Brahms, Tragic Overture

Since the one thing Trump craves most in life is attention, is there any way we can just ignore him for the next four years? I mean, obviously the wheels of government will still turn, but do you think we, as a people, can pull off talking about "The White House announced today…" and "the bill declaring America…

I'm too numb to feel pain.

Looks like a good, old-fashioned data entry error to me.

Did we really say that? We meant HAPPY camps!

Exactly! It's only 10:00 in the morning! Midnight is prime time for sexy talk!

Letting that pack of wild dogs inside right before taking off probably wasn't the smartest thing, either.

What Colbert said:

First the Fat Boys break up, and now this…

I was giving some more thought to "how could the pollsters have missed this?" Then I caught some references to "The Silent Majority" (a misnomer, naturally, since it appears Hillary will win the popular vote) and something clicked.

I'm trying to envision the traditional letter left by the outgoing president in the Oval Office desk drawer to be read by the incoming president, and all I can come up with is a blank sheet of paper.

Yeah, things could be a lot worse. Trump's brownshirts could use terror tactics to silence dissent, as we've already seen happen. It remains to be seen if rule of law will hold up under the strain.

The "Hispanic Voting Bloc" is mostly a fiction. Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, and Cubans (among others) have distinctly different cultures and political motivations. I don't have the numbers to back this up, but I wouldn't be surprised if, for instance, Trump got a boost from Cubans in Florida as part of a backlash…

Yeah.

The switch to digital OTA broadcasts is, overall, a good thing. But it could have been accomplished without giving away the licenses free of charge, particularly since there are literally zero stations which would have had trouble affording one.

Because the only news they follow only covers the presidential election, so they think it's the only branch of government that matters.

It's someone running for Congress from your district who's more likely to do something about it.

The FCC dropped regulations concerning time given over to advertising way back in 1984. That's when infomercials really started to take over. It made more sense for local stations to simply sell entire half-hours blocks of time to one advertiser rather than attempt to sell thirty-second blocks during a bad movie.

Another thing I came to realize is that some people (regardless of what they believe) simply enjoy being angry and getting into shouting matches. Who's right - who's wrong - who cares? They're mad as hell, and they're not going to take it anymore!

Aw, prairie shit.