COVID-19. The inflation that everyone hates was a result of COVID (and other knock-on effects like price gauging), and not all Biden’s fault. Biden has been cleaning up after Trump’s awful pandemic response, and it’s all Biden’s fault apparently, so let’s give the job back to the guy who messed it all up in the first place.

So the Brigadier will be disciplined, right? Right?

Baby, It’s Cold Outside. It’s such a fun song as the guy and girl go back and forth. Until you realize that he’s guilting her into sleeping with him. Eww!

Is your refrigerator running? Yes? Better go catch it!

Oh! Sorry, I wasn’t expecting you.

Yeah, but you lot like queueing, like it’s the national pastime.

After asking a similar question on this channel a few days ago, I think we’re going to watch the coverage on NBC, unless I find something better on YouTube.

Cue all the comments about the final results not being available tomorrow night…

The term “Yank” is incredibly loaded with all kinds of stereotypes the world over, but it has a very different meaning in the US.

“I object to the term ‘loud-mouth American’. It’s a tautology.” --Magda S. in Fast Forward (maybe?)

Donald Trump

Traitorus maxima

Before it gets cold, turn off your outdoor spigots from the inside. If you have ducted air, change the filter every few months. If you have a furnace or boiler, be sure to have a carbon monoxide detector in addition to regular smoke detectors.

Everyone else has covered the important stuff, so I’ll just recommend that, especially if you have kids, you identify the local sledding hill and get a sled, snow pants, warm coat, snow boots, gloves and hat. If you’ve gotta live in it, make sure you enjoy it when it comes!

The Red Rooster origin story.

What does election coverage offer that is insightful and useful?

Mainly an excuse to stay up past our bedtimes.

Yes, thanks!

Of course we’re not going to know the answer until January 7, but we’re staying up on Tuesday for the journey, not the destination.

And “we need to fix this” usually means “someone else needs to fix this”.

When scientists want to publish their results, the paper first goes to one or more referees (usually anonymous), who advise the editor about the quality of the paper. It is common for referees to ask why the original author(s) did not consider a particular question as part of their work. The reply in the cartoon is commonly used by the author to defuse that question, essentially saying we didn’t consider that question because it’s too much work, and just publish what I’ve done already, dammit.

Person woman man camera TV.

Format notwithstanding, there’s lots of theology in there!

Don’t pick your seat in public… Ew!