“A law under consideration in South Dakota would expand the definition of ‘justifiable homicide’ to include killings that are intended to prevent harm to a fetus — a move that could make it legal to kill doctors who perform abortions. The Republican-backed legislation, House Bill 1171, has passed out of committee on a nine-to-three party-line vote, and is expected to face a floor vote in the state’s GOP-dominated House of Representatives soon.” The bill’s sponsor disputes that interpretation. [Mother Jones]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUERtAe73NI

“Thousands of opposition supporters have clashed with security forces in the centre of the Iranian capital, Tehran. Police used tear gas and detained dozens rallying in solidarity with uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. There was one report of a death in Tehran.” [BBC]

We don’t know who Kevin McCullough is — “nationally syndicated host”, but who isn’t? — but with a Fox-hosted column entitled “Disrespectful Libertarians Hijack CPAC Poll”, this has to be good:

This year’s CPAC wasn’t about advancing conservatism. Rather, it exposed the radically disrespectful element of the libertine…

It is the libertarian in attendance that produced the free pornographic calendar passed out to attendees in 2010…

Libertarians and Conservatives are as different as Libertarians and Liberals. The truth is libertarians are the worst form of political affiliation in the nation. Combining the desire of economic greed, with the amoral desire to promote any behavior regardless of its cost to our culture is a stark departure from the intent of the Founding Fathers.

In case you haven’t guessed, Mr. McCullough is a knuckle-dragging mouth-breather social conservative. And while it’s easy to play up potential schisms on the Right — well, heck, why not?

Disrespectful Libertarians Hijack CPAC Poll — And Its Mission [Fox News]

“Shirley Sherrod, who was fired from her USDA job last year after Andrew Breitbart posted online an edited video of her, has filed a lawsuit for libel and slander against Breitbart in D.C. Superior Court… Breitbart was served with it this weekend, while attending the Conservative Political Action Conference.” [TPM]

The Dubious Romantic Messages of 1980’s ‘Super Friends’ Valentines [Comics Alliance]

Title: “Known and Unknown: A Memoir”

Author: Donald Rumsfeld

Rank: 4

Blurb: “Features his blunt, firsthand opinions about some of the world’s best-known figures, from Margaret Thatcher to Elvis Presley, from Henry Kissinger to Colin Powell, and about each American president from Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush.”

Review: “I just wish the RUMSTUD had included more details about his days as a competitive wrestler, and some pictures of himself in the locker room at Princeton. I’d much rather think about the RUMSTUD with his sweaty wrestling singlet peeled down to his waist then about Condoleeza Rice in her Ferragamo pumps. I like to fantasize that one afternoon (while my husband is out playing golf with his hedge fund buddies) the RUMSTUD invades our bedroom and puts me in a full nelson while Bill O’Reilly works me over with a falafel. I hope you get the picture!”

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Footnote: Yes. Rumstud. Clearly we weren’t paying attention at the time.

Known and Unknown [Amazon]

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