Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Fuck that bum, let’s go Joe!

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

Roe isn’t about choice, it’s about freedom.

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

There is one struggling party in US right now, and it’s not the Democrats.

Fani Willis claps back at Trump chihuahua, Jim Jordan.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” is supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Republicans don’t trust women.

Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

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

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

When do the post office & the dmv weigh in on the wuhan virus?

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

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  4. 4.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    the replies in Seidermann’s feed are good, too

    Keith A. Eddins‏ @ EugeneinOregon
    Replying to @ DanielSeidemann
    We have a good friend who’s an ER doc…he says the % of people who answer with some variation of this (often in much stronger language) is staggering.

  5. 5.

    NeenerNeener

    When my mom was going through chemo in 2004 she had a bad reaction to something new that they tried. When she came to they went through a round of questions to check her cognitive state as well, and when they asked her who the President was, she answered “George Stupid Bush” with a great deal of venom.

  6. 6.

    lamh36

    It’s Sunday in December, so of course I’m watching Hallmark movies…

    Lord, I’m a sucker for a Danica McKellar Hallmark movie…between her, Candace Cameron-Bure, Lacey Chabert and Kellie Martin, they got me addicted to these darn movies. Now watching one w/McKellar…one of my favs from Christmas 2016!

  7. 7.

    Patricia Kayden

    On the agenda for tomorrow is visiting the African American National Museum for the second time. The last time I only got through the bottom three floors. Looking forward to hanging out with a friend in D.C. although it’s supposed to be wickedly cold tomorrow.

    Still can’t believe that Trump had the nerve to turn up and speak at the opening of a civil rights museum in Mississippi this past Saturday given his obvious hatred of Black people and civil rights.

  9. 9.

    lamh36

    this is why @ChrisEvans is at the TOP of my “actors named Chris” celeb crush list!!! ???

    @ChrisEvans
    Stay strong, Keaton. Don’t let them make you turn cold. I promise it gets better. While those punks at your school are deciding what kind of people they want to be in this world, how would you and your mom like to come to the Avengers premiere in LA next year?
    https://twitter.com/ChrisEvans/status/939976020479938562

    It was in response to this viral video from this lil boy talking about bullying…

    @Everything_TN
    Follow Follow @Everything_TN
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    This is Keaton Jones, he lives in Knoxville and he has a little something to say about bullying.
    https://twitter.com/Everything_TN/status/939599024994373637

  12. 12.

    Brachiator

    Days of Christmas Past, Present and Future. The new Star Wars movie had its Los Angeles premier yesterday, and it got turned into a tribute to Carrie Fisher.

    “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” had its world premiere in Los Angeles Saturday night, and director Rian Johnson took the opportunity to pay tribute to Fisher, channeling the late actress’ legendary wit.

    “I want to dedicate tonight to Carrie,” said Johnson, “who is up there right now flipping me the bird, saying ‘Damn it Rian, don’t you dare make this night a solemn tribute.’”

    Oh, and the fans liked the movie (no spoilers), but the first night crowd may be a little biased.

  13. 13.

    NotMax

    Open thread?

    Found while idly traversing hither and yon online, a somewhat offbeat recipe.

    Not so outlandish that wouldn’t consider making it just as a lark, though. Any of you who perhaps would be hosting children’s parties might care to take note.

  14. 14.

    B.B.A.

    @WaterGirl: Winnie from “The Wonder Years.” Also a published mathematician, as any math person within earshot will tell you when her name comes up.

  15. 15.

    John Revolta

    “You don’t want to know”

    Hilarious.

    For some reason this reminds me of a great Walter Matthau story. It seems Matthau had some kinda accident on a movie set and broke his back. He was lying there waiting for the ambulance. Jack Lemmon wants to help, comes up to him and asks, “Walter, are you comfortable?”

    Matthau: “Eh, I make a living”.

  19. 19.

    lamh36

    @WaterGirl: really…who Danica McKellar? I guess I should have mentioned she was “Winnie” from the Wonder Years?

    To be honest, she never seemed to be the type to do alot of underwear stuff…

  24. 24.

    Tazj

    @Quinerly: Unfortunately, Trump’s really difficult to avoid. I hadn’t read that piece in Bloomberg. It’s both hopeful and scary.

