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* Meg Whitman proves that a smart person can always get out of jury duty, is dismissed after five-hour ordeal.

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California Roundup: Teachers Union Warns of Technopocalypse Under New Obama Admin. Testing Plan

Frequent Reason contributor Brendan O’Neill is not a fan of Tony Blair’s new memoir: Never mind his claim about seeing the queen washing dishes after a barbecue at Balmoral. Forget his description of John Prescott’s affair as a ‘silly sex scandal’. Put to the back of your mind his ‘drink problem’

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Brendan O’Neill on Tony Blair’s “bitchy memoirs”

It’s Friday and I’ll get to the litany of was-the-stimulus-too-small-dammit stories every bit as stale as the donut I just ate in a bit. But first, as the MDA Labor Day Telethon descends upon the nation like the Sphinx upon Thebes, a word from Jerry Lewis regarding America’s biggest threat to domestic tranquility. By which I mean Lindsay Lohan: “I’d smack her in the mouth if I saw her,” he offered the interviewer when asked what he’d do if he saw Lohan.

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Jerry Lewis Wants to Spank Lindsay Lohan

Three comments about the Discovery Channel gunman James Lee: 1. Yes, he’s an environmentalist. Lee’s brand of environmentalism may be quirky — not many green manifestos contain the words “a game show format contest would be in order” — but his politics clearly center around the environment.

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The Green Gunman

The Philadelphia Daily News interviews nine men the city’s police department has arrested for carrying guns, even though all nine were carrying legally. Eight of the men said that they were detained by police – two for 18 hours each. Two were hospitalized for diabetic issues while in custody, one of whom was handcuffed to a bed.

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And That’s the Problem, Lt. Healy

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is the latest victim of the Tea Party insurgency that’s trying to take over the Republican Party

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Reason.tv: Give Us Liberty? – Q&A with Dick Armey & Matt Kibbe of FreedomWorks

What’s popularly known as the “Bush tax cuts” expire at the end of this year. President Barack Obama wants to keep rates the same (or lower them even) for individuals making less than $200,000 and households pulling down $250,000.

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Can the U.S. Afford $70 Billion in Tax Relief in 2011?

The eagle-eyed regulators at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have a sneaking suspicion that a company offering disgusting pizza, animatronic human-sized mice, and a ball pit may be trying to appeal to children. Or rather, their marketing (the slogan was “Chuck E. Cheese: Where a Kid Can Be a Kid!” last time I checked) may inappropriately appeal to children

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FTC Suspects Chuck E. Cheese of Marketing to Children

With the FCC’s September meeting just a few weeks away—it’s scheduled for September 23rd—the agency has been under enormous pressure to make a call on how it will pursue its Net neutrality agenda. On the left, the loudest members of the activist class have urged the FCC to embark on a program of wholesale regulatory reclassification, shifting broadband Internet from a Title I information service to Title II telecommunications service

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FCC Will Figure Out What To Do About the Internet Later