AKA, “Holy Shit it’s April and I Haven’t Even Thought About Doing My Taxes” Open Thread.

The special election to fill Kirsten Gillibrand’s vacant House seat has ended in a virtual dead heat, with the Democrat up by 65 votes (absentee ballots have yet to be counted). This would be an insurmountable lead for a Republican, but since it’s a Democrat ahead, I think we can count on months of litigation (in fact, the Republican went to court even before the polls closed). I’m pretty sure this won’t go on as long as the Senate nonsense in MN, though (which, I’m pretty sure, will only end after the 2014 election – and only if that one isn’t close).

In another sad sign of the times, the CNY SPCA appears to be on the verge of closing. Donations are down, and pet drop-offs are up. This is pretty sad news, since the SPCA is a “no-kill” shelter, and other, smaller alternatives can’t handle the volume of animals that they do.

Sy Hersh says Dick Cheney has a mole (maybe lots of moles) in the Obama Administration, and can still influence policy to some extent. Don’t we hang spies? I’d be willing to keep a cage open at Gitmo for Cheney, and I think it would be appropriate to authorize “harsh interrogation techniques” on him, in order to get to the bottom of this (chain him to a 500 pound weight, and throw him into the river. If he lives, he’s a witch, and should be burned. If he drowns, he was innocent, and will be seated next to Jeebus in God’s kingdom). After all, there could be a Manchurian Candidate embedded in the administration, and we can’t take any chances.

Lucky Barack Obama, who gets to try and pick up the pieces now that Humpty Dumpty and Humpty Dumptier are out of office. Looks like World Leaders are in no mood for our shit anymore, and are set to try and push Obama around. Any reason you cowards couldn’t have done this while President Asswipe was still in office? Personally, I think we ought to adopt a policy of strict isolationism (except for Canada and Mexico) and tell the world to go fix itself while we take some time just for ourselves, to figure out who we are and get our collective heads together.

Uh-oh, better go. The Today Show just started, and I can’t deal with the stoopid this morning. Have a good one.