11:45 p.m.

I appreciate the effort, but next time can you wait until the Big Cheese stops by first?

A hostage situation at the Rochester headquarters of the Hillary Clinton campaign ended with a man's arrest Friday evening.

Then again, maybe this guy is another left-wing spy.

CNN intended for political sparks to fly during Wednesday"s Republican presidential debate, but outrage and accusations of partisanship were directed at the network instead.

 

The backlash started after it turned out that a homosexual retired soldier asking about "don"t ask, don"t tell" has an affiliation with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton"s campaign. The network was forced to apologize and scrubbed the exchange from its repeat of the two-hour debate, even though the Clinton campaign says retired Brig. Gen. Keith H. Kerr was not acting on behalf of the Democratic presidential front-runner.

I remember a while back reading something on the Media Research Center's website about some people quoted in the LEFTWINGMAINSTREAMLIBERALPRESS as regular citizens but were actually Democrat activists. If I ever feel motivated, I might see if I can find these stories.

10 p.m.

• Time for the rest of this week's pickkks.

Atlanta @ St. Louis (4.5)

Yay. St. Louis is on a hot streak of sorts, which of course now means they'll blow one. Whatever. I'm still a sucker.

Buffalo @ Washington (5.5)

Hmm, will this be one of those "win for the dead guy" games? Sure. I'm still a sucker. Oh, and count me in as someone who doesn't think Sean Taylor's death was was a random act of violence.

Detroit @ Minnesota (3.5)

Ha. I laugh when I think back to when some people took the Lions as playoff contenders. Now they're underdogs at Minnesota. Ha. I'm taking them. Why?

Houston @ Tennessee (4.5)

Hmm, Young hasn't been playing good as of late. I'll guess that the Titans are one of those "falter during the final stretch teams" for this season.

Jacksonville @ Indianapolis (6.5)

I'm hoping the Colts still have some rust from the last few weeks. Hey, even Atlanta was up on them by double digits at one point on Thanksgiving.

N.Y. Jets @ Miami (1.5)

An unbeaten team FAVORED? This is great. If Miami loses this week, I shudder as to who this team can beat.

(5.5) San Diego @ Kansas City

Here's hoping the Chiefs don't decide to make it close.

Seattle @ Philadelphia (3.5)

I'm wondering if the Eagles loss to the Pats was a kick-start for this team. Well, here's hoping.

San Francisco @ Carolina (2.5)

Will the Panthers ever win at home? Here's hoping "no" for one more week.

Tampa Bay @ New Orleans (3.5)

Fuck the Saints. Lose and go away from the NFC playoff picture.

Cleveland @ Arizona (1.5)

This might have the potential to be a hella good game on the offensive side of things. Who would have thought that at the start of the season?

(3.5) Denver @ Oakland

It's the Raiders. For some reason they seem like they should be better than their three-win record. Maybe it's because they played in some close games. OK, time to see if I know what I'm talking about or pulling this out of my rear end.

Week 1: 21-36

Week 2: 20-23

Week 3: 26-24

Week 4: 35-17

Week 5: BYE

Week 6: 14-28

Week 7: 10-12

Week 8: 9-13

Week 9: 17-24 Eh, the Raiders scored a touchdown with 1:30 left. I'm not counting this one as a "close loss."

Week 10: 6-17

Week 11: 22-29

Week 12: 20-17

So seven of the dozen contests were either wins or games that were close in score. I'm taking this one.

Week 13:

(1.5) N.Y. Giants @ Chicago

Come on G-men, collapse.

Cincinnati @ Pittsburgh (7.5)

Neither team beats the other at home. Steelers are also without some key players. Also, I just heard fullback Dan Krieder is out with an ACL tear. Here's hoping he can rehab himself onto another team next year. He'll be a free agent and doesn't really fit anymore into the Steelers' plans. I liked him.

(20.5) New England @ Baltimore

Damn you New England for having a close game. Don't burn me again.