Reince Priebus: Wisconsin pronunciation for “Rinse, Pre-wash”. Directions for removing stubborn tea stains as below.
For one day every two years, the Senate can change its rules. Tomorrow is that day and Tom Udall (D-NM) is planning to reform the filibuster. The filibuster is a grotesque perversion of the original once-in-a-while tactic against a majority action. In other words, so movements don’t . . . er, pass. Now the Republicans have seized on it as a way to block legislation. This is a big reason so much has been broken, blocked and crippled in Washington.
Hands down, the cover of the year. Sometimes montage is the best you can do and here it is. Idea, image perfectly blended, and with great panache. Congrats to Newsweek. The Lampoon lives!!!
Here’s my Year End Review for Need to Know.
Edited and animated by Jacob Williams and Bryan Brinkman, respectively, of The Refinery.
Here’s to a wakeful 2011.
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In 2010 some of the most significant stories played out as if they weren’t.
