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 Empty-G can't take a joke.

Georgia Misrepresentative Marjorie Taylor Greene whined like a little baby Wednesday, offended by a joke made by Jimmy Kimmel the night before about Will Smith, and decided to report Kimmel to the Capitol Police.

Greene took offense, too, at fellow Republicans for supporting incoming Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson, calling them pro-pedophile, following a logic-free line of discussion from fellow GOPer troll Hee Hawley. To his credit, Kimmel brushed off Greene's reporting him for "a threat of violence" in his Wednesday monologue.

Let me take a detour for a bit. On a message board I frequent, we have a fellow who is a GOPer supporter, but has also been characterized by fellow board members as being mentally challenged. Whether or not that's really an act is open to debate.

Bottom line? Greene is afraid, as is Hawley, that Brown-Jackson might shut down their haterizing rhetoric. You'd think that Greene would've learned a lesson from Timex Cruz's failed Twitter wars with Kimmel and other comics.

The next time she goes to get gas for her car, the service station should check the air between her ears.

In other words, Empty-G picks up yet another Dunce Cap.

Update, 4/9/22, 10:53 am (ET): Farron Cousins weighs in on the latest in this pseudo-scandal:

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In the 90's, The Clay People were one of the hottest musical acts in the 518.

Today, one of their more recent songs has been adapted into a comic book.

The Clay People: Colossus, based on a 2018 song written by lead singer Dan Neet, debuted last month from Image Comics through its Top Cow imprint. Albany Times-Union music critic Jim Shahen didn't mention Image by name in a feature article appearing in today's editions, but most comics fans know Top Cow is part of the 30 year old publisher.

In other comics news, local writer Mike Spring's Red, White, & Broke went digital-first with the 2nd half of the miniseries, with physical copies due soon.

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The big story in sports today isn't so much Opening Day for baseball, but also The Masters golf tournament, and the prospect of Tiger Woods competing.

However, it's been raining in the Augusta area, just as it is here as I write this, and, as Woods is attempting to come back after a car crash last year, the adverse conditions may well make it difficult for him to finish the tournament. ESPN & CBS are hoping he does, for obvious reasons.

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Finally, the music world is mourning the passing of Bobby Rydell earlier this week from complications from pneumonia.

Rydell was a regular on the pop charts in the 60's, and made his film debut in "Bye, Bye, Birdie", with Ann-Margaret and Dick Van Dyke , among others.

From an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, Rydell covers Peter & Gordon's "A World Without Love", written by the Beatles' John Lennon & Paul McCartney:

Rest in peace.