IS THERE ANYTHING IT CAN’T DO? Animal Lovers Rescue Ducklings Using . . . Duct Tape.

OHIO TEA PARTY UPDATE: CBS News: Ohio health care law opponents file petitions. “Opponents of the new federal health care overhaul are one step closer to having voters in the political bellwether of Ohio decide whether the state constitution should be amended to keep people from being required to buy health insurance or face penalties. Supporters of the amendment on Wednesday filed more than 546,000 signatures with Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted. They need roughly 385,000 valid signatures for the amendment question to get on the Nov. 8 ballot.”

TIMOTHY DALRYMPLE: Yes, I’m Questioning Your Patriotism.

DANIEL DREZNER ON Surviving Tenure Denial. He’s certainly flourished in spite of it.

WAS THE ATF’S GUNRUNNING OPERATION financed by “stimulus” funds? That would be fitting, wouldn’t it?

PROFESSOR JACOBSON: Wisconsin Isn’t Over. “The first recall election is July 12, but most are on July 19.”

FRED UPTON ADMITS HE SCREWED UP ON LIGHT BULBS:

“It was never my goal for Washington to decide what type of light bulbs Americans should use,” Upton said in a statement to The Hill. “The public response on this issue is a clear signal that markets – not governments – should be driving technological advancements. I will join my colleagues to vote yes on a bill to protect consumer choice and guard against federal overreach.”

The bill Barton introduced Wednesday would repeal the light bulb efficiency law.

Upton says he’ll support a repeal of the ban now. Will it pass? If you trust him, there’s no need to stock up on incandescent bulbs.

LOVE TOPS most people’s list of regrets.

NUTRIENTS cut macular degeneration risk?

MICHIGAN PROFESSOR: Going Nuclear Is Safe And Right.

REALLY? Nissan on track to sell 12,000 Leafs in U.S. by end of 2011.

MICHAEL YON ON bomb tricks and techniques in Afghanistan.

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY: Romney’s Right: Obama Did Make It Worse.

There are 2 million fewer private-sector jobs now than when Obama was sworn in, and the unemployment rate is 1.5 percentage points higher.

• There are now more long-term unemployed than at any time since the government started keeping records.

• The U.S. dollar is more than 12% weaker.

• The number of Americans on food stamps has climbed 37%.

• The Misery Index (unemployment plus inflation) is up 62%.

• And the national debt is about 40% higher than it was in January 2009.

In fact, reporters who bother to look will discover that Obama has managed to produce the worst recovery on record.

Ouch.

PETER SUDERMAN: Arizona has a major public health problem: Too few people are smoking. “Like many states, Arizona’s public finances are in miserable shape. And much of the state’s budget trouble can be attributed to a decade-old decision to finance an expansion of low-income health insurance coverage with revenue dependent on tobacco industry profits. . . . The state faced two problems. First, the actual price tag on the Medicaid expansion came in higher than expected. Second, smoking rates—and thus tobacco industry revenues—were on the decline; by 2002, states had already received 14 percent less in tobacco payments than projected.” It’s like they didn’t believe in their own anti-smoking efforts.

ED MORRISSEY: Do We Really Have A Revenue Problem?

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Another report tackles higher ed ‘solutions.’ “Nearly three years after Gov. Rick Perry held a little-noticed meeting with regents from university systems around the state, it’s game on in the fight for higher education. The college of liberal arts at the University of Texas at Austin weighed in today, releasing a 17-page rebuttal to the market-driven approach favored by the governor and some of his supporters.”

HAS THE FDA DECLARED WAR ON DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS? “Of course there are many supplement scams (see, e.g., here). However the FDA guidance is not particularly focused on misleading marketing and hucksterism within the industry.”

DEBT-CEILING TUSSLE: “I’m sure the White House is getting holy hell from their allies right now. Let’s see if they can stand fast.”

Hey, I’ve got some revenue ideas, if they’re looking . . . .

HOME PRICE SURVEY: No rebound in sight.

On the other hand, hiring is up.

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX: Let’s Lower The Debt Ceiling.

FACT-CHECK: Obama Wrong On Tax Rates.

TIM CAVANAUGH ON THE DEMOCRATS’ NEW DEBT-CEILING UNCONSTITUTIONALITY ARGUMENT: “I don’t know whether Epps is a fool or a knave in making this embarrassingly thin case. But Obama’s dodging such a straightforward question is pathetic.”

PROTESTERS SURROUNDING JEWISH BUSINESSES in Australia. “These riffraff formed a human barricade in front of the entrance to Max Brenner, denying people the ability to partake of its delectable wares. The hypocritical irony of protesting an alleged blockade of Gaza by forcibly blockading the entrance to a Jewish-owned business would be delicious if it weren’t so obnoxious.”

AT AMAZON, markdowns on chain saws.