WELL, OBAMA HAS JOKED ABOUT AUDITING HIS ENEMIES: S&P Blames DoJ’s Lawsuit On “Retaliation” For US Downgrade.

HEH: Out: Anti-war; In: War is ‘cool’: Ace of Spades, one photo destroy anti-war Left hypocrisy.

IT’S NOT ONE OF THOSE “SMART BOMBS,” THOUGH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT MUCH: Tom Maguire Drops A Karaoke Bomb On Syria.

MOCKERY ENSUES: U.S. Sen. Ed Markey votes `present’ on key Syria resolution.

LEGAL QUESTION: Can the Police Go to the Front Door of a Home Marked With “No Trespassing” Signs?

SAY A PRAYER FOR Jim Hoft, the Gateway Pundit.

HOME TONIGHT FROM MY WHIRLWIND VISIT TO the Ashbrook Center. Very smart (and polite!) students, nice folks, cute little town. But I’m still glad that I spoke before Mark Steyn, not after. . . .

BRETT KIMBERLIN’S PLAN TO AVOID UNWANTED INTERNET ATTENTION doesn’t seem very well thought-out.

AT AMAZON, September Deals in Home Audio and Home Theater.

Also Deals in Grocery and Gourmet.

And, today only: Up to 56% Off Criterion Collection Favorites on Blu-ray and DVD.

DARKNESS IN ANTHROPOLOGY: A Conversation With Napoleon Chagnon.

AGING AND SURGERY: Did “Free to Be You & Me” imply getting a lot of work done to one’s once perky face? My mom used to be phone-friends of a sort with Danny Thomas, but I don’t think they discussed Marlo’s cosmetic surgery. But that may not have happened yet, then.

PHOTOS: California, 1968.

AT AMAZON, coupons galore in Sporting Goods. Including 25 bucks off the FitDesk, which we have and like.

JAMES PETHOKOUKIS: How disability benefits are creating a nation of dependent Julias (and Julians).

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: ‘Sub-Spotifying’: How To Use Spotify To Get Dates.

AT AMAZON, Deals in Instant Video.

Also, Kids & Family Favorites on Blu-Ray and DVD.

THESE DIVORCED MAN’S RULES FOR A HAPPY MARRIAGE seem a bit sketchy to me.

HOW SURVEILLANCE changes behavior.

HOW’S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? (CONT’D): 25% Say U.S. Job Market Better Than Year Ago, 31% Say Worse. “Americans are more pessimistic about the U.S. job market than they’ve been all year.”

A CHARMING ACOUSTIC COVER OF Are You Gonna Go My Way? by Jess Greenberg.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Tips On Winning The Science Fair.

OBAMACARE’S TOLL: Average Marginal Labor Income Tax Rates under the Affordable Care Act. “The law increases marginal tax rates by an average of five percentage points (of employee compensation), on top of the marginal tax rates that were already present before the it went into effect. The ACA’s addition to labor tax wedges is roughly equivalent to doubling both employer and employee payroll tax rates for half of the population.”

WHY NOT? Considering legal brothels in St. Louis. They’ve already got lots of prostitution. It’s just “hiding in the shadows.”

REMINDER: In 2009, President Obama “joked” about auditing his enemies.

RICHARD EPSTEIN: Down With The Living Wage.