Morning Constitutional – Friday, 4 June 2010

Good morning, folks. Hold on to your childhood, because Warner Brothers is making an anime restyling of Thundercats. Now, your morning constitutional:

\”I simply misremembered it wrong,\” explained Rep. Mark Kirk, who is running for the Illinois Senate seat once held by President Obama, of how an award for the unit he headed became an award just for him.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday issued a new restrictions on sulfur dioxide emissions, the first such revision of sulfur dioxide rules in 40 years. Sulfur dioxide is a major component of the exhaust from coal-burning power plants, and the agency hopes that the new restrictions will prevent 2,300-5,900 premature deaths and 54,000 asthma attacks a year.

BP is hoping that a new cap they dropped over the gushing well pipe in the Gulf of Mexico will help contain at least 90 percent of the oil flow. Since the oil spill and resulting moratorium on deepwater drilling, many deepwater companies have left the Gulf, and some may never return. Even before the spill, oil companies needed an $80 oil price to justify deepwater drilling; of course, now, that number is likely to rise.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to move comprehensive energy legislation in July.

“We already got one raghead in the White House, we don’t need a raghead in the governor’s mansion,” said State Sen. Jake Knotts, of South Carolina gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley. Knotts backs Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer in a four-way Republican primary race.

Time: How the forgotten Democrat could win the Florida Senate race.

Following Israel\’s attach on the flotilla that trying to break the blockade of the Gaza strip, Turkey warns that it might downgrade ties to Israel.

McDonald\’s is recalling 12 million drinking glasses promoting the new Shrek movie because they are tainted with high levels of cadmium.

Slate: It takes a lot of violence to keep sex tourists away from Thailand.

Finally, a woman claims she was fired from her job at CitiBank in New York because she is too attractive and distracted coworkers.