I’m not going to give any spoilers, but so help me, if they kill off a certain character in White Collar I am going to freak out.
Actually walked down the street to talk my mother off the ledge, but she taped the show and did not watch. She still hasn’t recovered from when they killed off Dorfman in Monk.
RSR
White Shadow? Haven’t seen that in years.
TooManyJens
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH. I won’t see the episode until at least tomorrow.
Three-nineteen
You better not be talking about Mozzie.
smiley
Since this is an open thread, I’m going to post a portion of a letter to the editor from my local paper:
The letter was about how liberals, not conservatives, are the hateful ones. Anyone know who the “two liberal Democrat senators” were? Do I smell another right-wing chain hate email?
Dan
Seriously.
There’s no way they even consider it, is there?
A coma, maybe? Sure… That wouldn’t be the greatest, but I suppose they could make that work.
jl
White Shadow? Isn’t that one of the Green Hornet’s sidekicks? Or am I confused.
I guess this TV crisis is the RL nonsense you mentioned earlier. I suggest that members of the Cole clan have a drink before watching these shows on the tube, to ease the dramatic horrors that might arise.
Keith G
Wait…they killed off Dorfman?
[Looks at unopened season seven box set and sighs]
TooManyJens
@smiley: If by “two liberal Democrat Senators” they mean “one Democratic candidate for state Senate in New Hampshire”, then sure.
http://macsmind.com/wordpress/2010/08/11/nh-democrat-keith-halloran-wishes-palin-and-levy-died-on-plane-with-senator-stevens/
That was all I could find, anyway.
demkat620
This character can’t be dead. I’d be done with the show if its death.
TooManyJens
Fun fact: the working title for this episode was “Shit Just Got Real.”
KG
@smiley: my googlefu finds this.
Not senators, one candidate for NH legislature, one now former member of the NH legislature.
TooManyJens
@KG: WTF is the problem with NH Dems?
arguingwithsignposts
In TV-related news, watched 6 seasons of “P33P Show,” starring Mitchell & Webb, over the weekend. At once a brilliant show, and yet George Constanza-level painful in a comedic way. Highly recommend it. Available on Hulu.
You can thank me later.
Corner Stone
It’s USA Network for God’s sake. Who gets invested in these shows?
geg6
Whoa. Sorry John. Our teevee tastes are really polar opposites, I’m starting to think. First it was Buffy. And now your inexplicable love for these two shows. I can’t fathom any of them. But then what do I know. Everyone I know is excited to see Hawaii 5-0 making a comeback. We (my friends and I) used to make fun of that show back when it was on the first time around. Astounding to me that anyone would watch this kind of crap warmed over. But apparently they all will and are eagerly anticipating it. Obviously I don’t have the pulse of the nation when it comes to pop culture.
That said, any other “Mad Men” fanatics just bowled over by how goddam awesome Sunday’s ep was? Best ep of the series, perhaps. Certainly, what a tour de force by Jon Hamm and Elizabeth Moss. Just blew me away in every way: acting, writing, direction, scoring. Best stuff on the tube.
smiley
@TooManyJens:
@KG:
Thanks. That settles it. Democrats are full of hate, Republicans aren’t. Good to know.
Lolis
White Collar had a great premeire. The rest of the shows have gone steadily downhill. Although I do love the unabashed bromancing that the show depends on.
Davis X. Machina
@TooManyJens: The New Hampshire lower House is the second-largest parliamentary body in the English-speaking world. Each rep has a whopping 3,300 constituents. It’s ridiculously easy to run for, and to get into.
When I was in college I knew a poli-sci major who ran for and served in the NH House, but who upon returning to campus and applying for real-world-experience credits for her activity received only six credit hours.
El Cid
A fantastically well-made Korean film combining a family drama about the place of the traditional village institutions and a family’s struggle over traditional and modern with an “Iron Chef” style battle over the varieties of Korean kimchi. I know. Seems crazy, but it works.
KG
@Davis X. Machina:
Sumbitch, I wish I would have thought of something like that when I was working on my polisci degree. I’m sure I could have got credit for running for the state legislature out here.
Daddy-O
Here’s an open thread topic:
Trevor Hoffman is one strike away from his 600th major league save…
Mission Accomplished!
MikeJ
@TooManyJens:
Honesty gene?
