In a show of brave solidarity, brave “Democratic” Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson has announced that he will, um, filibuster his President’s nominee for the NLRB, Craig Becker. Craig’s crime? Being former counsel for both SEUI and the AFL-CIO. And we just can’t have that. As we all know, since St. Ronald assumed the Presidential Papacy back in the late 20th Century, the duty of the NLRB has been to crush organized labor under its boot heel, and then piss on its quivering bloody shell as it dies. Ronnie is long gone, but we can count on men like Ben (and the ferret that lives on his head) to keep labor in its place.

Another big storm is headed east, and once again it looks like it’ll stay well to the south of us. Normally I’d lament the lack of snow, but since I’ve kind of gotten out if the habit of shoveling, I guess I won’t complain.

The world’s tallest structure – the Burj Khalifa building in Dubai – closed suddenly, due to electrical problems. Looks like they’ve got some more construction work to do before they can start packing tourists into the elevator to the observation deck (at $27 a pop). That construction stuff just never seems to end, does it?

Speaking of endless construction projects, just in case you were wondering, when last we checked in, my kitchen was looking kinda like this:

Now, it’s looking like this:

Next up, ceiling, floor, bathroom(s)….