I feel bad for Republicans. They've ceded the intellectual grounds, and their moral grounds are a form of fuzzy mysticism. It's a prolonged death rattle.

Both of those guys are too smart to ever go to war against each other. Which is why they'really awesome, but it's lousy TV.

Both of those guys are too smart to ever go to war against each other. Which is why they'really awesome, but it's lousy TV.

Oh absolute Patsy or the Bareses take over. But Pauline would be funnier.

Oh absolute Patsy or the Bareses take over. But Pauline would be funnier.

Part of me would love to see a spinoff in which Paulie takes over the remainder of Tony's crew at the end and basically turns them into Murder, Inc., robbing old ladies of their life savings, rigging bingo games, and going to war with every other family in the country.

Part of me would love to see a spinoff in which Paulie takes over the remainder of Tony's crew at the end and basically turns them into Murder, Inc., robbing old ladies of their life savings, rigging bingo games, and going to war with every other family in the country.

Yeah, mentioned for the first time next episode. It was just an awful deus ex machina of an issue.

Yeah, mentioned for the first time next episode. It was just an awful deus ex machina of an issue.

Awe, what about the episode where he finds out his mother's his aunt? IMO his best performance.

Awe, what about the episode where he finds out his mother's his aunt? IMO his best performance.

You know, I like your reading of that.  Doesn't matter if you're filling in Chase's gaps, I'm believing it your way.

You know, I like your reading of that.  Doesn't matter if you're filling in Chase's gaps, I'm believing it your way.

This is a terrific episode from an acting and dramatic perspective, but I can't be the only one who didn't buy that Tony would still give a crap about the Ginny Sack thing, can I?  Ralph's dead, Johnny's dead, Carmine's dead, and Paulie's is seen by everyone (Tony included) to be about the closest thing to an…

This is a terrific episode from an acting and dramatic perspective, but I can't be the only one who didn't buy that Tony would still give a crap about the Ginny Sack thing, can I?  Ralph's dead, Johnny's dead, Carmine's dead, and Paulie's is seen by everyone (Tony included) to be about the closest thing to an…

The difference between the election and football is that Silver was predicting something with a definite outcome, whereas football has an indefinite outcome.  Voters were going to vote how they were going to vote, and Silver was able to figure out who was going to do what.  In football, everything is subject to too…

The difference between the election and football is that Silver was predicting something with a definite outcome, whereas football has an indefinite outcome.  Voters were going to vote how they were going to vote, and Silver was able to figure out who was going to do what.  In football, everything is subject to too…

"Babylon 5 redefined TV science fiction, so why isn’t it better known"

"Babylon 5 redefined TV science fiction, so why isn’t it better known"

Yeah, people kept recommending this show to me, so I broke down and started watching the first couple episodes.  It was awful.  I was told that If I watched another 30-40 hours of the show, that it would really pay off.  I did not do that.