NobodySpecial
@Corner Stone: I don’t know about invested, but I like watching Psych. It’s like a mild cleanser for your frontal lobe.
tomvox1
They killed Dorfman on Monk?!? Oh, noes–I was watching it a year behind on DVD! Thanks a lot, John… *sniffle*
Allison W.
Just saw the commercial for
WALL STREET: Money Never Sleeps.
looks corny.
Mnemosyne
@geg6:
Three words: Daniel Dae Kim. Two more: possibly shirtless.
And for the (straight) fellas, Grace Park. Something for everyone.
Paula
@geg6:
One can enjoy both Mad Men and White Collar — although if you mean “invest” in some kind of deep, personal way I would have to say that I have trouble “getting invested” in MM characters as much as I have trouble w/ WC. They’re a bit like bacteria in the petri dish of sixties America.
Also, I would say they’re both made to be consumed on a superficial level, although they deal in the facets of different “surfaces”.
But methinks Cole has a point. If WC is meant to be pure entertainment as you’re suggesting, then they’d better not kill off one of the characters that makes the show likable — because (unlike, say, Buffy) it certainly won’t have the depth to salvage the audience otherwise.
Corner Stone
@NobodySpecial: Nothing wrong there dog. I personally enjoy all the old Law & Order reruns.
But if you actually give a shit about characters in the epi’s?
Hmmm…
Kryptik
@Corner Stone:
You hush up. Burn Notice is godly, and USA Network is still unmatched in brilliant commercials – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0WNJx7Ys2Y
Linda Featheringill
OT:
Isn’t tomorrow morning the time when SoonerGrunt has his surgery?
Corner Stone
Sweet surrender on the rice cooker side.
J.W. Hamner
So I’m headed to Vegas for the first time this weekend, and I know Balloon Juice has a nice combination of degenerates and foodies, so what restaurants do you guys recommend? I’m not adverse to $100+ multi-course meals, but I don’t intend to pack a blazer and/or tie and we’re staying at Mandalay Bay.
suzanne
Please allow me to be all schmaltzy and lame for a minute. I am feeling like such a proud mom at the moment. I put up a Harry Mitchell for Congress yard sign this afternoon, and my six-year-old liked it so much, she wanted to make one of her own. So we read “Grace for President” (which is a fabulous kids’ book about running for office and elections), and she asked about Mitchell’s campaign platform, and why we are supporting him. Then she made him the world’s more adorable sign that says “Harry Mitchell is the BOMB!”. I told her I would take her down to the campaign office this week so she could deliver it in person and see what a real campaign is like.
Mnemosyne
@J.W. Hamner:
I don’t know if the Las Vegas location is any good, but Border Grill out here has very yummy upscale Mexican food, and yet would not require a tie. And it looks like they’re right at the Mandalay Bay.
I’m also always tempted to stop by Red Square at the Mandalay Bay, if only to see their authentic (and headless) Lenin statue.
Cain
Gosh, I guess nobody watches Anime huh?
cain
MikeJ
@J.W. Hamner: It ain’t French Laundry, but Bouchon is great bistro food. Of course I have a little shrine to Thomas Keller in my kitchen, so I’m biased.
NobodySpecial
@J.W. Hamner: Can’t help ya, man. I spent the only days I had in Vegas going to panel discussions most of the time. The only food I remember was Mark Warner’s spread at the Stratosphere (complete with a fucking chocolate fountain) and I have a pic somewhere of me with NYBri from Dailykos and a couple of fifths of Captain Morgan.
Ann Marie
White Collar may be fluffy, but I thoroughly enjoy it. Besides the eye candy (both leads, for me), I like the supporting cast — especially the one who damn well better not be dead. The plots are fun, the dialogue is amusing. It’s a pleasant way to spend an hour.
I tried Mad Men back when it began, but was turned off, probably because at 55, it represents an era I spent my youth running away from. That, and I can’t stand the advertising industry. It’s gotten such great reviews, however, that I may have to try it again.
Mark S.
Obama Against a Compromise on Extension of Bush Tax Cuts
This seems pertinent to the argument we were having earlier today, but it was so damn convoluted I’m not sure who was right about any of it.
Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther
@suzanne: Oh, man, that’s not lame at all! Indeed, I will go so far as to say that story is the BOMB! Lovely, lovely story. And you know the folks at his campaign office will looooooooove it!
