Question: How many South Carolina Representatives does it take to lower a Confederate flag? Answer: 94. At least that seemed to be the case as the S.C. “House of Representatives voted 94-20 on Thursday to remove the flag.” The flag will be officially lowered on Friday — which means the introduction of the rotary phone and the first working phonograph can’t be far off…

+ WaPo: “Over 13 excruciating hours, the entire country watched as the ghosts of the Civil War seemed to stir once more. There was soul-searching and breast-beating, shouting and tears, insults and accusations and amendments, lots of them, designed to thwart a vote … But then Jenny Horne decided that she had had enough.”