SHAMEFUL: (Video) AFSCME boss gives race-baiting speech at Occupy Milwaukee rally.

HMM: Sabato: Swing Voters Have Almost As Negative An Opinion of Obama As Romney Supporters. “This is pretty interesting. This isn’t a rah-rah, Romney will win thing. Because the trouble is, even while harboring a negative view of Obama, they’re still swing voters. They are not willing, at least not yet, to say they support Romney.”

RAND PAUL endorses Mitt Romney.

DUDE, BIG BROTHER IS AS ORIGINAL AS ITS TITLE. THERE’S NOTHING TO STEAL. CBS Filing Tonight for Emergency Injunction Against ABC’s ‘Glass House’. Besides, Voyeur Dorm was way ahead of you . . . .

SMART DIPLOMACY UPDATE: Panetta, in Afghanistan, Lashes Out at Pakistan.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: How Oral Sex, Lingerie, & Waxing Can Save Your Relationship.

TOMORROW NIGHT: Presenting the Breitbart Awards.

MORE SWATTING SUPPORT: Marchant Stands for Free Speech and with Conservative Bloggers Under Attack. “Congressman Kenny Marchant (TX-24) today issued a statement in strong support of free speech and conservative bloggers who are being targeted in dangerous ‘SWAT-tings’ and asked Attorney General Holder to investigate these matters to see if federal laws have been violated by the perpetrators.”

He joins Sen. Saxby Chambliss, whose story is now front-paged on Drudge.

Plus, in a related development the ACLJ is coming to the defense of threatened bloggers. “Top conservative blogger Ali Akbar and the organization National Bloggers Club are facing threats and intimidation tactics by those who oppose their viewpoint. Today Akbar and the National Bloggers Club got some much-needed good news: their free-speech rights will be defended by the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ). . . . The ACLJ will aggressively defend the constitutionally protected free speech rights of Akbar and his organization.”

See, I’ve warned people before that threatening bloggers is not the way to maintain a low profile.

HOW TO BOOK your ticket to space.

The dream of flying to space is close to the heart of every kid – and even many adults.

Such visions make possible ideas like the Intergalactic Travel Bureau. As part of an art festival on Governors Island in New York running June 9 and 10, the travel bureau asks visitors to imagine their dream space vacation. Want to see the rings of Saturn? How about the ice caps of Mars? The exhibit will allow participants to connect with actors and space scientists and come up with the best ways to learn and explore the solar system and beyond.

While such flights of fancy are great to imagine, within a few years it will actually be possible to launch into space without first becoming an astronaut. Space travel may never be as easy and safe as taking a plane from Los Angeles to New York, but ordinary citizens (with a lot of money) can already start putting some cash down on a ticket to space.

Faster, please.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: How To Live Past 110: Studying The Secrets Of The Super Centenarians.

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: “My Ex is Sending Photos of Me to Swingers.”

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW when buying new tires.

AT AMAZON, special MP3 deals.

JUST PUBLISHED, a Ray Bradbury reminiscence that reminds me of Dandelion Wine. This may be Bradbury’s last publication, unless there’s something else in the pipeline. Thanks to reader William Banks for the link.

CHANGE: First Tuberculosis Drug in 40 Years Has Otsuka Cautious.

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine today shows Otsuka’s delamanid helped fight tuberculosis strains not stopped by other medications. The Tokyo-based drugmaker, which began seeking treatments for the deadly lung disease in 1982, says it’s drawing up plans to restrict access to select physicians to avoid the bug building resistance.

“We’ve invested a lot of time and money to develop this drug, but we are not seeking robust sales growth immediately,” Masuhiro Yoshitake, Otsuka’s head of tuberculosis projects, said in an interview. “We want to begin selling to people who know how to use the drug.”

Doctors must balance the need to fight hard-to-treat cases against prolonging the medicine’s potency. Taking measures to control delamanid’s use would avoid spoiling the first new promising weapon against TB in 40 years, said Marc Pellegrini, an infectious diseases physician and TB researcher at Melbourne’s Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.

I’m just glad there’s something coming out.

ANN ALTHOUSE: My post-recall question: What did Rahm Emanuel say to Tom Barrett to get him to run against Scott Walker?

RAY BRADBURY ON the true meaning of Fahrenheit 451.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD’S WEIRDEST RESTAURANTS.

LAID-OFF JOURNALISTS RE-LAUNCH AS LOBBYISTS!

DULL AND BORING TO HOOK UP:

The US town of Boring in Oregon has voted in favour of formally pairing with the village of Dull in Perthshire.

Boring decided for the move in the interests of trans-Atlantic relations, tourism and humour, after being approached by residents in Dull.

The decision means both places can sell novelty tourist items, get quirky road signs made and plan exchange visits.

Sounds like the beginning of a beautiful friendship.