General Stuck
I love my doggie. That is all.
Corner Stone
@J.W. Hamner: Couple things. First, the MB buffet is pretty darn good, and worth one trip.
Second, if you want the best, most fresh, wicked tasty margarita, go to Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill in Caesar’s Palace, and get it with Silver Herradura.
Good food there too for lunch. But that was the best margarita I have ever had.
At MGM Grand (which is close to MB) both Emeril’s and Nobhill Tavern are good, but be ready to pay a premium for the quality.
I’ve never been but have heard multitudes tell me about the Steak House at Circus Circus.
Honestly, don’t go to Vegas for premium dining. It’s pretty much a sham.
Steeplejack
[Rushing past comments with eyes closed to bottom of thread]
Gonna watch it from the DVR in a few minutes after chillin’ from work for a bit.
Mark S.
Oh, here we go:
That isn’t exactly what Orszag said. He said keep the tax cuts for the top 2% if that was the only way to keep the tax cuts for everybody else. Sheesh, they should let Jack Tapper write this article. He got it right.
Mnemosyne
@Ann Marie:
If it helps, after a few episodes it settles down into a pretty harsh critique of the whole era and it’s not much of a glamorization at all. Take the episode in the second season where one of the executives gets so drunk at the office that he literally ends up pissing himself right before a big client meeting.
Corner Stone
@Corner Stone: Rio buffet is good too, but not worth the hassle.
I’ve been to Vegas maybe 30+ times now. The dining there just isn’t what they try to sell it as.
If you can get a spot in a decent place in a premium hotel you are going to pay NYCx2 prices for the food. For no real reason.
Just IMO.
Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther
What’s that you say? You want me to continue my day-long rant about fucking Marty Peretz and his fucking comments about “Muslim life is cheap” and whatnot?
Okee dokee then!
Here you go: http://emilylhauserinmyhead.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/muslim-life-is-cheap-wtf/
It’s rant-tastic.
Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther
@Ann Marie: I can’t really answer either of your points, other than to say “I really really like it!”
Take that for whatever it may or may not be worth. I literally didn’t want Sunday night’s episode to end.
KDP
@suzanne: That is too sweet, ellaesther is right, the campaign folks are going to love it.
Waiting for White Collar and Covert Affairs to come on. I find them good mind candy, although I prefer Covert Affairs over Withe Collar.
Spent Labor Day streaming episodes 1-9 of Lost to my BluRay through Netflix. Never got into the show when it was on the network, but I’ve enjoyed the episodes I’ve watched so far so I may just work my way through them all.
El Cid
Jeffrey Goldberg invited to Cuba by Fidel, Fidel complains about Ahmadinejad’s anti-Semitism.
This will confuse some of the radical-pro-Israeli-militarism members of the Fidel-obsessive Cuban exile community.
Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther
@El Cid: I’m sure you’re anti-Semitic for even mentioning it.
/checks manual
Yup.
KG
@J.W. Hamner: way off strip, but Gordon Ramsey has a restaurant at Green Valley, haven’t ate there, but reputation is pretty solid. I like the restaurant in the Eiffel Tower at the Paris, fairly good quality. If you’re looking for a buffet, I’m partial to the Rio and the Paris. Even though I spend a lot of time out there, it’s been a long, long while since I’ve done the “nice meal on the strip” thing.
Cacti
My Cardinals death watch continues. Another chance to gain ground slips away in 4-2 loss to Brewers.
For the love of FSM, please don’t renew La Russa/McGwire after this season.
It’s painful enough that we extended our GM who thought it prudent to trade our best hitter with RISP for a #4 starter.
El Cid
@Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther: Are you sure? Maybe I’m a Fidelista.
General Stuck
@Cacti:
Sorry to hear that. GO REDS!!
asiangrrlMN
@suzanne: Not lame at all. I think it’s great, and I’m sure Harry Mitchell will appreciate it, too!
@Corner Stone: Damn straight.
I’m doing laundry and cleaning for a parental visit. I am now taking a break. My dogs are barking, and they ain’t that cute. Someone entertain me.
@Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther: Am I an anti-Semitic for saying Marty Peretz is a shit-head who needs to STFU (I just read your latest blog entry)?
