“On this day in 1979, Margaret Thatcher became the first female prime minister of Great Britain. She became famous for closing coal mines, bombing Argentine sheep and stopping at a gas station every morning on her way to 10 Downing Street, to inflate her hair which couldn’t be inflated to higher than 33 psi otherwise it would explode, injuring innocent cabinet ministers.”

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Podcast: April 23 2010
Political Hinterland Who’s Who returns, Garrison Keillor gets a visit from Joe Clark on Prairie Home Companion and Stephen Harper can’t focus ‘cause he’s watching hockey.