Don Jr.: at last, something Trump regrets slapping his name onto.

"Old Deep State" would be a decent brand name for bourbon. [starts reassembling still]

Agreed. And I'd rather not assume bad faith in others unless there are VERY compelling reasons to do so. If someone offers an answer of that sort, then I don't mind pursuing it a bit, and see whether there are things we can agree on.

Depending on what their other concerns are, that first answer might be perfectly valid. I'd certainly quiz them on those other "concerns," though, and ask whether literally any price is worth paying for them. I'd also ask whether it's actually realistic to entrust those concerns to the likes of Trump.

I'll take an honest attempt at classiness—successful or not—over the average architectural dabbler's notion of "interesting." I'm old enough to remember ballparks before Camden Yards … and have no patience with people poor-mouthing virtually the sole instance in all of architecture where the prevailing aesthetic…

I agree with the comments you're referring to. Intentionally or not, Westmoreland's unimpressiveness is of a piece with earlier OB villains, and gives the show a strong through-motif: whenever you get up close, the glamorous Big Bad starts to look more pathetic than anything else.

Cosima would have to be way more cold-blooded than we've had reason to believe. But moreover: she's just seen with her own eyes that Westmoreland (if he's even the real deal) is a weak reed, whose elimination probably wouldn't affect much of anything. Whatever his totemic value, at this point the project's obviously…

I'm told I was surprisingly presentable from the start … but only because I came out ass-first. (A glimpse of my butthole probably could've turned restaurant patrons to stone.)

At last, a breaking news story that doesn't fill me with wistful, generalized regret for the human condition.

In our defense, utmost deference is pretty great.

He'll never loin.

I lost $10 on Ken Irrawaddy, you bastard!

[Tentatively hefts large comedy-prop mallet]
Where do I sign up to join the strikebreakers?

"What else are they gonna do—vote Trump?" This strategy … is how last November happened in the first place. For the country's sake, I'm hoping the DNC will have more grown-ups at the helm this time around.

I voted for Clinton (though it brings me no joy to say so) … even though I voted for Cruz in the primary. At the moment, I'd walk through broken glass to vote for even a faintly blue-dog variety of Democrat in '20, and so would a lot of other folks I know. Sorry to hear we're fictional.

I've no problem with inspiring non-voters. But I don't know what to say to the implication that many of them are thirsting for what the Dems' leftward wing is selling—much less that centrist and conservative voters who oppose Trump are a "niche demographic" in comparison!

Maybe it's time to pick up smoking and downers.

Driving away voters is the secret ingredient to victory? I never knew this—guess there's a reason I'm not a political consultant.

"How will you live, John?"
"Day by day."

As I hinted earlier, you'd have to drive 75 miles inland to reach the nearest hill from here. But what, pray tell, is your notion of "acting right," and in what way are we not doing it? Idle curiosity.