Super Bowl Joe talked himself into picking his own team in the Super Bowl, but he should have known better. Why? Because the Colts are undefeated in Super Bowls and NFL title games when wearing the road white jerseys, but winless in those games when wearing their home blue jerseys. As it was the AFC's turn to wear the home uniforms, I should have known what was coming. I have let you all down.

Congratulations to the Saints though. They deserve it.

In other news, here's a story about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad watching Avatar.

Maybe next year, buddy.

Right-wing pundits cling to their Don't Ask Don't Tell, Palin gets offended by Rahm's delicate choice of phrasing, Obama comes up a dollar short on "high speed" rail, Google becomes the world's most powerful non-state actor, Carly Fiorina likens fiscal conservatives to sheep, and Ray Nagin foretells the outcome of the Super Bowl using advanced numerological analysis.

After a year as the Prez, Obama delivers the 2010 State Of The Union address and then substitute-teaches the House GOP for an hour. Also: shoe-throwing, stylish hats, breast milk, Arnold, lardo, and foodstuff factories.

The Dems lose their supermajority after Martha Coakley forgets to campaign, the conspiracy theorists come up with their Haiti story, campaign finance law gets shaved down by several decades, Joe discovers screwdrivers, and the show discovers brevity.

Haiti suffers the worst disaster in recent memory, some worthless people say awful things about it on TV, Sarah Palin gets a job, Blago accidentally reveals to the world that he thinks being black equals shining shoes, David Drake returns to the podcast, and we discuss the political overtones of Avatar in our first-ever (and last-ever) movie review segment.