They're saying that Candidate #5 is Jesse Jackson, Jr.
That was my first guess.
So who will get to appoint a Senator, presuming Blago doesn't try to do it from his cell?
Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.
'Ariel'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
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.
aurelia - Dec 09, 2008 8:17:46 am PST #5033 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 09, 2008 8:18:38 am PST #5034 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
In non-Chicago-graft-related news, this made me laugh and laugh: [link]
Jessica - Dec 09, 2008 8:18:46 am PST #5035 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Where, Tom?
Tom Scola - Dec 09, 2008 8:20:22 am PST #5036 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Looks like Auntie deleted the spoiler already.
brenda m - Dec 09, 2008 8:29:02 am PST #5037 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
The Lt. Gov, assuming Blagojevich steps down.
aurelia - Dec 09, 2008 8:32:12 am PST #5038 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
buy it buyit buy it. for the nephew.
I've bought one copy for my 9 yr old nephew. I don't think it'll be beyond him. But what about a freakishly smart 12 yr old?
That press conference surprised me. I guess I was expecting a dry list of charges from the FBI instead of Patrick Fitzgerald talking about Lincoln rolling over in his grave.
lisah - Dec 09, 2008 8:36:20 am PST #5039 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
That press conference surprised me. I guess I was expecting a dry list of charges from the FBI instead of Patrick Fitzgerald talking about Lincoln rolling over in his grave.
My boyfriend has a huge mancrush on him now. (Or he already had it and it has now grown exponentially.)
brenda m - Dec 09, 2008 8:36:30 am PST #5040 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I can't believe I was stuck in a meeting right when the press conference was coming on. I'll have to find it somewhere tonight.
beth b - Dec 09, 2008 8:38:28 am PST #5041 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
freakishly smart 12 yr old?
Unless he doesn't like fiction -- He still ought to love it. It is about ultrasmart kids who have to work and be smarter than everything around them
and most of the freakishly smart 12 yr olds I've met are very rarely emotionally beyond 12.
Besides , all the adults I know that have read it , love it. So why wouldn't a 12 yr old?
Fred Pete - Dec 09, 2008 8:45:17 am PST #5042 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Any Freudians around want to try analyzing Blagojevich's frequent use of the word "fuck" and variants?