Dick Cheney on telling Patrick Leahy to go fuck himself: “You’d be surprised how many people liked that. That’s sort of the best thing I ever did.” No, shooting the lawyer in the face was better. [Think Progress]

“Massey Energy, the Virginia-based coal giant that runs the Upper Big Branch Mine, has denied time off for miners to attend their friends’ funerals; has rejected makeshift memorials outside the mine site; and, in at least one case, required a worker to go on shift even though the fate of a relative — one of the victims of the April 5 disaster — remained unknown at the time.” Massey denies the funeral refusals. [Washington Independent, via Think Progress]

“A Republican congressman from North Carolina has proposed legislation that would replace the image of President Ulysses S. Grant on the fifty dollar bill with that of President Ronald Reagan.” 79 percent of Americans think that’s a bad idea. As do 71 percent of Republicans. [Marist Poll, via Political Wire]

Craigslist [via TPM]

Bartering is effective in many instances [Las Vegas Review-Journal]

NRSC: Dems ‘Try To Inject Farm Animals’ Into NV-SEN With Attacks On Lowden’s Chicken Comments [TPM]

RNC Chairman Michael Steele, stating the obvious:

Q:  Why should an African-American vote Republican?

“You really don’t have a reason to, to be honest — we haven’t done a very good job of really giving you one. True? True.”

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Next time we hear a diatribe about debasing the currency, we may have to agree — this abomination is worth less than a hundred loonies.

U.S. Government Unveils New Design for the $100 Note [newmoney.gov]

Get Helvetica Off Our Money [via Daring Fireball]

William K. Black, Associate Professor of Economics and Law, the University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Law:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-HTylLzXu8