Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

I was promised a recession.

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

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

In my day, never was longer.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

Peak wingnut was a lie.

Bark louder, little dog.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

I did not have this on my fuck 2022 bingo card.

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

Republicans in disarray!

Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

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Game six of the American League Championship Series is coming up, featuring the adorable, fun-loving, personable and charismatic David Price as starting pitcher for the Jays. So GO JAYS!

While awaiting the start of the game, I’ve been listening to representatives from the vast political strategist army opine on CNN and MSNBC about the state of the primaries. They played a clip from Trump’s appearance on ghostly apparition Hugh Hewitt’s show, in which Trump expressed doubt about the polls showing Carson ahead in Iowa. A Trump surrogate then appeared on CNN and conducted a Romneyesque unskewing of the polls. 

Trump is supposed to appear at a rally in Miami shortly. It’ll be interesting to see how the humidity affects his elaborate combover. 

Rachel Maddow interviewed Hillary Clinton today, and that will air at 9 PM ET. At a rally in Virginia today, Clinton echoed Joe Biden’s comment from a couple of days ago and said Democrats should be proud of President Obama’s record and should run on it. 

Maddow was on Hardball and said she thinks the most interesting part of the interview was Clinton’s answer to Maddow’s question about how a Hillary Clinton presidency would differ from Obama’s. That should be fascinating. 

So that’s what I’m doing — watching TV on a Friday night like a boring old woman. You?

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  2. 2.

    Keith G

    Go Jays?

    Hey, maybe those Canadians have had enough goodness and happiness for one week.

    Actually, it’s baseball, so I just don’t care.

  3. 3.

    ms_canadada

    “So that’s what I’m doing — watching TV on a Friday night like a boring old woman. You?”

    Same as you. Too bad we’re not neighbors, else we could do it together.

  4. 4.

    burnspbesq

    Pretty much the same, probably without the boring old woman part.

    Not sure who I’m rooting for in the ALCS. A Jays win puts Mets fans who are also Duke fans in a potentially very awkward position: in the event of a Harvey vs. Stroman matchup, do you root for the Tar Heel/Met or the Blue Devil/Blue Jay.

    According to ESPN, Stroman and Matz once faced each other in a high school game. Matz’ team won, 1-0, and the two pitchers combined for 26 Ks in a seven-inning game.

  5. 5.

    David Koch

    Hillary’s interview with Rachel Maddow is going to be a barn burner.

    They played a clip and she called the gop “pathetic.”

  6. 6.

    philpm

    LET’S GO ROYALS!!!!

    Also, nice job by Hillary of letting the ‘pubs step all over their dicks by just being her calm, professional self.

  7. 7.

    gogol's wife

    Watching TV, babying a sprained ankle, but I’m really a boring old woman because I’m watching a Midsomer Mystery episode that I just saw a few months ago. But how can I resist the body left in a crop circle?

  8. 8.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Hoping the Jays can tie it up tonight. If they win the pennant, I am obliged to root for them in the World Series (my Canadian loyalties outweigh my New York loyalties); if the Royals win the ALCS, however, I’ll be a Mets fan for the duration of the WS (I have absolutely no Kansas City loyalties).

    Really looking forward to the HRC interview.

  9. 9.

    burnspbesq

    @efgoldman:

    Some good non-conference matchups in college hockey tonight: North Dakota – UVM, Minnesota – Northeastern, Union – Michigan.

  12. 12.

    Betty Cracker

    Hurricane Patricia is now ashore, according to CNN. Wind gusts up to 235 MPH — that’s just fucking nuts! — with 160 MPH sustained. Weird how it spun up from a tropical storm into a monster hurricane in just one day. Scary.

  14. 14.

    Mike J

    @Betty Cracker:

    Weird how it spun up from a tropical storm into a monster hurricane in just one day. Scary.

    Think about how much worse it would be if global warming wasn’t a hoax.

  15. 15.

    Trentrunner

    Can anyone think of any presidential candidate who’s had a single better (non-voting) month than Hillary has had this October?

    I’m 53 and I can’t.

  16. 16.

    Elizabelle

    Did Redshift ever put up his experience at the Hillary Clinton event today?

