Our report on Saturday's demonstrations on Wall Street.

Senate appropriators have saved the James Webb Space Telescope (the successor to the Hubble) from the chopping block. For now.

Rick Perry: You're darn right Social Security is a Ponzi scheme!

Was any in the audience ringside at the ultimate fighting match between Rick Perry and Chuck Norris captured in this picture?

Perry dropping fast against Obama after Social Security and string of aggressive statements.

Michele Bachmann is still going after Rick Perry over the HPV vaccine, in a campaign email a short time ago:

As a mother of three daughters, I believe that parents, in consultation with their doctor and family, should decide whether or not our young women should receive injections for sexually transmitted diseases. These personal decisions are best left between parents and doctors, taking into consideration a child's personal health and family's values.

It almost reads like Perry was proposing to inject young girls with sexually transmitted diseases -- personally.

She's also lumping Perry's HPV plan with Obamacare. A two-fer.

So what's behind this investigation of the former aide to Wisconsin Gov. Walker (R)? It all started with blog commenting. We explain.

Muslim groups press DOJ and FBI on anti-Islamic training at FBI.

After dinner with Texas Governor, Donald Trump 'Jim Perry' a great candidate. Watch.

Lawyers for alleged 'Anonymous' hackers say what they're doing is no different from 21st century digital sit-ins, modern day civil disobedience.

President tries to reassure nervous Dems.

Jon Stewart on Solyndra. No humor there, you say? Wrong.

Al Gore: Carbon polluters are the biggest source of campaign contributions.

Obama: "The odds of me being reelected are much higher than the odds of me being elected in the first place."

We're not quite sure what it means. But the Supreme Court has issued a stay in the case of Duane Buck, 48, who was scheduled to be executed this evening in Texas. A lot of people get executed in Texas. And it's a pretty rare day when the US Supreme Court intervenes. In this case, it has added political implications because the Gov. of Texas is running to be president. And he's made a point of pride in the state's record on capital punishment and his confidence that everyone executed is guilty.

All sorts of states and cities give tax breaks and even cash pay-outs to shows and production companies to locate their shows in their area. But with the news that the state of New Jersey has shelled out $420,000 to Jersey Shore for locating the show in New Jersey, I mean, where else are they going to go?

Shoot in Toronto? Relocate to Charleston?

Vote fraud bamboozler who recently decried the fact that poor people can vote now says that the President's jobs bill will give up to $15 billion to groups like ACORN. Which of course no longer exists.

After outcry, NJ town pols remove 9/11 memorial inscribed with the pols' own names.

NASA discovers Luke Skywalker's homeworld. Sorta.

I can only marvel at the cynicism of Speaker Boehner's argument about 'short-term gimmicks' on the jobs front. Let's assume for the sake of conversation that we buy that there's an essential disagreement about macroeconomic policy and its role in spurring job growth in the near term. Let's also set aside the extremely strong arguments that contractionary policies will almost certainly make the jobs situation worse. Even if you set those arguments aside, the Speaker is basically saying he's not interested in doing anything to actually create jobs now or over the course of the next year.

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