I'm glad Char's free roll didn't extend to the results of the finale.

I think I know the words you are searching for: mild disappointment.

Ah, Halloween in Paris. Is there anything grander?

I think she got a little full of herself after winning the first week. Maybe she'll come back down and not be such an ass now.

That's why tartare is always the way to go on Top Chef.

Can't she be both?

I like all the new theme Ouija boards they are marketing, like Las Vegas Ouija and Lego Ouija. It's fun.

I think it is "Wee-Jew."

She'll be a sexy witch, . . right?

That explains the college scholarship.

John Kiriakou.

Speaking, again, as a non-American, I'm incredibly glad for what Snowden has done. Speaking as an American, I am too!

Greenwald can be abrasive, but he is a necessary irritant. I admire Poitras. Jeremy Scahill is pretty much my go-to journalist these days.

For that, I'm grateful. Just as I was grateful to Daniel Ellsberg when I was a younger man.

Hosting the Oscars.

You are James Clapper, . . right?

Snowden was commenting on "countries around the world" including "Russia" on the sole issue of respecting asylum against US pressure.

It's a pretty shitty statement misrepresented and taken completely out of context.

He was commending a variety of nations for offering asylum. He offered his "gratitude and respect" to "countries around the world" including "Russia, Venezuala, Bolivia, Ecuador, etc." It was on the narrow issue of asylum in the face of powerful international forces (The USA). To my knowledge, he has never called…

I guess I missed it when Snowden called Moscow a "beacon of freedom." Oh, wait. You are just making shit up.