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Monday, April 16, 2012

Cheat Sheet - Spanking Goes Mainstream

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Today: Afghan Forces Fight Off Taliban , Breivik Claims Self-Defense , Congress Preps for Tax Battle
Cheat Sheet: Morning

April 16, 2012
RETRO FANTASY

She works crazy hours. She takes care of the kids. At the end of the day, she wants to be ... spanked? From the steamy book Fifty Shades of Grey to HBO's Girls, sexual domination is in vogue. In Newsweek, Katie Roiphe on why women's power at work may be fueling the craze.

Assault

After 18 hours of gunfire in Kabul, Afghan-led forces and U.S. helicopters finally defeated a massive, coordinated Taliban assault. Authorities say at least 17 militants were killed in the attacks on embassies, government buildings, and NATO bases that began Sunday afternoon. Like the attack last September by the Pakistan-based Haqqani network, the militants took over half-built buildings and fired on nearby embassies and bases.

Unrepentant

Anders Behring Breivik, the man accused of killing 77 people in Norway last summer, claimed he did so in self-defense. “I acknowledge the acts but do not plead guilty, and I claim I was doing it in self-defense.” Breivik’s trial moved forward after an expert found him sane, overruling an earlier diagnosis. Breivik was defiant and unrepentant in court, raising a closed fist in salute and saying he doesn’t recognize the court’s authority.

On The Hill

Congress is back from recess and ready to start fighting. The Senate is expected to vote on the “Buffett Rule”—the proposal that people who make more than $1 million a year will be required to pay 30 percent in federal taxes. The bill is expected to fail under Republican filibuster. Over in the House, Republicans are preparing to vote on a bill that raises deductions for businesses with fewer than 500 employees. It, too, is expected to fail.

WASHINGTON WHISPERS

Hillary Clinton will be a tough act to follow. In Newsweek, Leslie H. Gelb handicaps the next secretary of state—from Obama's shortlist of insiders to Romney's wild cards. Unfortunately, he writes, all of the potential candidates lack the “stage presence of their immediate predecessors.”


OBSERVING
U.N. Monitors Arrive in Syria
Unarmed peacekeepers to begin monitoring Monday.
2012
Obama Tentatively Woos Arizona
Analysts say it might be in play.
LONGREADS
The NRA’s Apolitical Roots
“Gun rights” a recent development.
UNPLUGGED
Study: 1 in 5 Americans Aren’t Online
Pew study focused solely on adults.
Snap Judgment
Pippa Caught in Gun-Pointing Scandal
Could face arrest after friend directs gun at photographer.
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