    Here’s the WaPost recap.

    They had a glorious day for it. I just did not want to get caught up in the traffic and parking.

    Here’s the end of the Post story. Made me smile. Go girl power.

    She’s a survivor,” said Elena Katsos, a government contractor who lives in Old Town Alexandria. She and a friend had pulled their 7-year-old daughters out of school to attend the early afternoon event. As they waited for Clinton to take the stage, the girls drew pictures of the candidate in crayon, along with slogans like “Go Hillary Clinton” and “Go, go, go.”

    “This is history in the making,” Katsos said. “For us, it’s the theme of girl power.”

  17. 17.

    Phylllis

    Another old lady watching tv on a Friday night. Watching Memphis vs Tulsa; lots of talk in these parts about Fuente being a candidate for the Gamecocks.

  18. 18.

    burnspbesq

    @p.a.:

    The whole college sports calendar has shifted to earlier. There never used to be college football before Labor Day. and in 2016, college lacrosse starts on January 30.

  19. 19.

    Roger Moore

    @Trentrunner:

    Can anyone think of any presidential candidate who’s had a single better (non-voting) month than Hillary has had this October?

    I can’t think of another candidate who had that much complete bullshit thrown at her campaign, either. Of course that’s the key to a lot of her success this month: the bullshit that was being piled up against her was shown to be bullshit rather than anything real. If people weren’t making up so much bullshit to hold her back, she wouldn’t have needed to rebound.

  20. 20.

    Elizabelle

    @Trentrunner: On the downside, can you think of a scarier set of GOP candidates? They’re certifiable.

    I do sort of remember the Goldwater campaign. (I was a child.)

    But no one ever thought George Wallace might get elected. This year, his successor with his own private plane is a frontrunner.

    (PS: I am not sure Trump is personally prejudiced. I think he’s noticed red meat is what the GOP base thrives on and knows throwing it will get acclaim. Also, Geo. Wallace seems to have softened, greatly, in his dotage. But his years as governor hurt many African Americans and other citizens….)

  22. 22.

    dedc79

    @efgoldman: hockey is my favorite sport but I find myself wishing they’d knock a week or two off the regular season. The playoffs are all that matter anyway, as this Rangers fan (best regular season record) was reminded again last season.

  24. 24.

    Corner Stone

    So that’s what I’m doing — watching TV on a Friday night like a boring old woman.

    Feeling ya. Just saying.

  26. 26.

    Elizabelle

    @Phylllis: FWIW, I’m already in my jammies. Drinking red wine, eating dinner, awaiting the HRC interview on Rachel Maddow.

    Had a great bike ride. As I was heading home, after sunset, a fox was sitting in the bike path, watching me approach for a long time. Finally broke for the woods. Light was gone; I couldn’t see the bright orange coat until he/she turned to dip off the path.

    It’s been a spectacular week in Northern Virginia. Still not at peak leaf, and this is usually the week. Warmer than usual. Also drier, sadly.

  27. 27.

    gf120581

    Just saw on CBS News online that JEB! is getting called in by Poppy Bush and Barbara to what’s essentially a family meeting (Dubya’s there too) over the state of the campaign.

    Long story short, JEB!’s getting called in by Mom and Dad to get taken to the woodshed. ;)

  29. 29.

    Iowa Old Lady

    Old lady surfing the web on a Friday night.

    Every once in a while, I urge myself to get out and get a life. Meet people! Go places! Do new things! But that would take effort.

  32. 32.

    Corner Stone

    @gf120581:

    Just saw on CBS News online that JEB! is getting called in by Poppy Bush and Barbara to what’s essentially a family meeting (Dubya’s there too) over the state of the campaign.

    Saw that. WTF is his campaign staff thinking? Need Daddy and Bar to set the ship straight?
    Pathetic.

  33. 33.

    Corner Stone

    @Baud: Don’t believe her protestations for one second. She’s been actively killing our environment by traveling to Europe at least twice in the last couple years.

  34. 34.

    Roger Moore

    @gf120581:

    Just saw on CBS News online that JEB! is getting called in by Poppy Bush and Barbara to what’s essentially a family meeting (Dubya’s there too) over the state of the campaign.

