STACY MCCAIN: Aaron Walker Court Hearing Confirms Kimberlin-Rauhauser Collaboration.

More from Hans Bader.

UM, BECAUSE WOMEN DON’T WANT TO PONY UP THREE MONTHS’ SALARY? Burning Question: Why Don’t Men Wear Engagement Rings?

Hmm. I see some recycling here.

ROBERT BIDINOTTO: 10 Reasons You Should Skip the Traditional Publishers and Self-Publish Ebooks Instead.

PREDICTING THE FUTURE? It’s hard enough to predict the present.

YOU KNOW, I THINK I LIKE THE CUT OF THIS ROMNEY FELLOW’S JIB: Heh: Romney Holds Campaign Event Outside Solyndra HQ. “Solyndra is the failed California-based solar technology company that received more than $500 million in federal stimulus money before it went bankrupt last year. It has since become a mantle of Romney’s argument that Obama doesn’t know how to run the economy.”

Romney’s people kept the event secret for fear of Obama-administration interference.

But wait, it gets better: David Axelrod met by loud pro-Romney crowd. “The event was supposed to have been a secret. The campaign did not announce Mr. Axelrod’s appearance in Mr. Romney’s hometown until early Thursday morning, although word of it leaked out on Twitter late Wednesday.”

But wait, it gets better still: “Then the Obama goons tried to bully the Romney supporters. Epic fail. The crowd even chanted ‘Cory Booker’ at Axelrod. Hilarious.”

UPDATE: Video: Famous Chicago political organizer … outorganized? Heh. This isn’t the McCain 2008 campaign.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Byron York: Combative Romney Team Hits Obama Coast to Coast.

“The Obama campaign thought they were going to come into our own turf and launch a dishonest sneak attack on Gov. Romney’s record,” says the Romney aide. “We’re not going to allow that to happen. We are going to hold them accountable every single time.”

Punch back twice as hard.

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FRANK MUNGER: REVISITING RICKOVER.

GUN RIGHTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS: A profile of Fordham law professor Nicholas Johnson.

SITE: The Jenny McCarthy Body Count.

SANDY LEVINSON ON AMERICA’S CONSTITUTIONS. I blurbed his new book, Framed: America’s 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance. He and I aren’t entirely on the same page, but it’s very much worth your attention.

DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY. AND SEXIST. “Research indicates that the endorsement of sexist ideology is linked to higher subjective wellbeing for both men and women.” Does the abbreviation for Benevolent Sexism telegraph the authors’ feelings about this finding?

FASTER, PLEASE: Pill Could Reverse Effects of a Stroke Long After It Hits. “For the 800,000 people in the United States who suffer a stroke each year, the window for drug therapy closes in the first few hours after the attack. That leaves some seven million stroke survivors in this country alone with no medical alternative beyond physical therapy. A small pharmaceutical company in New York hopes to change that with a drug that may help patients regain some of their lost mobility six months or more after a stroke.”

AND IT’S AN EXTREMELY GOOD LOOKING CAR: Fisker has delivered 1,000 Karmas, generates $100m in revenue so far in 2012.

CULTURE: “Science fiction is inherently rational and forward-looking. That puts it at odds with contemporary liberalism.”

POINTS AND FIGURES: The Corzine Rule. “It’s amazing that this epic financial scandal gets no consistent main stream media coverage. Over a billion was stolen. Corzine is in Madoff territory.”

THE MYTH OF the “Cronkite moment.”

HANDS OFF MY INTERNET: Lawmakers introduce measure to fight UN regulation of the Net. “A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced a resolution on Wednesday urging the Obama administration to oppose efforts to give the United Nations more control over the Internet. Proposals to give the UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) more control over the governance of the Internet could come up at a conference in Dubai in December. The move is backed by China, Russia, Brazil, India and other UN members, but is opposed by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, as well as the Obama administration.”

NEWEST SPIN: Being 30 and Living With Your Parents Isn’t Lame — It’s Awesome. Hope and change!

ETHICS ARE FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE: Washington Examiner: D.C. lawmakers give themselves a pass on ethics.

AT AMAZON, IT’S the Dockers Store.

Also, today only: Nautica Men’s Telescope Multifunction Analog Watch Box Set, $79.99.

INSTAVISION: I talk with Prof. Brian Tamanaha about his new book, Failing Law Schools, about the deflating of the law school bubble, and about what students, prospective students, and faculties should do.

HOW’S THAT “SMART DIPLOMACY” WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? (CONT’D): Polish president writes to Obama over ‘death camp’ gaffe.

HOW’S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? (CONT’D): Jobless claims rise for 4th straight week.

Related: Economy in U.S. Expanded Less Than Previously Estimated. “Gross domestic product climbed at a 1.9 percent annual rate from January through March, down from a 2.2 percent prior estimate, revised Commerce Department figures showed today in Washington. The report also showed corporate profits rose at the slowest pace in more than three years and smaller wage gains at the end of 2011.”

UPDATE: A longtime reader emails:

Please do not use my name, but…

I work at a large semiconductor company who does a LOT of business with Chinese firms (odds are many is not most of the electronic devices you have that say “made in China” on it buys it’s most expensive parts from us). recently orders have dropped precipitously. We are expecting to reduce the workforce before the end of the quarter by dropping contractor (temp) labor. We are entering what for the semiconductor industry is the Christmas sales season and the orders are going DOWN! Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Oh, I am.

LIVEBLOGGING THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE, at Throwing Things. And this is a good time for me to plug the documentary Spellbound again.