Well. That put us in a bad mood. We need a palate-cleanser. How about The Preznident of These United States, interacting with a constituent — in the constituent’s own language?

Sign of the Times [Distriction, via Kottke]

Something you may not know about Trayvon Martin:

After taking an airplane ride two years ago, Trayvon decided he wanted to learn to fly, his uncle Ronald Fulton said. The teen attended a Miami aviation school part time and was studying to be an engineer, a path to realizing his ambition, Fulton said.

Math was Trayvon’s favorite subject.

Something else you may not know about Trayvon Martin:

“He was extremely creative,” said Michelle Kypriss, Trayvon’s English teacher at Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School in Miami. “He just loved building things. He really was intrigued by how things worked.”

She described Trayvon, a junior, as an A and B student who majored in cheerfulness.

Something you may have heard about Trayvon Martin:

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The Most Trusted Name in News, fronted by The Most Prominent AIPAC Alum, presents The Iranian Menace, starring The Fabulous Hezbollah Stormtroopers!

[via TPM]

Our guest colloquists are Boy Gonzo Jason Mattera and “Bono”, a purported member of a popular music group. Before enjoying the exchange, please note the following update posted on Glenn Beck’s Blaze website:

Editor’s note: The original Breitbart.com story has been removed and the Jason Mattera videos have now been moved to “private” on YouTube. There is widespread discussion on Twitter that the person Mattera interviewed in the videos may have been a Bono impersonator.

We now join our Youthful Muckraking Hero and Not Bono, already in progress.

Mattera: By dodging taxes on royalties are you raiding the poverty programs you purport to champion?

Bono: No.

Mattera: No? Don’t you want governments to be generous with other people’s money and not yours?

Bono: I don’t have control over that…

Mattera: How do you not have control over that? It’s your company. Are you not in charge of your own company?

Bono: It’s not my company.

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“Well, I think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. Everything changes. It’s almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and restart all of over again.” —Romney Communications Director Eric Fehrnstrom, explaining how everybody will forget what Mitt is saying today. [ThinkProgress]

This Exceptional American Life is proud to present Mitt Romney’s acclaimed one-man show, which he performed Tuesday night in Chicago. In keeping with our journalistic mission, we have redacted those portions that cannot be independently verified.

Thank you, Illinois! What a great night!

I’d like to congratulate my fellow candidates on a hard-fought contest. I’d like to thank our volunteers and our friends for their hard work and unwavering support. And, tonight, we thank the people of Illinois for their vote — and for this incredible victory.

Elections are about choices. And today hundreds of thousands of Illinois voters have joined millions across the country in our cause.

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Mind you, Chicagoans can give a rat’s ass about the GOP primary. And they could also give another rat’s ass about the Cook County Democratic primary, as it is a done deal for the slated types, as is normal.

But it’s time for the supposedly-moderate Collar Counties to face down the mouthbreathers south of I-80. It says here that this is Romney’s to lose, but we shall see. Jibber jabber away about the Illinois Primary if you’d like.

Me? There’s a Blackhawks game on teevee. so I’ll check in periodically to make sure everything is in its proper orbit and such. Maybe.