Thought they might have done a run of 10 vs 15 minutes of fame jokes, since there are more available: Women only get paid two-thirds; Trump thinks these women are 'tens'; Trump won't even make good on the ten minutes promise, etc …

Somewhere in "My Shot", Miranda mentioned a 'celebrity cameo' that seemed to be missing its celebrity. Miranda smiled a bit, maybe a last-minute cancellation?
Also, I think you meant RNC, not DNC, in the Trump funding note.

A stray observation: Sutton Foster really is 40. Hilary Duff really is 27. Miriam Shor really is 43. Nico Tortorella really is 26.
So it looks like the rule is: if a character's age is given on the show, it is really the actor's age - i.e., a show based on lying about age doesn't lie about age.
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I'm always amazed at how much detail is recorded and retained by aviation history buffs. The hard part usually is sifting through it all.
E.g., here's a reference I stumbled across that mentions an F-4 at Edwards in 1959: http://www.globalsecurity.o…
And some more on the F-104 safety record: http://www.dailykos.com/sto…

The F-4 and the F-104 were contemporaries. It's very likely they both could've shown up at Edwards AFB (I mean Springfield AFB) at the same time. And the F-104 did not have a very good safety record - they picked the right one there.
Somebody went to some effort to make the planes and airfield historically accurate.