Events

As of this moment (12:00 EST), less than 400 days remain in the worst presidency in U.S. history.

Another piling-on overnight, leaving 13 cm on the ground. Parker enjoys it: And it's kind of pretty: But there are practical disadvantages:

The New Jersey legislature yesterday voted to abolish the death penalty, becoming the first state to do so formally since executions were re-instated in the U.S. in 1976: The Assembly voted 44-36 on Thursday to approve the legislation, which passed the Senate on Monday by a 21-16 vote. Gov. Jon S. Corzine said he will sign it within a week. New Jersey reinstated the death penalty in 1982, six years after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to resume executions, but nobody has been executed in the...

Note from the dog-walking service: "He owes me one. I pulled a 6-inch string out of his ass." LMAO

Last night the Evanston city council approved what will be the tallest building in Illinois outside Chicago: The Evanston Plan Commission tonight voted 4-3 to recommend approval of the proposed 49-story tower at 708 Church St. to the City Council. The commissioners were sharply divided on whether development downtown over the last several decades has made the Fountain Square block an appropriate site for high-rise development. Commissioners who looked to the east and west saw Sherman Plaza, the Chase...

Giant gay flesh-eating rats: Romney opposes them. Via Talking Points Memo:

The paper's signed, forget the pensWonder if we'll ever meet again? —Aimee Mann

Apparently this is the first time since records have been kept (back to 1924) that we've had four consecutive days of gleeshy, sleety, nearly-frozen weather.