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Just one sentence from Gail Collin's column, "Revenge of the Pomeranians", on the Op-Ed page of today's New York Times:

"There is very little in Washington that can’t be explained by an episode of the original 'Star Trek,' and [House Speaker John] Boehner is playing out the one where the Romulan captain prefers the ways of peace but is saddled with a crew that will mutiny if he fails to follow through on the plan to blow up the galaxy."