    @lamh36: That sweet little boy! I’m happy that Chris Evans and Mark Hamill have taken the time to cheer him up and make him feel better. They both seem like great guys.

    My sisters got me hooked on watching Hallmark. I used to always tease them about watching it, but I’ve ending up watching my fair share.

  25. 25.

    Schlemazel

    @lamh36:
    There is this thing in Hollywood where child stars seem to have to prove they are now adults. FOr the boys it often is taking a ‘dark’ role. FOr girls it exhibits itself as provocative photos. I looked, hers are mild compared to many. I think it says a lot about the business that they feel they have to do this and the obvious gender roles

    The missus watches them & I hate them all because there seems to be only one plot & two-dimensional characters. Loved the Wonder Years & she was a good actress

  28. 28.

    B.B.A.

    @smintheus: Some people here misuse “tenthers.” It actually refers to people who believe the 10th amendment allows nullification and other abuses of state-level power, rather than people who think all the amendments after the 10th are invalid. I thought the latter group didn’t exist. Well, turns out Roy Moore is both kinds of tenther. Among his other, many many faults.

    How can someone be against the 12th amendment anyway? how would that even work?

  29. 29.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Tazj: I am of an age to think that “taking the time to cheer him up” made his problems worse, but I’m old school. Now if one of them took the time to visit his school….

  30. 30.

    WaterGirl

    @lamh36: Wow, I remember when Jane Fonda’s dad, Henry Fonda, was in On Golden Pond. I think he was 80 then, and he seemed ancient. Good for her for not lying about her age.

  32. 32.

    Patricia Kayden

    @smintheus: Sadly, this isn’t even shocking. Moore got kicked out of his judicial position twice so it’s obvious that he has no respect for laws and the Constitution. And yet, he may be going to the U.S. Senate to pass laws. The mind boggles.

  33. 33.

    dmsilev

    @smintheus: Hmmm.

    Moore cited the 17th Amendment, which calls for the direct election of senators by voters rather than state legislatures, as one he particularly found troublesome.

    Why is he running for a directly-elected Senate seat then?

  35. 35.

    catclub

    @Tazj: It is kind of unbelievable that all the times he broke the law while being a judge are completely ignored, and the only reason it is even close is the perv stuff.

  37. 37.

    Brachiator

    @smintheus:

    Seems Roy Moore said he’d be ok with repealing all modern Constitutional Amendments, including the ones that repealed slavery and gave the right to vote to women.

    I guess this means that Moore’s women supporters should stay home and let their husbands or fathers vote for them.

  38. 38.

    hitchhiker

    If Senator Roy Moore votes to pass a law do Americans automatically get to follow his lead and ignore it?

  41. 41.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    @NotMax: True, Congress in those days actually passed budgets.

    (The comment in question said that President Carter didn’t sign any bills in his first 600 days in office; after saying that Trump had signed 53 bills and gotten rid of 1500 useless regulations.)

  43. 43.

    lamh36

    Actor Harold Perrineau Issues Statement on Daughter Aurora Perrineau’s Rape
    The young actress has accused Girls writer and Lena Dunham’s friend Murray Miller of raping her when she was 17 years old.
    http://thegrapevine.theroot.com/actor-harold-perrineau-issues-statement-on-daughter-aur-1821139375?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=The_Grapevine_twitter via @TheRoot

    In case you heard or was wondering, this is the situation that caused folks to blast Lena Dunham on twitter and elsewhere a couple of days ago.

  44. 44.

    Tazj

    @OzarkHillbilly: Do you mean that those celebrity replies will make him more of a target? But if they came to the school the bullies might reconsider their behavior? That’s possible, and I’m genuinely interested in your opinion since I really don’t think I was that successful in dealing with bullies when I was young. I now have kids that have to deal with these issues.

  47. 47.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    @Quinerly:

    Seems the man rescuing the bunny from the fire might not have been a good thing.

    Which one? There seem to be two who claim to have rescued the same rabbit.

    ETA: I didn’t read the link, but there were two stories on the local news.

  50. 50.

    Quinerly

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: I only know of one. Article says bunny might have been going back to her burrow and to her babies and could have survived. I’m going to take comfort in believing the bunny is a boy bunny. (plus, isn’t it the wrong time of year for even CA bunnies to be having baby bunnies?)

