Wasn’t Foghorn modeled on the late Sam Rayburn (he whose name graces the building in the Capitol)? And IIRC Rayburn was the guy famous for saying “that’s a joke, son”.

If you really want to do something, donate and organize.

This.

Results? What results?

Fundraising efforts on the part of the DNC, DSCC, DCCC, etc.

See my reasons above.

Not the same situation at all.

Frum is the only conservative I can respect anymore. Will and Kristol are Johnny-come-lately’s compared to him.

What’s the point of fighting the Kavanaugh nomination??

I don’t think I should imagine it. I’ll really want to hurt these people, just for being assholes.

Agreed. The inter-league play makes both the NL and AL obsolete. It would be nice if the DH rule was refined to apply to both leagues (where “refined” could potentially also mean “scrapped”), and both leagues were disbanded.

Damn. My heart goes out to you and your family. I honestly don’t know if there could have been a less heart-rending resolution to all of this.

Stop spending.

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that Anthony Kennedy wasn’t the great moderating voice everyone on the left thought he was.

I am. I own a cat.

I’d have fucking loved to be eating while this happened. Dinner theater at its finest. Disturb me more, please.

Supposedly John Hughes did write a sequel to FBDO, but didn’t live long enough to complete the pitch.

Ah, you’re right. I always think this line comes from Karamazov. Probably because it’s about another unhappy family.

https://www.google.com/search?q=car+battery&rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS590US593&hl=en-US&prmd=smivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilx_3y9b7bAhWr6YMKHbB_CIAQ_AUIEygD#imgrc=TOagFVq8ijk9dM:

It was Dostoyevsky.