Virginia Woman Brings Her Monkey To Court

No, I am not referring to her lawyer.  A woman in Virginia brought her tiny marmoset to court with her, inside her bra, no less, and it was only discovered when the woman kept referring to her daughter and someone finally realized that she was referring to the monkey head popping out of her blouse.  Only in America.  Actually, I've always wanted a pet monkey... ever since I was a small lad... until someone told me that monkeys like to sling their poop at people.  Hell, I still want one!  (via Neatorama)

2012 Senate Outlook Continues To Weaken For Democrats

There are 33 United States Senate seats up for re-election in 2012 and since 2006 was such a huge year for the Democrats, they currently hold 23 of those seats while the Republicans only hold 13.

Already 4 Democratic-caucusing senators have announced their retirement (Bingaman of New Mexico, Conrad of North Dakota, Lieberman of Connecticut and Webb of Virginia). Only two Republicans have declined to seek reelection (Hutchison of Texas and Kyl of Arizona).