There was some sort of kerfuffle out there in Colorado yesterday. I’m not real sure of the details, but it sounds like Cartman wanted to take Kyle’s father’s flying saucer balloon out to LA to see the premiere of the Michael Jackson concert movie, but he he was too fat, and it wouldn’t take off. So then he put Kyle’s brother Ike in it, and the balloon got loose and flew away. Kyle freaked out and called the cops, but it turned out that Ike had fallen out of the basket, so Cartman stuck him in a box and hid him in the attic. Or something like that. Oh, and then they killed Kenny. Whatever it was, it was a pretty big deal on CNN, that’s for sure (knocked Rush Limbaugh right out of the headlines).

Arianna Huffington went to the Mr Ed Show last night, and complained about all the attention the media was giving the balloon boy story. I think if Arianna wants to make a big statement, she ought to resign instead. Resign from what, I’m not sure, but going on the media to complain about the coverage of a bullshit story (essentially adding to the coverage of the bullshit story) doesn’t seem right. Maybe she and Joe Biden can go on tour or something.

Could it be that Harry Reid is a stealth progressive after all? According to some, he’s working behind the scenes to ensure a strong public option in Senate version of health care reform.

“Reid and/or his staff has been in practically hourly conversations with a whole set of progressive players re how best to make sure we position ourselves to get a strong public option coming out of conference committee,” said one progressive strategist, who asked not to be named. “He hasn’t made any final procedural decisions yet RE how to get that done, but he’s having really honest conversations [about] all his major options, pros and cons of each, etc. I’m actually pretty impressed, at least right now.”

Pardon me for being a little dubious, but, well, let’s just say I’ll believe it when I see it. More likely it’s a way for Harry to up campaign contributions from the insurance industry.

Well, time to get this week over with. A bit cold and frosty around here these past few days (even had some snow last night), so I need to get going a little early. Gotta scrape the frost off my UFO balloon.