Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Putin dreamed of ending NATO, and now it’s Finnish-ed.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

President Biden is doing good where he can, and getting it done.

Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

The arc of the moral universe doesn’t bend itself. it’s up to us.

An unpunished coup is a training exercise.

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

Can we lighten up on the doomsday scenarios?

Let the trolls come, and then ignore them. that’s the worst thing you can do to a troll.

Alternative history is always a weak argument. Always.

They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

Michigan is a great lesson for Dems everywhere: when you have power…use it!

Washington Post’s Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

Only Democrats have agency, apparently.

Let’s show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

We won’t go back.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

Fight them, without becoming them!

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

“Joe Biden deserved better than he got from some folks in his own party.”

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  1. 1.

    Kung Fu

    Yes!

    For a while I was addicted to cop dramas: NYPD Blue, Law and Order, The Shield – you name it, I watched it. I liked The Shield for its stark contrast to other shows and its realism. Personally, I think Michael Chiklis should have been cast as Kojak instead of Ving Rhames in the new Kojak movie coming out. Anyone out there agree with me?

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    Al Maviva

    For a while, yes, until I discovered “The Wire.” I have a limited amount of free time and decided to give the block allocated to “violent and somewhat realistic cop dramas” to HBO’s show, mostly because The Wire has better bumper music. Okay, I also like the longer story arcs, and the fact that a lot of the public characters are recognizably representations of Bal’mer politicos. The chix are hotter too. And the cops aren’t as painfully stupid as Chiklis’ character’s crew.

  5. 5.

    shark

    No dammit! I can’t get it, I have to follow via DVD

    I’m getting season 3 today, I know how I’m spending my Sunday…

  7. 7.

    Van Helsing

    The Shield is far and away the best fictional TV show I know of. It’s been a long wait for March 15. Glenn Close should be a nice addition to the cast.

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    levik1832

    Absolutely! The show borrows a lot from The Sopranos where the protagonist is a “bad” guy with many “good” traits, but since it works so well, give us more. I always hated black and white characters so the Shield’s use of flawed, grey characters is very refreshing. See Michael Mann’s fantastic works for use of this character model in film. I can’t wait to do a marathon session revisiting season 3 on DVD.

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