“Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, has joined the advisory council of GOProud, the gay Republican group that recently — and unfortunately — drew attention when it was alternately derided and defended from the stage of CPAC.” [Weigel]

Er, “By Popular Demand” means it’s been mentioned in two threads and an email:

Monroe fire officials set damage at $700,000 after lighting struck and burned down a 62-foot-high Jesus Christ statue and an adjacent amphitheater at Solid Rock Church late Monday.

Church leaders are vowing to rebuild the iconic “King of Kings” statue — also dubbed “Touchdown Jesus” — which alone was valued at $300,000.

We don’t know about you, but we kinda like the result. Gives it that Terminator look.

‘Touchdown Jesus’ statue at Solid Rock Church on I-75 destroyed by lightning, fire [Cincinnati.com]

The President of These United States will be delivering a speech from the Oval Office tonight, which we’re told is Really Serious — tantamount to Dad turning the car around — because The President of These United States never delivers a speech from the Oval Office, unless he’s telling us about a quagmire he’s about to launch in the Mideast, or consoling us about a nice schoolteacher who just got blown to bits on live television, or diagnosing the Republic with a serious case of ennui.

Or quits. But that was a Happy Moment.

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Since TommCatt was a little meh about Keisuke Honda of the Japanese national team being today’s World Cup Hottie of the Day, Stinque’s tireless soccer correspondent turned to other continents. While Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o is definitely hawt and usually a terrific soccer player, his team collapsed against Japan.

Thus, SFL turns her lonely eyes to the Continent, where Holland, Sweden, and Italy offer an embarrassment of soccer hottie riches. At the end of the day, it’s the Italian team’s captain, Fabio Cannavaro, who wins today’s award.

The Italians were pretty terrible today against the low-ranked Paraguayans, despite Italy being the returning champs. Fabio is one of the oldest (36 years old) and shortest (5’9″) players in the World Cup, but he still kicks butt, and more importantly, he took his shirt off after the match even though there was a cold winter rain.

Oh, and he once posed with nothing but a soccer ball.  Somewhat NSFW after the jump.

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OK boys and girls… set aside your frustrations, just briefly, and enjoy this moment of levity:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1DtanchTS8

Now, good night. Sleep tight. Tomorrow we crank the ol’ machine up again and go at it for another few rounds.

So Indiana’s Steve King is chatting on Gordon Liddy’s radio program this morning, and—

Wait. Steve King and Gordon Liddy? Don’t get ahead of us.

Anyway, Steve’s talking to America’s Felon, and this spills out:

When you look at this administration, I’m offended by Eric Holder and the President also, their posture.

No, he’s not talking about bowing this time. Stop interrupting.

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Ladies and gentlemen, your candidate for the Alabama GOP second-district runoff. Spoiler alert: He’s dead too.