  52. 52.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    @Quinerly: I read the article after I posted, but there are two separate guys that claim to be the guy in the video. One has, what he claims in the bunny in his possession.

    ETA: While I’ve never had rabbits as pets, I’ve understood them to be rather, eh, productive in the reproduction department.

  54. 54.

    smintheus

    @Tazj: I was way too laid back in dealing with years of gang attacks in school. I just fended them off when they cropped up, mostly because I didn’t want to get the unfair rep of being a trouble maker. But I later realized I actually needed to get totally brutal with a few specific bullies, and put at least one or two of them in the hands of a skilled doctor. The one bully I eventually went to town on never looked me in the face again, after 7 years of joining gang attacks.

  55. 55.

    WaterGirl

    @lamh36: That was a really powerful statement from her dad. I’ve never heard of him before, but I like him a lot. I googled – she is 23 now. 6 years ago.

  60. 60.

    SFAW

    @dmsilev:

    Why is he running for a directly-elected Senate seat then?

    Especially considering the legislature would probably not have selected him. Yes, I realize it’s still Alabama, but I figure the lege has at least a modicum of sanity. [And doubtless I would be proved worng, because it’s still Alabama.]

  61. 61.

    Major Major Major Major

    @WaterGirl: Some scientists suggested that the bunny was actually rushing home to be with its family in its fireproof burrow.

    ETA: There was a similar slate article (of the classic form) saying that you really shouldn’t get out of your car and rush into a forest fire to save a wild bunny, which, OK, fair enough.

  64. 64.

    Schlemazel

    @smintheus:
    Funny, when I tried to fight my bully he kicked the living shit out of me. He knew how to fight, I did not. He made my life even worse afterwards.

    On NPR this weekend there was a program were bullies came up & one thing I took from it wa tht studies show confronting your bully never works outside of the movies, it takes a group action, with”the community” standing up and saying “no” to the bully.

    They mentioned Dump in particular & how individuals taking on Dump did nothing and it would take a large number of GOP members standing up to him.

  65. 65.

    Tazj

    @smintheus: Even though a few of my tormentors did eventually apologize to me in high school I definitely let things go on too long and I believe it effected how I sometimes dealt poorly with conflict later in my life.
    While I don’t think my kids would ever put up with the crap I put up with, I sometimes worry my youngest is too quick to react angrily to conflicts. But maybe it’s just angry venting at home, I’ve had no reports of behavior problems at school.

  67. 67.

    WaterGirl

    Totally OT, but in case anyone has ever wondered… Cutting the salt in half and using less butter is not a good idea in my beloved macaroni and cheese.

    Sheesh, I make comfort food because it’s been such a terrible week, and now it doesn’t taste like anything.

  69. 69.

    WaterGirl

    @Major Major Major Major: I might have to emply the strategy I used for LOST. I hated the ending so much that I simply rewrote the ending in my head.

    edit: did not see your comment right above this one when I wrote mine.

  70. 70.

    SFAW

    @smintheus:

    I think it also has to mean the blahs should stay home, the whole freedom thing was one big mistake.

    There were stories — maybe it was only one, can’t recall — that the anticipated turnout of black voters may not hit expectations. The story (or stories) had some anecdotal stuff along the lines of “What has Jones done to make black lives better?” I don’t recall if they had actually polling numbers. But either way, one would hope that hearing about Moore’s wishing for slavery to return (so to speak), combined with his desire for the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to go away, would seal the deal for the fence-sitters (if they truly exist).

  72. 72.

    Schlemazel

    @SFAW:
    Uncle Roy wants to make sure only the right sorts of people get to the Senate. That would be white, male, straight, Protestants. He figures he can make that happen if he is in the Senate and start the ball rolling on direct elections

  73. 73.

    Felony Govt (formerly Old Broad in California)

    Interesting, as I recall a few years ago there increased awareness of the effects of bullying. But bullying is still happening all the time. I wonder if the current increased awareness of sexual harassment will also (sadly) just result in the same old, same old.

  81. 81.

    Schlemazel

    Anyplace else have the recent installation of flashing fellow left turn lights? We have the here on the tundra for about a year now & some people still don’t know WTF to do. The missus got hit today by a woman turning left on one of those flashing lights. Totaled our car, spent the mid-morning in ER but she is OK, some bruising and a lump on her head.

