Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

“More of this”, i said to the dog.

The republican caucus is already covering themselves with something, and it’s not glory.

Accountability, motherfuckers.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the GOP

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

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

If you are still in the GOP, you are an extremist.

Second rate reporter says what?

Consistently wrong since 2002

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

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

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

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  10. 10.

    Schlemazel

    I rarely watch this sort of industrial matrubation but the woman foolish enough to marry me insisted because she is pretty sure there will be a bunch of shots taken at hair furor. So far she is right about that and I am still sure it isn’t worth it.

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    geg6

    She happy for Kate McKinnon. She was awesome this year. And Laura Dern, too. Big Little Lies was just great.

  14. 14.

    JPL

    @geg6: Odd but true..my son came over Friday and signed in to HBO on roku and we watched an episode of Big Little Lies. He then went home and watched the rest of the episodes, and I did too.
    The last five minutes of the series gave me goosebumps. It was so well done.

  22. 22.

    ? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?

    @Patricia Kayden:
    Fuck that guy: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lorne-michaels-donald-trump-he-863551

    Lorne Michaels on Donald Trump: “He Could End Up Being the Moderate”
    3:54 PM PST 2/9/2016 by Ryan Parker

    “There is something happening there, or it wouldn’t be resonating,” the creator of ‘Saturday Night Live’ said.
    Donald Trump being so quickly written off by many critics when he first announced his 2016 presidential campaign was the first clue to Lorne Michaels that the billionaire businessman would likely be around for a while.

    Talking with the New York Times Magazine for a piece published Tuesday, the creator of Saturday Night Live said the situation reminded him of when Ronald Reagan announced his bid for the White House.

    “Whenever anybody is that quickly dismissed, you know the critics probably aren’t right,” Michaels told the magazine. “I remember in ’79, ’80, Democrats said, ‘You know, Reagan’s an actor.’ Like voters don’t know that. There’s a smugness to that attitude that causes the voting public to go, ‘We’re smarter than that.'”

    Trump, who has been ahead in the polls essentially since entering the race last year, is not always couth, and that is an asset, said Michaels.

    “Donald’s giving voice to what polite society has sort of sat on for a while, things that are felt but that no one is articulating. There is something happening there, or it wouldn’t be resonating,” he told the magazine.

    Since throwing his hat into the race, Trump has hosted SNL, a somewhat controversial move for two reasons: First, it ruffled feathers of other GOP candidates who wanted their fair share of free airtime, as is mandated in FCC regulations. Second, the show and NBC were criticized by Latino groups for allowing Trump onstage, a rage that stemmed from comments he made early on in his campaign concerning undocumented immigrants from Mexico being criminals.

    Michaels said he did not understand the “platform” argument.

    “I don’t go along with the idea that the American people can’t make up their own minds, and that if you expose them to these things, they will just be swept along. I mean, we have another year of this. Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” he said, according to the magazine.

    As for how far Trump will go in his White House bid, Michaels said he had “no idea.”

    Added Michaels: “He could end up being the moderate. People are always looking for [the show] to be on the side of [Hillary] Clinton, and that’s not what we do. If Trump is ascendant, then we will be discussing that.”

    “Resonating”? Its called racism, old decrepit white guy.
    This has not aged well at all. Couldn’t find anything recent to see if he regrets this.

  29. 29.

    geg6

    @Betty Cracker:

    You’ve got to watch. I have never been a fan of Nicole Kidman but she may have done the greatest acting of anyone in any medium this year. And they are all good, but she was a revelation to me. Outstanding!

    @JPL:

    Absolutely. Really great stuff. And all women, really. Loved it.

  33. 33.

    ? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?

    @debbie:
    I know. But this:

    I don’t go along with the idea that the American people can’t make up their own minds, and that if you expose them to these things, they will just be swept along.

    Just strikes me as fucking stupid, along with the “Trump might just end up the moderate” crap. He’s someone who’s never had ever deal with fascism in his life and how easy it is for a lot people to fall for it. His attitude strikes me now as incredibly naive at best.

  38. 38.

    PST

    Maybe this has been discussed at length in threads I missed, but just in case it hasn’t, it is a true must read. The piece, by David Roberts, is entitled Hillary Clinton’s “coal gaffe” is a microcosm of her twisted treatment by the media, but what it has to say is far more general. I have never been able to believe that the best explanation of what we witnessed in the press’s treatment of the last campaign is that reporters’ paymasters love Trump. Any attempt to fix this needs to begin with a plausible explanation of the phenomenon, and talk of who should be the first up against the wall, however satisfyingly, doesn’t help. This deserves to be read.

