Morning Constitutional – Thursday, 20 May 2010

Good morning, everybody. Lindsay missed her court date, and there\’s a warrant for her arrest. Now, your morning constitutional:

Thai authorities have restored an uneasy order to Bangkok, a day after rioting and violence killed 15 and injured nearly 100.

The Staten Island Republican Party has endorsed Vito Fossella for another run for Congress. Yes, the same Fossella who secret other family was exposed after he was arrested for drunk driving.

Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg unveiled their final coalition agreement today.

South Korea on Thursday accused North Korea of sinking one of it\’s naval warships last March. Reactions from around the world. BBC explains how the ship was sunk.

After four years of claiming innocence, Floyd Landis admits using performance-enhancing drugs and points a finger at Lance Armstrong.

Sen. Scott Brown voted to filibuster the package yesterday but says in the end he\’ll likely vote for financial reform.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar provides more detail on his proposal to split up the Minerals Management Service.

Men are, once again, a majority of the workforce.

The FDIC is getting more private-sector support with failing banks, a positive sign for an agency that has shouldered a lot of the costs of  shutting down failed banks.

Jason Linkins at Huffington Post on Rep. Mark Souder\’s suggestion that the atmosphere here in D.C. contributed to him cheating on his wife: \’This is all coming to light, thanks to the resignation of America\’s Prince of Abstinence Education Mark Souder, who was caught in the District\’s sexy trap. He makes this glancingly clear in the retina-searing all-caps section of his resignation note, which will be remembered as this century\’s \”Letter From A Birmingham Jail,\” where \”Birmingham\” is \”Washington\” and \”Jail\” is \”my part-time aide\’s vagina.\”\’

Posted for the pictures: Is Rand Paul so conservative that he scares Dick Cheney?

Finally, this is how they filmed the Star Wars opening crawl. Crazy, huh?