  83. 83.

    Adam L Silverman

    @WaterGirl: More seriously, when she was younger her forehead appeared very large because she was both very thin and hadn’t really grown into her adult face. It was the only part of her that really appeared to be awkward teenage physiognomy. So they’d have her in bangs of various sorts to try to cover it up, which, of course, just called more attention to it. Similar to Christina Ricci for a couple of years.

  85. 85.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Tazj: I am unsure of the proper course. Yes I mean that those celebrity “likes” might make him more of a target. In my day (late 60s- early 70s) it surely would have. If one of those celebs came to the school and hung out with the kid all day long (going to each class with him) for that day at least the kid would be the most popular in the school and the bullies… well every kid in school would see them for what they really are and it might actually help. I think.

    I know people will condemn me for this but when my oldest son came to me in the early ’90s complaining of a bully I told him “Bob, I can come into school and talk to your teachers and the principal, and they can talk to this kids parents, but at the end of the day you still have to walk home from school alone. My advice is to pick up a brick and lay it along side this kid’s head.” I said that because that’s what I did (figuratively) in his place. I still got my ass kicked but I put enough of a hurt on the bully that he never bothered me again. I have no idea what my son did and even less of an idea whether it was even close to the right thing to say.

    These days bullying is taken far more seriously by school administrators (or so I read) and one actually has options that extend beyond getting one’s ass kicked. I whole heartedly recommend you push every one of them to it’s fullest extent.

    In later years I would go to my sons’ school with a slide show of some of my expeditionary exploits with all of my caving gear laid out for all their classmates to see and fondle and wonder at (in those years they were living in Bourbon, MO and I was trying to open their classmates eyes to the wider world beyond Crawford Co.) and my sons got to tell their friends of a few of their own caving exploits and for that day at least they were the cool kids at school. .

    I wish I could be more helpful but as I said to somebody recently I don’t have any answers, the best I can offer is an insight or 2 and as inadequate as they are I hope they help.

  86. 86.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Schlemazel: We have them here. I lived in Britain and have spent lots of time in Brussels and on extended temporary duty in Germany. I don’t have a problem with it other than I don’t expect it here in the US.

  88. 88.

    smintheus

    @Schlemazel: It works if you know how to fight. I did and they mostly didn’t. Has nothing to do with movies, it’s a perfectly valid way to flush a bully out of your life.

  89. 89.

    efgoldman

    @lamh36:

    It’s Sunday in December, so of course I’m watching Hallmark movies…

    The one with the magick reindeer? Or the one with the burned out businessman/woman who is redeemed by not putting crotchety old parent in the home?

  90. 90.

    WaterGirl

    @Schlemazel: Glad she is okay. I think those flashing turn lights are counter-intuitive. To me, green means go, and I always have to catch myself. They suck.

  91. 91.

    WaterGirl

    @Adam L Silverman: Interesting back story, thanks. Kind of reminds me of the classic Mary Tyler Moore episode where they show Mary interviewing for the job and super-duper-coving up the run in her stocking. (or something like that) Classic funny.

    edit to add: My kitty’s face was like that. She had a tiny little head for the longest time and I thought it looked weird but then when her head caught up with he rest of her body, I felt sad.

  92. 92.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Major Major Major Major:

    Some scientists suggested that the bunny was actually rushing home to be with its family in its fireproof burrow.

    Which would be sucked clean of oxygen by the fire. It’s “fireproof burrow” would be nothing other than a fireproof grave,.

  94. 94.

    WaterGirl

    @efgoldman: Are there just two? And they keep re-running them? Or just two plots, and they change out the actors?

    I know I’m poking fun, but lately with everything being so stressful, I totally get why a Hallmark movie might be just the ticket. I watch Murdock Masteries for that very reason. Sometimes the regular TV shows are too stressful.

  95. 95.

    efgoldman

    @Schlemazel:

    there seems to be only one plot & two-dimensional characters.

    I’m notgoing to go looking for a post, but I think we decided a few years ago that there are three plots: a kid, an animal, or an old fart.

    ETA: The successful big city dweller who comes home and remembers is/her roots is usually some combination of the three plots.

  97. 97.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Tazj:

    I sometimes worry my youngest is too quick to react angrily to conflicts.