  40. 40.

    lamh36

    I liked Stephen opening skit and monologue…but the normalizing of Sean Spicer I just can’t get behind

  41. 41.

    Major Major Major Major

    @PST: I thought it would be a good piece to share with folks who don’t yet fully grok just how horribly wrong everything went with the media. But I don’t really have any of them left as friends so I wasn’t able to test that theory.

  42. 42.

    efgoldman

    I watch the Kennedy Center honors and the Tonys. Other than that, the last awards show i watched was the year Marlin Brando sent out the Native American woman to refuse the Oscar. Sometime during the 70s, I think

  43. 43.

    geg6

    @Major Major Major Major:

    No matter what he said in that interview, the fact that he gave Kate McKinnon that spotlight after the election to do her last Hillary moment singing “Hallelujah” tells me he had his heart in the right place in the end. I cried through it. Just bawled like a baby.

  51. 51.

    ? ?? Goku (aka The Hope of the Universe) ? ?

    @Major Major Major Major:
    I guess. Just the vapidity of it just really made me feel disgusted. But if SNL continues to destroy Trump all is good.
    @PST:

    and talk of who should be the first up against the wall, however satisfyingly, doesn’t help.

    Speak for yourself :P

  59. 59.

    FlyingToaster

    @Butthurt Jordan Trombone (fka XTPD):

    Since this is an open thread: I know THE MOOCH looks like a famous actor, but I’m not sure who. Any help?

    Young Joe Pesci. But more of a schlemiel.

    Also: Who should play Lewandowski, Gorka, McMaster, Kelly & Huckabee Sanders?

    Tom Hiddleston, Tim Roth, Mike Myers, R. Lee Ermey, and Kate McKinnon ?

  61. 61.

    geg6

    @raven:

    I’m recording the whole thing and will binge it during my time off over the holidays. I find Ken Burns’ stuff to be best watched as a binge. I’ve watched all his docs and all, even back in the first run of “The Civil War, are most satisfying to me as a binge watch. I learned to program my VCR because of “The Civil War.”

  62. 62.

    lamh36

    @BlackGirlNerds 7s8 seconds ago
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    THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO WIN AN EMMY FOR WRITING IN A COMEDY SERIES! #Emmys #Emmys2017 #BGNEmmys

  63. 63.

    J R in WV

    I’m just watching the Packers/Hawks game and surfing during slow moments and commercials.

    Interestingly, I’m watching an NBC local station broadcast, and the audio is in Spanish. Interesting when Hulio Jones makes a catch. Perhaps NBC intends to infuriate millions of football fans who hate Mexican immigrants? Or doesn’t realize one can turn off the audio? Or someone at the local station who doesn’t watch football turned on the wrong audio feed?

    Strange but not unique… this happened at least once before. Hulio Jones caught another pass, they’re going on about it. Yet Jimmy Jones has no Hs in his name… oh well. Loving Hulio Jones myself, except that he’s working for the wrong boss.

    ETA: would watch for Colbert, but don’t know anything about the shows winning Emmys, so won’t stress my boredom limits.

  64. 64.

    raven

    @Omnes Omnibus: Uh, it means what it says. The fucking Emmy’s.

    Hey, there were two people from my 50th class reunion last night who have lived in Madison for 40 years and they didn’t know the others were there! One was very involved with the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin.

  69. 69.

    PST

    Also: Who should play Lewandowski, Gorka, McMaster, Kelly & Huckabee Sanders?

    Kate McKinnon. All of them, Kate.

  71. 71.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @raven: One is a live event. The other is a recorded program. If you can’t see why someone may prefer to watch the live event live….

  76. 76.

    lamh36

    @zachbraff
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    I’m not ready to laugh “with” Sean Spicer. I think he is an evil, opportunistic liar that hurt our country.

  82. 82.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @efgoldman: The Packers are losing. Because I gave up all the good sleeping surfaces at my place to visiting family, I had a shitty night’s sleep. I spent last evening at a U16 girls soccer team family dinner. Trump is president. I may not be my usual tolerant self.

  84. 84.

    efgoldman

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    The Packers are losing.

