OK. Before we get to the usual irreverent Sunday night stuff, a quick detour into the world of things that are actually awesome: the AFL-CIO's Rich Trumka tearing into racism in the labor movement, via Ta-Nehisi. So very well worth the 7:40.

I'm pretty sure I recommend Ta-Nehisi Coates' blog every time I link to him, which I will do again today. Not only is he insightful and funny, he's also the most legitimate blogger I've seen use the term Mittens to describe Mitt Romney, which really makes me feel better about myself. Not so much for Frank Rich saying "OMG" - but that was pretty awesome, too.

While we're on the topic of badass people in the media: I already decided that Gwen Ifill was a badass on Wednesday, when it came out that she broke her ankle a few days before moderating the vice-presidential debate. (This automatically gives her way more badass points than J.Lo, who pulled out of judging the Project Runway finale on grounds of a "foot injury" - then proceeded to compete in a triathlon a couple of days later. Way to keep your priorities in order.)¹ Anyway - this discussion confirmed my suspicions. In my book, anyone who uses the phrase "blew me off" on Meet the Press is a winner.

Today was a pretty terrible day in sports for the state of Wisconsin (unlike last weekend, when the Pius Lady Popes - the only high school sports team that makes me wish I was Catholic - dominated a two-day volleyball tournament), so I'm going to replace the customary Packers clip with a really sweet catch in a presumably obscure Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game: Edwin Baptiste for Morgan State. Here: Pretty damn awesome. Almost as awesome as Edwin Baptiste's official team photo.

That's all for tonight, folks - please take a moment of silence for the Packers and the Brewers if you get the chance, and think of me as I move us out of first place in the NFC North standings. But once you're done with that, have a fabulous week!

¹ If you're wondering how I found out about the J.Lo thing, it is not because I read Perez Hilton, which I do not, if that sentence was unclear in any way. Rather, it was Go Fug Yourself, which I highly recommend.