    My youngest wouldn’t put up with any kind of bullshit either. It worked out OK, but I still worry about him.

  98. 98.

    B

    I am at the airport waiting for Reilyn to bring the last NewDealFarmGrrl’s kitten, Miss Callie,to dc/Maryland. Plane should be landing soon!

  99. 99.

    lamh36

    @Adam L Silverman: IKR…someone said, good luck to Marvel/Disney ever trying to recast Cap’n America (not that they could/would, since unlike Hugh Jackman, Chris Evan is still a “young man” in a young man’s game…)

  103. 103.

    Quinerly

    @Quinerly: actually, this article isn’t quite as depressing as the other longer one I also had open and was reading. Mixed them up. This one is still worth a read. Alabama is a different world.

  108. 108.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Major Major Major Major: So they went out, dug up burrows, and found live bunnies in them? Even if they did I can come up with a half dozen explanations for that result that don’t include surviving an oxygenless environment.

  109. 109.

    lamh36

    @lamh36: Alright comic book movie fans, speaking of Disney/Marvel…with the news circulating that the deal for Disney to buy Fox may be happening, of course folks are speculating what this could mean for the Marvel/Disney MCEU…

    Came across this article on my twitter TL earlier today:

    Hugh Jackman to Return as Wolverine in Avengers 4?

    Hugh Jackman retired from the role of Wolverine after this year’s critically acclaimed Logan, but the new Disney and Fox merger might coax him out of retirement one last time. Several news sources including Ain’t it Cool News, claim that the deal is done and that Jackman is willing to come back. Regarding why Jackman would return as Wolverine for Avengers, the actor previously stated the only way he would return to the role is with The Avengers. Hugh Jackman has been quoted as saying, “The Avengers would prove too much to turn down.”

    Now this doesn’t mean that this is going to happen 100%, but Fox has yet to replace Hugh Jackman and Avengers 4 is currently in production. A quick cameo, in theory, would not be too difficult to pull off. Jackman previously stated that if a script came his way featuring The Avengers, Captain America, and Iron Man, he would heavily consider the idea of returning as Wolverine. He explains.

    “Because I always love the idea of him (Wolverine) within that dynamic, with the Hulk obviously, with Iron Man but there are a lot of smarter people with MBAs who can’t figure that out (laughter). You never know. At the moment, honestly, if I really did have them there, I probably wouldn’t have said this is the last.”

    This is all speculation at this point and it has not even been confirmed by Disney nor Fox that they have reached a deal, but it sure is fun to think about. As previously mentioned, a cameo doesn’t seem like it would be that hard to pull off and could be a way of the MCU announcing that the X-Men have come home and are ready for the next chapter of the MCU. While it has been revealed that we’re going to see a lot of lesser-known Marvel characters on the big screen with the so-called Phase 4, we might be getting a whole slew of beloved characters as well, ready for their MCU makeover…

    I say ain’t no way Jackman comes back, but of the Disney/Fox deal is done…Wolverine is DEF one of the characters I’d love to see in a cameo role in the MCEU!!! Oh and Deadpool and of course ALL the XMen!!!

  112. 112.

    patrick II

    My dad: “You don’t want to know”.

    My mom, 95 years old, in answer to the same question: “That damn Trump”.

    Still sharp, and still a great person.

  114. 114.

    dmsilev

    @The Dangerman:

    Damn, the Evacuation Orders for Santa Barbara have grown massively today; be safe down there.

    Further evidence that the Republican Party is full evil: The tax bill does away with the ability to write off losses due to wildfires and other such natural disasters. Got to pay for that corporate tax cut somehow, right?

  122. 122.

    dmsilev

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: And yet amazingly, most of the GOP Reps from CA still voted for it. Darrell Issa must be scared shitless, since he voted no, but I think the rest of them voted yes.

  125. 125.

    Yutsano

    @WaterGirl: I hate them too. It’s a judgment call an people often misjudge their car’s abilities. I have more than once had a close call at those.

  126. 126.

    lamh36

    @efgoldman: neither… the one where hotel maid meet cute a prince becomes the nanny to his young daughter and they fall in love in 5 days or a month…something like that…

  127. 127.

    WaterGIrl

    @lamh36: Okay, what’s the name of the movie? I had Tivo record a bunch of them in December, but I haven’t watched any of them yet. May as well start with this one tonight.

