John Kasich, who wants to roll back abortion rights and would probably be very rude about it, was very unhappy with the confetti situation at his non-victory speech in New Hampshire last month. So his staff bought all the confetti in Ohio for his (first and only) primary victory speech.

[Organizers of Times Square's New Year's ball drop test the quality of their confetti two days before the big event. Come on. It's confetti. How hard can that be to get right? Image via AP]

The recession is over and America's economic recovery is well underway! How do we know this to be true? Because the NASDAQ "has brought its confetti machine out of the closet, where it had been collecting dust," that's how. And there's no better indicator than that, is there? [NYT/Bits]