Blaming the Democrats for Trump is just a rationalization of the people who actually voted for Trump to distance themselves from the responsibility for this vile authoritarian winning the presidency. It's like blaming the battered wife for burning her husband's dinner.

My palate cleanser is De la Soul's new album. Keep it in the Native Tongues.

I've listened to this almost nonstop since Friday. How fitting that the last line is Phife Dawg. What a perfect ending for one of the great bands in any genre.

I think it's up in the air whether Avery did it, but there's enough reasonable doubt out there that he never should have been convicted. Even more disturbing for me as a lawyer (Civil, not criminal) was the chain of custody issues with virtually all of the physical evidence. Almost none of the evidence should have…

You just referenced my two favorite Beasties lyrics. This album is still funny as hell. And, it will always score bonus points as the first record I had to hide from my mom.

I think Denton can flip for that reason. Get the college kids to register here. Throw in Lewisville and Carrollton, and you have places more in common with the city than the horse farms. Cuz… yeah. You're never winning the horse farmers.

Bill Clinton hasn't won an election in 20 years. The world has changed. And Obama delivered pretty much the entire progressive wishlist. Now, he might not have gotten it precisely in the form we all wanted, but he's pretty clearly on the left wing of the party.

It's why I think Trump actually will try to pass that stimulus bill regarding infrastructure. Demagogues still gotta throw the people something other than "Blame These People for How Much things Suck"

It's a matter of flipping the Dallas suburbs. Dallas is even bluer than Austin, but Tarrant (Ft Worth), Collin (Plano/McKinney), and Denton were the only counties in the top 9 in population in Texas to go for Trump. There's a TON of people here, and we're not talking about rural voters. These are suburban soccer moms…

It's a matter of flipping the Dallas suburbs. Dallas is even bluer than Austin, but Tarrant (Ft Worth), Collin (Plano/McKinney), and Denton were the only counties in the top 9 in population in Texas to go for Trump. There's a TON of people here, and we're not talking about rural voters. These are suburban soccer moms…

It's better for straight, white men, too. Stop trying to argue white men have no personal stake in liberalism either, that's how you lose them. I have health insurance which I didn't have before. The economy was pulled out of the flaming crater it was in when Obama took office. We moved on climate change, which helps…

And this is why you should never try to appeal to moderates. Hillary bent over backwards to run as a centrist and incorporated plenty of GOP-friendly ideas on the idea of attracting the #NeverTrump movement.

By pulling out of the Paris Treaty. The treaty commits us to spending over a trillion dollars on environmental initiatives, and Trump will certainly renege on the treaty and use that money to line the pockets of his associates. And hey, we might get a few roads out of it.

While Huey P Long was a corrupt demagogue, he did actually try somewhat to deliver on his promise of a chicken in every pot. He dragged Louisiana out of the 19th century and got roads built and electricity wired.

All the time, Phife.

It's the final scene which elevates this episode, which makes it very Twilight Zone-y. You knew Stripe would accept the chip again because that really was no choice at all. The thumb was on the scale. But to show the consequence of that choice, how he shows up to an abandoned home with no one to care about him, under…

True. But we were swept. So, like the Blues (who have three Stanley Cup Finals appearances), the Caps have zero wins in a Stanley Cup Final. And the 3-1 thing is out of control. Historically speaking, if the Caps have a 3-1 lead in a series, they are more likely to lose that series than win it.

Isn't that a normal Mats show?

While hockey isn't as big as the NFL, I'll put up my Caps in the most tortured team contest. That 3-1 lead meme always feels like they are making fun of me. Only one Stanley Cup Finals appearance ever, back in 1998, and we were swept. Best player in hockey, and we can't get out of the second round.

Not huge, but I enjoy the local FC Dallas. I particularly like that they rank near the bottom of the league in salary, get hosed on glamour player allocations, yet won the Supporter's Shield (regular season champs) and are in pursuit of a treble (which they won't get, because they are down 3-0 after the 1st leg to…