"using her poontang — hoodwink and bamboozle"

"In 2016, Clinton and Trump had the highest combination of unfavorable ratings, ever in an election. It never ceases to amaze me that few, on the right or on the left, ever factor that into what actually happened in the election. People were more likely to vote out of hatred for the other party, and how you gonna…

I'm seeing far too much analysis that assumes a lot of Obama supporters voted for Trump, under the logic that, if a given county went for Obama and then Trump, then individual voters in the county must have likewise voted for Obama and then Trump. The usual reason to come to that conclusion seems to be so they can…

I'm seeing far too much analysis that assumes a lot of Obama supporters voted for Trump, under the logic that, if a given county went for Obama and then Trump, then individual voters in the county must have likewise voted for Obama and then Trump. The usual reason to come to that conclusion seems to be so they can…

To be sure, the longer Kim hangs around Jimmy, the more likely he is to destroy her; Kim ought to run like hell from Jimmy.

You make good sense, but I am so disappointed in the Republicans and the electorate at this point, I actually need to see people do the non-stupid thing before I believe it will happen.

I like to hope so. But 100% of the Right, and most of the Left, repeatedly prove themselves too stupid to do their job on Election Day. (A 41% turnout rate in 2010, and a 37% turnout rate in 2014, tells me that even most of the Left won't vote unless you jingle your keys at them to get their attention. Strange, I…

Republicans in the 1970s were just patriotic enough to not close ranks around Nixon and defend him with their last breath.

::awkward beatboxing::

Arrrh, you got me! I considered listing "twirling" as one of his powers but I had no idea how to mention it here without it becoming a thing.

I doubt Chuck is deliberately faking having the disease; however, we're all prone to a little self-deception, and people with an overabundance of pride are more susceptible than most.

Indeed. Sadly, there's not a whole lot of grey area between "squeaky clean housewife" and "helps launder drug money".

I liked Skyler; there was just very little way to work her into the show where she wouldn't be either a nagging wife or an eager participant.

That's a really good point, that Kim offers an example of a better way, and a helping hand no less. And also, that there was very little way for Skylar to be that for Walt.

Good plan, we never did hear the end of Badger's Enterprise pie-eating story, maybe Liv can give it to us.

Skylar could have been better, but narratively she was built "wrong": if the show is built around Walter White as the protagonist, then Skylar was for the most part a drag on Walt's success. I don't see what they could have done with Skylar to change that, unfortunately; maybe it would have been better if she'd been…

Towards the end of season one I had a dream where I was conflating Chuck with Lady MacBeth. 'twas my subconscious that doped out Chuck's subconscious — and that was like two episodes before we learned that Chuck was inhibiting Jimmy's career (I didn't know what misdeed(s) Chuck committed, but I figured there must be…

Maybe, though I don't think even Jimmy sees that he'll inevitably drag Kim down with him. He's in "denial" now, and he'd have to get through "bargaining" ("just so long as I don't do this or that I can keep Kim out of my shenanigans") before he could finally reach "acceptance" ("for Kim 's sake I need to disengage…

Someone needs to append Keyboard Cat to the end of this episode.

Gus is great, for certain definitions of "great", and I recommend watching "Breaking Bad".