Today's Daily Schadenfreude: Crown Point, Ind.

Sometimes, politics can be overshadowed by other news ... yes, even when it comes to schadenfreude. Case in point:

A semitrailer load of human feces spilled on to Indiana 55 at Greenwood Avenue in Crown Point about 10:30 a.m. Thursday, closing a stretch of the road for most of the day.

The truck was hauling the treated human waste from the Portage Reclamation Facility, 5500 Old Porter Road, to a farm in Lowell when the tailgate opened, leaving a trail of sludge spanning 2,500 feet, Crown Point Fire Department officials said.

The spill closed northbound and southbound Indiana 55 at Franciscan Drive and Burrell Drive for cleanup. A front-loader was used to scoop up most of the spill before the Crown Point Fire Department hosed off the rest, said Mark Baumgardner Sr., the department's division chief of operations.

Perhaps I should rename this feature the Daily Schitenfreude. At least for today.