Biden their time: Sen. Mitch McConnell, in refusing to consider the president’s nominee for the Supreme Court, cited the “Biden rule,” named for Vice President Joe Biden, which McConnell says prevents consideration of a court candidate during the last year of a president’s term.
We always thought the “Biden rule” was: If you bring cheap beer to a party, you have to drink two cans before you take the imported stuff from the host’s fridge.
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That second “l” should be your first clue: A man is suing the owners of a llama after a confrontation with the animal left him with a broken leg. The owners “failed to warn of the dangerous propensities of the llama.”
Biden Rule No. 2: Never underestimate the dangerous propensities of a llama.
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Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt first likened crusading journalists to a man with “the muckrake in his hand.”
Now, a century later, the term “muckraking reporter” has evolved to refer to journalists who have left the profession for a better-paying career in landscaping.
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