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It’s Laura again. We’re running a little late getting you Kevin and David’s regular week-in-review podcast today, but don’t worry, it’s coming. In the meantime, a little light reading from the rest of the MoJo crew:

1) Conservative Muslims don’t think so, but the technology behind synthetic hymens really is kind of cool.

2) Too bad virginity isn’t the only thing being reclaimed these days: Medicare’s repo men could be coming soon to a nursing home near you.

3) And speaking of shameless commerce: Did the Chamber break its own rules when it adopted a hard-line climate policy that scared off Nike?

Last, congrats to Turkish, a.k.a. Mystery Guest Cat #2, appearing naked as Levi Johnston in Kevin’s Drum Beat newsletter today. [For Kevin’s newsletter-exclusive weekly bonus post and mystery cat news, sign up here.]

From reader Patrick O’Grady: Turkish is two-and-a-half years old, unemployed, and fears losing his litter box to bankruptcy should that black spot on his nose turn out to be more than a simple beauty mark. Miss Mia Sopaipilla, being some six months younger, is certain that she will live forever and spends her days peering out the window, keeping a lookout for socialists bent on killing her granny. Turkish and Mia live in a tiny blue carbuncle on the fat red ass of Colorado Springs, Colorado, with their staffers Patrick and Shannon O’Grady. When not serving their feline overlords, Patrick dabbles in freelance cycling journalism; Shannon works for the Colorado Library Consortium.

Laura McClure hosts weekly podcasts and is a writer, editor, and sometime geek for Mother Jones. Read her recent investigative feature on lifehacking gurus here.

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