Fox News: Are Aliens Among Us? Sort of, NASA Says

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) was caught by a microphone on the Senate floor yesterday, telling a colleague “this stuff’s rigged…” Was he talking about: A. The WWF B. The Congressional Lame Duck Session C. The BCS Find out here.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) announced via Twitter on Wednesday that she had delivered her second child, a girl. Special Announcement: It’s a girl! [tweet] According to sources, she will not name the baby Nancy. h/t Twitter Room

Holiday Parties [Cloture Club] Hostility & hate [LeBron] Snow coming [Saturday] Every bar [DC]

With the new Congress boasting 71 female members, it was only a matter of time.  [powder room] House Speaker-to-be John Boehner is planning to install the first-ever women’s restroom next to the floor of the House of Representatives. Previous to this, the closest restroom for the ladies has been at …

Not wanting to be left out of the fun, Latinos are set to form “tequila party” modeled after the Tea Party. [poppers] The unlikely model for the movement they would like to launch is the Tea Party — not in substance, of course, but in its grass-roots organizational style. Acknowledging …

We know very little about aviation, but we’re pretty sure that seat adjustments should take place before takeoff.  [buckle up] The co-pilot of an Air India Express 737 sent the jetliner into a terrifying 7,000-foot plunge in May when he accidentally hit the control column while adjusting his seat, investigators …

Spotted by Howard Mortman from C-SPAN coverage. UPDATE (12/24/2010): According to TechPresident’s Nancy Scola, iPad’s are coming to the House floor. So, it looks like, yep, iPads are indeed coming to the floor of the House of Representatives, at least as long as the rules changes proposed by the incoming …

U.S. House Speakers’ rostrum [App for that] Justin Smith [turning heads] Hitchhiker’s Guide [censure] Finally Famous [Conyers] Fishmart [romance]

Bradley Manning, the alleged source of the ongoing national security leak, recently admitted that copying files was way easier than one would have thought.  [good to know] In his Internet chat, Manning described security conditions as lax to the point that he could bring a music CD to work, erase …

63 degrees in December and tornado warnings. Makes total sense.

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CNN’s Eric Kuhn announced today that he’s leaving Wolf Blitzer and his buds at CNN and heading to Hollywood to work for the United Talent Agency in Los Angeles. How do we know it’s official? He’s already changed his Twitter handle from @KuhnCNN to just @Kuhn. Hollywood loves the one-namers… …

FamousDC gets invited out a lot–Black Tie and Boots, 4th of July on Duke Cunningham’s yacht, your cousin’s roommate’s nephew’s Bar Mitzvah, tractor pulls, etc. And generally, we turn everyone down. Because we’re busy. And because we hate to change out of our sweatpants. But sometimes you gotta suit up, get out …