Get up, stand up
Texas Sen. Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth) spoke before her state Senate for a nearly 11-hour filibuster Tuesday night to block comprehensive restrictions on abortion in the state. Not only did she stop the bill in its tracks, but Davis energized the progressive base and shot to national prominence literally overnight. All in a day's work?
Turnin' back the clock
The Supreme Court struck down a section of one of the most famous pieces of civil rights legislation in the 20th century Tuesday on the grounds that the South is no longer racist enough to be overly concerned about. Something tells me we might be getting ahead of ourselves? Paula Deen's generation is a rather vocal one.
The odd couple
As of Wednesday, American fugitive and whistle-blower Edward Snowden was still hiding in a Russian airport. Which, incidentally, is where P.J. Hairston will be in a little more than a week -- looks like all my heroes are going to be in one place! Too bad they're both facing criminal charges, but we'll be fine if the Russians just play it cool.
Paula pays piper
Celebrity chef Paula Deen published a series of YouTube apologies last week regarding her use of racial slurs and allegations of sexism and racism in her restaurant chain. She seemed genuinely sorry about the pain she'd caused -- I almost felt bad. But now is one hell of a convenient time for her to develop some empathy.
Pot-bellied pigs, but actually
If you thought grass-fed meat was already popular, just wait.
A pig rancher in Seattle has started using leftover stems, leaves and seeds from a marijuana dispensary to feed his animals.
Customers in blind taste tests say it gives the pork a "more savory" flavor, and a "marbled, fattier texture," but that might be due more to the drug's effects on the pigs, rather than the drugs themselves.
The drug-fed pigs gained weight 20 percent faster than the straight-edge ones, but not for the reasons you might expect. They don't eat extra food, but they spend most of their time lying around, barely lifting their heads. Some may think that's inhumane, but it just sounds like freshman year to me. Maybe the pigs like it? I'd just worry about their GPAs.
NOTED.
New research suggests dogs form bonds and respond to their owners much the same way babies do with parents.
They're just fuzzy infants who chew things and never grow out of the wild pooping stage, right? Of course, if we gave our babies rawhide bones and let them go on the lawn, they probably would.
QUOTED.
"What's north of north? Nothing."
--Sources close to Kanye West and Kim Kardashian say the newborn North West was named not to pun on the fabled sea route that inspired centuries of exploration, but because she is a high point for the couple ... But I get a feeling spatial orientation will be the least of her worries.
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