A Few Friday Reads

 It looks like Missouri's abortion ban has been struck down by a judge.

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Equine obituary:  Top racehorse and successful sire Uncle Mo, 16, was sadly euthanized because he had suffered from a fracture in one of his forelegs, and the process of recovery was too much for this horse to endure.

Uncle Mo stood at Ashford Stud in Kentucky.

Snip:

Sent to the barn of trainer Todd Pletcher and ridden by John Velazquez, both now Hall of Famers, Uncle Mo drew immediate attention with an eye-catching 14 1/4-length domination on debut at Saratoga Race Course. The colt quickly became a grade 1 winner in his second start, again winning with ease by 4 3/4 lengths in the 2010 Champagne Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park.

He wrapped up honors as 2010's Eclipse champion 2-year-old male at Churchill Downs on racing's biggest stage, submitting one of the most commanding, dominating and, as track announcer Trevor Denman described it, overwhelming performances in Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) history, winning by 4 1/4 lengths.

For the record, the race in question:

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The U.S. Senate is still farting around--er, discussing or debating--repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset.  How convenient all this gets pushed back to the very end of the current Congress.

Meanwhile, the House finally has worked to avert a government shutdown.  Jesus Christ, I get sick of this garbage.

Edit:  ALL the proposed amendments by the likes of Rand Paul, Crapo, Cruz, and Grassley were defeated handily.  The repeal legislation is now being voted on.  It should--repeat SHOULD--pass the Senate.  It's about fucking time.

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It was after midnight EST, but the Social Security Fairness Act, which would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, just passed the Senate.

President Biden will sign it into law.

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