Here's Your Enthusiasm Gap: One Nation Rally Draws More Attendees Than Beck's “Whitestock”  —  Enthusiasm gap, schmenthusiasm gap.  Without the benefit of months and months of advertising and promotion on Fox News Channel (in fact, I'm only aware of Ed Schultz on MSNBC doing any kind of TV promotion) …

Exclusive: Concern That Terror Teams Have Selected Targets, Ready to Strike  —  U.S. Weighs Travel Alert For Europe Because of Threat of Terror Attacks  —  Strong concerns that terrorist teams in Europe have selected their targets, completed their surveillance, eluded capture and are now ready …

Why sloppy foreclosure process could ruin Florida  —  There's no polite way to put this.  A growing cancer is infecting the backlogged legal process of foreclosing on hundreds of thousands of homes in Florida.  —  It's endangering the legal and economic stability of this state.

GOP's Whitman Blames Opponent for Housekeeper Flap  —  GOP's Whitman blames opponent for controversy over former housekeeper's immigration status  —  GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman accused Democratic rival Jerry Brown on Saturday of orchestrating a scandal over her former illegal …

JEREMY JENNINGS  —  When Mao Tse-Tung launched the Cultural Revolution in May 1966, one of the principal targets of attack were intellectuals.  Thousands were silenced, beaten to death, imprisoned, tortured or sent out to the countryside to be re-educated and purified through manual labour.

Sullivan's defense of presidential assassinations  —  (updated below)  —  During the Bush-era torture debates, I was never able to get past my initial incredulity that we were even having a “debate” over whether the President has the authority to torture people.

British schools where girls must wear the Islamic veil  —  Hundreds of girls are bring forced by British schools to wear the Islamic veil in a move which has been heavily criticised by mainstream Muslims.  —  Islamic schools have introduced uniform policies which force girls to wear the burka …

Bill Maher Calls Republicans ‘A Deadly Enemy’  —  After telling his audience that his job isn't to “carry water for this or any administration,” Bill Maher on Friday closed his show with a campaign speech begging viewers to support Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections.

‘Family Guy’ Episode Featuring Rush Limbaugh: A Preview  —  Opinions will no doubt vary among Rush fans for his agreeing to lend his voice to an entire Family Guy episode revolving around him.  The show airs Sunday night on Fox.  —  I'm not a regular viewer of the show …

A Supreme fetish  —  Tweet  —  Imagine the Supreme Court was wiped out in an asteroid strike, or maybe ate some re ally bad clams.  Whatever.  With the court temporarily out of the picture, could Congress and the White House ignore the Constitution, locking up Tea Partiers or ACLU members?

Some 3,000 Millionaires Claim Jobless Benefits, IRS Data Show  —  After the economy slipped into recession in 2008, millions of Americans received unemployment benefits to make ends meet — including almost 3,000 millionaires.  —  According to U.S. Internal Revenue Service data …