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Iran now has the capability to send “a mouse, several turtles and worms” into space. Oh God! WHO WILL SAVE US FROM THE IRANIAN SPACE WORM?!?!? (Voice of America)
Oh look, not torturing the underpants bomber has produced meaningful results. It’s almost like we have a functioning criminal justice system in this country! (NYT)
Adobe and Apple are going to war with each other because of Steve Jobs’ famed new women’s hygiene product, the iPad. (ZDNet)
Ugh, apparently al-Qaeda is not done attacking us even though the whole underpants bomb thing didn’t work. (WSJ)
The Democratic and Republican primaries for Illinois governor are both too close to call probably because of “Chicago-style politics” or something. (Chicago Tribune)

Wanker of the Day

If there is one thing young black voters are interested in it is… earmark reform? Uh, what? (@jonathanhsinger)
The white supremacist who killed a guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum last June has died in a prison hospital. (WaPo)
Several of the Republican state attorneys general who have complained that the healthcare reform bill is unconstitutional have taken campaign contributions from the health industry. How shocking! (Wonk Room)
The new underpants-bomb-proof full body scanners are so revealing they may violate anti-child pornography laws in Britain. (Guardian)
OMB Director Peter Orszag has a kid. And the mother is not the woman he just asked to marry him. (NY Post)

I hope Rush Limbaugh appreciates the life-saving “socialized medicine” he received from unionized hospital employees in Hawaii. (SEIU)
Former Mo. State Sen. Jeff Smith begins his year and a day as prisoner number 36607-044 at a federal prison in Manchester, Ky. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Florida GOP Chair Jim Greer has resigned for failing to be an insane teabagger like the rest of his party. (St. Petersburg Times)
In response to the Christmas underpants bomber, Canada will install full-body scanners at eleven major airports as part of a new global effort to create the world’s biggest porn collection improve airport security. (CTV)
Politico, DC’s most popular chronicle of politicians’ marital affairs, has no problem with reprinting Dick Cheney’s nonsensical ramblings about President Obama verbatim and with very little commentary. (The Plum Line)