Well, these are two big stories that just won’t go away, and with good reason — far be it from the crisis in Libya and on the home front with budgetary shenanigans to actually conform to the relentless pace of the mainstream media news cycle. Good thing there’s “Left, Right & Center” to keep us focused on issues that actually matter. –KA

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