BLOGOSPHERIC SUPERVISION: “The bigger point is the point I’ve made here repeatedly over the years about Politico, and more recently Buzzfeed, which is a lack of transparency. Politico has the patina of neutrality, but relentlessly goes after Republicans with a gusto and joy not seen when it comes to Democrats in general and Obama in particular.”

JAMES TARANTO: The Limits of Moral Suasion: Mayor Bloomberg tries to follow Charles Murray’s advice. “If men have no reproductive rights, it follows logically that they have no reproductive responsibilities. That’s an abstract formulation, and one with which the law is often inconsistent: Family courts frequently attempt to hold men responsible for their offspring (though that poster slogan ‘Dad, you’ll be paying to support me for the next 20 years’ almost surely makes a false promise to Mom).”

SEQUESTER FAIL: Obama: Hey, I Had Nothing to Do With Stopping White House Tours.

COMPASSIONATE GOVERNMENT: Veterans Affairs bureaucrats shuffle paper as dying Marine grows weaker.

JIM MORAN’S ALSO A LITTLE WEAK ON THE VIOLENCE-AGAINST-WOMEN FRONT: Woman Asks Congressman: Why Aren’t You Pro-Choice on Guns?

WEIRD: Strangely missing from the NBC official show website and Hulu is Saturday Night Live’s opening skit, in which Justin Timberlake as Elton John mocks Hugo Chavez as a lunatic. Video at the link.

REMEMBER, ONLY THE POLICE CAN BE TRUSTED TO HANDLE GUNS RESPONSIBLY: Police: Off-duty cop drew gun when another dog got close. “An off-duty Boston cop drew her gun when an off-leash mutt got too close to her prized pug on a walk through Franklin Park yesterday, police said — an incident that is now under review by the department.”

RON RADOSH: The Hidden Purpose of Organizing for Action — Obama’s New Political Action Group.

YES: Rand Paul: Tea Party is like the American Revolution – The Occupy movement more like the French Revolution.

Perhaps he’s been reading the right stuff.

AND BEYOND THAT, THERE’S THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, DEBT. WHICH IS LOOMING LIKE HELL. Roll Call: Debt Ceiling Looms Beyond Spending Fight.

SLATE: President Obama promised transparency and open government. He failed miserably. So why do Washington watchdog groups look the other way? They only watch Republican dogs. “The storyline is classic Washington: Whistleblowers run to Congress about bad behavior; Congress demands answers; the White House throws up a wall. But where is the outrage, especially from the very groups who are supposed to be holding the government accountable? It doesn’t exist.”

ED DRISCOLL: The WaPo Continues to Devour Its Own.

ANYTHING HE PROPOSES SHOULD: Sen. Chuck Schumer’s background check bill raises red flags with gun rights supporters.

DO AS I DO, NOT AS I SAY: Sheryl Sandberg says that the only difference between the sexes is that men can’t nurse children, but her own experience shows otherwise.

I DON’T THINK THEY HAVE MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT: Senate Democrats pepper Obama with questions about entitlement reform. “Democrats emerged from the Senate’s Mike Mansfield Room publicly declaring party unity. But behind closed doors, liberals in the Senate caucus raised reservations about Obama’s readiness to consider cuts to Social Security benefits and his support for a deficit-reduction package evenly split between spending cuts and tax increases.”

On the other hand, it’s expiration dates all the way down.

NO. NEXT QUESTION? Does John McCain have standing to complain about “political stunts”?

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AMERICANS ARE FAT. THE COUNTRY IS BROKE. We’re subsidizing the sugar industry. What’s wrong with this picture?

POLITICO: Obama’s Negotiating Skills Not Getting Rave Reviews. “He’s still a law professor. He’d rather lecture you and put a red mark on your paper than talk to you.”

UPDATE: A reader points out that Obama didn’t get rave reviews as a law professor, either.

A TEENAGER’S STEP toward nanotechnology innovation.

FASTER, PLEASE: Safer nuclear power, at half the price.

STEPHEN GREEN: Senate Democrats Pretend To Make A Budget.

WOULD MANDATORY GUN OWNERSHIP violate citizens’ constitutional rights? No, because it’s an exercise of Congress’s power to arm the militia under Article I, section 8. In fact, the Militia Act of 1792 required adult males to own guns and ammunition.

OF COURSE, THE CONSEQUENCE IS THAT MILLIONAIRES WILL BE LESS WILLING TO MARRY NON-MILLIONAIRES: Wife of Millionaire Wins “Unprecedented” Case to Overturn Prenup Agreement.

ANOTHER SMALL BUSINESS SUCCESS STORY featuring the Internet. All is proceeding as I have foreseen.