That's maybe it - re: setting himself up a la V for Vendetta; he must not have seen the movie, though, 'cause Jack's no slouch as a parallel to V . Good point on the last question about Walt , Frank. Maybe the President talked him into taking one for the team . Yeuch. Makes my own skin crawl.
'Sleeper'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
In unrelated news, British Airways and Air France have banned tinned fermented herring from their flights:
That has made producers of the surstromming choke on their fermented fish, calling the airlines' decision "culturally illiterate".
It is a myth, they say, that the tinned fish can explode.
They admit, however, that a punctured tin would emit a foul smell, and that the content might spill quite forcefully, like a punctured can of beer.
Hee! One less fuckwad....
Tom DeLay, the former House majority leader, will not seek re-election and will announce his withdrawal from his congressional race on Tuesday, MSNBC's Chris Matthews reported Monday night.
Matthews, host of MSNBC's “Hardball,” said that DeLay told him in an interview that “the polling on him in the 22nd District was going down,” as a result of his part in a campaign contribution controversy.
WOO HOO!!!!
Whoops, I was in JZ's browser window.
Happy birthday, Tom Scola! For your present I give you Tom DeLay's imminent absence from Congress soon.
It is a myth, they say, that the tinned fish can explode.And we have next year's big plot for 24.
The TeeVeePedia (the April Fools one) has a plot summary of the five seasons of 24 which is a thing of rare parodic beauty. But I don't think they topped tonight's, all things considered.
In unrelated news, British Airways and Air France have banned tinned fermented herring from their flights:
It sounds like they should ban tinned fermented herring from the planet.
Bwah!
I was also very HSWTF about the end of 24.
I had things to say about Prison Break, but I can't seem to remember them.