​For a while, Alec Baldwin was doing his damnedest to sow the seeds of a possible mayoral run in New York City. Or at least to drum up enough buzz so it appeared that he was kind of serious about it, which it turns out (to few people's surprise) he's not; Baldwin said on WNYC today that he "doubts" he'll have a political career. As for the mayoral race itself:

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In honor of Christmas being merely 41 days away, we present to you the above video of the instillation of Rockefeller Center's Norway Spruce. Some fun facts about the tree: It's 74 feet tall, 75 years old, has both a Twitter and Tumblr account, and it's a fucking tree.

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​Jack Donaghy Alec Baldwin is running for mayor of New York. No he's not! Just kidding. What he's actually doing is spreading rumors in the media of a possible, nebulous future mayoral run. According to this Times piece, Baldwin wants to run for mayor, but not in 2013. Just sometime in the future. Do we hate this idea? Do we love it? Inside, some pros and cons:

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​A man hurdled a set of barricades during a live broadcast of this morning's Today Show, the Post reports. Meredith Vieira, Al Roker, and Willie Geist were discussing upcoming guest Mackenzie Phillips when a 33-year-old Brooklyn man screamed, "I'm God's gift to music" while trying to storm the set. His name hasn't been released, but we have to assume that it's Kanye West, right?

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​Blerg! Jack Donaghy would not approve of business like this. The New York Post reports that 30 Rock accountant Matthew Rudolph, 35, has been charged with "22 counts of larceny, falsifying business records and criminal possession of a forged instrument." According to his lawyer Richard Roth, Rudolph is not guilty -- Roth calls the allegations "absurd" and "additional evidence of the NBC witch hunt." We're kind of surprised that it wasn't Liz Lemler enacting revenge for getting fired for no reason by Liz Lemon in Season 1!

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