    I got all football’d out this afternoon.
    I wonder if the Packers and Rodgers have reached their sell by date, or if this is their usual slow start.

  86. 86.

    Bobby Thomson

    Lorne Michaels is a producer. He just cares about what makes him money. He’s not anti-Trump, just pro-ratings. And it’s not like he writes anything.

    So, yeah, Baldwin’s act notwithstanding, Michaels remains a tool.

  87. 87.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @efgoldman: Nelson is out right now and so is Mike Daniels. These first two games might be the toughest they they face during the years. Coming out 1-1 is something won’t wail about. I just won’t enjoy watching tonight if that is what happens.

  98. 98.

    FlyingToaster

    @Butthurt Jordan Trombone (fka XTPD):

    Not seeing Tim Roth as Gorka.

    If I had a time machine it’d be Ralph Fiennes. But he’s old, he’s M now, and I don’t think he’d want another Amon Goeth type character.

    There’s probably some actor in deep cable who’d be perfect, but I don’t get to watch that much TV.

  99. 99.

    ruemara

    @efgoldman: Unless there’s stones to pass. #sorrynotsorry

    I’m watching. The roommate made me lentils & basmati, the boss is liking the most recent video project and there’s minimal changes, so I think I’m gonna add two more pieces to my script flowchart for my writing fellowship project and play video games until bedtime.

  106. 106.

    James Powell

    @PST:

    I have never been able to believe that the best explanation of what we witnessed in the press’s treatment of the last campaign is that reporters’ paymasters love Trump.

    They don’t love Trump, but they – and most especially the New York Times – really, really hate Hillary Clinton.

  110. 110.

    lamh36

    @ComplexPop
    Donald Glover is the first Black actor to win the #Emmy for Best Actor in a Comedy Series since 1985.

    #Emmys

  112. 112.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @lamh36: I haven’t. I also don’t watch many current series. And the ads with the backwards moving people weirded me out a bit.

    ETA: I tend to binge watch now that that option is available.

  113. 113.

    EriktheRed

    Cubs just swept the Cards.

    Not a sure thing the Cubs will make the post-season this year, but the Redbirds are toast. That is a good thing in and of itself.

  114. 114.

    opiejeanne

    @raven:
    We’re recording the Burns Vietnam series.

    My youngest is in Vietnam right now, on her honeymoon a year after the wedding. I saw in the photos they posted that they have visited museums and exhibits about the war, some of it truly horrifying, some of it Propaganda and the line is a bit blurred between the two.

  120. 120.

    FlipYrWhig

    @PST: Just back from reading that piece. I liked it but I wish it had discussed what’s probably the best parallel from the Obama years: not “cling to their guns” but “you didn’t build that.”

  121. 121.

    Mike in NC

    Yes, Riz Ahmed! He was also great in “City of Tiny Lights” on Netflix, playing a private eye in London seeking the killer of a prostitute.

  122. 122.

    Steve in the ATL

    @efgoldman:

    I wonder if the Packers and Rodgers have reached their sell by date, or if this is their usual slow start.

    No idea, but this is an ass-whupping. Sorry, OO (sorry, not sorry).

  126. 126.

    lamh36

    Kidman talked about her two kids, but doesn’t she have 4?

    I know Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise adopted 2 kids right. Those kids are adults now. And I know that you are excommunicated when u leave Scientology, and the remainers aren’t allowed to even speak to you are say your names.

    But isn’t it weird that I don’t ever recall her even being asked about the kids by any interiewers?

    Like maybe terms of divorce means she can’t speak their names?

  129. 129.

    Steve in the ATL

    @Omnes Omnibus: Falcons fans learned a painful lesson about counting chickens before they hatch. Matt Ryan look sharp tonight. As does the Falcons defensive front, unless it’s the Packers O-line that’s weak. No idea–I miss most of the Falcons games because they are almost always on Fox and I refuse to watch Fox.

  131. 131.

    lamh36

    @lamh36:

    @ira 39s39 seconds ago
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    They cut off Sterling K. Brown’s lights but Nicole Kidman got to read the entire Australia Act of 1986

    –

  139. 139.

    NotMax

    @efgoldman

    Methinks, sometimes, we were separated at birth.

    @lamh36

    Emmys are for television, not a medium for which Gregory was particularly associated. Grammys are more up his popular media alley (for comedy albums).

