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.

Hot Topic of the Day: Census Bureau sending violent felons to our doors?

Via Ed at HotAir:

A Senate Subcommittee hearing today revealed that nearly 36,000 Census Bureau employees were hired despite the fact that the fingerprint component of their criminal record checks was botched. Despite additional name checks recommended by the FBI, the GAO said that it was possible that more than 200 employees hired by the Census Bureau had criminal records, and were in contact with the public while canvassing for the ongoing 2010 census.

Robert Goldenkoff, the Government Accountability Office’s Director for Strategic Issues, said that the criminal record checks were bungled because of poor staff training. Bureau staff with less than 2 hours of training in fingerprinting ruined about a fifth of the 162,000 necessary criminal record checks.

If the properly processed criminal record checks are any indication, the Bureau may have let a large number of violent criminals slip through the cracks. Of the prints that were properly checked, about one percent, or 1,800 workers, had criminal records that name checks failed to identify.

Of these 1,800 workers with criminal records, about 750 had their employment terminated or further reviewed due to criminal records that included crimes like rape, manslaughter and child abuse. Projecting these numbers to the employees with spoilt prints, the GAO came up with the figure of 200 census workers that may have had serious criminal records.

Are we having fun yet?

Hot Topic of the Day - OPEN, for once!

We've got a little over an hour before Brandy shows up for her shift, so we'll throw out a Hot Topic thread to take us up to the Pub at 8:00PM EST (that was for you, littleoldlady, ye of Eastern Standard Time ; ) - the only problem is, Bare and I have been so swamped that we don't know what the hot topic is today, so you'll have to take over for us if you don't mind. What's the hot topic of the day, in your opinion? Just for doing our jobs for us, we're giving up the free chips and salsa in the Pub tonight - hope you're hungry!

P.S. Please say a prayer - if you're the praying type - for the earthquake/tsunami victims tonight. I'll join you.

P.P.S. Contributors, feel free to blow this text away and replace it with some actual news. Please be sure and give yourself credit if you do.

Hot Topic of the Day: Protests, Moving Goalposts, and A Fat Clown

Via HotAir: CNN discovers what an unruly protest looks like

And it isn't a Tea Party.

Bonus: Massachusetts judge rejects bid to delay Kennedy successor

"One Rule For Me, Another For Thee" Democrats strike again.

FNC: Chavez smells hope!

And C2ers smell...well, you know.