    The surest sign yet that he’s his own man.

  37. 37.

    PurpleGirl

    @WereBear: I like his sideways look. “What do you think I am? Huh, huh”

    Shelly Roach, who has a kitten cam (TinyKittens) in Langley BC, often puts her fosters into costumes and then photographs them. They are adorable. Some like the costumes, some don’t.

  38. 38.

    Elizabelle

    @gf120581: Heard that GHWB and W were going to appear in Houston on behalf of Jeb! this weekend.

    Wondering if Hurricane (by then, Tropical Storm) Patricia could make different plans.

  39. 39.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @WereBear:

    He looks a bit peeved. I’m glad you didn’t compel him to keep it on (not that you, of all people, would!)

    I have never cared for costumes on cats, and I have never understood cats who were willing to put up with being dressed in doll clothes and the like. Photographic and anecdotal evidence says they exist, but I just can’t think they enjoy it much.

  41. 41.

    Mnemosyne (iPhone)

    Apparently the blue jay is my spirit animal since the damn things seem to follow me around everywhere, so I’m rooting for the Jays. I’m still feeling very Steve Goodman about the Cubs.

    They’re showing “Ghostbusters” in a parking lot near our apartment tonight, so we’re going to wander up there with our folding chairs and see how it goes.

  44. 44.

    Rising Above

    Remember: John McCain’s primary campaign was once considered “dead” and Jeb has far more support in the Party than McCain ever did.

    #CavalryIsComing

  48. 48.

    Corner Stone

    I’d like to take a few moments to politely discuss the greatest fucking fraud proffered against the entirety of humanity. It unevenly damages “civilized” nations but sadly, I am sure less developed countries have also been damaged to some extent or other.
    The notion that Cling Wrap is something people can actually effectively use. You can’t! It just can not be fucking used in any situation.
    I’d sooner believe that astronauts landed on the moon than some average human being can successfully cover an open container of food with some portion of the devil’s worst lie.

  49. 49.

    Iowa Old Lady

    @Baud: Heh. There is that.

    There’s a really good YA book by Ruta Sepetys about the Russians deporting Lithuanians to Siberia during WWII. It’s called “Between Shades of Gray.” Sepetys says she goes to give book talks and often finds people expecting discussion of a different kind of book.

  50. 50.

    Mike J

    Any evidence yet linking the latest Swedish murderer to Pam Geller? He was a racist right winger, and there’s history of that connection. It would irresponsible not to speculate.

  51. 51.

    Renie

    @Rising Above: Any grown man that has to depend on his mommy and daddy as much as ?JEB? does is unfit to be president.

    So how much did they cut from your penny a post salary?

  53. 53.

    dmsilev

    @Rising Above: Wait, I thought this was all a Cunning Plan to head-fake people into a false sense of security. Now it’s Jeb? in trouble but Mom and Big Brother riding to the rescue.

    Can’t you keep your asinine stories straight for even one day at a time?

  57. 57.

    Josie

    I’m watching MSNBC waiting for Maddow’s interview with Hillary. I’m somewhat at loose ends, since I saw the last (61st) episode of a Korean historical drama about Queen Seondeok of Silla. I love these Korean dramas, even though you have to deal with subtitles. The character development, the arc of the story, the acting, the costuming – everything is top notch. Now I feel the same as when I finish a great novel – sort of lost and missing that world.

  59. 59.

    PurpleGirl

    @SiubhanDuinne: Shelly often does costumes based on a holiday theme. She only puts kittens into costumes, not the older momcats or her own three teenagers. Her sales of the photos helps to pay for the cam and her fostering costs. She was fostering for LAPS (Langley Animals Protection Society) but currently she is concentrating on socializing the kittens of feral or semi-feral cats at a local colony. The momcats and other ferals are being fixed and then returned to the wild. The colony is on private land and the owner is cooperating with the TNR program.

  60. 60.

    Anoniminous

    @Corner Stone:

    Get the commercial stuff. It works.

    ETA: and while you are there get the commercial aluminum foil as well. It is bigger, hardier, and reusable.

  63. 63.

    jl

    So, Lady Cracker is sitting up with a boring old woman tonight watching TV?

