You’re a veteran network journalist, interviewing Rick Santorum’s Super PAC sugar daddy Foster Freeze Friess live on cable television. And out of the blue, he drops this:

“Back in my days, they used Bayer aspirin for contraceptives. The gals put it between their knees and it wasn’t that costly.”

How do you react? Let’s find out!

[via Political Wire/SFL]

Witnesses at today’s Darrell Issa hearing on contraception, which Issa says is really a hearing on religious freedom.

Democratic Women Boycott House Contraception Hearing After Republicans Prevent Women From Testifying [ThinkProgress]

Our guest columnist is finally able to celebrate his decision to spend a career in journalism.

The Heart Attack Grill in downtown Las Vegas lived up to its name Saturday night, when a customer dining on a “triple bypass burger” suffered an apparent heart attack.

Man suffers heart attack at Heart Attack Grill [FOX5 Vegas]

Please Jeebus let this be real … a daughter responds to her asshole father:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyXMA6691xs

Our guest columnist is Lisa Chan, who was last seen in Ersatz China, thanking America for tossing Michigan jobs over the Pacific.

I am deeply sorry for any pain that the character I portrayed brought to my communities. As a recent college grad who has spent time working to improve communities and empower those without a voice, this role is not in any way representative of who I am. It was absolutely a mistake on my part and one that, over time, I hope can be forgiven. I feel horrible about my participation and I am determined to resolve my actions.

Lisa Chan
CEO/ President, The Strive
Vice President, Sparxo Inc.

Lisa Chan [Facebook, via TPM]

In an ironic twist, when Romney fires santorum at Santorum Romney gets splashed with santorum which seems to make Romney romney himself.

In case you’re wondering, this was not made by Stephen Colbert. Or the Onion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtOcrS6axnE

At long last, here’s the line that everyone’s quoting:

Among all women who have had sex, 99% have ever used a contraceptive method other than natural family planning. This figure is virtually the same, 98%, among sexually experienced Catholic women.

The line is from a Guttmacher Institute study that draws from the same data as the CDC survey we reviewed yesterday. Apparently women in the survey were asked about their faith, but the CDC didn’t report it. And while the Guttmacher study has drawn its own attention and criticism, we just can’t find the details in its report that support its assertion.

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