Agreed. It took eight whole administrations and almost 50 years before the U.S. had a native-born president (Martin Van Buren from Kinderhook, New York, elected in 1837). Somehow we muddled through with only TRAITORS TO THE CROWN heading the ship of state until then.

...the episode’s opening scene ends with Kara holding a giant American flag in front of the White House while telling two rival groups of protestors that they need to talk to each other rather than fight...

Because weather models are full of so much uncertainty that meteorologists who study them tend to assume that climate models have just as much, or even more. But this is silly — just because I can’t confidently tell you where a specific electron is doesn’t mean that I can’t tell you where the chair it’s part of is.

I read somewhere that meteorologists are the least likely to believe in climate change. I can make a few guesses why.

William Shatner belongs in this conversation.

Baked. Potatoes.

A lot of people apparently continue to think that Shameless is a drama because it has an hour-long run time. Shameless has always been at least 75-85% a comedy, and because it is a comedy, most of what happens happens because somebody thought it would be funny to see it happen.

Vasectomies are not 100% reliable. You don’t give Evil Destiny Guy 1% worth of wiggle room, you shut him down hard.

There is an entire series of movies and comic books that suggests I can.

Some found the Ozzie conception of an American restaurant to be hackish and latter-day Simpsonsy, some (like me) found it to be a delightful homage to Wee Britain’s finest establishment, Fat Ammy’s. (It took me a moment to remember that Mitch Hurwitz is not, in fact, Michael Schur, and thus it was not a callback,)

Walked into that one!

The important thing is that the capital value has survived.  God bless those heroic financiers.

Thank you.  Some couples are great not because they are stable or fulfilling or aspirational, but because two awful people take themselves out of circulation and the rest of us benefit thereby.

During the 6 weeks or so before my last move, I established a firm rule: if I entered the bedroom for any reason, I could not leave until I had packed at least 1 box of books. Saved me time and money on the other end — the movers finished 90 minutes earlier than the estimate because they didn’t have to help me box…

I’m confused...do you mean the Extra Move-In Money the Landlord Always Keeps? I got fooled by that once or twice, but as an old pro now I know better than to sacrifice hours of my life I’ll never get back on such quixotic mini-quests as Cleaning the Inside of the Fridge (reward: $0), Repainting the Apartment (reward:…

I still come back to the scene a few seasons ago where he mimes strangling his new wife with such a subtle, gradual shading from kidding to deadly earnest.  He might be the best pure actor on the show, and I can’t understand why he hasn’t gotten more work.

Children are so fat these days -- isn’t there a way we can make money off of that?

I think the fact that the Issa/Lawrence relationship was so stable when neither of them were really happy with where they were in life is a strong argument that they’re compatible personalities. Infidelity and wounded pride are big challenges, but real-life couples with much less in common manage to overcome them.…

For me, it was the second chlamydia reference in a week since I caught up with the premiere of Shameless on Saturday. Play safe out there everybody!

That was a squirmy laugh for me at the bit where he denied having the dog. Dude, you’d rather I believed it’s your turd I’m cleaning up?  And then the dog barks and it’s just this sticky web of lies!