    I was going say that was sweet, thinking it was spending some time with a shut-in.
    But then I thought it might be a crack at the mother-in-law.

  65. 65.

    Corner Stone

    @Iowa Old Lady:

    What are you talking about? It says “cling” right on the box.

    And my undies say “Magic Mike” right on the front.
    I’ve had ex’s that have had more clinging power than that god forsaken clear film.

  66. 66.

    Keith G

    @Corner Stone: Here’s the deal, Amigo. Go to Ace Mart and buy the rolls of clear wrap used in commercial restaurants. Granted, the 12″ x 2000′ roll will last you a while, but it works like a MF. Besides, the volume purchase will save. And I could always give you my tax exempt ID#.

    edit

    @Anoniminous: Exactly. This is one “Anoniminous” tip that is a-okay.

  67. 67.

    gf120581

    @Rising Above: I really hope they’re paying you a lot to do this, because being forced to spout this nonsense for a guy like JEB! sounds like real soul-killing work.

  68. 68.

    Mnemosyne (iPhone)

    @Keith G:

    Can’t remember if I read it here or elsewhere, but Cardigan’s decision to have the light brigade charge was what ended the practice of purchasing commissions in the British army. After that disastrous battle and war, promotions were all merit-based.

  70. 70.

    Josie

    @Corner Stone: You remind me of my youngest son, who is utterly defeated by cling wrap, I suggest using Press n Seal instead. It is not as clingy to your hands or to itself, but it covers food and seals to the top of a container beautifully. The only bad thing is you cannot see through it as well, so it is not as pretty covering Christmas cookies or other such items.

  71. 71.

    ms_canadada

    @Elizabelle: I’m in my jammies, eating dinner, drinking red wine, watching the Blue Jays (GO JAYS!) waiting for Maddow, beagle hound, Scooter, and blind & diabetic silky terrier, Rufus, snoring beside me.
    Gee, we should start a club…old women, jammies, red wine, TV, Rachel, pets.
    Let’s get lost, gals.

  73. 73.

    jl

    @Gin & Tonic: Sounds more to me like Ma and Pa and Big Brother are going to stick their noses even further into the mess and make it worse, lecturing poor Jeb? with nonsense while their doing it. One could feel sorry for Jeb? if he had not made himself a threat to the country’s welfare by running for president.

    OTOH, I like the comparison of Jeb? to McCain, and hope it is a good one. I’ll feel a little sorry for Jeb? when he suspends his campaign over some crisis, pretends like he is the wise man everyone should listen to, and then sits there, slack jawed and stumped, when he’s asked about what to do.

    But I think McCain is a lot smarter than Jeb?, so not sure Jeb? can match up, except for the slack jawed and stumped part.

  75. 75.

    Corner Stone

    @ms_canadada:

    waiting for Maddow,

    Does that rhyme with “Godot” in Canada?
    I am also waiting for TRMS for once in a long damn time. I am actually going to switch from Rockets pre-season against Spurs to watch it in a few.

  76. 76.

    Keith G

    @Mnemosyne (iPhone):

    After that disastrous battle and war, promotions were all merit-based.

    It’s good that they changed, though, it was not of great help early in WWI. British officers sent so many men to their certain death and got no real estate for the sacrifice.

  79. 79.

    Peale

    @Josie: I know how you feel. I’ve been aimless since my Thai Lakorn ended two weeks back. Living in the truly golden age of TV drama, but I’m still can’t get into the shows I’m supposed to be watching.

  80. 80.

    different-church-lady

    @WereBear:

    Costumes are not for every any cat.

    There are only two kinds of cats: those who will put up with a costume with extreme resentment, and those who will eviscerate you in your sleep the moment they figure out how to open the cans themselves.

  81. 81.

    Corner Stone

    @Keith G: Bullshit. I suspect you lay Cling Wrap over a baking pan and then quite conveniently cover over that with aluminum foil to seal off the dish.
    No one can effectively use Cling Wrap all by itself. I have seen it defeat no less a Chef-God than Bobby Flay.

  92. 92.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @efgoldman:

    Why is this night different from all other nights?

    This must be how you stay so young, by asking this question at every opportunity.

  93. 93.

