, Jobs for America Summit. Immelt, who is chairman of President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, was the event’s keynoter.

Sounds like fun.

THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED FOR JOHN MCCAIN, WE’D BE BLASTING MISSILES ALL OVER THE PLACE: And they were right! “At least 45 suspected militants were killed by missiles launched by U.S. drone aircraft in Pakistan’s northwest, local intelligence officials said on Tuesday, one of the largest death tolls to date in the controversial air bombing campaign.”

HEADLINE OF THE DAY: Obama Presses, But Boehner Stands Firm.

OKAY, WE’RE CLEARLY IN AN ECONOMIC CRISIS, NOW: Bacon Prices About To Skyrocket!

If it gets bad enough, I might have to dip into my emergency supply.

UPDATE: Prof. Stephen Clark writes: ‘No, it’s not your emergency supply; it’s your strategic reserve. ” Ooh, I like that. A strategic bacon reserve. For use in case of a deliciousness crisis.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Hey, don’t mock me. China has a Strategic Pork Reserve. You know, I’ve always mocked Tom Friedman’s wide-eyed admiration for all things Chinese, but now . . . .

RECOVERY BUMMER (CONT’D): Trade deficit rises in May, exports down 0.5%.