It’s been a busy day for us at Various Things & Stuff, mostly spent in the car on the way to and from meetings. But we couldn’t leave the office without noting that, as expected, it appears former Assemblywoman Sharron Angle has once again failed in her attempt to cap property taxes in Nevada. (Why? Clearly, it’s because the misanthropic Angle hates the government workers paid with property taxes dollars, like nurses and cops and firefighters.)

Our colleague Anjeanette Damon has the details on her excellent, Reno-based blog, Inside Nevada Politics. Suffice to say, Angle’s people turned in some petitions up north after the deadline and, down here in Clark County, turned in original signatures mixed with impermissible photocopied signatures.

This marks the third time Angle has tried to cap property taxes, and, if her petitions are rejected, her third failure. Wouldn’t it be great if politics was like baseball, and when you strike out, you have to go back to the dugout? Only in this case, the “dugout” was a giant hole that leads to the center of the Earth, where you’d be doused with hot liquid magma?

Yes, that would be cool. Alas, Angle will get another chance to shine in her primary challenged to state Sen. Bill Raggio. Let’s hope he uses his dark Jedi powers to finish the job that fate has begun.