Thanks too for that clarification. It's good for my quasi-irrational pet peeves to be checked now and then by facts (pesky facts!) And even as I was writing that, I sort of knew using "soap opera" as a four-letter word wasn't really fair—to either MM or the potential of melodrama.

There's gotta be a better way to say that.

"Bull****!"

What a game. I appreciated it as a casual spectator, but my friend, a lifelong CA fan, is literally inconsolable. I guess Cruz Azul snatching defeat from the jaws of victory like that played exactly into his worst fears about the team, perpetual chokers and all that. Poor hares.

I've always found "Dr. Rapist" to be just slightly…immature? showing an excessive eagerness to find a soap opera villain?

I agree with @avclub-e329caccd50119a7e020cb5532f30569:disqus , @avclub-8a1c882768760c8e996715653ff5c7cb:disqus , that such a comparison isn't terribly fair. Abe has his ideological blindspots, sure, but are they anywhere near the self-serving dogma of Emile?

Those are two different things. Not all flag immolations are created equal.

Even by 19th-century standards, that was a damn fine mustache he had.

Drinking every time there's overblown lighting is usually a safe bet for a Soderbergh movie.

I need it!

That's good advice for any problem whatsoever one might encounter in France. People will understand from the context.

@avclub-17fc821acf8201df4d32d05fb05d0d4a:disqus died from drugs before finishing this post :(

Don't do anything America doesn't want to see.

Never forget.

I can't claim any level of knowledge as to the particulars of the situation, but I found this to be a good read critiquing some arguments put forward by Assange supporters:

@avclub-e3f5ab7f02122f95b801e13e2c586d6a:disqus I worked in my university library; I once mailed a notice to a faculty member that she was facing a fine of something like $10,000.

GAWD damned GNOSTICS.

That was fantastic. "You guys didn't just see that, did you?"

@Scrawler2:disqus http://www.notcoming.com/re…

I also liked A Serious Man considerably more than Mike, so same for me.