TOM BEVAN: Signs Of Trouble For Obama In Iowa.

Hey, let’s run that graphic one more time:

SO LONG AS IT’S NOT BEFORE NOVEMBER. RIGHT, MR. AXELROD? General Motors Is Headed For Bankruptcy — Again.

Related: GM’s European Nightmare.

Rumors that GM will be renamed The Twentieth Century Motor Car Company are unconfirmed, as Joe Biden’s office is not returning calls on the subject.

I’M SURE THAT HEADLINES LIKE THIS INDICATE THAT OBAMA’S CAMPAIGN IS GOING SMOOTHLY: White House defends Biden, says remarks not racist.

CHANGE: Finland Prepares For Breakup Of Eurozone.

DAVID FEITH: What Obama Isn’t Saying About Iran. “The sanctions aren’t ‘crippling,’ Tehran isn’t isolated, and there aren’t any tough American red lines.”

BROOKLYN REBOUNDS as America’s new Bohemia.

TEA PARTY VICTORY: Cliff Stearns Concedes Defeat. “Rep. Cliff Stearns, who was first elected to the House in 1988, conceded defeat to tea-party-affiliated veterinarian Ted Yoho today. Yoho upset the longtime Member in Florida’s 3rd district GOP primary Tuesday.”

REICHSTAG UPDATE: Full Spectrum Operations in the Homeland: A “Vision” of the Future.

FAMED AUTHOR STEPS IN to pay Barack Obama’s Brother’s Hospital Bill. “One of Obama’s favorite phrases comes right out of the Bible: ‘We are our brother’s keeper.’ Yet he has not contributed a penny to help his own brother. And evidently George does not believe, even in times of emergency, that he can turn to his brother in the White House for help. So much for spreading the wealth around. Obama’s refusal to help George is especially surprising because George doesn’t just live in American-style poverty but rather in Third World poverty. He lives in a shanty in the Huruma slum in Nairobi. He gets by on a few dollars a month.”

UPDATE: Reader D.J. Schreffler writes:

The first thing that lept out at me was the mis-quote of Genesis 4:9. Depending on translation, it runs: Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother, Abel?” And Cain replied, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

To be fair, Cain’s trying to dodge trouble for murdering his younger brother at this point, but what do we see?

Mr. D’Souza thinks the phrase ‘We are our brother’s keeper[sic]’ is in the Bible. If he’s accurate in his assertion, President Obama thinks so as well. Nothing of the sort. There are admonition to be generous with the unfortunate, to take care of family, and to not let justice be changed depending on wealth and power (and insider access, I suppose), so they can be forgiven thinking that the quote comes from the bible, because you can find the sentiment there.

Where I do remember seeing the phrase ‘We are our brothers’ keepers’ (which might be a slight mis-recall, but at least is grammatically correct), is in Atlas Shrugged, with various people using it as a political slogan, or even as the new guiding principle of the Twentieth Century Motor Company after management goes to the next generation.

Which, of course, leads to another interesting possibility: Mr. D’Souza has read Atlas Shrugged, or other works of Rand, if the phrase shows up in them, and has ascribed the sentiment, as Rand uses is, to President Obama. This, I find depressingly accurate.

Indeed.

PROFESSOR BAINBRIDGE ON THE ABA’S INTEREST-GROUP CAPTURE: “The ABA increasingly is taking policy positions on a whole host of legal issues that have nothing to do with the practice of law or the profession of law. When relevant, moreover, the ABA usually takes a hard-line left-liberal position. It’s one of the many reasons I don’t belong to the ABA. Why should I lend my money and name (such as it is) to an organization that consistently takes positions I would oppose on policy questions beyond the traditional scope of the organization’s expertise and jurisdiction?”

GUNS FOR SALE AT AMAZON? LOOKS LIKE IT. But I presume you’d have to take delivery via a licensed dealer in your state.

UPDATE: Various readers doubt this is real. It probably isn’t — but I wish it were!

PHYSICIAN: Time To End The “War On Pubic Hair.”

I dunno, lately it seems to be one of the few we’re winning . . . .

On the other hand, nobody worried about pubic hair in the ’70s, and the sex seemed to be just fine.

UPDATE: A reader emails: “The War on Pubic Hair? Must be…er…Bush’s fault!”

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Alan LeWinter writes: “‘No More Bush!’ …Finally Obama Keeps A Promise!”

DOUBLING DOWN ON DOPEY JOE: The Hill: White House says Obama will stick with Biden as running mate.

Related: Poll finds Romney, Ryan closing the gap with Obama in Wisconsin.

Plus, this lame countershot: Team Obama: Ryan ‘falls flat’ with voters, like Palin and Quayle. Yeah. Ryan’s the running mate in trouble . . . .

UPDATE: Did Douglas Wilder attend a Romney fundraiser tonight?

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Effective Alternatives To Nagging Your Husband.

AT AMAZON, markdowns on Dorm Room Essentials.

INSTAVISION: Parsing the Polls with Michael Barone: Can You Really Trust the Pollsters? (Bumped).

OBVIOUSLY, I NEED TO BREAK OUT THOSE OLD F TROOP AND ADDAMS FAMILY DVDs: Rerun Therapy: Remote Control Restores Self Control.

SANDRA FLUKE, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Extreme Galaxy Cluster Birthing Stars at Excessive Rate.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Online Education Tsunami Gaining Momentum. Online education won’t replace traditional instruction, but it will certainly compete with it quite successfully in many applications.

SCIENCE: Strong Hands and Voice Pitch Really Are Signs of Fertility.

SMOOTH: Test-Driving The 2013 Lexus LS. “Short of floating in a sensory-deprivation chamber, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more soothing experience than riding in the updated 2013 Lexus LS 460, the longer-wheelbase LS 460 L, or the hybrid LS 600h L.”

AT AMAZON, Today’s Deals in Movies & TV.

RISING JAPAN-CHINA TENSIONS. “Every year on August 15, the date of Japan’s surrender in World War II, Japanese officials visit the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo to honor the country’s war dead. The shrine honors a number of convicted war criminals, and the visits anger Asian countries that greatly suffered under Japanese rule. This year’s visit comes with tensions running especially high after the Japanese coast guard arrested 15 Chinese activists on the Senkaku Islands. These islands (which are also claimed by Taiwan) have symbolic value and are located near a potentially gas-rich area.”

IS COLLECTING ART the new gold? Or is it just another bubble?

ONE-HIT WONDERS of the auto world.