    Keith G

    @Corner Stone: Guess Bobby wasn’t hanging in the right kitchens, or maybe Giada De Laurentiis disrupted his Qi.

    Anyway I know prep cooks who learned how to use it before they had to shave, or could speak English.

  94. 94.

    Randy P

    Any Apple gurus here? I have a number of very irritating default behaviors of the latest upgrades to the iOS and OS X, that I’ve been trying to fix one by one.

    The one that currently has me stuck is that my iPhone suddenly stopped downloading photos to the computer when plugged in. It used to do that automatically, and the photos would show up in a “Dropbox” folder in the Finder.

    With no action by me, that stopped suddenly about a week ago, and nothing I’ve tried doing can make it happen again. It happened in fact while on vacation. I can see the photos up to 10-13, and then after that nothing.

  95. 95.

    Corner Stone

    @Keith G: To be fair, her cleveland has befuddled me on more than a few occasions. So doubt that’s it but could be.
    However, Cling Wrap is of the devil. Just saying. Let me say that again. Cling Wrap in your house? Not sure how that could happen. Don’t have a problem with using other kitchen implements. Could see myself using a zester or coffee grinder to mix smoked spices. Not a problem. But Cling Wrap in your house? That may need to be something you think about.

  96. 96.

    Mingobat f/k/a Karen in GA

    Cheating on my diet at a minor league hockey game. Didn’t cheat too badly, I’ve lost 18.3 pounds so far, the Gladiators are winning, and my vacation started at 5:00. Something hideous will likely happen shortly, because I’m feeling pretty content at the moment.

  97. 97.

    ms_canadada

    @Elizabelle: Beagle hound…his howling terrifies people, but he’s just a big suck. Rescued him 3 years ago. (He was dumped outside the SPCA.) Stupid people.

  98. 98.

    the Conster

    JEB is being taken to the woodshed by mummy and Pops, Trump is being outpolled by Dr. Loony Tune, the DOJ sunk the GOP’s IRS conspiracy theory, Hillary is soaking in GOP FAIL, and Obama doing #GOPgrumpycat is trending on twitter. It’s a good day to be a Dem.

  99. 99.

    Corner Stone

    San Antonio is a really interesting little small-big town. Lots of beautiful landscape all around outside, great cuisine inside. Not too far from great hunting in South Texas or being in Austin.
    Too bad there’s no actual industry or jobs there. I could enjoy living there as it’s even more laid back than Austin.

  103. 103.

    Keith G

    @Corner Stone: Many years ago, a body was found in a Montrose apartment.

    The dude, while alive, had been totally wrapped in a clear wrap. Then a layer of duct (or similar) tape. There was an opening for breathing. And, strangely enough, there were other openings.

    Talk about an off label use.

  106. 106.

    jibeaux

    I’m going to knit and maybe give Outlander another try, which was sold to me as steamy but is not exactly Magic Mike XXL so far. There are some great looking knit cowls and fingerless gloves though.

  107. 107.

    Betty Cracker

    Damn it, Rachel! Enough with the cliff-hangers.

    @Corner Stone: Diff Church Lady is right about stretching the Cling Wrap — that’s the key. But sometimes it doesn’t work for whatever reason, and you just have to wad that sheet of wrap into a ball, shit-can it with extreme prejudice and start over, environment be damned.

    Also, did you operationalize the little perforated tabs on either end of the box to ensure that the roll is stable inside the package when you dispense the Cling Wrap? It works better that way.

  109. 109.

    Corner Stone

    @Keith G: A boddy in that house? Can’t even imagine that. What kind of clingy decisions were made in that. I’ve tried to wrap a lot of things but can’t wrap my head around something like that. Just saying.

  110. 110.

    different-church-lady

    @Betty Cracker: But to be fair, the other side of the coin is that cling wrap is not the all-purpose tool the kitchen supply industrial complex wants you to think it is. Sometimes it’s a job for foil. And sometimes the cling wrap itself just sucks, and that doesn’t seem to have a correlation to the price.

  112. 112.

    geg6

    @Corner Stone:

    I agree. Only place in Texas worth spending time in, but I’ve never been to Austin, so I’ll hold out hope there might be two places worth visiting in such a large state.

