In this case, the "freedom" argument is essentially saying that people who can't afford health insurance chose not to have the money to do so or access to employer-provided benefits, because they decided not to work hard enough. Which I have no doubt that weasels like Paul Ryan believe.

Here we are now, CNN. Entertain us.

This "freedom" talking point is so painfully dumb that I cannot accept that even the most gullible rube could fall for it. It is the very definition of "we got nothing".

Next time you want to drink and drive, think about how it will impact your boss, won't you?

Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Jul. 7 - Alex opened the show by getting on Jon's case about his small DD wagers, but that didn't change Jon's strategy, as he bet a total of $1,600 on the two DDs he found. He was correct on both and as a direct result of the tiny wagers, Susan stayed close enough break up the runaway on the…

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AfterDallas would have been a perfect entry for The CBS Late Movie.

Still waiting for CBS to do The Big Blab Theory on Thursdays at 8:30.

They did hit gold with Chico and the Man the following season, so NBC wised up eventually about the kind of show they needed after Sanford.

I'm not sure I'd want him representing me in settlement negotiations.

Unlike the Mothership, designed to have actors come and go without major damage, CI was very much dependent on the original team. The various substitutes just didn't measure up.

Fridays during 1973-74 were interesting, as there were no fewer than 13 sitcoms on the three networks, with the new wave represented by Sanford and Son and Good Times cleaning the clocks of old-school fare such as The Brady Bunch and Room 222.

Note that at this point on L&O: CI, Goren had started alternating cases with Logan, which might have helped accelerate the show's ratings decline.

Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Jul. 6 - Champ Jon must have felt like he had the upper hand over his opponents, as he found all three DDs but only bet $2,200 combined while missing two of them. Jon fared much better on the rest of the clues, finishing just short of a runaway at $19,000 vs. $10,800 for Rishi and $9,400 for…

Right-wingers might complain about their leaders, but in the end they come home and vote for them, which is why they win elections. The left would need to adopt a similar attitude to keep someone like Sanders in national office, even if it turned out he wasn't as pure as they hoped.

I have no problem with that. I just hope that everyone wouldn't jump off the train and call their leaders "sellouts" at the first compromise.

The center isn't as entertaining as the far right and people take those who quietly get shit done for granted.

The difference is that Clinton was a known quantity, with opinions largely made up even before the campaign. Since Sanders was far less known, he was ripe for having the GOP define him.

Democrats are quiet, centrist and mainstream because they represent the center. They do advocate and they do fight, but mostly within the bounds of mainstream political rules. If the people reject that approach in favor of screamers, con men and bullshit artists, that's on them.

Well, Obama left office at a strong level of popularity and if he was running again, I'm very confident he'd have won. The problem with Hillary wasn't her policies, it was that she didn't have the same kind of personal appeal as Obama.