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AP’s Today in History for March 20th

American and British forces invade Iraq; U.S. soldiers charged in Abu Ghraib scandal; France’s Napoleon regains power; ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’; Sarin attack hits Tokyo subway; John Lennon marries Yoko Ono.

Breakfast Tune I’ve Always Been Crazy – Waylon Jennings – Banjo Cover

Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below

• Camel kills two men after escaping Tennessee petting zoo
  Victoria Bekiempis

• Anti-aircraft missiles Germany offered Ukraine don’t work
  Justin Huggler

• Why Some People Still Haven’t Gotten COVID
  Catherine Pearson

• Changes in cognitive functioning after COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  Lucia Crivelli and Katie Palmer

• Race to the bottom: How big business took over Oregon’s first protected aquifer
  Emily Cureton Cook

• A million new millionaires were created in U.S. last year, and the richest got richer, report says
  Robert Frank

• House leaders want to take up daylight saving time bill — later
  ARIS FOLLEY AND TOBIAS BURNS

• Who Qualifies For $6 Billion In Student Loan Forgiveness Announced By Biden Administration
  Adam S. Minsky

• What If This Is Just the Way Things Are Now
  Anne Helen Petersen

• Modern Capitalism Is Weirder Than You Think It also no longer works as advertised.
  Eric Levitz

• The Superpower of Admitting the Obvious
  IAN WELSH

• Corporations Are Shamelessly Using Inflation as a Cover
  Lindsay Owens

• John Podhoretz, You Suck
  Matt Taibbi

• America’s New Dystopian Normal
  Donald Earl Collins

Something to think about over coffee prozac

Texas Bans Consensual Sex

The Onion

AUSTIN, TX—Joined by Republicans from the state legislature in a highly publicized ceremony, Texas governor Greg Abbott signed a law Thursday banning consensual sex. “I’m proud to sign this bill into law today making all consensual sexual acts punishable by a minimum of 10 years in prison,” said Abbott, who was applauded by religious and other right-wing interest groups for standing up for traditional family values. “Consensual sex has always been immoral, and now it’s finally illegal, too. Enthusiastic, continuous, specific, freely given, and clearly communicated sexual consent will not be tolerated in Texas. Any person who sets up two friends on a date who then go on to have a consensual sexual relationship will also be held responsible and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” At press time, the U.S. Supreme Court had issued a ruling declining to block the new law.