And if you think a near doubling of the estimated cost since passage is impressive, just wait until the thing finally gets implemented! Of course, on the glass-half-full side, free condoms / spermicidal sponges. So, you know — we’ll just call it even. Thanks, Dr Obama! (h/t JD)

Just hit a new high on the hub lift, which mimics lifting old York barbell plates by their inside hubs. Pulled 42.5 lbs with both hands, on my way to an actual 45# York plate hub lift. My previous high, which I hit last summer, was 40#. For a while I’d been regressing on this particular lift — while I was fighting off injuries over the winter, I was lucky

Sasha, Malia, brave women everywhere under siege by misogynist marauders waging war against them hardest hit. Reached for comment, Sandra Fluke reiterated that she won’t let such slurs silence her. Provided they are uttered by people who, you know, vote wrong. Otherwise, she’s content to keep her yap shut. (h/t Mark Levin)

Unfortunately, it appears that in Ms Fluke’s case, neither will being mind-numbingly wrong. So it’s kind of a wash, really. (h/t Guy Benson)

Andrew Malcolm, IBD: Not exactly shocking news for those exposed to them for years, but the respected Pew Research Center has determined that political liberals are far less tolerant of opposing views than regular Americans. In a new study, the Pew Center for the Internet and American Life Project confirmed what most intelligent Americans had long sensed. That is, whenever they are challenged or confronted on the hollow falsity of

Point of order: does that make the PR firm sluts or whores for the Democrat Party? I need to know so’s at my next book club meeting I don’t make any embarrassing or hurtful pronouncements that, when taken out of context, could be construed as “dehumanizing” toward women. Because it turns out my book club is absolutely glutted with chicks. *

Sure, you need a picture ID to get on a plane or rent a car or get rid of nasal congestion — but then, plane boarding or car rentals or relief from nasal congestion isn’t going to vote illegally on behalf of Democrats, is it? So. Q.E.D. (h/t TerryH)

National Journal: More Americans trust President Obama than congressional Republicans to make the right decisions to bring down the price of gasoline, according to a new poll, although neither side commands a majority. What’s more, as prices continue to rise and the specter of $5-per-gallon gas for the summer driving season looms over the political landscape, the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll shows the public slightly more supportive