  130. 130.

    efgoldman

    @lamh36:

    the one where hotel maid meet cute a prince becomes the nanny to his young daughter and they fall in love in 5 days or a month…

    Yup. A child. One of the three plot drivers.

  133. 133.

    Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho

    @B.B.A.: Not exactly well kept in SC either, I’m told. Just not talked about (in public), because one doesn’t in the south.

  135. 135.

    newdealfarmgrrrlll

    @B: Reilyn sent me a “wins the intertoobs” text:

    “Callie and I are on the airplane so “the fur is really flying now” ???”

    My house seems sooooo quiet.

  137. 137.

    Jeffro

    @lamh36:

    IKR…someone said, good luck to Marvel/Disney ever trying to recast Cap’n America (not that they could/would, since unlike Hugh Jackman, Chris Evan is still a “young man” in a young man’s game…)

    I hate to break it to ya…but Evans’ Cap will be dead or retired by the end of Avengers 4 (if not Infinity War/Avengers 3) and guess who is taking his place?

  138. 138.

    lamh36

    @Jeffro: Oh…yeah…I know that…but even afterwards, he’ll forever be Steve Rogers, Captain America…I suspect Sebastian Stan becomes next Cap’n America, although, I’m biased and would love Anthony Mackie becoming next Cap…

    Let’s see how well Black Panther does globally first, that “may” help lean TPTB towards Macki’s Falcon being the next Cap

    ETA: What I meant bout recasting is that to ALOT of young kids and fans, Cap America is Steve Rogers, i.e. Chris Evans…so while someone else donning the stars and stripes and shield, to alot of kids, it’s Evans as original one…is all I meant

  141. 141.

    WaterGIrl

    @lamh36: Tivo says it’s 2015 – I had only recorded 2016 and 2017 movies. It’s on this Wednesday and I am set to record. Thanks!

    (I assume the CROWN in the title is because of the prince?)

  145. 145.

    NotMax

    Entire #10 can of diced tomatoes (final ingredient after other cooking/prep) added to the big, big pot of curried eggplant cooking up. Now all that’s left is occasional stirring while it simmers to perfection.

  149. 149.

    Kristine

    @lamh36: I like their cozy mysteries. Started watching “Flower Shop Mysteries” last year because I’ve always liked Brooke Shields, and it snowballed. Now I watch them all.

  150. 150.

    lamh36

    @WaterGIrl: yep…it was filmed in 2015, but released as a part of the Christmas 2016 movie season on Hallmark.

    They do that all the time…they film movies continuously during the year and release like 4 new movies at least every 2months…usually do coincide with fall, winter, spring…and for holidays like Valentine’s and of course Christmas…

    The cookie cutter nature of the movies an filming translates to about at least 12-20 new “original” movies a year (they do like new movie every weekend night for their lead up to Christmas, I believe) for Hallmark, so that means the film for the next year…so filmed in 2015, but not shown until Christmas 2016/

  155. 155.

    Jeffro

    @lamh36: You’re absolutely right – to this generation (these generations?) Chris Evans will always be THE Captain America.

    Still, the comic book companies tend to go through these cycles and so I suspect the movies will too. We’ll have Sebastian Stan for a while, and then maybe Anthony Mackie, and by then…well, this is where movie-time vs comic-book-time differs…by the time this all cycles back around, Evans will be up there in years. We’ll see. I am anticipating the ‘big three’ of the Avengers (Cap, Iron Man, Thor) to all be dead, retired, or gone by the end of A4 at the latest, to make way for the new crop of heroes they’re bringing up.

  156. 156.

    Matt McIrvin

    @dmsilev: Repealing direct election of Senators has been a favorite cause of conservatives for a long time. The argument they give is a “state’s rights”/originalist one, that the Senators are supposed to represent the states and the Representatives the people, so logically the Senators ought to be chosen by state legislatures and only the Representatives elected directly. Of course, it would also multiply the power of state-level gerrymandering.

  163. 163.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    “No, Mr President, the cable’s still out. Kellyanne has a VHS tape of your massive inauguration crowd if you’d like to watch yourself give a speech…”

    Zeke Miller‏Verified account @ ZekeJMiller
    Inbox: Megyn Kelly will have an exclusive live sit-down interview on Monday, Dec. 11 with three women who have publicly accused President Donald Trump of sexual misconduct.

