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Foreign students at our Universities: are they stealing our confidential Art History secrets? Dana Rohrabacher accuses those hot international students of putting information into their “human computer” and sharing it with foreign militaries. David Wu stands up to look at him v v angrily. [Inside Higher Ed]

Paul Bremer and Dennis Kucinich are totally deluded, Patrick McHenry and George Will are likely quaaluded, David Wu and Bradley Whitford are enrapt, and Helen Thomas is trapped — going to the same restaurants she’s been going to since her 60’s, or the 60’s, whichever.

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Come learn the truth about the White House Vulcans, after the jump.

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* Heard on the Hill: Bill Frist, John Podesta, Markos Moulitsas Zuniga and Jonah Goldberg judging MySpace SOTU contest, or something… “Sophomore Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) and husband Brian are expecting their first child in May” … Sen. Bernie Sanders misses first Senate vote, because he hates Gerald Ford… Rep. David Wu says crazy Star Trek nonsense on House floor, video TK. [Roll Call]
* Reliable Source: Tony Snow mentions “Kumbaya” an awful lot, is clearly a hippie. [WP]
* Yeas and Nays: John Murtha is teaching Democrats how to run the House… John McCain gets mixed up in some Environmental leftist nonsense… Only four of the 20 Senate Committee websites have been updated to reflect new Dem majority. [Examiner]
* Under the Dome: Democratic National Club still allows smoking, Republican Capitol Hill Club does not… Congress has two pairs of brothers split between both chambers, the Salazars and the Levins. [The Hill]
* Rush & Molloy: “Jordan’s King Abdullah wasn’t surprised that Rep. Silvestre Reyes, the new House Intelligence Committee chairman, didn’t know whether Al Qaeda is Sunni or Shiite. [NYDN]