Cheat Sheet - Washington’s Dangerous Poker Game

Today: At Bars Nationwide, Conservatives Raise A Glass To Andrew Breitbart , 2 Afghan Boys Killed by NATO , Syrian Rebels: We Need Weapons March 02, 2013 SHAMEFUL 1. Washington's Dangerous Poker Game Laugh now at the Jedi quips and congressional tantrums—the pain is coming soon for Americans. It's time for our 'leaders' to stop this stupid cycle of high-stakes bluffs, writes The Daily Beast's John Avlon. Read it at The Daily Beast ONE YEAR LATER 2. Conservatives Raise a Glass to Breitbart From Houston to Washington Saturday, conservatives gathered to toast the memory of a gifted peddler of righteous indignation. The Daily Beast's Ben Jacobs and Laura Isensee report. Read it at The Daily Beast ATROCITY 3. 2 Afghan Boys Killed by NATO Here''s a tragic example of NATO doing more harm than good in Afghanistan. Two young brothers collecting firewood were accidentally killed by fire from a NATO hellicopter, officals confirmed Saturday. The two boys, Toor Jan, 11, and Andul Wodood, 12, were walking their donkeys when the hellicopter opened fire on them, supposedly thinking they were insurgent forces.  "I offer my personal apology and condolences to the family of the boys who were killed," General Dunford said. "We take full responsibility for this tragedy." The episode is the second airstike to accidentally kill civilians in Afghanistan since Dunford took command in February.  Read it at New York Times HELP 4. Syrian Rebels: We Need Weapons Syrian rebels say they would love America's aid—just not the kind it's offering. "We don't want food and drink and we don't want bandages. When we're wounded, we want to die. The only thing we want is weapons," Gen. Salim Idris, chief of staff of the Syrian opposition's Supreme Military Council told The Associated Press Friday. The United States pledged an additional $60 million in assistance in "nonlethal aid" to Syrian rebels Thursday, but many rebel leaders are expressing that they are in "desperate" need for actual weapons. "The whole world knows what we need," Idris said, "and yet they watch as the Syrian people are slaughtered." Read it at cbs Oops 5. Justice Roberts Flubbed Census Data During oral arguments Wednesday for a case on the Voting Rights Act, Chief Justice John Roberts ripped into Obama solicitor general Donald Verrilli, claiming he didn't know his facts when it came to how the law applied to Massachusetts and Mississippi. Roberts used census data taken from a lower court opinion to insist that Mississippi had a higher black voter turnout rate than Massachusetts. But it turns out those numbers are unreliable, and, according to the Census Bureau, make no sense for state-by-state comparisons. Basically, Roberts ignored the high margin of error in the data, and—probably without realizing it—made a dubious assertion into a fact. Read it at NPR Tragedy Family Waits for Word on Sinkhole Victim House could collapse at any time. Shocking Holocaust Worse Than Previously Known Germans had 42,500 detention sites. EXCLUSIVE Publisher Bails on Jonah Lehrer Pulls second book, 'How We Decide,' from shelves. Rebels Judge Warns Lohan's Lawyer Wonders if he's fit to work on the case. Territorial Powerful Women Undermine Other Women Say 95 percent of female office workers. GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. The Price of Women in Combat by David Frum Russia's Magician Murders by Anna Nemtsova The Week's Best Reads by David Sessions

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