JWL
I was shocked into grief that Sunday night when Fess Parker and Buddy Ebsen were chopped at the Alamo…
I was likewise caught flat-footed a year or two later, when Richard Attenborough and my new found friends were executed in cold blood by their German captors…
“Nobody told me there’d be days like these..”
Yutsano
@J.W. Hamner: I think Mario Batali has a restaurant at the Mandalay, if it’s the steakhouse I’m thinking of. If not hunt down anything run by him. Your tastebuds and tummy will thank you immensely.
@asiangrrlMN: When I do a spell check suggestion for your handle, the first listing is Australasian. That and FH #1 got his hippie government and keeps his female PM.
Mark S.
@El Cid:
Hmm. I wonder if Fidel reads any of the other Atlantic bloggers. I know he reads Sully because he’s softened his position on gays. Maybe he’ll renounce communism and embrace Galtism from reading McMegan.
Mnemosyne
@Yutsano:
Some of my co-workers got to go to Pizzaria Mozza for a celebration lunch. I am still immensely jealous.
Amir_Khalid
@jl: The White Shadow was a 1970s TV show that starred Ken Howard as the coach of a high-school basketball team. Really good, as I recall.
arguingwithsignposts
@El Cid:
Is that a large subset of the fidel-obsessive exile community?
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Hey, how you doing? How’s the move going?
@Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther: Well, he is a shit-head, so whatever that makes me, I accept it. And, thanks. I’ll need it.
@Yutsano: That’s a sign! Once the Republicans take over the country again, I’m marrying FH#1 for realz and changing my nationality. And, wheee! I was wondering about their elections. So glad to know it turned out well.
Joel
Where’s Wallace, String? Where’s Wallace?
Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther
@asiangrrlMN: A) No. I mean yes! I mean – oh God, I can’t keep track! Where’s the damn manual?!
and B) Oy. Good luck w/ the visit…!
TooManyJens
I’m debugging a really fucked-up Apache problem. And there’s no decent chocolate anywhere in the damn house.
/grumble
Yutsano
@Mnemosyne: I did not know he was partnering with the Bastianich clan for that new place. That would be all sorts of teh awesome. It is time to utilize the feminine wiles on G, preferably for your birthday.
@asiangrrlMN: Still in the almost done category, should be pretty much complete tomorrow. I have to do one final trip home then I’m in Seattle permanently from there. And I bought myself a new laptop. I had no idea how much my old machine sucked until now.
El Cid
I guess I could have read Fidel’s views earlier if I hadn’t skipped the Monthly Review‘s translations of the Reflections of Fidel.
Here’s Fidel Castro himself:
After that, Fidel just reprints quotes from Goldberg’s article.
As a bit of context, Fidel Castro has been really, really worried about the likelihood of nuclear war according to his writings over the past year.
Also, yes, he obsessively reads US papers online as well as many magazines and blogs.
In his 2 part “Reflections of Fidel” most recently, he gives an incredibly thorough timeline of daily news reports having to do with Iran, Israel, the US, Russia, and other nations relating to the dangers of nuclear weapons development or loss. In fact, he cites 238 articles, thus calls the op-ed “238 Reasons to Be Worried.”
Cacti
@J.W. Hamner:
Try Fleur de Lys at the Mandalay Bay. It’s a Hubert Keller place. It’s one of the better priced fine dining experiences on the strip.
If you want to go uber high end go to Joel Robuchon at the MGM Grand. The only 3-Michelin Star restaurant in Vegas.
For buffets, the seafood buffet at the Rio or the lunch buffet at the Bellagio are my favs.
asiangrrlMN
@El Cid: Holy crap. Is it just me, or does some of what he says seem reasonable? I think I must be delirious or something.
El Cid
@arguingwithsignposts: More in the sense of sharing radical anti-Muslim and anti-Arab attitudes in a blend with their hatred of anything to the left of their Bircherite views of Communism and Fidel being the sources of all evil in the world. To them, since leftists have often backed, say, Palestinians, they’re pretty much the same.
Cacti
@General Stuck:
I’ve pretty much given up on the division race. If the Reds play .500 ball the rest of the way, they’ll need to finish 19-7 to tie in the standings.
They still have 4-game stands with ATL and Colorado left so there’s a possibility of the Wild Card.
Jules
@geg6:
Mad Men was amazing this week….and funny.
