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• A Little Night Music

  Two cuts in one, but like the segue in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 between the third and fourth movements, you can’t separate them without hurting each.

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• What A Jerk

  Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) wants to ban abortion so that male fetuses are not deprived of the pleasure of masturbation, a subject he claims to be an expert in.

  “This is a subject that I do know something about,” said Burgess, a former OB/GYN, during the House hearing first reported [...]

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• The ENDA Is Near?

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  There is an outside chance that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) could become law.

  On Monday, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) signed on as the bill’s 51st cosponsor. The legislation would outlaw workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

  “Senator Carper believes it is important for federal [...]

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• Probing Questions

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  Just as it’s always the most anti-gay crusader who gets caught with the rent boy, it’s the hard-core anti-big-guvamint rightie who gets caught pilfering from the taxpayers.

  Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) and his wife, Maureen, have used taxpayer money for a range of small personal items they should [...]

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• Punch Line

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  The GOP is really struggling with getting the point of why a lot of people don’t like them.

  Exhibit A:

  “How do you make abortion funny?” That was a key question mulled at a major conservative gathering Friday on how to make social conservatism appealing to young people, after an election [...]

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• Anything You Can Do…

  There has always been a rivalry between Toronto and Montreal for being the big city in Canada.  It has a lot to do with the English vs. the French, hockey teams, and so forth; they’re always trying to top each other in some way.

  Well, I think we’ve reached a new [...]

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• Miss Statement

  There’s a lot of elitist chortling over the fact that a beauty pageant contestant fumbled a question about income inequality.

  But I’m willing to cut her a bit of slack based on the fact that A) it was a beauty contest, not a presidential primary, and B) as Charlie [...]

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• Short Takes

  Afghanistan weans off U.S. support.

  G-8 meeting rounding up in Northern Ireland.

  Supreme Court tosses Arizona’s voter registration law.

  Poll: Americans are not behind backing Syrian rebels.

  Oil prices are steady ahead of Fed meeting.

  Tropical Update: TD 2 forms off the coast of Belize, headed west.

  The Tigers [...]

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• A Little Night Music

  The rooster crowed at midnight.

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• Waiting for The Court

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  There is a chance that the Supreme Court will hand down rulings today on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Prop 8 cases.  Mondays are usually good for Court rulings, so it will either be today or a week from today.

  There are any number of ways the Court could [...]

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