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Trouble viewing this email? View these recent stories in your browser.   Thursday, March 07, 2013 Stories from Slate and The Slatest, your daily news companion. Blog | Josh Voorhees Rand Paul's Bladder Ended His Epic Filibuster. How Did Strom Thurmond's Last Twice as Long? Thursday, March 07, 2013, at 10:25 AM EST   Blog | Josh Voorhees President Obama Invites Paul Ryan to Lunch Thursday, March 07, 2013, at 11:27 AM EST   Politics | John Dickerson Obama's Schmoozing the GOP Again Wednesday, March 06, 2013, at 5:57 PM EST A few weeks ago he said schmoozing Republicans doesn't work. So why is he taking a bunch of them out for dinner?   Blog | Katy Waldman Sorry Uncle Sam, but Warrior Goddess Columbia Was Our Coolest National Mascot Thursday, March 07, 2013, at 11:29 AM EST   Future Tense | Ryan Gallagher Google Reveals (Vague) Data on Controversial FBI Spy Orders. Who's Next? Wednesday, March 06, 2013, at 5:13 PM EST   Technology | Farhad Manjoo The Laptop of the Future Wednesday, March 06, 2013, at 6:43 PM EST Nobody should buy Google's Chromebook Pixel today. But in five years, we all might have one.   Blog | Matthew Yglesias February Stock Buybacks Set a Record Thursday, March 07, 2013, at 10:43 AM EST   Blog | Matthew Yglesias Do Internships Crowd Out Work or School? Thursday, March 07, 2013, at 10:31 AM EST   Blog | Matthew Yglesias Biography Is a Poor Guide to Policy   Thursday, March 07, 2013, at 8:56 AM EST   Blog | David Rosenberg The Outlaw Life of a Train Hopper Thursday, March 07, 2013, at 11:00 AM EST   Blog | Daphnee Denis Why Hugo Chávez Loved Les Misérables Wednesday, March 06, 2013, at 5:50 PM EST   Crime | Chris Kirk and Dan Kois How Many People Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown? Thursday, March 07, 2013, at 9:00 AM EST Slate partners with @GunDeaths for an interactive, crowdsourced tally of the toll firearms have taken since Dec. 14.   Human Nature | William Saletan All The Kink's Men Thursday, March 07, 2013, at 10:14 AM EST Is S&M wrong? A reply to Dan Savage and other defenders of BDSM.   BEST FEATURED STORIES Rand Paul's Filibuster Was a Smashing Success—and Just What a Filibuster Should Be Why Google Released a Laptop That Runs Only One Program Is S&M Wrong? A Reply to Dan Savage and Other Defenders of BDSM. Rand Paul's Bladder Ended His Epic Filibuster. Strom Thurmond's Lasted Twice as Long.   Copyright 2013 The Slate Group | Privacy Policy The Slate Group | c/o E-mail Customer Care | 1350 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 410 | Washington, D.C. 20036 Unsubscribe | Forward to a Friend