EOD Roundup
EOD Roundup: Federal Consumer Protection Officials Announce New Push to Alleviate Student Debt
6:30 pm, February 22nd | by Colette McIntyre
In today’s EOD roundup, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a new initiative to help the nation’s college graduates pay off their combined $1 trillion in student loans. The agency will begin to draft proposals that aim to lower monthly loan payments through refinancing and income-based payments models. Does this mean that we won’t die alone…? Our mothers will be so happy! [ThinkProgress]
Amy Poehler’s latest video in the Ask Amy series deals with crushes and further cements Poehler’s reputation as a gentlewoman, scholar, goddess, and queen. “Knowing what we want and saying it out loud is a lesson we learn over and over again, for our entire lives. So tell him how you feel. Maybe he likes you too!” Damn, Amy; how do you always know what to say? You and Kid President should team up and offer a seminar on how to be really good at life. I think the whole world would sign up. [Feministing]
Sequesters and debt ceilings and and COBRAs — oh my! NPR offers a user’s guide to Washington jargon. Hopefully, after reading this, we’ll be walking, talking, and walking and talking like we’re straight out of a Sorkin script! [NPR]
The miracle of life meets the…well…let’s just say, the lesser-miracle of social media in this hospital’s live-stream of a scheduled caesarean section, from prep to aftermath. For the record, while these tweets and pictures may be graphic, I’d prefer them to the 1980s monstrosity I was forced to watch while sitting next to my high school crush in biology class. After watching intraurethral footage with a person, your feelings for them can never truly be the same… [Jezebel]
If Danica Patrick wins this Sunday’s Daytona 500, she could change auto racing and women’s sports forever. If you do come in first, Danica, we’ll totally forgive you for all the Go Daddy ads. We promise. [USA Today]
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