Eliot

“Squeaking and blarping” is the absolute perfect description of Mika’s contribution! Brilliant. She also confused “millions” and “billions” while flailing her way through a news report. Looks like Rick Tyler has a new toupee. It’s not working for me.

Thank you for articulating everything I hate about that commercial. Especially the song. This week I have special hate for that sanitary pad commercial that keeps talking about "the gush." I mean, I am all for period positivity and everything, but, really, I'm years past where I had to worry about any of that and I really don't like being reminded of that unpleasantness. Plus, you know, ew.

This morning, while relentlessly flogging her stupid KYV "50 over 50" scam, Mika managed to mispronounce Vice President Harris' first name. It's "KAHM-ala," not "CAM-ala."

He got a 10/10 on Room Rater today! I was drooling over his background.

I’ve noticed that they really only repeat the first segment of the first hour, which is when they frontload all the really hard news and Joe’s latest rant. That’s usually the part of the morning where I go off and take a shower. Then I come back for the later parts, which from what I can see are mostly original.

Has Joe ever apologized to the capitol police for berating them so viciously the day after the riot? I kind of agreed with him at the time, because I didn’t know the full story; all we really saw was Selfie Cop. But watching the body cam videos from January 6 makes it clear that the vast majority of them fought valiantly for hours and hours.

I know I complain about this every day, but Mika’s news reading skills are particularly rusty this morning. It is painful to have to listen to her stumbling and stuttering and stammering her way through what should be simple, straightforward sentences. What’s worse, she appears to be overcompensating by using a quavery, highly dramatic tone for every reading. I would rather they just show the text clip on the screen and let us read for ourselves than have to suffer through Mika’s rendition.

He's a Hobbit.

Mika was trying to describe the California highway collapse and instead of saying it was "caused by heavy rains" she said it "caused heavy rains."

I thought the whole point of insurance was paying for a bunch of stuff you don’t need in case there’s one thing that you do end up needing.

I would be too! I imagine she gets up every morning and just thinks “WTF?” She actually doesn’t even really try to hide it, and I respect that.

Mika stumbled over George Stephanopoulos’s last name. She mispronounced it twice and finally gave up. But Senator Claire is on fire! I love it!

I did get a chuckle out of Joe repeatedly referring to Mike Lindell, the odious MyPillow guy, as "Mr. PIllow."

This morning, Joe referred to Doug Doucey, the governor of Arizona, as “Steve” Doucey, who is a Fox News anchor. In the very next breath, he made fun of Donald Trump for calling Kevin McCarthy “Steve McCarthy.” No self-awareness. Also, he appeared to give Dick Cheney credit for killing Osama bin Laden.

I think they want you to think there’s a whole team of gurus.

I like Anne Applebaum, but I don't think she should be looking at Northern Ireland as a comparative. She should take a hard look at what happened in Rwanda in 1994, particularly the use of media and propaganda to carry out the genocide.

I always really liked that song but I hate the video, especially in light of all the violence at the Capitol two weeks ago. Plus, I'm older now so I'd probably end up being one of the people shoved into a cage.

The panel is now fawning over Kevin Williamson, who has written that women who have abortions should be hanged. Yes, the piece he wrote about Trump was amusing. Mika stumbled breathlessly through it on air. But, honestly, I am sure there are lots of amazing pieces being written post Trump. I don’t know why this guy needs a microphone.

Mika is stumbling and bumbling her way through the news this morning. Seriously, I have never heard her read so badly or haltingly. What in the world is going on with her? She isn’t even really able to articulate when she’s not reading the Teleprompter.

I hate the commercial for Reputation Defender. That guy is too stupid to be in business. He knows he has had issues with bad reviews, but he doesn’t think to check before this big important meeting? And then he acts all surprised and shocked that the review is still there. I wouldn’t hire him. Not because he got a bad review, but because he is clearly oblivious.

Not quite "feud." More like if you saw something gross and said "eeeeewwww!" So, "feeeewwwd."

Maybe it’s just the way that it was worded. I think she actually said, “I’ve finally found a brand I can belong to.” In your example, you’re basically saying you’ve found a brand of jeans you like. It’s different than the way this is presented, where she’s not talking about a brand of a thing, she’s just talking about the company as a brand.

A number of commercials are irritating me right now: 1. The commercials for Universal Standard, which I guess is some sort of new clothing line I've never heard of before. I'm very happy all these women find clothes that fit them and all, but NO ONE other than a marketer or ad execs refers to a clothing line as a "brand," as in, "I've finally found a brand I like." I also can't stand the smug woman who proclaims how much she loves the "real, diverse models." Models are real people too; they're just way skinnier than average people. 2. This one might be local, but there is a commercial for Fisher Investments who has the most wooden, affect-less spokesperson sitting at her desk talking about how their business model is so much better for investors. She sounds like she really couldn't care less. 3. The Breville ad with the voiceover woman who continues the annoying trend, begun by Panera, of pronouncing the word "food" as "fewd." Thanks, guys! I feel better now!

There's some bra commercial that has me super confused. A very annoyed woman announces to the camera that she no longer has the "time or patience for wired bras." Like...what? I get people might find wired bras uncomfortable, but is putting one on so much more time consuming than a non-wired one? What am I missing?

I thought it was okay that he asked the question. Because it's not just Comey who is advancing this viewpoint; I've heard it elsewhere as well. He was a jerk when Mika voiced her disgust with the idea, however. And I am usually the first one to rush to dunk on her, but I admired her pluck this morning. She was more articulate than she usually is and way less wishy-washy.