THAT’S GONNA LEAVE A MARK: “To mark Michael Mann’s Nobel Prize, we bought this full-page ad that ran in today’s Penn State student newspaper.”

THE YALE DAILY NEWS REPORTS on Pat Moran’s criminal investigation for voter fraud. “Moran was forced to resign as field director from his father’s — U.S. Representative Jim Moran (D) — reelection campaign on Oct. 24 after he was caught on tape telling an undercover reporter to look into a plan that would vote in place of up to 100 registered voters who rarely voted. The volunteer had pitched the plan, and though Moran was initially hesitant, he eventually offers tips on forging utility bills and bank statements to pass voter registration laws.”

I’M SORRY, ED, but both of those sculptures are aesthetically awful. The older one is actually worse because Rupert Schmid only intended to say “beauty” and failed. Viola Frey was doing comical commentary and (arguably) succeeded. I’m sure Frey would have found it funny that you and PJMedia deplore her work, but Schmid would have felt wounded to have been thought a tasteless hack.

YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY: At Amazon, 60% or more off on USB Flash Drives.

DO I FILE THIS UNDER HOPE, OR CHANGE? The reverend who gave Obama’s inaugural benediction thinks all white people are going to Hell.

Saul Alinsky could not be reached for comment.

Jim Treacher could though, and adds, “How do you lay a guilt trip on somebody who’s already damned? Hey, white folks, if you’re headed to Hell regardless, you may as well vote the way you want.”

THE DECLINE AND FALL OF WESTERN CULTURE IN ONE PHOTO.

Camille Paglia, call your office:

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YEAH, THAT’S ALWAYS BEEN THEIR WEAK SPOT: Piers Morgan Wants CNN Anchors to Get More ‘Provocative,’ ‘Opinionated.’

And they’re happy to oblige: CNN’s Bossy Soledad O’Brien: I Treat Rudy Giuliani Like One of My Kids.

But see, that’s the problem right there, as Soledad and her network treat Obama as if he were their dad.

CHANGE: “A shouting match over journalistic ethics broke out on the Obama plane.”

UNEXPECTEDLY: Non-shocker of the day: September jobs data revised by half.

RICHARD EPSTEIN: The Last Gasp of Union Power. “In Michigan, a collective bargaining initiative will wreak havoc on an already weak economy.”

EVERYTHING SEEMINGLY IS SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL: Sacrificial Cow Kills Man At Palestinian Muslim Slaughter Feast.

OBAMACARE SNEAK PREVIEW: As a service to the public, Americans for Tax Reform has released a projected tax form to help families and tax specialists prepare for the additional filing requirement of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate provision.

DEMOCRATIC DENVER MAYOR HANCOCK: Let’s Face It, We’re Losing Wisconsin Right Now.

STACY MCCAIN focuses on what’s important in Ohio.

NOTE: WEAR HAZMAT SUIT TO ALL OBAMA-BIDEN EVENTS: Biden Vows “I’m Going To Give You The Whole Load Today.”

RELATED: Biden to Voter: “Are you Indian?” Voter to Biden: “American.”

Wow, what a bitter clinger that man obviously is.

TEN REASONS WHY DONALD PLEASENCE IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON: The only. The Donald.

JOHN McCAIN: “This president is either engaged in a massive cover-up deceiving the American people or he is so grossly incompetent that he is not qualified to be the commander in chief of our armed forces. It’s either one of them.”

As distant cousin Stacy McCain’s co-blogger Smitty writes, along with a Tea Party video demanding the MSM cover the Benghazi story, “Barack Obama had better hope he loses next Tuesday. You can’t sit behind the Resolute Desk with this much albatross hanging from your neck.”

WELL, IT’S PRETTY UNFORGIVABLE: Facebook Admits Error In Censoring Anti-Obama Message.

NEW EMAILS RELEASED BY HOUSE PANEL CONTRADICT OBAMA DENIAL OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE ON DOE LOANS: A batch of 150 previously undisclosed emails made public today by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee sharply contradict claims by Obama and several of his top aides that no political considerations entered into Department of Energy approval of clean energy program loans.

Committee chairman Darrell Issa, R-CA, said this of how the “most transparent administration ever” handled transparency on this issue: “The Administration should have disclosed these emails directly to Congress and the American people. The Department of Energy failed to produce many of these emails, but the Committee received them from other sources.”

And there’s a Harry Reid angle here, too.

AND IN A WAY IT WAS ALL OF US: It Wasn’t Just Four Americans Abandoned in Benghazi.

HALLOWEEN IN THE DINER: A new – and berry, berrrrrry scaaaaaary podcast from James Lileks.

ANGRY DADS TO THE RESCUE: Video: Shirtless, dazed and confused-looking dude wanders onto football field at local Sacramento high school game, angry dads escort him off…

DISASTER RECOVERY: The Gray Lady versus The Waffle House Index.

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CONSERVATIVE POLITCAL AD MAKER LADD EHLINGER, JR. HANGING IT UP, to focus on filmmaking. If the above video is indeed his last ad, with its ‘50s themes — the Red Menace, the Blob, ‘60s Jonny Quest-style characters, and 2000-era South Park-style general ambience, it’s a bravura piece of YouTube video to go out on.

(Via The Other McCain.)

DIVERSITY IN LEGAL EDUCATION: Law Profs: Obama 72%, Romney 19%.