  113. 113.

    Corner Stone

    @efgoldman: They went through the stolen car parts distribution capitol of the US then into the personal injury lawsuit capitol of TX and then into something else. What that is isn’t actually clear at this time. It’s like a gateway to other regions of TX, and not really selling itself very well.

  114. 114.

    Corner Stone

    @geg6: SA is a great place to spend time visiting friends or family, or a short vacation.
    Austin, even given its CA assholes over the last decade, is still a special place to spend some time. I just feel a lot better any time I am in Austin. Eventually I’ll get there. Or Thailand. One or the other.

  115. 115.

    Peale

    @Baud: Rachel sometimes can’t imagine that there was a time when being gay wasn’t really all that acceptable to all of the republicans and democrats alike. i can see DOMA, but DADT? She must have been 3 in the 1990s.

  116. 116.

    Corner Stone

    @geg6:

    Only place in Texas worth spending time in, but I’ve never been to Austin, so I’ll hold out hope there might be two places worth visiting in such a large state.

    There are a lot of small places in CenTex and South Texas that are really great. Beautiful landscapes, great people, great food and great culture.
    Anyone who has a chance to visit Big Bend National Park or Garner St Park should make it happen.

  117. 117.

    Fair Economist

    @Rising Above:

    Indeed. The calvary is coming…

    That is hilariously appropriate. *Cavalry* are the armed horsemen. *Calvary* is for crucifixion, which is exactly what’s happening to jeb:

  118. 118.

    PurpleGirl

    @different-church-lady: Some times wax paper is what you want to use. I especially like wax paper to cut spam on or other sausage product. I also then wrap the remainder in the paper before putting in the tupperware container.

  119. 119.

    redshirt

    @efgoldman:

    You know, if I was marketing manager for Toyota pickup trucks, I don’t think I’d make TV commercials showing the product zipping around in the desert leaving sand plumes behind.
    Toyota pickups (different model, but still) are the default basic, popular vehicles for a lot of very nasty people who run around in various deserts, including ISIL and whoever isn’t running Somalia now.

    It’s a Mad Max style ad, which I dig.

  122. 122.

    the Conster

    @Rising Above:

    You and JEB are the Black Knight in the Holy Grail: “I’m invincible!”

    Everyone in the reality based community: “You’re a loony”.

  126. 126.

    Betty Cracker

    @Corner Stone: I still have hope for our Rachel. It took awhile for the scales to fall off her eyes about Pat Buchanan. Maybe she’ll kick the Mitchell habit some day.

  127. 127.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    @Josie: They are quite good, I’ve watched a few of them since madame gets Korean TV. My Korean is so bad that I only pick up a word or two here and there.

  128. 128.

    NotMax

    @Corner Stone

    Way too much time devoted to chatting about and showing clips from the hearing yesterday instead of things like policy and strategy. Also too, spending time showcasing her questions in advance rather than cutting straight to the interview.

    Considering how rarely the opportunity for such an interview comes along, I’d rate it a C+ at best.

    Rachel would greatly benefit from a weekend spent binge-watching old interviews conducted by Brian Lamb on C-SPAN.

  129. 129.

    Mike J

    @Baud:

    Ok Rachel, attacking Bill Clinton for DADT is just dumb.

    Since Congress had veto-proof majorities to to encode discrimination into law rather than custom, DADT was the best compromise available at the time. Anyone who says different just wasn’t paying attention at the time.

  132. 132.

    Mike J

    @NotMax:

    Rachel would greatly benefit from a weekend spent binge-watching old interviews conducted by Brian Lamb on C-SPAN.

    Dig up the old tapes of Bob Costas’ talk show that came on at 1:30am. One of the best interviewers no TV.

  133. 133.

    Corner Stone

    @NotMax: I only had a simple rebuttal to B Crack’s exclamation of why was Andrea Mitchell there after the interview.
    FWIW, I think Rachel spins her wheels way too much every night. I stopped watching months ago because she wasted 15 to 20 minutes of each show beating the same point into deadbeatville.
    However, I was appreciative of her interview tonight with HRC.

  134. 134.

