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At the outset of the call, Romney said he has some connections to Wisconsin.

“One of most humorous I think relates to my father. You may remember my father, George Romney, was president of an automobile company called American Motors … They had a factory in Michigan, and they had a factory in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and another one in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,” said Romney. “And as the president of the company he decided to close the factory in Michigan and move all the production to Wisconsin. Now later he decided to run for governor of Michigan and so you can imagine that having closed the factory and moved all the production to Wisconsin was a very sensitive issue to him, for his campaign.”

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Our guest columnist is the luckiest reporter alive.

A Labour politician has stunned his town council colleagues by claiming his “real mother” is a 9ft green alien with eight fingers.

Councillor Simon Parkes, who was elected to represent Stakesby ward on Whitby Town Council last month, said although he has had hundreds of close encounters with extra-terrestrials, it will not interfere with his mission to help residents at the seaside resort.

Speaking on YouTube, Coun Parkes said he first saw an alien at the age of eight months, when “a traditional kite-shaped face”, with huge eyes, tiny nostrils and a thin mouth appeared over his cot.

He said: “Two green stick things came in. I was aware of some movement over my head. I thought, ‘they’re not mummy’s hands, mummy’s hands are pink’.”

Labour councillor: ‘My real mother is a green alien’ [Northern Echo UK, via Political Wire]

“Members need to remove their hoods or leave the floor.” —Gregg Harper to Bobby Rush, who donned Inappropriate Headwear on the House floor today. [ThinkProgress]

Golly! Where has our head been the past few days!

Oh. Right. Bummerville.

Well, fiddle-dee-dee, it’s time we restored the balance of the world. Let’s clear out our backlog of backup posts, and see how far we can get without mentioning kitties.

1. Batman!

Yes, that’s an ersatz Batmobile, pulled over in Silver Spring, Maryland, for missing tags. But really: Would you register your Batmobile? Isn’t that missing the point?

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The tongue-in-check teaser trailer, which is playing in theaters before 21 Jump Street, shows the four actors driving through their neighborhood in a large SUV. At one point, Hill’s character, using his hand, pretends to shoot at a group of teenagers.

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[Washington Free Beacon, via BuzzFeed/Blogenfreude]

“It may not help Romney — whose wealth has caused him trouble connecting with average folks — to be seen building a split-level, four-vehicle garage that comes with a ‘car lift’ to transport automobiles between floors.” [Politico]