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As a rising star in Hungary’s far-right Jobbik Party, Csanad Szegedi was notorious for his incendiary comments on Jews: He accused them of “buying up” the country, railed about the “Jewishness” of the political elite and claimed Jews were desecrating national symbols.

Here's one that should be fun for the partisan warriors, a chart showing the number of jobs created during presintial terms. The best record -- Bill Clinton, with Ronald Reagan coming in at No. 2. And the worst -- George W. Bush in the penultimate position and Barack Obama the absolute worst. How much credit or blame a president should actually get for the number of jobs created is, of course, a whole different topic.

Cleaning up one of our messes:

Awww, I was hoping it was Ronald Reagan:

What do Barack Obama, Thomas Jefferson, George W. Bush and the other past U.S. presidents have in common? Besides holding the coveted title of commander-in-chief, it appears that all of them but one are cousins.

This year, for the first time in history, more old albums will be sold than new ones. In the first half of 2012, "catalog" albums -- those released more than 18 months ago -- sold 76.6 million units. New units tallied 73.9 million. And the difference are likely to increase -- "new" will never outsell "old again." Why is this happening?

RIP, Gore Vidal, who along with William F. Buckley was responsible for perhaps the greatest exchange every in political talk show history:

Happy birthday to "the man who saved capitalism":

President Obama's "You didn't build that" speech has been so throughly hashed over now that it might eventually be seen as the defining moment in the presidential campaign. The speech and Mitt Romney's reaction to it draw about as clear a bright line between the candidates' positions and overall approach as can be drawn. I think Charles Krauthammer has done the best job of explaining what that line is:

Haven't had a "juxtaposition of the day" for a while, so let's do one with pictures.

At the New York Times' Room for Debate site, the question is asked, "If the U.S. Constitution were being written today, what would you omit, add or clarify?" The answers from some of the participants are just awful -- do away with the Electoral College, get right of the right to bear arms, allow naturalized citizens to be president. Some are interesting -- clarify what's cruel and unusual. amend the Commerce Clause, rewrite the First Amendment.