BEDBUG UPDATE: Scientists Discover Bedbugs Carrying MRSA Germ In Study.

HMM: IRS Denies Political influence in Gift Tax Scrutiny of 501(c)(4) Groups.

Of course, when you’ve got a President who publicly jokes about auditing his enemies, many will find this denial unpersuasive.

MICKEY KAUS: Even the liberal Ezra Klein knows a Dem dead end when he sees one. “Klein is sympathetic to the White House’s plight, of course. But he notes that ‘promising to pass laws that actually can’t pass hasn’t worked out for them,’ which I suppose for Klein amounts to a searing attack on Obama’s strategy.”

KRUISER CONTROL: Will Bin Laden’s Porn Stash Get Terrorists Hot & Bothered? Plus Angry Birds vs. MSNBC’s Brain Trust.

FLOODS: Mississippi River flood threat sends residents near Morganza Floodway scrambling.

Related: Here Are The Refineries And Nuclear Power Plants Threatened If The Morganza Spillway Is [Opened|Shut].

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I HEARD THIS? “I was very anti-Bush. I’m a Democrat, I’ve got the canceled checks to prove it, and suddenly I’m the enemy? Me? Me?”

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The Strange Case Of John Brennan. “I am mystified by the various metamorphoses and general weirdness in the recent statements from John Brennan, Obama’s anti-terrorism czar. Since 2009, two characteristics unfortunately distinguish his all-too-frequent public proclamations: post-facto attacks on the prior administration whose anti-terrorism protocols he was knee-deep in, and commentary on current events that is either silly or soon proves untrue.”

WALL STREET JOURNAL: What If The U.S. Treasury Defaults?

TRUST: Facebook, Foe of Anonymity, Is Forced to Explain a Secret.

RAND SIMBERG: “Bob Zubrin says that people who oppose converting corn to ethanol are Malthusians. Ummmmm…no.”

ROGER SIMON: Forget the Osama photo, release the Osama porn! “Think I’m kidding? No, I’m not. The kind of pornography a man looks at it gives us a certain insight into him. I can’t even begin to guess what excited bin Laden’s twisted brain. It could be something quite banal or something, shall we say, rather outré. I leave that to your imagination. But whatever it is, it would be interesting. . . . I guess this is all of a piece with the old bird dying his hair and keeping a stash of herbal Viagra. Three wives weren’t enough for him.”

Plus this: “The discovery of pornography taken during raids on Islamic militants is not uncommon, officials told Reuters.”

OUCH: Google’s Blogger outage makes the case against a cloud-only strategy. “The same week that Google made its strongest pitch ever for putting your entire business online, one of its flagship services has failed spectacularly. . . . Google has owned and operated Blogger since 2003. It’s not like they’re still trying to figure out how to integrate the service into their operation. If it can happen at Blogger, why can’t it happen with another Google service?” Well, you can at least hope not to get “nitecruzr” as your support rep, I guess . . . But support has never been a Google strong suit.

WELL, SAUL ALINKSY SAID THAT THE PERCEPTION OF POWER IS POWER. So I’ve got that, anyway . . . . Heh.

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Demagoguery 101. “The El Paso speech is notable not for breaking any new ground on immigration but for perfectly illustrating Obama’s political style: the professorial, almost therapeutic, invitation to civil discourse, wrapped around the basest of rhetorical devices — charges of malice compounded with accusations of bad faith. . . . This impugning of motives is an Obama constant.”

CHANGE: Medicare, Social Security Funds Expiring Sooner, U.S. Says. “Medicare, the U.S. health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, and the Social Security trust for the disabled and retirees are running out of money sooner than the government had projected.”

DON’T BE EVIL: Google Is Said to Have Broken Internal Rules on Drug Ads.

WHY SOUTH KOREANS are in love with Judaism: “Koreans and Jews both have a long history of oppression and surviving adversity with nothing but their own ingenuity to thank. There are no natural resources to speak of in Korea, so, like the Jews, all we can develop is our minds.”

GOLD MANIA in the Yukon. “Behind this stampede is the rising price of gold, and behind this price is fear. . . . Gold is countercyclical to happiness.”

ATF STARTS WILDFIRE IN TEXAS: “You can quote me on it: That bunch has a real corner on stupid.”

MASSACRE IN PAKISTAN: A “Teachable Moment” For The West.

IS BRIAN LEITER PREJUDICED against gay blog commenters? Anonymous blog-readers want to know! Er, I’m sure they do.

One of the reasons I don’t have comments on my blog — besides laziness, which has always been the main reason — is that if you have comments, some dishonest hack will attribute them to you, instead of the commenters.

A BLEG FOR DAN COLLINS. Yeah, I donated.

COMING SOON: The “Viagra condom?”

At Amazon, Today’s Deals on DVD & Blu-ray.

BLUE STATE MODEL FAIL: New York Losing Young Residents. “New Yorkers are feeling the financial squeeze on the home front. Right now, many young people do not see their future in New York State.”