HOT TOPICS OF THE DAY: Giles & O'Keefe, Heather Graham, Bio-Terror

Speaking of pimping, here's the Philly vid of the Giles/O'Keefe ACORN investigation. Apparently ACORN used legal action to force them to mute parts of the video, but if you haven't seen it, here you go. Follow this link to Big Government for updates on the story.

But wait! There's more. Heather Graham pimps the public option in this new ad by MoveOn.org. Is it my imagination, or do those overweight people actually catch up to her near the end?

Bonus "BEST POTUS EVAH" story via HotAir: White House neglecting bioterrorism

The Obama administration is working hard to curb nuclear threats but failing to address the more urgent and immediate threat of biological terrorism, a bipartisan commission created by Congress is reporting today.

The report obtained by USA TODAY cites failures on biosecurity policy by the White House, which the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction says has left the country vulnerable. The commission, created last year to address concerns raised by post-9/11 investigations, warns that anthrax spores released by a crop-duster could "kill more Americans than died in World War II" and the economic impact could exceed $1.8 trillion in cleanup and other costs.

The Daily Broadside - 10/20

Helen Thomas to White House: End Fox fight

Veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas on Monday advised the Obama administration to stand down and avoid fighting with Fox News and its correspondents.

In an interview with MSNBC, the columnist -- who is promoting her new book on presidents and their campaigns -- also stressed the White House ought to "stay out of these fights."

"They can only take you down. You can't kill the messenger," said Thomas, who has covered every president from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama.

GOPers to appear with ACORN filmmakers

Two Republican lawmakers on Wednesday will appear alongside two filmmakers who secretly shot footage of ACORN workers, sparking Congress to strip the group's federal funding.

Reps. Steve King (R-Iowa) and Thad McCotter (R-Mich.) are scheduled offer brief remarks at a Washington, D.C. press conference featuring James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles -- two conservative activists who posed as a pimp and prostitute -- to whom ACORN officials offered financial advice.

Baucus responds to claims of 'closed-door' health deal

Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on Monday sought to squash claims that Democratic leaders were drafting final healthcare reform legislation behind closed doors.


The key senator instead said that the bill has been "drafted by all senators" since he and other Senate leaders have spent time taking input from other members of the upper chamber.


"The fact of the matter is that it's been drafted by all senators in the sense that I've spent a large amount of my time talking to senators, meeting with groups of Senators," he said during a teleconference with reporters today. "I know [Senate Banking Committee chairman Chris] Dodd is doing the same thing, Senator Reid is doing the same thing."

'Women's love lives were better in East Germany before the Berlin Wall fell' (H/T: HotAir)

"It was curiosity born of great innocence," recalled Kurt Starke, 70, a sociologist and sex expert in Leipzig, eastern Germany.

"Couples went to sex shops, sometimes with grandmothers holding a child by the hand. We wanted to discover everything the West had to offer."

GATEWAY PUNDIT: The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Organization is holding a conference this week in Egypt. No Jews are allowed. (H/T Pi Guy. Assist: realwest) At the link:

Israeli doctors were invited to the event as well, and several had planned to attend. However, on Sunday night, the doctors received brief notices telling them that they were no longer invited to the conference, by order of Egyptian Health Minister Hatem el-Gabali.

C2 Friends of Israel forum manager Carl in Israel also has the story.

ABC News Allows Casual Use of Pejorative ‘Teabagger’ Term

You aren't going to believe this. Wait. Yes, you will.

Slow movin', slow groovin' John Conyers wants to get to the bottom of all this. HotAir has the story: John Conyers has now announced that he wants a Congressional investigation of ACORN — and of O’Keefe and Giles.

Shoot that messenger, John. Don't let them get away with this!

How does it feel?

Via HotAir: No, I don't think the White House requested Paterson bow out because of race, but watch for the Democrats to howl at the suggestion.

The Left has absolutely no problem putting words in Joe Wilson's mouth - things he didn't say or even come close to saying - but this suggestion of Steele's will be an outrage in five, four, three, two...

Another nugget over there on a lazy Sunday - Hannah's dad sets the record straight on a number of things: No, It Wasn’t My Idea for Hannah Giles to Dress Like a Hooker and Infiltrate ACORN