Incremental change is the only change that ever actually happens. “Revolutions” fail far more often than supporters choose to believe, because naive hope is embedded in the revolution dynamic: THIS TIME we’ll get it right!

“After hydrogen, stupidity is the most common element in the universe.”
~ Harlan Ellison

Back in the 2000s my Congressman was named Thaddeus McCotter.

Using phrases like “single payer” or “Medicare for All” or “Green New Deal” as an up-or-down litmus test is the epitome of “magic words” thinking. They have no bearing on future legislation that might ACTUALLY become law over dead-ender GOP opposition...and then survive judicial review by the five hardcore…

A process sparked by Rep. James Clyburn’s endorsement just before the South Carolina Primary. That Biden win led directly to Klobuchar and Buttiegieg dropping out and endorsing him, followed immediately by the Super Tuesday blowout...and then it was pretty much over.

Even with all of those factors, plus the...COLLUSION..., plus the Clinton campaign’s tactical errors in MI, PA and WI, she still would have won if not for Jim Comey’s late October fiasco.

Joe Biden rapidly recognized he’d erred badly with those three words, and very soon after made an apology that was nothing like the “I’m sorry if you were offended by my words” bullshit EVERY Republican uses.

“...continues to be as ungodly as possible outside of directly murdering people.”

I often liked to remind folks that Walton Goggins already WON an Oscar before joining The Shield. His work on Justified was every bit as good.

The whole point of The Shield was that it STARTED with Vic murdering a fellow cop, and then spent seven seasons making you accept him, even sympathize with him and his Strike Team, before ending the series by reminding everyone just what a POS they ended up rooting for.

The show’s original name was “Rampart,” but was changed as part of the whole agreement with LAPD. Another minor, but noticeable once you start looking for it, change was that all uniformed officers in “Farmington” wore their badges on the opposite side as the real LAPD.

...but this Michigander does NOT recommend trying.

What? I see “Averduvo”...pseudo-Italian for the win!

“STRATO’S?”

Loved the mini-Dollhouse reunion with Victor and Sierra.

My favorite load screen by far came in Black Flag, after a scene where Edward Kenway is drugged unconscious — the next load screen shows him drunkenly staggering in the timeless void, fading in and out of focus. Did a spit-take when I saw that the first time....

And how did Rocky win their second match? Total rope-a-dope until Clubber exhausted himself throwing man-killing bombs that didn’t connect. That’s Roy Jones’ only hope against Tyson — evasion and blocking until Tyson runs out of steam.

Your take and mine are about equally likely regarding debates.

Geez, that’s so YESTERDAY. Come back when you have TODAY’s atrocities.

You are...
A) Absolutely right about the bounties and everything else, except
2) There won’t be debates. Absolutely zero upside for Trump to share a stage with anyone for two hours — it would show off his mental deficiencies, lack of stamina, inability to focus and tendency to veer into racist/xenophobic/crackpot…