As you may or may not have noticed, Capitol Ill has been quiet since last Tuesday. Quintana and I made like Congress and took a late summer vacation. Not a sleep in, enjoy the weather, and sightsee vacation. More like a can’t differentiate between when you are and are not hung over by the start of the weekend vacation. We were going through it. I legitimately think I might still be hung over, but I’m back on The Hill today. Quintana is still out, but The Dude couldn’t leave you hanging like that. Here’s all the news both you and I missed from the weekend.
Your Monday Lunchtime Links
- Libyan rebels stormed Tripoli, the nation’s capital, and are one the brink of ousting Gadhafi. The Dude can only assume these are the same Libyan rebels that sold plutonium in mall parking lots like two decades ago. (latimes)
- So militants in the Gaza Strip have agreed to a cease-fire with Israel? Or maybe they didn’t. I feel like firing rockets definitely counts as fire. (forbes)
- David Axelrod thinks that the democratic base will get out and vote come November 2012 because of George W. Bush. Then he realized he was reading his notes from the last election. (thedc)
- Trial lawyers across the nation are banding together to campaign against Rick Perry, a supporter of tort reform. I guess this means he’s doing something right. (politico)
- If you were looking for lemonade on the Hill, you might be out of luck. (foxnews)
- My reverse jinx on the Redskins has them on a two game preseason winning streak, or as I like to call it, the high point of Washington’s 2011-2012 season. Enjoy it while it lasts. (espn)
- The Martin Luther King Memorial on the National Mall opens today. This was a long time coming. (wapo)
- Kim Kardashian is officially off the market. Until she visits another professional sporting event. (mtv)
- It’s really nice out today. I don’t have a link for this, but I’d be remiss to not mention it after the sauna that was July. Go eat your lunch outside.