Morning Constitutional – Thursday, 18 March 2010

Good morning, folks. Conan might be going to Fox, Tebow\’s throwing some balls around, and Jennifer Love Hewitt isn\’t that excited about being single. Basketball starts this afternoon, so let\’s get on with our morning constitutional:

Whoo: Jobs bill passes Senate with 11 Republican votes.

Paul Volcker, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve, is mad tall, has an office in the White House but hardly ever uses it, loves fly-fishing and cheap cigars. And he might be the key to solving the world\’s financial problems.

Whoever said you can\’t get a fair shake on Fox News?

The Awl with a great piece on life in post-Castro Cuba: \”Cuba\’s Hiatus: The Raul Interlude.\”

Rep. Denis Kucinich, who originally voted no due to the lack of a government-run public option in the bill, has decided to vote for the health care reform bill in the House.

Yup, astrology\’s still bunk.

Idaho becomes the first state to enact legislation to require the state to sue the federal government if it requires its residents to buy health insurance.

Seventeen-year-old in South Carolina contracts HIV, and subsequently his health insurance company cancels his insurance. This is how the health insurance industry works.

As a coalition of 59,000 nuns, the Catholic Health Association, Catholics United and other Catholic groups that promote social and economic justice coalesce around supporting health care reform, the overall Catholic opposition to the bill is fading.

Is it more effective and efficient to go to work only when you feel like it or need to?

Hawaii considers legislation to allow itself to ignore repeated claims for birth certificates.

As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Russia, her agenda reflects an improving but fragile relationship.

In very important news, the vote of roughly half the electorate will likely decide the election. This time in Britain.

The ACLU obtained documents under the Freedom of Information Act which show that the 9/11 commission was warned by the Bush administration not to \”cross the line\” in their investigation into the events leading to September 11.

Protesters in Thailand vow to to stay on the streets as long as it takes as they push for new elections.

And, in happier news, somebody wants to fight Jose Canseco.