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Obama: ‘The beginning of the end’ As President Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus bill into law Tuesday, he also kicked off a new and even more challenging sales job — convincing Americans there’s light at the end of the current economic tunnel.

Obama’s Diverse Team of Dudes Al Kamen takes a look at Barack Obama’s early appointments and concludes “Thirty-eight of the 56 appointees (68 percent) are men, (But white men, representing 46 percent of all picks, fall short of a majority.)”

Was George Washington a Gay Pot Smoker? Did George Washington raise hemp? Did he smoke it? Was he gay? The easy answers are definitely, probably, and maybe.

Woman Uses Wedgie To Capture Thief Yvonne Morris grabbed hold of the thief’s boxer shorts and pulled. Salt Lake City police said she then she put a headlock on the man until help could arrive. (I know this isn’t really politics, but it reminded me of something my sister would do . . . and it cracked me up.)

Appallingly, Minnesota’s gay Republican will not vote for marriage equality bill State Sen. Paul Koering, who is gay and a Republican, said Friday that he will not vote a bill that would make Minnesota’s marriage laws gender-neutral, allowing same-sex couples many of the rights currently denied by Minnesota statute.