Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons says he hasn’t had any since 1995.

Governor Jim Gibbons Under Oath [Las Vegas Now, via Political Wire]

The menu includes the knockout round in men’s hockey, including (at 1930 ET) Canada v Germany.  A win for Canada sets up a likely quarterfinal against Russia.  And thus it will come to pass that either the Canadians (Sid the Kid and 22 other rock stars of the sport) or the Russkies (the jaw-dropping Ovechkin, Malkin et al) will go home with a big fat nothing out of this.  If you had that before the tourney started, you should get into a $500 per entry March Madness pool or something.  (Noted: to the surprise of absolutely nobody…  yes, yes — USA v Canada for the womens’ gold on Thursday.  Mark it down.)

U.S. Americans have a shot at a nordic combined medal.  Bode Miller (greedy little bastard that he is) is looking for Medal No. 4.  Bobsled, along with ski cross, for the wimmin.  And speaking of wimmin — oh dear, ladies’ short program tomorrow.  Only two days left for figure skating to interfere with actual Sport.  Works for me.

Okay, fine. We read it. We looked at how it compares to the House and Senate bills. And, as advertised, Obama’s healthcare “proposal” is pretty much a summary of negotiations that were taking place before the Naked Senator distracted everybody.

And despite our anxiousness to just pass the damn thing and move on, Ezra Klein may have the more perceptive take on the politics involved:

This is not the first time Democrats have waited out a bad political period and then used a combination of televised events, substantive releases, and legislative progress to take back control of the media’s narrative.

As evidence, Ezra cites the healthcare speech after Town Hall Hell, and waiting out the fallout after Senator Douchebag’s Medicare buy-in treachery. His argument is that Obama’s Fightin’ Demrats weren’t being pussies by not fighting back, but strategic.

And y’know? He might be right.

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Dick! Come to Me, my Bride! Be my bitch in the pit of hell forever and a day! Ha! Hahaha! Hahahahahahahahaha! I've waited an eternity with my cock wrapped in barbed wire, waiting for the moment when it would finally find the asshole of the Most Damned and Evil, waiting for you, my love! Ha! Hahaha! Hahahahahaha!

The monster of depthless evil known as Dick Cheney is apparently hanging grimly onto life at a Washington hospital, hoping and praying to his Master in Hell to live to lead America to more wars, devastating bankruptcy and further debauchery of its ideals, and finally deliver her once and for all to his Master.

When the news hit, the neocon crowd swooned, fearing its best candidate for the 2012 White House run was on the ropes. But Stinque correspondents everywhere reported hearing a distinct and bellowing laughter wafting up from deep beneath their feet. Resonant, full and crunching with the crusted mucus of blood and bile and an eternity of hate and rage.

Could it be, the dark one was calling Dick home? Stinque picked up the phone and chased down the story.

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Beyond the ice dancing finals, there really is not that much on the docket today.  Which is a good thing, because yesterday was nuts.  Not the least reason why is that USA-USA-USA v Canada game.  That lived up to the billing.  A positively frenetic game.

And it isn’t over for USA Hockey.  The wimmin positively embarassed Sweden in the semifinal this afternoon, 9 to 1.  Canada v Finland right about now on CNBC.  Right now, CAN 3:0 FIN in the late second period.  If that holds up, it will be USA v Canada — another headline matchup… this time, for hardware.

So some time for evaluation.  And the Canadians finally own up to the fact that — no — they will not top the medal table, notwithstanding their fancy-shmancy slogan.  “Yes We Can” is in a run for its money against “Own The Podium” as the worst empty saying since “Mission Accomplished.”

Meanwhile: Bode Freaking Miller has a matched set of medals to take home to New Hampshaah.  Maybe this will make him into something less than a prick.  Time will tell.

Just when you thought you’ve had enough of the Connecticut asshole, he comes back with yet another asinine — wait, what?

In an exclusive interview with the Daily News, Lieberman told me that his commitment to repealing DADT is twofold. First, allowing gays to serve openly fulfills the bedrock American promise of providing citizens with “an equal opportunity to do whatever job their talents and sense of purpose and motivations lead them to want to do — including military service.” Second, and no less important for a lawmaker whose commitment to national security the Pentagon can’t doubt, is that “When you artificially limit the pool of people who can enlist then you are diminishing military effectiveness.”

Well, dayum. We’re not taking back Joe’s two Golden Anal Pears for Asshole of the Year, but this certainly complicates his threepeat.

On ‘ask,’ Lieberman answers the call: An exclusive chat about Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell [NY Daily News]

Samantha Bell, daughter of suicide pilot Joe Stack, this morning:

“His last actions, the suicide, the catastrophe that caused injuries and death, that was wrong,” Samantha Bell, Stack’s daughter from his first marriage, told “Good Morning America” in a morning television exclusive telephone interview that aired today. “But if nobody comes out and speaks up on behalf of injustice, then nothing will ever be accomplished. But I do not agree with his last action with what he did. But I do agree about the government.”

When “Good Morning America” asked if she considered her father a “hero,” Bell, 38, said, “Yes, because now maybe people will listen.”

Samantha Bell, after the coffee kicked in:

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