News Ticker: April 18
All the news that's fit to blog
By Brandon Watson, 3:00PM, Thu. Apr. 18, 2013
Blake Farenthold tempts rejection, Ted Cruz faces defeat, and Pat Quinn is completely over it. Disappointment is on the News Ticker.
• Of all the skills required of a U.S. Senator, none are as valued as the ability to shoot oneself in the foot.
• Gabby Giffords isn't particularly pleased with that fact.
• But at least there is one bright side.
• During his treacly Senate tribute to Margaret Thatcher, Ted Cruz stops just short of reworking Elton John's "Candle in the Wind."
• We knew that Google Fiber had seen other cities before; we just thought that this time it was willing to be exclusive.
• Although U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Corpus Christi, has sent tons of "winks" to northeast gun manufacturers, his OkCupid profile seems to be scaring them off.
• Meanwhile, Rick Perry has been trying out his Spanish fly on Illinois. Gov. Pat Quinn said he's heard all those lines before.
• A decade after Texas' sodomy law was declared unconstitutional, the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee has finally allowed a vote on its repeal.
• New Hampshire State Rep. Peter Hansen claims that people are misinterpreting his statement referring to all women as "vaginas." Relatedly, Hansen is reportedly confused why people keep calling him a private eye.
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