Today's Qs for O's WH - 10/20/2009  —  From this morning's gaggle in White House press secretary Robert Gibbs' office:  —  Can you explain why it's appropriate for the White House to decide that a news organization is not one -  —  Gibbs: Jake, we render, we render an opinion based …

Traditional Americans are losing their nation  —  In the brief age of Obama, we have had “truthers,” “birthers,” tea party activists and town-hall dissenters.  —  Comes now, the “Oath Keepers.”  And who might they be?  —  Writes Alan Maimon in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Oath Keepers …

Democrats lock Republicans out of committee room  —  Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) locked Republicans out of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee room to keep them from meeting when Democrats aren't present.  —  Towns' action came after repeated public ridicule from the leading Republican …

Limbaugh to NYTimes environment reporter Revkin: “Why don't you just go kill yourself”  —  From the October 20 edition of Premiere Radio Network's The Rush Limbaugh Show:  —  Please upgrade your flash player.  The video for this item requires a newer version of Flash Player.

Oprah Winfrey Talks to Sarah Palin on The Oprah Winfrey Show  —  CHICAGO — In a world exclusive, Oprah Winfrey will interview former Alaska governor Sarah Palin for an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show to air Monday, November 16, 2009.  Winfrey and Palin will meet for the very first time on the episode …

America's secular saboteurs  —  There are many ways cultural nihilists are busy trying to sabotage America these days: multiculturalism is used as a club to beat down Western civilization in the classroom; sexual libertines seek to upend the cultural order by attacking religion …

Carnegie Hall Stagehand Moving Props Makes $530,044  —  Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) — After you practice for years and get to Carnegie Hall, it's almost better to move music stands than actually play the piano.  —  Depending on wattage, a star pianist can receive $20,000 a night at the 118-year-old hall …

Bernstein on Human Rights Watch  —  It's certainly news that Human Rights Watch's critics were able to get a former HRW chairman to slam the organization for having the temerity to hold Israel to the same standards of international humanitarian law to which it holds every other country.

Happy Hour Roundup: New CBO Score Bodes Well For Public Option  —  Update: This just in:  —  In another step forward for the public option, I'm told reliably by a source that House leaders have been given a new Congressional Budget Office “score” finding that the evolving House bill …

‘They Tried to Steal an Election,’ N.Y. Voter Fraud Case Heats Up  —  Thirty-eight forged or fraudulent ballots have been thrown out, according to records at the Rensselaer County Board of Elections in Troy, N.Y. Enough votes, an election official admits, to likely have tipped the November election to the Democrats.

Meet future woman: shorter, plumper, more fertile  — For similar stories, visit the Evolution and Human Evolution Topic Guides  —  Women of the future are likely to be slightly shorter and plumper, have healthier hearts and longer reproductive windows.  These changes are predicted …

Latest bank fee is for paying off credit card on time every month  —  You floss regularly, yield to oncoming traffic and use your credit cards judiciously, dutifully paying off your balance every month.  —  You may believe that your exemplary behavior shields you from unexpected credit card fees.

News7 Poll: Republicans hold comfortable leads in statewide contests  —  According to a new News7 SurveyUSA poll, if the governor's election was held today, Republican Bob McDonnell would easily win the race over Democrat Creigh Deeds.  —  It shows McDonnell with a 59 percent to 40 percent lead over Deeds.

Judge revokes Bernard Kerik bail, sends ex-NYPD top cop to jail for trying to taint jury pool  —  A judge tossed former NYPD commissioner Bernard Kerik in jail for trying to taint the jury pool via the Internet Tuesday - days before the top cop's corruption trial starts.

Kinsman, IL - FBI Raids Halal Slaughterhouse  —  Kinsman, IL - Federal agents conducted a raid Sunday afternoon at a goat meat processing plant near Morris, Illinois.  The secretive operation was led by the Chicago FBI office, the Feds are being very tight-lipped on what they found and why they were even there.

Hersh: Military waging war with White House  —  DURHAM — The U.S. military is not just fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, America's most renowned investigative journalist says.  —  The army is also “in a war against the White House — and they feel they have [President] Obama boxed in …

Justices to Decide if Detainees Can Be Released Into U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether federal courts have the power to order prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay to be released into the United States.  —  The case concerns 17 men …

The secret Paulson-Goldman meeting  —  Andrew Ross Sorkin's new book is out today, and breaks some pretty stunning news, dating from the end of June, 2008.  At this point, we're still months away from the now-famous but then-secret waiver, issued in mid-September, which allowed Hank Paulson …

ACORN Watch: Fight the thugs  —  ACORN is a criminal enterprise.  It took decades to build up its massive coffers and intricate web of affiliates across the country.  —  It will take months and years to untangle the entire operation.  —  And it will take time, money …

Headliner Kerry joins J Street no-show list UPDATE  —  J Street, DC's new left-leaning Israel advocacy group, had hoped to make a big splash with an event in DC next week but the group has been rocked by a wave of speaker cancellations and no-shows — led by headliner John Kerry, POLITICO's Meredith Shiner reports.

The “Financial Autopsy” CFPA Amendment  —  I've just been informed by people in Washington DC that there is a newly proposed amendment to the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, an amendment that I find promising.  Here is a first draft: … A few thoughts:  — The CDC has a response team for when it finds cancer clusters.

DeMint denounces op-ed with Jewish stereotype  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is denouncing remarks by two Republican officials in his state that were published in a controversial weekend op-ed which included a Jewish stereotype.  —  The piece, written …

Study: States can't afford death penalty  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — At 678, California has the nation's largest death row population, yet the state has not executed anyone in four years.  —  But it spends more than $130 million a year on its capital punishment system — housing and prosecuting inmates …