Dr. Lyle Evans indeed.
Brutal season opener for Sons of Anarchy. Folks, y’ll should be watching this show.
El Cid
@asiangrrlMN: Fidel Castro has never, ever been — right or wrong in my view — anything less than an extremely informed and intelligent observer.
Since retiring and publishing his views constantly, he’s written reasonable things all the time. People would also be surprised how once you subtract the dorky over the top rhetoric, revolutionary slogans and cute jokes, Hugo Chavez is a reasonable analyst of world affairs, too. Taking those out might also reduce his speeches down by several hours.
asiangrrlMN
@El Cid: So, I’m not just delirious from all the cleaning that I found myself nodding in agreement once or twice while reading what he wrote? Good to know.
KG
@El Cid: @asiangrrlMN: feel free to discount what I say, since I am part Cuban, but I have a hard time reading/listening to a mass murderer condemn other mass murders.
roshan
This is why Wonkette should be made a necessary reading every damn day!
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It’s just relentless skewering of anyone who tries to step into the spotlight and pretends to be real. Someone said that Wonkette is supposedly driving the media narrative in DC with their absurd and funny articles on the bizarreness of today’s GOP, I hope it’s true.
Hal
I love the midterm elections. My mother’s friend just forwarded this ridiculous and amazingly racist and xenophobic email to a whole slew of people. It really is a treasure to behold, and at this point, so non-shocking it blows the mind.
Sorry for the huge post, but the stupidity of this email just deserves a mocking.
The next few years should be fun:
asiangrrlMN
@KG: Do not blame you. I don’t want to read a damn thing Chiang Kai-shek said/wrote no matter how brilliant it may have been. I was forced to visit his memorial while I was in Taiwan during my semester in Asia, and I had to walk out during the tour.
El Cid
@KG: Yeah, well, that would eliminate lots of commentary. Most of the Israeli government eagerly backed the destruction and slaughter of Gaza, killing several hundred Palestinian civilians. US leaders happily slaughtered several million souls in Indochina, yet we still pay attention to their commentary. The absolute worse that could be accused of the Cuban government, as bloody and repressive as it has been, is a choir of angels singing compared to the US’ death squad and genocidalist allies throughout Latin America.
It’s not about whitewashing Fidel Castro’s actions and I understand that some people are going to be much, much closer to those directly suffering. But Castro’s not some jackass like Saddam Hussein or Robert Mugabe, and personally I find it fascinating that a man who has played such a central role in Latin America and the world — I think South Africa might not yet have been free had Cuban troops not kicked South African military ass at Cuito Cuanavale — is weekly writing opinions and analyses.
It’s kind of bizarre. It’s not like it’s some rote repetition of revolutionary slogans or dogmatic slogs through musty Marxist texts. Imagine the utter shit that would come weekly from Muammar Khadafi, and he’s anything from the dimmest of potentate bulbs. Pinochet’s role in Latin America and the world was much more limited (sort of a chain of fascist overthrows of leftist regimes throughout the region), so I don’t think weekly columns would be that interesting from him, but it still would be pretty odd.
jmy
@KDP:
I love Covert Affairs…Something about Piper Perabo that gets me excited…
rikyrah
about White Collar..
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Zuzu's Petals
Heck, I don’t even think Kate is dead.
I wonder if Tiffany Amber Thiesen is going to be (literally) calling in her scenes in this episode too. What gives, do you think? Is she preggers?
KG
I’m a big fan of Sons of Anarchy, which is on now, so, I’ll be seeing y’all on the flip side.
TooManyJens
@Zuzu’s Petals: She was very pregnant (like, she went three weeks past due or something) when they were filming the early part of the season, but she should be back by this time.
YellowJournalism
@J.W. Hamner: The Rio buffet is indeed excellent. Go there just for the gelato, if not the selection. It’s a fun place to gamble in, too.
My sister went to Vegas last month, and she is bummed that she didn’t get to go to the Mesa Bar and Grill or to PF Chang’s. She was going to have lunch at the Mesa Bar and Grill, but the couple she and her fiance were with were too cheap to enjoy something like that. She’s been to PF Chang’s before, and from what she’s told me, if you’re a Chinese food fan, you need to go there.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Stay classy, GOP
NRCC Press Aide Tweets Home Addresses Of Virginia Dem’s Staffers.