  164. 164.

    lamh36

    @Jeffro: i can def see it for all three since they’ve likely fulfilled their individual character trilogy contracts. Of the 3, I think I’ve read that RDJ might be interested in an Iron Man 4? But of the 3, only RDJ has had “box office” and critical success outside of the Marvel universe…Evans and Helmsworth’s box office buzz outside of MCEU is lukewarm to flat out cold at best…

    All that to say, I can see them “retiring” the characters, but NOT outright killing them or recasting them

  165. 165.

    Ruckus

    @Schlemazel:
    We have them in Pasadena and they seem to work OK. Most of the time and for most of the people. Haven’t heard of too many accidents because of them but I do see people that have a lot of trouble with red lights and with pedestrians lawfully crossing the street or walking on the sidewalk. (I walk a lot and routinely expect to get hit on a regular basis. It’s been close a few times. I treat car drivers that try to run me down as bullies. Many of them act exactly the way you’d expect a bully to act when called out for the bullshit driving)

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    Barbara

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: I assume that this is NBC trying to rehabilitate Megyn Kelly as well its reputation, what with killing the Weinstein story being closely followed by Matt Lauer’s demise. Still, it’s a good thing that some MSM outlet got around to Trump’s outrageous conduct. And what about all those outtakes from the Apprentice we keep hearing about? Now might be a good time to break them out.

  167. 167.

    Ruckus

    @OzarkHillbilly:
    A lot of burrowing animals dig connecting tunnels, probably most. These fires are hot enough to melt aluminum and to distort steel but they also move very, very fast. And they will just go around houses. Went up to Santa Rosa for Thanksgiving and we drove through one of the burned out areas. Three or four houses completely destroyed, a house untouched and the next 3 or 4 more burned. And on and on for miles. We were just a couple of miles from my friends house. There was the story (with video) of a very large dog who ran and the people had to leave, the adult kids went back to see what their parents house looked like and out bounds the dog, not even singed. The house was completely gone, down to the ground as were the houses around it. OTOH I also saw pics of animals that were burned and some rather badly that got taken to shelters and treated. Have no idea how many lived. Anyway if that fire moves over the burrow and leaves an air supply clear, survival actually is possible.

  168. 168.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Barbara: I assume that this is NBC trying to rehabilitate Megyn Kelly as well its reputation, what with killing the Weinstein story being closely followed by Matt Lauer’s demise. Still, it’s a good thing that some MSM outlet got around to Trump’s outrageous conduct.

    Yup, and yup, and the fact that it’s Kelly, given their history, will give the coverage a twist that will make trump crazier and the coverage more heated, etc. But to me, Kelly will always be “Santa Claus is white, and so is Jesus”. Really all I need to know about her.

  169. 169.

    Bill Arnold

    @Brachiator:

    I guess this means that Moore’s women supporters should stay home and let their husbands or fathers vote for them.

    Indeed.
    Was looking at an exhibit yesterday on the (area local) lead-up to a state-level Womans’ Suffrage vote (1917, 100 years ago, part of the lead-up to the 19th Amendment), and was amused by the anti arguments, which mostly do not even fit into my mind as coherent thoughts. Some of what we now believe to be self-evident will be viewed with similar lack of comprehension 100 years from now. Verbatim, one card (retyped from photo):

    Vote NO on Woman Suffrage
    BECAUSE 93% of the women either do not
    want it, or do not care,
    BECAUSE it means competition of women with
    men instead of co-operation,
    BECAUSE 80%[86?] of the women eligible to vote
    are married and can only double or annul
    the husbands’ votes,
    BECAUSE it can be of no benefit commensu-
    rate with the additional expense involved,
    BECAUSE in some States more voting women than
    voting men will place the Government
    under petticoat rule,
    BECAUSE it is unwise to risk the good we
    already have for the evil which may occur.

  171. 171.

    Origuy

    Another thing about Danica McKellar is that she graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a BS in Mathematics and has written four books on mathematics for teenagers, especially girls.

  174. 174.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Jeffro: The MCU has already lasted longer than many movie franchises go between continuity reboots. By the time they want to bring all the original heroes back, it’ll be time for that.

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