Anyone else watching this bizarre closing ceremony?
And apparently, Canada is the home of giant beavers. There are jokes a plenty to be made with that one.
I know the answer, but…
I still have to wonder how the Sunday shows could not find a moment to mention that Senator Jim Bunning is obstructing 1.2 million Americans from getting unemployment benefits just to be a dick. One would have thought that this might merit a comment somewhere. On ABC there was ample time to discuss the departure of the White House Party Planner, but not the real world impact of obstructionism on so many people’s lives. I guess important ‘journalists’ can’t be bothered with things like news when catty Georgetown gossip is at hand.
It might have been a good question to ask Gramps McCain as he guest hosted another one of these shows, but it didn’t happen. (I think it was on the Network that has a funny show on Thursday night, but he is on so many of these Sunday shows it is hard to tell which network will toss the old fella softballs on any given weekend).
Yes, I already know why. And yet, I thought I would ask the question regardless of that.
I recently watched “The Most Dangerous Man in America“, a documentary film in theatres these days. It is the story of Daniel Ellsberg and the release of the Pentagon Papers. It is pretty amazing film and reminds one that there was a time–not so long ago–when people actually practiced journalism in America.
Now we just get MC Rove’s back-up dancers.
***sigh***
Feel free to treat this as an open thread.
Cheers
dengre
USA v. Canada Hockey Open Thread
My God. If Barry Melrose and Liberace were to mate, the spawn would look like Don Cherry just did a moment ago.
CBS Sunday Morning
Have at it!
***Update***
Or maybe not. Comcast has now decided I no longer deserve CBS, either.
I’m now down to basically AMC, USA, SYFY, and HBO. And there is a thirty minute hold to get through.
Early Morning Open Thread
I liked Cyndi Lauper when we were both pushing thirty, and I like her 25 years later:
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She is still doing “All Through the Night” in concert, although not quite in the same style:
Fair warning: Unless you have made peace with your memories of the 80s, do not YouTube the search string ‘pipers pit cyndi lauper’.
Finally one of Abramoff’s Congressmen is in jail…
Too bad it is only former Congressman John Sweeney and too bad that it is for drunk driving and not the crimes he committed in office. Still, the little weasel is behind bars and that can’t be bad.
Back in 2006 I wrote about Sweeney’s involvement with Abramoff over at the GOS. And later that year I helped a reporter get the story into the Albany Times Union as the race went into the final weeks. I like to think that it helped to run Sweeney out of office. Of course he was an asshat in so many other ways that it was only a contributing factor.
And yet, it is good to hear that the little bastard is locked up. I somehow feel safer knowing that this corruptionist is off the streets, even if it was a self-inflicted event and not for the real crimes he committed.
Cheers
dengre
and yes, feel free to use this as an Open Thread…
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Blerg
For some reason, Comcast has decided I do not need half of my channels, including all of the ones with the Olympics. I do have Sci-Fi, though, and was wondering if anyone had seen Beyond Sherwood Forest.
Also, here is another open thread.