Steeplejack
@Steeplejack:
Damn! I knew it was going to be that character.
And now the Braves have lost and let the Phillies into first place for the first time since May 30. Damn, damn, damn.
I blame Obama for this.
WaterGirl
@Zuzu’s Petals: I wasn’t sure who that was so I went to google to type “Tiffany Amber Thiesen photo”. But before I could type the “h” in photo, google suggested “Tiffany Amber Thiesen pregnant”, with the first link there talking about her bringing her new baby to work on Aug 1. So yeah, I think you’re right!
Edit: plus, her face had gotten a lot fuller, which is usually the second clue, after the phone calls. I assume that’s what happened with the grifter on leverage, too, for the season where they only spoke to her by phone?
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: I joke about needing therapy at the end of the TV season in may when it seems like every show either kills off someone you like or leaves you hanging wondering if whoever it is is really dead.
Steeplejack
@General Stuck:
There is nothing beyond dog love. That is all. Well, cat love. Cat love is beyond dog love. That is all. Really.
WaterGirl
@Linda Featheringill: I’m sure you’re long gone, but yes, Wednesday morning is soonergrunt’s surgery.
suzanne
@YellowJournalism:
Pleh. We have P.F. Chang’s all over the place here and for at least three years, everyone who came to visit from out of town wanted to go, so I ended up going at least once every six weeks or so. I think it’s highly overrated, personally. It’s overpriced for what you get, and has that generic “edgy” decor that I am so freakin’ over.
freelancer (itouch)
@suzanne: as far as chain restaurants go, I actually like PF changs, but the ones in the Midwest might be special.
asiangrrlMN
@suzanne: I was gonna say…yeah, ix-nay on the chain Chinese restaurants. Pro tip: The dirtier the restaurant and the more garish the decoration, the better the food will be.
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: And of course, it’s all the Dem’s fault for calling the GOP guy a carpetbagger, thus FORCING the GOP guy to publish the addresses…of the Dem’s staffers. Yeesh.
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
Yeah, I know what you mean. I have been sitting here trying to think what was the worst cliffhanger I ever saw, but I can’t think of one. After a while they sort of all run together. But this one really hit me. I sort of thought it was coming, but the way they handled it was still well done. Oh, well, so we’re waiting until, what, December?
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
Hey, how you doin’?
My indicator for Chinese restaurants–and, admittedly, this comes from a honkie–is if they do dim sum every day, not just on Sunday. Have a really good one right across the parking lot from the Big Box Bookstore, and I hit them about once a week.
WaterGirl
@Steeplejack: I think it’s gonna be okay, though. They have the character (who shall remain nameless) in the bit at the end where they are promoting the show in January, so I think s/he will make it.
Of course, this is coming from the person who didn’t like the ending of LOST and decided not to accept the (false) ending that was portrayed on tv. I have changed the ending and it is much better than theirs.
suzanne
@asiangrrlMN: I am anti-chain restaurants as a rule. Though when I just can’t handle cooking/parenting/life anymore, I have been known to break down and take the child to the Olive Garden. She gets macaroni and cheese, I get salad and a night free of being told how little she likes my cooking. There’s just so many good local places here, better food and less expensive.
Daddy-O
@Cacti: I’m a Cardinals watcher, not a fan.
They’ll NEVER get rid of LaRussa. He’s the “best manager in baseball.” Because the Cardinals’ owners SAID so. Even though he’s the most overrated manager in baseball, truth be told.
So why will they never get rid of LaRussa? Because the billionaire owners of the Cardinals share his values.
Teabagger values. Glenn Beck’s values. Corporatist values. Any other fool MLB managers making appearances to legitimize butthole surfers like Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin?
And I can’t root for Albert Pujols ever again, until he publicly refudiates his appearance at the Beck MLK Anniversary. He trusted LaRussa, and Tony fucked his reputation forevermore. Anyone who mixes radically conservative politics with baseball on such a public forum deserves condemnation. This is mine.
Steeplejack
@WaterGirl:
Didn’t see the promo. My DVR snipped it.
arguingwithsignposts
@Daddy-O:
Generally meh on the Cards, but I’ll co-sign this paragraph if allowed.
