I accidentally saw a minute or two of Scott Brown (not the good, 30th Century Man one, of course, but the Wisconsin Governor), and I gotta say, what the f*ck’s wrong with you, Cheeseheads? I mean, forget that the guy is a fascist, teabagging, Koch-sucker. He’s a friggin’ dummy. I mean, it only took me a few seconds to realize this guy is one stupid son of a bitch – so how the hell did you guys ever elect him? I guess everything Minnesotans have been saying about you people over the years is true. Until you get rid of him, my vacation in the Dells is officially off (and I was so looking forward to visiting the House on the Rock).

Then again, speaking of crazy and stupid, Minnesotans have a lot of ‘splainin’ to do, too.

Rep. Michele Bachmann was on a tear: In one of her most fiery stump speeches to date, the tea party leader told a South Carolina audience that the tax code was a “weapon of mass destruction,” that President Obama is “babying” terrorists, that the rich pay too much in taxes, that social issues like marriage and abortion cannot be put on the “back burner,” and that Fox News’ Glenn Beck can solve America’s budget deficit.

Michelle, I realize you’re probably pretty geographically challenged (sorry, didn’t mean to use politically correct phraseology on you – I meant to say, “Michelle, you idiot”), so let me explain it to you. You’re supposed to be representing “Minnesota,” not South Carolina, and Minnesota is ↑. Now get your crazy, bony ass back up to St. Cloud.

Jim Earl facebooked (or whatever the kids call it these days) this yesterday, and I liked it (I liked it so much, I clicked the “I Like This” link to prove it, which I don’t do very often, since I don’t actually look at Facebook very often, ‘cuz, well, I think it’s kind of stupid – not quite as stupid as Twitter, though – and I have a feeling it’s secretly backed by the Koch brothers):

1924: Stalin bans all free trade unions and outlaws strikes.
1929: Mussolini guts trade unions and puts them under corporate and government control.
1933: Hitler abolishes collective bargaining, trade unions and arrests their leaders.

Not that I’m comparing them to Walker, Wisconsin Ranger, of course. For one thing, I’m pretty sure they were all a lot smarter than he is (Stalin and Hitler, anyway; not sure about Mussolini, though I hear he made the trains run on time).

As Art alluded to last night, the long Carmelo Anthony trade saga appears to finally have ended, with ‘Melo coming back east to join the NY Knicks. This is important, ‘cuz it means he should be able to make it back to Syracuse to catch a few games from time-to-time. That way, we can honor him by retiring his jersey (not his number, mind you; just his jersey) and hoisting it up to the rafters (not that there are any rafters in the Dome, but you get the idea). And then hitting him up for more money, which he has been quite generous with (not only funding the coincidentally-named ‘Carmelo Anthony’ basketball practice facility, but also a couple of hoops courts in poor neighborhoods around here).

As for Denver, well, we’re sorry for your loss.

A cold start to the morning here. Oh, not Minnesota – or Oklahoma – cold, but it’s 1°, and of course it’ll get colder before the sun comes up and warms us to an expected high of darn near 20. No precipitation in the forecast until Thursday or so, when we’ll either get rain or snow (or both) as temps are expected to moderate to the upper 30s. And there’s nothing better than 38° and rain.

Earthquake in New Zealand this morning. Terrible thing, but I find it hard to feel bad about it, because whenever the voices of the witnesses, I keep expecting to see Bret and Jemaine step out from behind the rubble and break into a song about being a male prostitute or something.

Oh well, time to get some more coffee, and wish my teeth didn’t hurt. Takes my mind off my foot, though.