• CREDIT CARD BILL AWAITS NOBAMA: “The House today gave final approval to a bill that would prohibit credit card companies from arbritarily raising interest rates on existing balances and charging certain fees. With a 367-61 vote, the House ensured that President Obama will be able to sign the bill into law by Memorial Day, as he requested.” What is wrong with Congress, making such quick work of an overwhelmingly popular bill? [Washington Post]

• OBAMA SIGNS A LAW!: Your president, Barack Obama, signed his first bill into a law today, just like you read about in the textbooks! And it was the famous Lilly Ledbetter Act that will make it easier for employees to sue for wage discrimination. This has been a major women’s rights cause for some time, and now it’s passed, and we are waiting to see the reactions here and here, which seem a bit tardy. [Dow Jones/CNN]

With hot-button issues like immigration, the environment, and the failing real estate market crowding the “national conversation” these days, it’s nice to see a few ballsy Floridians with the cojones to take on important issues like fake testicles, and how some tasteless individuals like to dangle them from trucks. The brave Florida state Senate passed an amendment to a transportation bill that would levy a $60 fine against anyone with TruckNutz or generic-made fake testicles dangling from their rear bumpers. MORE »