(although I kind of like the new GM guy – heard him speak once and do a q&a)
asiangrrlMN
@Steeplejack: Cleaning like a fiend. Pretty much done now. Just waiting for the second load to dry. Dim sum….MMMMMMMm……
@suzanne: Me, too. In general, it’s the last resort.
roshan
WTF is going on?
Breaking! GOP’s Much Ballyhooed 10 Point Lead in Gallup Poll Disappears – Dems, GOP Tied
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The enthusiasm gap still remains though.
Daddy-O
@arguingwithsignposts: Thanks. It’s worse than I described, really. Hard to give enough details in a thread comment, so I’m sorry if this takes up too much bandwidth–but here goes:
Zuzu's Petals
@WaterGirl:
Sophie sure got her figure back fast.
arguingwithsignposts
@Daddy-O:
I was at that game. saw some of those asshats in the stands.
Zuzu's Petals
@Daddy-O:
This is gonna blow yer mind, but La Russa and his wife are big animal rights activists. Vegetarians too.
Anne Laurie
@TooManyJens:
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We Massholes have been asking that question for more than 200 years now.
Srsly, between the traditional “rock ribbed independents” (crabbed, soulless bigots) and the “Taxachusetts escapees” glibertarians who move across the border but still take full advantage of Massachusetts jobs & cultural amenities, it seems from here like the NH Dems have that dysfunctional-trailer-trash problem — they aren’t aware that not every family dinner is supposed to end in a fist-fight, because it’s always been that way around their House.
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
Picturing The Wedding Banquet, for some reason. The early part, where the gay couple “defags” their home in advance of the parents’ arrival from Taiwan.
ETA: Stupid trailer. But a good movie.
asiangrrlMN
@Zuzu’s Petals: Yep. LaRussa said he hoped people who were against him attending Beckapalooza would not stop donating to his animal charity.
asiangrrlMN
@Steeplejack: Heh. That was a good movie. Pretty accurate, too. And, I don’t have to move anything because I’m pretty discreet and circumspect, anyway. No one in my family reads my blog, so I’m safe there. By the way, I was informed that my blog is blocked as an adult site in the Madison library. That cracks me the fuck up.
Mark S.
How good were those A’s teams LaRussa had in the late 80’s? McGwire, Canseco, Ricky, Eckersley.
Of course, steroids had a little bit to do with their success.
BDeevDad
@KG: Love Sons of Anarchy but pissed me off that they killed half-sac last year. Nothing better happen to the kid.
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
Kudos! You have arrived as an agent of subversive insurrection. Now you know all the uncool high school hipsters will be jonesin’ for your site. Tell ’em to watch Ghost World.
asiangrrlMN
@Steeplejack: I haven’t seen it myself. #Hangs head in shame# I will have to subvert them in other ways. I am really curious as to what got me tagged as an adult site.
P.S. You back on the nightshift?
Steeplejack
@asiangrrlMN:
All night shifts this week–3:00 p.m. to close (11:00-11:30, depending on how much carnage there is). But then next week I’m doing two opening shifts and three closing shifts. Circadian rhythms reeling. Which reminds me: I am appalled to see that it is after 3:30, so I am scuttling off to bed right away. I have a hard time sleeping past sun-up, so that means I have to try to grab a catnap around noon, which doesn’t always work or is often unsatisfying. I know you know where I’m coming from. Steep out.
asiangrrlMN
@Steeplejack: I definitely feel your pain. Night. Hope you get a few solid hours.
Spencer
oh noez tehy kiled moz!!!!!!
hez teh bestestest parrt of teh Whiet Colar
SiubhanDuinne
I do love catching the good, grey NYTimes in ridiculous errors that somehow escaped writer and editor alike. This howler is from Friedman’s column today:
Sometimes you just can’t unwring that bell.
JGabriel
@SiubhanDuinne: And to think, they consider Friedman one of their wringers.
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JoeF
@Dan:
Letting said character die/leave the show would reduce the enjoyability of the show by at least half. Seriously. He may be a secondary character but he’s a huge chunk of the charm and wit of the show in the long run.
Phoebe
That’s how I felt about a certain character in The Wire, but not only did they not kill him off, but his was one of the very few happy endings. See how sensitive I am to the potential spoiling? In case someone out there hasn’t seen it.
Because this is the open thread:
To whoever recommended “Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam” [the movie]: Thanks! It was very very well done and fascinating and, uh, cleared my sinuses.