  141. 141.

    lamh36

    @Essence 5m5 minutes ago
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    [email protected] is the first Black actor in nearly 20 years to win an Emmy for lead actor in a drama series: http://trib.al/Qd7AZJI

    Last winner was Andre Braugher for Homicide!

    Congrats Sterling…and FUQ the Emmy producers played the “get off the stage” music interrupting his speech, but let Nicole Kidman drone on 2X with her speech…HARD EYEROLL!

  143. 143.

    lamh36

    @NotMax:
    @Omnes Omnibus:
    bullshit…

    One of the first African-American comedians to perform regularly in front of white audiences, Dick Gregory appeared on all the top US TV talk shows during the 1960s and early 1970s and developed into a leading activist.

    ETA: They have also had stand up comedians in the segment in the past…

  145. 145.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @lamh36: Okay, how many talk show guests end up getting mentioned on the Emmys? I know who his is, and I have read his autobiography. I am not watching the Emmys, but I suspect that you are on target with your other criticisms. I just don’t see Gregory as a TV guy. Sue me.

  147. 147.

    NotMax

    @lamh36

    I’m old, I was there and remember.

    Yes, he appeared on television, but was not of television. Not only Gregory, but other people who appear to do a stand-up or other bit or who occasionally occupy a couch seat on a talk show as a guest are not in any Emmy category. When Nixon died, he wasn’t included either even though he had appeared on Laugh-in.

    It wasn’t a snub. Really, you’re getting needlessly bent out of shape.

  150. 150.

    Ruckus

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I may not be my usual tolerant self.

    Hope you don’t mind, but I chuckled out loud at that. OK actually I don’t care if you mind. But I will say thanks.

  151. 151.

    lamh36

    @Omnes Omnibus: Meh… I think Gregory deserved mention for this alone

    Gregory was invited to perform on The Tonight Starring Jack Paar — but he responded to the invite by saying he wouldn’t go on unless he was able to sit on the couch after his routine. He became the first black performer invited to sit and talk with the host on air after his performance.

    Trailblazer should be acknowledged is all I’m saying?

  156. 156.

    MomSense

    I missed the whole thing. Hopefully I can catch videos tomorrow.

    Spent the day doing chores at my dad’s house today and then we sat on the porch and had a beer before dinner. I think he secretly enjoys seeing me do all the work while he sits in the shade with a book.

  158. 158.

    MomSense

    @lamh36:

    I was hoping Sterling Brown would win. He has been outstanding on This Is Us.

    Fucking producers. They always load the beginning of these shows with so much filler and then rush the best parts.

  162. 162.

    ThresherK

    @rikyrah: If you’ve read Tina Fey’s book you’ll know the atypical route Glover had to becoming a TV Face on Community.

    Not unlike the way a guy working as a literary agent (John Hodgman) became a regular on The Daily Show, Fey’s got a talent which seemingly finds not-ordinary recruits, and develops multifacets in people who often go on to more, rather than just leave.

  164. 164.

    NotMax

    @lamh36

    A good thing, yes. On the other hand, it was far more common than not for a non-megastar stand-up act to not be invited to the couch, all the way through the Allen, Paar and Carson years. It was considered a BFD to be invited over to sit after performing.

    Had Gregory one or more TV comedy specials under his belt, cable or broadcast, I’d be in agreement with you. Within the enforced time constraints of the in memoriam pastiche, his omission is but one of many who might otherwise have been acknowledged.

  165. 165.

    lamh36

    @MomSense: it was noticeable…which is why so many entertainment folks commented on it…add to it that Nicole Kidman like right before went on and on and NOT cut off…

    I love his shout out to Andre Braugher! Andre Braugher was the reason I continued to watch Homicide. One of my fav tv actors…and Sterling’s answer in the after winning press questions bit, was exactly what I was thinking when he won the award.

  167. 167.

    Steve in the ATL

    @lamh36: I don’t know enough about either the Emmy awards or Gregory’s career to have a real opinion on this issue, but if you assume prejudice by whites against blacks you will be right far more often than you will be wrong.

    And that sucks.

  171. 171.

    Jenn B.

    @lamh36: Brown did get disrespected in getting played off early, but Kidman didn’t get twice as long to speak as him – she spoke for 2 minutes and 45 seconds, Brown got cut off at 2 minutes. Watch the videos.

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