“IMPERIAL CENTER, CORUSCANT — The overwhelming military superiority of the Galactic Empire has been confirmed once again by the recent announcement by the President of the United States that his nation would not attempt to build a Death Star, despite the bellicose demands of the people of his tiny, aggressive planet.” [Star Wars Blog]

“He prohibited her husband, Dr. Marcus Bachmann, from sleeping in the same room with wife while on the campaign trail.” —Former (and still unpaid) Michele Bachmann field coordinator Peter Waldron, bitching about her “Rasputin-like” debate coach Brett O’Donnell. Bachmann’s campaign finance chair calls the comments “outrageous embellishments of the reality of what transpired”. [BuzzFeed, via Political Wire]

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“Well — he did not —”. Clarence Thomas, speaking during Supreme Court oral arguments for the first time in almost seven years. [TPM]

“Beck revealed that his intention to ‘go Galt’ is quite literal, unveiling grandiose plans to create an entirely self-sustaining community called Independence Park that will provide its own food and energy, produce television and film content, host research and development, serve as a marketplace for products and ideas, while also housing a theme park and serving as a residential community.” [Right Wing Watch]

My fellow J-school grads, those of you who were cognizant in the ’60s, and anyone who grew up south of the Mason-Dixon line will recognize his name. For any of you who don’t, here’s Gene Patterson’s most famous column, “A Flower for Their Graves” that appeared in the Atlanta Constitution in 1963 after the Birmingham 16th Street church bombings, and that Walter Cronkite invited him to read on the CBS Evening News.

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