Hey nerds how much do you love NBA Finals season, hmmm? Feast your eyes on this cute thing, which involves two political ladies trash-talking over their basketball teams. Maxine Waters won’t even shake her friend’s hand, that is how serious she is about this dispute. [The YouTube]

Spring is almost here! How do we know? These goddamn hippies doing “magic” outside the White House. Stalin wouldn’t allow this if he was still president. [Daily Motion]

Yesterday, Barack Obama visited Montana’s Crow Nation of Native Americans, or as the Republicans call them, “Mexicans.” He spoke to about 4,000 folks, and this happened: “When he took the stage, Obama announced he was proud to have been adopted — in Crow tradition — by the Black Eagle family. And he was also given a Crow name, which translates as ‘That Person Who Goes Throughout Our Land And Tries To Help People…’” Sounds like the name-inventor is some kinda liberal. It was all Hopeful and shit for a while… until they cursed Obama, with their spells. MORE »

THURSDAY FUN LINK: This has very little to do with politics, except maybe some vague “Culture Wars” undercurrent, but a Florida substitute teacher has been fired for being a wizard. [Tampa Bay 10]

Local fashion blogger D.C. Pleats first caught Hillary wearing this particular jacket last Friday. We don’t know shit about clothes, as we don’t even wear pants most of the day, so we’ll let them take care of the criticism: MORE »

* If you like Steven Spielberg, you’ll love neuropsychiatrist Richard Restak. Don’t miss his talk, “Brain Research and the Emerging Neurosociety,” at the Smithsonian. “Brain research is making it possible to read the brain in real time as people experience emotions, think, and respond. These breakthroughs are increasingly affecting our world, as corporations, advertisers, and politicians are learning to use this information to influence our lives.” $25 at 6:30PM. [Smithsonian]
* Magicians at the National Press Club. 7PM, (second to last item). [NPC]
* Doctor/Writer Pauline W. Chen talks about Final Exam at Politics & Prose. “This young transplant surgeon reflects on how, in the struggle to save patients’ lives, physicians are ill-prepared to deal with death.” Free at 7PM. [P&P]