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In other news, you know what sucks? LAX during a bomb scare.

Brian Beutler is more lion than man.
Since this is already getting coverage throughout the liberal blogosphere, I guess I should say it's true that internet blog person and real life friend Brian Beutler was mugged and shot three times last night while walking home. Because Brian makes 50 Cent look like a pansy, he's already been moved out of trauma and into a normal room, is expected to make a full recovery, and is cracking way better jokes than Reagan ever did. We're enormously thankful, and resisting the temptation to make snide comments about the Heller decision. But we did make a graph (click for full size, readable version):