Current events

This time around, it's conservatives who are getting to play Gotcha! over some inartful remarks about rape. In arguing in favor of a bill that would forbid lawful concealed carry on Colorado campuses, Democratic Rep. Joe Salazar suggested that just because women feel like they're going to be raped, that doesn't mean they actually will be, so why do they need guns?

I think one of the benefits of Gov. Mike Pence's win over challenger John Gregg is that Pence's idea for education enhancement will prevail instead of Gregg's, so we're going to see an emphasis on improving vocational and technical education instead of a push for more early childhood education. There will still be people nagging us about this, of course, and President Obama's call for universal pre-K will give them encouragement. Too bad:

You go, girl, then go faster:

Danica Patrick has made history before — as a woman and a racer, in Indianapolis and Japan.

The spotlight is nothing new. But never has it been this bright before.

As government projects go, this one is high up on the worthwhile scale, relatively speaking cost-effective and less likely than some to turn into a debacle:

Drudge had this graphic up today to illustrate 32 straight days of higher gas prices:

But I still like this one best:

Awwww, poor babies:

Interesting -- "Why almost everyone in Russia has a dash cam":

How is it possible that a dozen different motorists around the Russian city of Chelyabinsk were able to capture video of a massive meteor flying through the sky? Because almost everyone in Russia has a dash-mounted video camera in their car.

Today's "research proving the obvious" entry:

We always thought men and women saw things differently. Now it's been proved. For it seems that while women want their perfect man to be eight inches taller than them, men are most satisfied when they are closer to their ideal partner, and look for someone who is only three inches shorter.

God, I love this squabble. The White House is getting a new petition urging Persident Obama to stoy using the "wives, mothers and daughters" rhetorical frame:

When one party is so completely in the minority, its members can feel free to speak freely about what's really in their hearts and minds. So we have Missouri Democrats, outnumbered 24-10 in the Senate and 109-52 in the House, proposing this: