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We’ve got the audio! Plus: Thousands go without proper armor in Iraq...shady drug deals at the FDA...why trailer-park chic ain’t what it used to be...Congress to debate whether to name a post office after Rush Limbaugh’s grandfather...and go ahead, take a nap! It’s February 13th, and roses are really expensive.

Celebration Excuse

The French test a nuke (and nuke a brie with mango chutney), the Dow spills over 7,000 (feel the bubble burst?), and three prototypes are born, here’s why you can always see the “Mic Check” effect:

1689

William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England. Most agree that the alternative title “Mary and William” sounds too much like a 70’s “lite-rock” group.

1880

Thomas Edison observes the “Edison Effect”. The American dream: looking at something and naming it after yourself.

1914

The American Society for Composers, Authors, and Publishers is founded to protect copyrighted works. Metallica and Right Said Fred travel back in time to be the first members.

1960

France tests its first nuclear bomb. So much for “l’amour et le paix.”
1997
The Dow Jones Industrial average closes above 7,000 for the first time.

Get Born, already

Chuck Yeager, proto-Spaceman
Jerry Springer, proto-Smutman
Peter Gabriel, proto-Genesis man (so, Proto-Proto man?)

Daybook

People

The President and the First Lady travel to South America.
Fmr. Gov. Tom Vilsack (D-IA) delivers an energy speech to San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club, San Franciso, CA.
Fmr. Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) officially declares his presidential candidacy in Detroit, MI.
Fmr. Mayor Rudy Giuliani delivers a speech at the opening ceremonies of the World Ag Expo.

Senate

9 AM

Senate in Session, motion to invoke cloture on H.J.Res.20, the Continuing Funding Resolution.

10 AM

Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Federal-Oil Natural Gas reserves.

10 AM

Health and Human Services Committee hearing on the FY2008 Budget.

10 AM

Senate Environment and Public Works committee hearing on Climate Change, featuring CEOs of DuPont and PG&E.

House

9 AM

Floor Debate, H.R. 976 on Small Business Tax Relief and Iraq War Resolution.

9:15 AM

House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on FDA’s Drug Supply Safety initiative

10 AM

House Foreign Affairs committee hearing on the Future of the UN, featuring former U.S. representative to the UN, John Bolton.

10 AM

House Oversight and Governmental Affairs hearing on “Whistleblower Protection” and “Executive Branch Reform Act.”

10 AM

House Armed Services Committee hearing on Afghanistan Security and Stability.

2 PM

House Budget Committee hearing on Health and Human Services budget.

 

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