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Hello and welcome to the Slate Political Gab Fest for June 28th, 2013, the Argel Bargall edition.

I'm David Plotz, the editor of Slate.

I'm here in Washington.

I'm an empty shell, a husk, drained of all life force, drained of the Icor, which gives purpose and direction to life by this incredibly exhausting news week.

Fortunately, I'm joined by Slate's always

buoyant chief political correspondent John Dickerson here in Washington. Hello, John. Argel Bargle,

Argel Bargle. Argo Bargle. And from New Haven, Argo Bargle, where she has been basically

talking nonstop since I don't know when, maybe Monday about the Supreme Court. It's really pretty bad. Slate, senior, under Emily Bazelon. Emily, Wendy Davis did a 10-hour filibuster. I would say you probably could do 72 hours, don't you think? Yeah, it's a little upsetting to say yes to that, but I think I probably could. Are you tired? What's the phrase that you said you've said more times than any other in the past four days?

Is there some phrase that you've said like 12 times, like some cool catchphrase that you've got?

I wish that I had.

Like vitiated?

No.

I always think vitiated is a good one to get roaring around the old cranium.

I did not say vitiated once.

Clearly I've been failing at my job.

Justice Scalia is the Boswell of our era. Something like that. No? All right.

Nope.

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