    Ruckus

    @gf120581:
    “soul killing work”

    Assumes two things not in evidence. OK one, someone has no soul or they couldn’t write that crap for any amount of money.

  138. 138.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @NotMax:
    @Corner Stone:

    I make a distinction between the interview itself — the substantive questions and answers — which I thought was very good, and the production — repetitive teases, etc. — which are wearisome in the extreme. As for Mrs Greenspan, I can’t imagine who thought it was a good idea to bring her on for the last three minutes. She added absolutely nothing of value. I would have much preferred a hurricane update.

  140. 140.

    NotMax

    @Mike J

    Even when I had no interest whatsoever in the title being discussed, would make it a point to watch Book Notes because Lamb, as an interviewer (one who always read the entire book beforehand), was just so adept.

  142. 142.

    Betty Cracker

    @Steeplejack (phone): Yes, not looking good for the Jays. Boo! I will be rooting for the Mets in the World Series. That will probably jinx them; every team I’ve backed in the post-season has lost, I think…

  145. 145.

    ms_canadada

    JOEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
    Gotta refill my wine glass (new bottle)!
    Crikey…Scooter’s howling!

  147. 147.

    FlyingToaster

    (TV not on; just getting the news from y’all).

    Born-n-raised in KC, so I have been and will be cheering for the Royals, with my cap from 1977 (yes, folks, I have a 38-year old KC cap).

    However, WarriorGirl wants to know what happened to the Sox (her team) and the Cubbies (daddy’s team). I merely cackle.

    Nothing personal against the Mets. Or the Jays.

  148. 148.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    @Steeplejack (phone):

    To finish my thought: I’m not crazy about the Mets, care even less about the Royals, and the Jays are the last team in the playoffs that I’m even mildly rooting for.

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    Riley's enabler

    @efgoldman: Naw, down here that’s “Satan Rap”and can be found on all but a few of the FM stations.

    See also: “get off my lawn”, and “kids these days”

  154. 154.

    catclub

    Scinetific American says ‘one of strongest storms ever’
    while all the others seem to be saying strongest ever.

    I think they are all dropping ‘in the western hemisphere’ from their reporting – except SciAm.

  155. 155.

    Mike J

    @Doug R: No practice today at the Grand Prix in Austin. Helicopter couldn’t fly, no racing. Qualification is supposed to be tomorrow, but they’re already talking about it maybe getting rained out and having quals Sunday morning, racing Sunday afternoon. Although I think Sunday is supposed to be rainy too.

    Add to all that, they have a short break to the next race. Only one week and then they go to Mexico, which probably won;t be feeling cheery.

  157. 157.

    catclub

    About 3,500 people were evacuated from the state of Jalisco, which encompasses Puerto Vallarta and the Guadalajara metro area, ahead of the storm, the government said. Aircraft were prepared to rescue people from the region on Saturday.

    How many people can be rescued by an airplane? Maybe if AirForce One is taken over by terrorists.

  160. 160.

    catclub

    @Doug R: What i was thinking was that after the storm goes through, the airports will be closed for repair, and rescue by aircraft seemed pretty useless to me. But maybe there is a better chance for airports than mud washed out roads.

  161. 161.

    ThresherK (GPad)

    @PurpleGirl: My wife and I could watch the TinyKittens all day. We especially love the kitten pile, mainly because our two cats really just tolerate each other.

  163. 163.

    Tom Ames

    @Rising Above: How is that reframing of the Benghazi committee hearing that you promised from Rush/Drudge coming along?

    Jeb exudes a happy confidence.

    Hillary exudes FUD after Benghazi and the emails and now the #BlumenthalConnection

    Even if the MSM wants to spin it to make this neutral, Rush and Drudge will take care of that tomorrow. Period.

  164. 164.

    cckids

    @Corner Stone: As others have said, get the commercial stuff. Reynolds used to make one that had the same stuff; but I think they quit.

    It won’t be popular here, but the Walmart brand is also made of whatever the commercial stuff is, it clings like nobody’s business. When you seal it on a dish & then microwave whatever it is, the film stretches like a bubble; it’s pretty cool.

    Cling Wrap the brand is one step up from using kleenex to wrap food. Complete crap.

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