(Permanent Musical Accompaniment To The Last Post Of The Week From The Blog's Favourite Living Canadian)

On Friday afternoon, while watching the liberal MSNBC network, I saw Andrea Mitchell interviewing Bernie Sanders. And it was quite a remarkable thing, because Mitchell kept dealing up nothingburgers in reference to the Clinton Foundation, and Hillary Clinton's personal wealth and the "distrust" that Mitchell claimed was causing HRC a terrible problem. And Sanders resolutely refused to play. He stuck to what he wanted to say about infrastructure spending, and the money power in politics. He took it to HRC on her mushy stance on the TPP, but he was polite and firm. When Mitchell tried again on the Clintons and their personal wealth, Sanders spun it deftly around to the Koch brothers. Mitchell seemed completely flummoxed. (Ignore the misleading headline. Watch the clip.) Bernie knows more about what he's doing than a lot of the people who are covering politics these days. It's going to be an interesting campaign.

Meanwhile, back in the actual Wisconsin, Scott Walker and his pet legislature are making sure the local plutocrats are satisfied, which is causing him problems in the virtual Wisconsin he's peddling to various hayshakers elsewhere.

On the surface, a fight over arena financing in a basketball backwater is a provincial spat, not a national concern. But it has the potential to alienate Walker's allies and undermine his conservative bona fides as it comes to a head over the coming weeks, amid the two-term governor's final preparations for a presidential campaign launch. "Government shouldn't be in the business of financing private sports stadiums," said David Fladboe, who has served as director of Americans for Prosperity's Wisconsin chapter, which played an integral role in the trio of statewide victories that established Walker as a national conservative star. "This proposal needs to be rejected and the people of Wisconsin need to be protected."

I'd almost guarantee you that Walker will sell the Bucks out at some point. And "basketball backwater", Time? Messrs. Parker and Antetokounmpo would like a word.

Forty-eight years ago on Friday, a huge fight over marriage equality was settled definitively by the Supreme Court. But whatever you do, don't tell the legislature in the newly insane state of North Carolina. People may faint.

What are the logistics behind this move, beyond the obvious fact that Sis will have to hail cabs like everybody else now?

Cristina's lawyer, Miquel Roca, said the princess had sent a letter to the king asking for the title to be removed but the palace said the king had made the decision before the letter arrived and he communicated the decision to his sister by phone Thursday. The princess was given the title when she married Urdangarin in 1997. Cristina is sixth in line of succession to the throne and calls have increased for her to renounce her princess title and rights to the throne so as to protect the image of the monarchy ahead of the trial. The couple has been sidelined from royal acts since 2011.

Is there a first runner-up Duchess of Palma de Mallorca, because it's too cool a title to go vacant.

Weekly WWOZ Pick To Click: "Let My Peaches Be" (Papa Charlie's Boys): Yeah, I pretty much still love New Orleans.

Weekly Visit To The Pathe Archives: With the women's World Cup raging across Canada, here's a women's game of footie from 1920.The evolution of the kit has been pretty remarkable.

Is it a good day for dinosaur news? It's always a good day for dinosaur news!

According to the BBC, scientists from Imperial College London have found evidence of preserved dinosaur soft-tissue, including signs of the collagen found in the skin, tendons and ligaments of modern animals...Study of the collagen fibers could lead to a better understanding of the relationship between different dinosaur species. Maidment also commented on the possibility of DNA being found in dinosaur fossils."We haven't found any," Maidment said, but added "I think it's unwise to say we'll never find any in future."

And just in time for the movie's premiere, too. I think this whole science thing's rigged, myself.

I'll be back on Monday with some announcement related gobshitery. Be well and play nice, ya bastids. Stay above the snake line, or I'm asking the King of Spain to take action.

Charles P. Pierce Charles P Pierce is the author of four books, most recently Idiot America, and has been a working journalist since 1976.

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