As momentum continues to build for the Obama administration to make good on a promise to end Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Rachel Maddow interviews yet another casualty of the policy. After 18 years of loyal and heroic service, Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach has been notified that his services are nolonger required, two years short of his retirement, and just two weeks shy of being re-deployed. Watch.

Other DADT news making headlines today include a statement by the Pentagon that there is currently no plan to end the discriminatory policy, and that the administration will have to defend DADT in court.

Bea Arthur has lost a long battle with cancer at 86. An icon in the gay community, she is famous for her stage, television and film roles, but is best known for her work as the title character in the 70s sitcom Maude and later as one of the Golden Girls.

Some of my favorite clips below…

History of the World Part I (2 minutes in)

From the show Maude:

From the show The Golden Girls:

Rest in peace Bea. You will be missed.

Trekkies! Christians! And Atheists, oh my! In last night’s hysterical episode of Family Guy, series creator Seth MacFarlane doesn’t spare the rod in “Not all Dogs go to Heaven,” and we are all much better for it. Particularly us Trekkies — I mean Trekkers — as the entire cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation lend their voices to the show.

And for our international brethren…